E307: Forever Blue crossing the pond as Endless Ocean

by JC Fletcher { Jul 11th 2007 at 7:00PM }

Forever Blue, the ocean exploration game from Arika, has been announced for a US release, with the slightly different. but thematically identical, title of Endless Ocean. We've got a short, but very pretty gallery of screenshots, and a similarly bite-size trailer. The trailer's music is as relaxing as the game looks. Look at that screen up there. It just exudes serenity even when a sea creature is bearing down on the poor diver.

[Via press release]

Tags: arika, diving, e307, endless, endless ocean, EndlessOcean, forever blue, ForeverBlue, ocean, screens

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

BTaylor @ Jul 11th 2007 7:13PM

*Waits for Steve Irwin jokes*

hvnlysoldr @ Jul 11th 2007 7:38PM

It totally works. The song is nice.

ben @ Jul 11th 2007 7:39PM

Madly enough, I'm quite excited about this game.

AutomagV @ Jul 11th 2007 8:05PM

This looks like a great game to get stoned to and play in a dark room with... I mean, this looks neat.

Mr Khan @ Jul 11th 2007 8:09PM

I for one vote down the new name

Although the game looks like it'd be worth a rent

Matt @ Jul 11th 2007 8:34PM

The new name is a bit too literal for me. Seems kinda...dumbed down, to be honest. Despite that, I'm gonna rent it from GameFly at some point. Looks entertaining for a bit but like it'd get stale fast...

Valien @ Jul 11th 2007 9:09PM

Being that I'm landlocked (grew up in the islands and SCUBA diving) this game will be fun to play if not to just reminisce. :(

Oh, the music is by a group call The Secret Garden (I believe). Very cool music. One of my favorite groups.

~V

hydralisk456 @ Jul 11th 2007 9:46PM

I believe that I will be buying this on day one, I love games where you can just explore endlessly, but I wish they would have kept the original name, Forever Blue just sounds better than Endless Ocean.

blk_ballard @ Jul 12th 2007 12:43AM

This game looks better every time I see it! The graphics have vastly improved and everything si just soo relaxing! Oh, and as for the song, it's not by the Secret Gardens, it's by Haley Westerna. I think it's called Maybe.

Rubang B @ Jul 12th 2007 2:53AM

This game is confusing my gameplay over graphics arguments. I mean, it's really pretty looking, but there's absolutely nothing to do, but I still want to play it to... relax? I don't know exactly why I like it yet, but with the multiplayer exploration in there, I definitely like it.

ouj @ Jul 12th 2007 4:48AM

This game is a rehash of Everblue 2 which was released for PS2 in 2003. Just get it from eBay or something, no need to wait for US release of the Wii port.

Better yet - save your dollars as Everblue 2 was garbage and this is unlikely to be any different.

Merdin @ Jul 12th 2007 6:24PM

I´m also very much looking forward to this game. It´s gonna sothe the crap out of me!

Now watch my brilliant "The Life Aquatic" allusion!
The text is german, it is mostly about conquering the rest of the world. Just ignore it... ^^

--> http://www.blog.de/htsrv/trackback3.php/2580203/2a312

Merdin @ Jul 12th 2007 6:31PM

I said watch it! *fistshake*

--> http://trade-a-game.blog.de/2007/07/05/the_life_aquatic_with_steve_wiissou~2580203

Stupid trackback-links and stupid anti-fistshaking laws!

Btw, I wanted to type "soothe" not "sothe". And forget about that conquering stuff.

I´m not dumb or evil. I´m just German...