Submerged

 Xbox One
User Score
6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17

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  1. CC_Andyman
    Feb 5, 2019
    9
    I snagged this on sale a couple of weeks ago, and I wouldn't have guessed this little $3 gem would become one of my favorite games on the Xbox One. It's a throwback to a simpler time in video gaming, when games didn't try to be all things to all people. Submerged is all about exploring the absolutely stunning submerged city where the game's story takes place. As the developer says, there'sI snagged this on sale a couple of weeks ago, and I wouldn't have guessed this little $3 gem would become one of my favorite games on the Xbox One. It's a throwback to a simpler time in video gaming, when games didn't try to be all things to all people. Submerged is all about exploring the absolutely stunning submerged city where the game's story takes place. As the developer says, there's no combat. No fighting, no shooting. It's challenging but fair. Relaxing yet compelling. The game's story and events are related via an incredibly immersive combination of universal-language pictograms and a sparse-yet-gorgeous piano soundtrack.

    Let yourself get pulled into its world and it won't let you go until you've found all the secrets and saved your little brother. It's an experience with greatness on par with Shadow of the Colossus, in my opinion. The only thing keeping this game from a perfect 10 is its length - I took my time and finished it in about 10 hours. It left me aching for more.

    I have to add this as well... why do people bash a game for doing something new, and then turn around and whine because there's too few fresh ideas in gaming? In particular, Hardcore Gamer completely, utterly, and hilariously missed the point.    … Expand

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#93 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2015

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Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. games(TM)
    Oct 25, 2015
    50
    There's just an overall lack of subtlety, from the controls to the music, to the story-telling. [Issue#166, p.100]
  2. Gaming Age
    Sep 11, 2015
    83
    On the whole, I think it's worth it, since Subdmerged's world is absolutely gorgeous, and it's relaxing to just drift along on the current as dolphins and sting rays and whales swim by. If you want a deeper, meatier experience, though, you'd probably be better served looking elsewhere, because this game just doesn't have that.
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  3. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Sep 9, 2015
    50
    This is more disappointing than a pearl-less oyster. [Oct 2015, p.74]
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