Call of the Sea review

Call of the sea it is perhaps one of those pleasant surprises that come to our consoles. Without making too much noise, but it rewards players who dare to venture into their world. And that’s it, the first video game of Out of the blue This has amazed us since we took over.

Thanks to its cinematic decor and gameplay reminiscent of the most classic graphic adventures, Call of the sea managed to captivate us. The game puts us in the shoes of Norah, a young woman who arrives on a Pacific island in search of her husband. Who disappeared during an expedition to the same island. With this premise begins an adventure full of mysteries, puzzles and surprises. But How do you feel in control? We will tell you about it in the following analysis!

A wonderful island

After a few minutes Call of the sea and after its prologue, we will arrive at one of the main elements of this adventure, the island. It may sound silly but the island is a fundamental part of the history of the game. From the moment we set foot there, we are dazzled by its beauty.

We are facing an almost heavenly island, with very colorful and fascinating environments. The color palette used by the studio emphasizes even more if possible the beauty of the cartoon style used in this work

. At first, one can think that the environments of the island will always remain in this same line, however, Call of the sea manages to transform their environments and add variety to each chapter.

On the other hand, the island is not only limited to being a scene, but also provides many situations at the narrative level, in addition to reinforcing that halo of mystery that surrounds the work. Following this line, it should be emphasized that the environment is essential to understand what happens in history. That’s why generating a storyline like this makes the player even more eager to explore.

All of this is topped off with a simply brilliant artistic section that comes along with a great dubbing performance. Although unfortunately we have to mention that the game is currently only dubbed in English, although the study did not rule out updating the game in the future with a Spanish dub.

A story more complex than it seems

Leaving aside the technical part of the work, we have to enter fully into Norah’s story. Without going into too much detail, our protagonist Norah embarks on a journey in search of her husband Harry, lost in an expedition. Likewise, this expedition aimed to find a cure for a disease that plagues our protagonist.

With this premise, a story is developed that becomes more complicated with every step. Each of the chapters of this adventure has new details that sometimes make this work recall a story of Lovecraft. Not because of the terror, but because this approach to mystery, to the unknown and to this special link developed with marine environments.

Likewise, just as we move forward in its chapters, we will discover more and more about the plot. However, if we explore the environment, we will find much more detail that will allow us to put the pieces of this great puzzle together.

Old flavor

Maybe one of the things we liked the most about it Call of the sea

is that it pays homage to the most classic adventures. It is something palpable from the start of the adventure. And that’s it, their puzzles are really well developed and you will have to think carefully about each of them to be able to solve them. Call of the sea It is not a game for everyone, but surely if you are a fan of adventure games, you will be able to see the wonderful work done by the studio.

Even like that, Call of the sea, It’s not an overly difficult game, but it is a game that has no clues beyond what the player will find in the environment. This means that if you are stuck with a puzzle, the game will not give you additional help. This help we will have to seek it ourselves, exploring the wonderful environments that the game offers us.

Likewise, Norah will make notes in her journal of everything we find, both the clues and the events in the story. This way, it will be easier for us to connect the dots to end with a rewarding Eureka! The puzzles that the game collects are very varied and will require us to do all kinds of research before solving them. Apart from that, it should be noted that the puzzles are in keeping with the story that the game wants to tell us.

From my experience, I must say that its puzzles have pleasantly surprised me and it has been a long time since I have found such a well-spun adventure. Despite this if I have to comment on this While most of his puzzles have good logic, there is one that no writing has been able to solve without resorting to trial and error.. This is perhaps the only point which somewhat hampered my adventure.

Definitive call of the sea …

Call of the sea It is not a game for everyone, but it is aimed at the most puristic adventure game lovers. Thanks to its fantastic artistic section, the game manages to captivate the player and make him want to keep moving forward and enter his world. It fits in perfectly with their history and they form a really strong whole.

During this analysis, we did not want to give more details than necessary about the adventure, since the real experience of this Call of the sea has been discovering its mysteries at every step. Solving their puzzles is a very enriching experience since we are faced with a game that invites the player to think.

Without a doubt, we are facing one of the best graphic adventures of recent years. In its approximate duration of 5 hours, Call of the sea it becomes a game in which to get lost and explore each of its corners. We also cannot forget that Call of the sea is available from launch day on Xbox Game Pass. If you liked this analysis, we remind you that you have a lot more here.