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The amount of diversity and density, from the plants to the living creatures, is impressive and memorable. Players will visit a variety of visually and thematically different submerged environments, from the typical seabed to the mysterious structures created by unknown civilizations long ago. You control a diver and can explore the ocean floor and its varied fauna and flaura. It’s a selection of great tracks that perfectly complement the game’s atmosphere and aquatic setting.īut what do you do in Abzu? Well, it is a 3D underwater exploration game that’s meant to be a relaxing and ambiguous experience. From the brooding melodies as you explore the depths of the ocean, to the lighter musical tones of playing around with colorful fish near the surface, everything you do in the game is carefully and near-perfectly matched by the accompanying score. Once again, composer Austin Wintory from Journey has been enlisted to create a score for Abzu, and he does very well. It’s not the most impressive game from a technical perspective, but as far as the art goes, it’s certainly one of the most memorable.Īnother point of direct relation to Journey, and Abzu’s second most standout feature, is the soundtrack. It works quite well – the game features a great variety of colors and lighting effects that all look quite good. Instead, Abzu aims for a similar art design that refrains from becoming realistic. The visuals in Abzu are slightly stylized, so you won’t see something like the incredibly impressive grains of sand in Journey’s deserts. And just like Journey, players diving into the worlds of Abzu for the first time will immediately notice the beautiful art style. He was the art director of Flower and Journey, who started this new studio after departing from thatgamecompany. Though Abzu shares the same game subgenre as Journey along with other games, it begs to be compared to it specifically for the fact that developers Giant Squid are helmed by Matt Nava.