![]() This is not so chatty as to spoil the tranquility of the deep, but does give context to the onscreen action, which might otherwise get tired quickly. She undertakes this research with an offscreen team of scientists who livestream it, commentate and relay questions from viewers. ![]() Set in the near future, you control a researcher called Mirai as she tracks and documents ocean creatures, particularly a family of sperm whales. In line with this academic stance, there is no threat or jeopardy in the gameplay, encouraging ruminative observation of the environment and the creatures in it.Ĭaptured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) More than just a game, the package also includes 16 short educational films of around two minutes each, briefly describing related scientific topics. The great power of a game to show and teach has been mostly overlooked in this collection of good but disjointed multimedia assets.Į-Line Media's latest is a peaceful, third-person ocean exploration game about conducting scientific research into marine life. However, Beyond Blue is nowhere near the calibre of that programme. There’s some serious cred borrowed from the BBC, with an “inspired by” name-check for superstar documentary series Blue Planet II. That’s the edutainment promise and it’s more or less what E-Line Media seem to be aiming for with Beyond Blue – but with a cool video game instead of the rock concert. Imagine you dragged yourself into a boring marine biology lecture and it turned out to be an awesome rock concert about dolphins.
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