Submerged: Hidden Depths Preview

<p><em>Submerged&colon; Hidden Depths<&sol;em> is the stand-alone sequel to Uppercut Games’ 2015 indie hit&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;unique-post-apocalyptic-world-submerged-review&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em>Submerged<&sol;em><&sol;a>&period; Taking place years after the first game&comma; <em>Hidden Depths<&sol;em> once again put players in control of a young female named Miku&comma; who has been cursed&comma; or blessed&comma; with a strange power that she doesn’t fully understand&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Following beside her is Taku&comma; her younger brother that players will remember played an important story centric role&comma; this time he’s a playable character and still holds weight when it comes to Miku and her story&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Submerged<&sol;em> isn’t a combat focused game&comma; Uppercut Games has called it a &OpenCurlyQuote;relaxploration’ adventure game&comma; which makes sense once you get a chance to sit down and play it&period; <em>Hidden Depths<&sol;em> is a third-person exploration game that focuses more on allowing players to freely wonder around without the need to worry about dying or continues&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The story sets Miku and Taku on an adventure to explore ruins that have been taken by the sea&comma; it’s here that they set off to cleanse a mysterious plague that has overtaken the overgrown vegetation that covers the ruins&period; Using her powers&comma; Miku is able to sense the locations of strange orbs that are capable of healing small section of the distrust lands&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As the player progresses through each plagued section&comma; they will come across hidden notes and trinkets&comma; these items unlock lore and backstory along the occasional cutscene that plays after each section&period; Finding hidden trinkets will unlock cosmetics for Miku and the boat that she and her brother uses throughout their adventure&comma; it’s a fun reason to go back to finished sections and explore some more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Graphically <em>Hidden Depths<&sol;em> looks pretty to look at&comma; the bright colors are beautiful during day cycles but they kind of loose their splendor at night&comma; each section of the game looks unique design wise&period; The water looks decent&comma; which is something that players will be looking at a lot and the world itself is so mysterious in its familiarity&comma; you’ll want to explore every inch of the water and land&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;02&sol;27012214&sol;SubHD&lowbar;Vista17&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-176792" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;02&sol;27012214&sol;SubHD&lowbar;Vista17&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Miku and Taku are both expressive and does a great job showing emotion&comma; which is important since they speak a language that is native to them and not English&comma; the game uses subtitles when story beats are involved&comma; and the siblings aren’t on screen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Gameplay in <em>Submerged&colon; Hidden Depths <&sol;em>is simple and can be easily played by anyone&comma; players will guide Miku or Taku through platform puzzles&comma; only one sibling can be played at any given time&comma; and it always depends on which section the player picks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Miku’s sections are bigger and more complex compared to Taku’s&comma; he mostly operates the boat and can fish out trinkets from the sea&period; Miku has the main sections that deal with the story and the vile plague&comma; she’s the only one who can sense the orbs&comma; known as seeds&comma; that can heal the land&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The puzzles are made to be enjoyed&comma; so players don’t have to worry about getting stuck too much on a section&comma; there’s one way to solve each puzzle and they all encourage exploration to find the solution&period; This is where the &OpenCurlyQuote;relaxploration’ and the gameplay meet&comma; the siblings can easily hop and climb objects that are clearly colored to stand out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;02&sol;27012359&sol;SubHD&lowbar;Vista18&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-176793" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;02&sol;27012359&sol;SubHD&lowbar;Vista18&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Players won’t have to worry about falling from high places when climbing pipes and jumping from platforms&comma; the siblings will automatically reach for each platform and land just fine&comma; this gives the game a great feel that players can truly explore without being punished for a mistake&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Going by just the first hour of the game&comma; <em>Submerged&colon; Hidden Depths<&sol;em> has the makings of a fun&comma; relaxing&comma; stress free adventure that could help many new players get into open world games&period; It’s a great entry even for veteran players that dislike the overbearing collect-a-thon that modern AAA open world games are known for but wants an open world game that moves at their tempo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It’s great to see an open world game that understands&comma; sometimes less is more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Submerged&colon; Hidden Depths<&sol;em> is set to release on PC via Steam and Epic Game Store&comma; PS4&sol;5&comma; Xbox One&comma; Xbox Series X&sol;S and Google Stadia on March 10&comma; 2022&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;