Board 8 > underwater segments: has a game truly ever gotten it right? a deep dive

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Bossman_Coolguy
05/01/20 10:28:31 PM
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with the advent of gaming i think underwater segments have always sucked, since super mario bros, up until today

so the question I ask is, why are they still included? this question may never be answered

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ninkendo
05/01/20 10:31:41 PM
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LOLIAmAnAlt
05/01/20 10:34:25 PM
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The submarine level in Star Fox 64 was great fun.

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LOLIAmAnAlt
05/01/20 10:34:52 PM
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Bubble Man stage in Mega Man 2

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ZenOfThunder
05/01/20 10:36:47 PM
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that we love katamari level where you are under a lake and roll up fish

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JoshuaAstray
05/01/20 10:37:04 PM
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I haven't played but I heard Subnautica is pretty good

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Snake5555555555
05/01/20 10:43:01 PM
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The answer to this question is a resounding NO.

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guffguy89
05/01/20 11:01:37 PM
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SOMA worked out well

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Tom Bombadil
05/01/20 11:09:31 PM
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I was about to agree with you and then I saw the first two responses

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Big Bob
05/01/20 11:19:04 PM
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Rayman Origins/Legends have awesome water levels.

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Johnbobb
05/01/20 11:21:00 PM
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they tend to have great soundtracks and visual aesthetics

but yeah, the least change from the main playability, the better

Rayman Legends did it pretty decently

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CassandraCain
05/01/20 11:24:04 PM
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ABZU does it best

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CaIlMeSpike
05/01/20 11:26:04 PM
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Donkey Kong Country.

It had such beautiful ambient music too.
I actually looked forward to that stage.

Can't think of many others though...

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Bossman_Coolguy
05/01/20 11:29:02 PM
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i guess i just havent experienced a great water level yet

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Johnbobb
05/02/20 12:01:39 AM
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CassandraCain posted...
ABZU does it best
oh shit I forgot ABZU

yeah, seconding this, BY FAR the best

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Johnbobb
05/02/20 12:02:30 AM
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Journey also had a really cool take on an underwater level

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_SecretSquirrel
05/02/20 12:48:54 AM
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The beach levels in Mario Kart games generally don't suck.

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Raka_Putra
05/02/20 1:15:01 AM
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Kingdom Hearts 2. Let's have some finny fun.

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Grimlyn
05/02/20 1:42:05 AM
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does the first era of EVO: Search for Eden count

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BallaLeonHall
05/02/20 2:14:08 AM
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frog suit in mm2

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Grand Kirby
05/02/20 2:17:42 AM
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Kirby always has good water levels

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Nanis23
05/02/20 4:16:44 AM
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Yeah Mega Man games (classic X and Zero) all get it right

Water levels are fine. But honestly fuck sewers in video games

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StealThisSheen
05/02/20 4:23:17 AM
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Nanis23 posted...
Yeah Mega Man games (classic X and Zero) all get it right

Gross

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UF8
05/02/20 4:23:33 AM
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i guess i'd say the ocean level in new super hook girl is the best one in that game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxm0ew76uNk
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CassandraCain
05/02/20 6:36:41 AM
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Johnbobb posted...
yeah, seconding this, BY FAR the best

Imagine an underwater open world game with ABZU controls. It would be too perfect.

Which is why it can't exist. Perfection has no place in this world :(

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XIII_rocks
05/02/20 7:02:49 AM
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Rayman Origins/Legends arguably peaked with their underwater levels

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Naye745
05/02/20 7:05:41 AM
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"a deep dive"

heh, i get it

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INCEPTlON
05/02/20 7:06:09 AM
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Subnautica is the best
Abzu very closely behind
Soma did fine


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tcaz2
05/02/20 7:13:22 AM
#30:


Does it count as an "Underwater Section" if basically 99% of the game is underwater

Because Subnautica
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Raka_Putra
05/02/20 7:19:09 AM
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Ever17

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Lightning Strikes
05/02/20 7:38:38 AM
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Abzu and Soma have terrific ones, as said (thats almost all of the game for Abzu). And to that point, Subnautica does it really well. Of the Donkey Kong Country games, Tropical Freeze has the best ones.

One that I think gets forgotten is Metroid Prime 2.

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DeepsPraw
05/02/20 1:20:48 PM
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the underwater stuff in Soma was terrible, what are you guys talking about?

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Cavedweller2000
05/02/20 5:34:14 PM
#35:


Bioshock?

Or is this not what you're going for ;)

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NeoElfboy
05/02/20 7:10:01 PM
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Big Bob posted...
Rayman Origins/Legends have awesome water levels.

Came in to say this. By far the best water stages I can recall in a platformer.

Mega Man's are... fine in the sense that it's basically just the same as a normal stage except you jump higher, but it's not really swimming.

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XIII_rocks
05/02/20 7:53:15 PM
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I mean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7TRB8gka-4
Try telling me this isn't the greatest water level of all time

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RaidenGarai
05/02/20 7:58:23 PM
#38:


Aquaria

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foolm0r0n
05/02/20 8:25:48 PM
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Majora's Mask

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Bossman_Coolguy
05/02/20 8:26:42 PM
#40:


not The Last of Us, that's for certain, and especially nothing to do with wooden pallets conveniently placed when you need one.

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snake_5036
05/02/20 8:28:03 PM
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I generally find Mega Man games to have the best water levels.

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Uglyface2
05/02/20 9:18:23 PM
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JoshuaAstray posted...
I haven't played but I heard Subnautica is pretty good

I have played. It's fun until you can't figure out where to go.
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