[PC] Aquaria - "It's basically Ecco the Dolphin mixed with Metroid"

I did not even have to play the demo to know this was worth the 30 dollar price tag.

Purchased. Registered. Going to enjoy every hour I sink into this, and then some!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

35 hours and 37 minutes later (in-game time, real life time is probably about 60 or so) after having done pretty much everything there was to do:

• Obtained all 32 Treasures
• Created all 50 Recipes (Alec said there were no more despite there being two blank spots on the last page)
• Acquired all 4 Pets
• Mapped out the entire world of Aquaria
• Found the 3 special things that are really special

I finally beat the game. I will admit in the beginning the game started out a bit shaky. Little fish girl is tired of swimming in her lovely home and wants to go exploring elsewhere.

However, once you leave the calm comfort of Home Waters and reach the Open Waters, things start to pick up a little. The story hits on two themes throughout the entire game, and these two specific themes will probably manage to affect the player's emotions and compel them to play longer than they might intend.

The music in this game is amazing. I really, really love what they did with a particular Verse. The boss music is very suitable too, it puts one in the mood to not only actually fight but to finish it as well. The pace of the boss fight theme actually goes with the pace you will be scampering about and dodging like a madman. The voices were great, and it's kind of neat that the developers managed to do a little voice work for things here and there. Jenna Sharpe (who does the voice of Naija) really manages to bring out the character well. I honestly could not tell that this was her first real gig doing voice work. There were a few moments where the voice was overshadowed by the music, but overall it was very nice.

I know it will be done eventually, but I'm just glad no one ever did a walk through while I was going through the game. For me it really added to the experience, since I was just as confused and dumbfounded as Naija at times.

Honestly. The fact that two guys could create something of this caliber is breathtaking. I'm saddened that the bigger companies out there can't even come close to matching what these two men (and one woman) accomplished in only a two year period.

All I really need is a soundtrack for this game. Get the Flash Player to play this audio file:

There's nowhere I can't reach.