Oceanhorn
Oceanhorn
Oceanhorn, développé par Cornfox & Bros. et publié par FDG Entertainment, est sorti le 14 novembre 2013 sur iOS. Ce titre indépendant mêle les genres aventure, jeu de rôle et réflexion à travers ses mécaniques de puzzle.
Dans ce jeu d'action-aventure, le joueur se réveille pour découvrir une lettre de son père disparu, ne disposant comme seuls indices que son vieux carnet et un collier mystérieux. L'aventure le conduit à explorer les îles des Uncharted Seas, un monde rempli de dangers, d'énigmes et de secrets, où il doit combattre des monstres, apprendre la magie et découvrir des trésors anciens afin d'élucider les mystères du royaume d'Arcadia et du monstre marin Oceanhorn. La prise en main est possible via des contrôles tactiles ou une manette, et l'expérience se présente comme un jeu premium téléchargeable gratuitement proposant un premier chapitre d'essai avant un achat intégré unique débloquant la version complète. La bande-son a été confiée aux compositeurs Nobuo Uematsu et Kenji Ito.
L'opus a reçu un score agrégé de 87,84. La presse a salué certains aspects du titre, comme l'a fait Slide to Play en qualifiant Oceanhorn de jeu d'action-aventure magnifique empruntant des idées à la série Zelda de Nintendo tout en étant très bien exécuté, ou TouchArcade qui, tout en relevant des similarités avec Zelda, jugeait le jeu valant le coup d'être joué pour l'originalité qu'il introduit. De leur côté, des joueurs sur Metacritic ont exprimé leur enthousiasme, évoquant une immersion inégalée et des énigmes ludiques, ou encore un très bon jeu adapté aux mobiles avec de beaux graphismes et une histoire plaisante.
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Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« Oceanhorn might be a flawed, blatant rip-off of Zelda, but it’s worth playing — especially for the originality it does introduce. »
« Oceanhorn is a stunningly beautiful action-adventure game that borrows some of its best ideas from Nintendo's Zelda series. However, it's so well executed that we didn't mind the homage. »
« Although the first step in Oceanhorn is steeped in Zelda nostalgia, every step after leads farther into a world that stands on its own two feet. »
« If there is only one game you buy all year than Oceanhorn should be it, especially if you love those classic Nintendo adventure games. »
« Even if you only get up to three iOS games a year, make sure this is one of them. There are hours upon hours of content to play, plenty of islands to explore and monsters to fight. »
« Control niggles aside, have no doubt that this pocket RPG represents an impressive landmark for mobile gaming. In achieving so many triumphs, »
« Oceanhorn is a full featured experience that is not to be missed on iOS making it a must buy that makes the App Store a better place with the exquisite adventure it delivers. »
« A long and enjoyable experience that launches a promising new series while raising the bar for 3D adventure games on iOS. It might be overly nostalgic, but Oceanhorn still provides some of the richest gaming to be found on the App Store. [Issue 1, February 2014] »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« Not joking,The greatest immersion game BY EXTREMELY FAR I EVER SEEN.amazing games, the puzzles are so fun and nice to develop logic and passion about puzzles to childrens and people ! Amazing story, the concept is so original and interesting, and its the only game that feel like its not invented like you are in that weird world and following the story, you cant imagine people creating this. Which puts it in 10/10. »
« Un tremendo juegazo, muy bien adaptado para móviles, buenos gráficos, linda historia y un precio módico es un 10. »
« I like the premise. I got this back in the day looking for anything Zelda. But I couldn't bring myself to make it far. »
« [SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.] »
« I am so tired of people saying that this is a blatant rip-off of Zelda. It is similar but not a rip-off at all a clone of Zelda. »
« Ocean horn is a really nice and beautiful game looking and playing a little bit like zelda series mixed with little big adventure. Everything is put in an isometric perspective with lovely candy graphics. The world is divided into island to which you travel by sailing your boat. Our main hero has no name but looks very similar to Link - although without the cap - but with the sword and the shield the inspiration is unmistakable. Your goal is to kill the monster called Oceanhorn - to do so you will need to travel the world, discover new locations, solve puzzles and gain necessary abilities. This game gives a very laid back feeling. The gameplay is very good as well. Fighting, travelling the world, solving puzzles, even fishing are all well done. I really enjoyed my time playing the game and can easily recommend it to any Zelda fan out there. »
« I just started the game and have found a glitch in bomb island... I am stuck in some sort of loop and can't escape. My bombs kept trowing instead of placing in the south where the 3 wood boxes are. Now I can't get out .. :( very disappointing as this game is $9.99 and I haven't even begun to really play.. Otherwise I was enjoying it.. »
« I enjoy playing this game much. The reason why I cant give it a 9 is because its too much of a zelda clone. Beside that its a pretty good game , but a little too expensive »
