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Submerged
Developer(s)Uppercut Games
Publisher(s)Uppercut Games
Director(s)Ed Orman[2]
Composer(s)Jeff Van Dyck[3]
EngineUnreal Engine 4[3]
Platform(s)PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows, IOS
Genre(s)Adventure game
Mode(s)Single-player

Submerged is a third-person exploration, post-apocalyptic indie game developed and published by Uppercut Games for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC Windows in 2015.

Gameplay

The game involves players exploring an archipelago of half-sunken buildings, climbing up ruins and traversing the spaces between using a rowboat. The game focuses on exploration, and features no enemies or combat, and the player is unable to be killed.

Plot

Set in a dystopian future where global warming has flooded the world. Siblings Miku and her younger brother Taku drift in to a city partially submerged within ocean water with only the tallest buildings protruding from the sea.

The two have fled home from their father following his descent in to alcoholism since the unfortunate death of their mother and his violent actions towards them that have resulted in Taku becoming seriously injured.

Taking refuge within the top of a clock tower, Miku begins to explore the city in her fishing boat equipped with a motor, in search of supplies to treat Taku. She scales the buildings, locating relief crates that had been parachuted in during the crisis.

The whole time she is observed by aquatic beings who are revealed to be survivors of the city that have undergone a complete mutation to better thrive in their new environment. Miku also realizes to her shock that she herself is now mutating in a similar way.

Eventually she locates the final crate and Taku makes a recovery. They are then confronted by the mutants who perform some ritual that completely purges Miku of her mutation, making her human again.

The siblings then take their leave and move on from the city.

Development and release

Submerged was made by a team of former BioShock developers[4] and was chiefly inspired by Journey and Shadow of the Colossus. Additional inspirations included a Grand Theft Auto IV mod that submerges the game's Liberty City in water. The director Ed Orman said: "It was unintentional at the beginning, but the setting we’ve chosen is pretty topical with global warming, sea levels rising and people ignoring that problem."[2] Originally slated for 2014, the game was delayed for a 2015 release.[5] PlayStation Plus, Xbox Gold members, and Steam users were offered discounts at launch.[1]

Reception

IGN awarded it a score of 6.8 out of 10, saying "Submerged is a non-violent, sometimes beautiful exploration adventure set in a strange, mysterious future."[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Press Releases - Uppercut Games releases award-winning game Submerged to Steam and consoles later this Summer". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
  2. ^ a b Shaun Prescott (2015-07-30). "Submerged: the post-apocalyptic game where you can't die". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
  3. ^ a b "Introducing Submerged, a Serene Adventure on PS4 – PlayStation.Blog". Blog.us.playstation.com. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
  4. ^ "Uppercut Games interview with Ed Orman | Sticky Trigger Entertainment". Stickytrigger.com. 2015-03-30. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
  5. ^ Tasos Lazarides. "'Submerged', the Gorgeous Upcoming Game, Has Been Delayed Until Next Year". TouchArcade. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
  6. ^ Jared Petty (2015-08-07). "Submerged Review - IGN". Uk.ign.com. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
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