#umigari

Быстроскетч по umigari потому что мне зашла новая игрушка от шиласарт... уж не знаю потому ли, что я жду игру про рыбалку от ocean museum, то ли из-за лиминал спейс вайба... энивей ... жду коллабы с додопицей...

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absolute finema

Golden fish Jesus

So I recently finished Umigari on stream and I have some thoughts on it! Spoilers will be included so if you haven't finished the game please come back after you have. Now I love fishing games and I love horror, so the fishing horror genre really speaks to my soul. Umigari tosses you into a world that just feels vaguely off at first in a sandy island surrounded by torii gates and other islands. There's torii gates you need to pass through to reach other islands and an umibozu, a malevolent sea spirit, that chases you unless you hit the bells on the buoys. The gates feel other worldly and add to the strange atmosphere in the game. The bells might seem like a random choice, but in a lot of cultures the sound of them ward off evil. When starting Umigari I really liked the open world feel, the Silent Hill F vibes, the question of is everything in the game metaphoric for a much larger message. There was a strong message in the school area in regards to bullying and teenage cruelty towards others and animals but afterwards the messages started to get a bit muddy. I kept wondering what this game was all leading to. There was a lady who loved a shark man and asked us to kill the octopus girl. We could not choose to do otherwise, I was thinking maybe it showed that we could not ultimately escape our own inherent cruelty. The man turned back into a shark and now knowing the ending I wondered if he turned back because he fully gained human emotions? It doesn't really make sense. The npcs in the final region also don't make much sense or really say anything about the world. My favorite NPC in the entire game is the robot looking guy with an extremely sensual voice who goes "konkura. However, I have to admit his design doesn't fit with the overall world. It's never explained or implied as to why he's mechanical or missing his jaw, he's just there to give us a fetch quest and look pretty. In contrast, the npcs in the earlier areas felt like commentary on something even if the commentary wasn't too good. In regards to other npcs like the whale god's daughter, I just wish that she was more present in the game. It just felt like she showed up in the first and then final section and that was it. If she's the daughter of a god, surely she would have some sort of powers? Something to set her aside from other npcs? It would've been nice to see. There are also no patterns when it comes to the fish holding the tablets, like are they human? Are they gods? If they were human, then what makes them so different from the other fish? The more I think of the game, the less sense it makes. I don't think every game needs a poignant message, but it seems like that's what Umigari was trying to be until I reached the ending and it threw that all out the window.

Creepy oarfish

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