Song of the Deep

One of few games I have enjoyed doing a replay of. Story and narration are a bit corny. Controls could be tighter. There is more backtracking than I would like. Physics a little janky at times (I'm looking at you pufferfish) But it's got a good balance of cute, pretty, and spooky vibes, I liked getting the hang of the submarines weight and handling, it has some cool level design, and it doesn't outstay it's welcome. Also it works fine on Linux, didn't have to try different version of Proton or anything.

I absolutely love "Song of the Deep"! I got the PS4 version as soon as I saw the box sitting on the shelf of the game store. It just pulled me to it the same way so many other good games just manage to draw you to them. Good games have a tendency to pull you towards them. Not quite the same power of attraction that you get by seeing Mad Dog Macree or "Plumbers don't wear ties" (pdwt - don't even look it up, I still can't believe it was even released, then again, if the CDi not only made it to market, but mystically came to have 216 game titles, mpeg movies not included in this count. I suppose anything's possible). Heck, the 3DO had such crappy games that it took about 2 years for developers (users too! poor devils.) for someone to realize that the 1st version of the 3DO controllers were missing a minor bit of functionality, I have come to cherish in most game systems I have played (not the CDi, of course, but ..others that had releases actually considered games.), but especially autom...