One specific Ocean Insight about the Dominica Sperm Whale Project learns you that female sperm whales stay together and that male whales wander off alone for 15 to 20 years when they become a teenager. They are a MUST watch and a good enough reason to buy the game if you are into wildlife documentaries. They all take around two minutes and they teach you how everything works on the tech side but more importantly teach you so much about the magical creatures from the sea. Ocean Insights: 16 documentaries are unlocked while you play the game, please – please – please take the time and watch them.Visually, animations and sound are all crafted with love and attention to detail. A lot of work has been done to give a very realistic experience, with most of the focus on whales. Behavior from animals: Did you know that dolphins visit wellness? Not in the traditional way that humans do, but dolphins rub their skin against the lush corals? This and many other unexpected things is what you’ll see while playing Beyond Blue.Your main focus is on exploring the beautiful ocean and learning more about roughly 50 different creatures. You won’t have to dodge sharks or whatever else dangerous, Beyond Blue is completely non-violent and I love that. Actually scanning is done by keeping the scan-circle on the animal and holding the RB button. Analog sticks are used to swim around, with LT and RT you go up and down and for scanning the sea creatures you have to open your scanner with LB. The controls are perfectly nailed and don’t cause any frustration. Do you fear underwater gameplay, just like me? Oh boy, how many games mess up underwater gameplay right? The game puts you in control of Mirai, and luckily she moves around in the water like a dream.How badly I want to deep-dive with sperm whales, swim with dolphins, … it will forever remain a dream but with Beyond Blue I can virtually do it on my Xbox. The amount of preparation from the devs shows while playing this exploration game, animals behave exactly as expected and I have learned so much about the ocean and the creatures that are unreachable for so many of us. With Beyond Blue they continue this path but with the ocean and especially whales in mind. Built with the Alaska Native community it was an excellent game to really discover the Iñupiat people. all the way back in 2014 E-line published one of the most inspiring games I ever played, Never Alone. When a game tries to teach players something it is often forced or not really fun to play, with Beyond Blue from E-line Media it is the exact opposite.
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