DAVE THE DIVER

Before the most recent update i would absolutely have recommended this game. However since the devs has decided to implement the use of AI in lieu of actual human translators has made me no longer able to support this project. A game that is largely about environmental conservation using a service that does more damage to the earth more than any other industry in history has a sad irony to it and i mourn this game that i once loved and put so much of my time into. Even if they do remove the AI from it they will still have used it in the first place and it is truly disheartening to have to see this.

好玩到爆

Goated game. After I finished Stardew Valley I was looking for a chill game to fill the void. This game did that and more. I was not going into it trying to 100 percent it, but I enjoyed it so much that I felt like I had to. 10/10 would recommend.

"It's good." So they told you when you first installed the game. You put on your yellow scuba gear and arrive at the sushi restaurant. You put in your first hours and feel the steady joy in improvement. You work hard, and you try to make it work. It's honest work. But soon, that gives way to tedium. You work tirelessly. Put fish on the table. Farm. Dive. You're taking night shifts, extra shifts. You're doing the right thing. Good honest work. So you're told. You help villagers whom you've never met. You help random passerby with the dishes that bring out the best memory in them. But suddenly, it hits you. What am I doing all this for? These people, they thank you but they never truly acknowledge you. You put in the work. Extra work. But you never get promoted. You never get to own the restaurant. It's always about someone else. Never you. You keeping going, looking at how much content there is in the game to do. Yet, everything. Everything feels the same. You have to work harder. That's how you get by. But suddenly, there is a moment of clarity: what is this all for? Nothing. It is all for nothing I tell you. And today is the day I quit this job! It's time to make a change. To give up the job security of being a fish diver, to give up the stability of catching fish everyday. I shall follow my dream of becoming an accountant! Such is the power of passion!

好玩！像素风的捕鱼+经营游戏！在水下一直贪贪贪，经常在水下一待就是一小时。 海洋的风景非常美丽，像素风的生物竟然也做得非常写实，玩了戴夫以后在网上刷到一些真实的海洋生物，第一反应都是：这鱼我抓过！这鱼咬过我！（扳机鱼你为什么在二次元三次元都四处咬人） 果然任务才是第一驱动力，主线结束瞬间不想下海了。前面主线偶尔想拖延一下，但总是一下水就忍不住推主线，到第七章的时候我告诉自己这次一定要慢慢做，结果第七章没有停顿地直通最终boss巨奇虾了qaq。 死了好多遍终于战胜克柔龙，赶紧把死狙做出来想着大杀四方，结果巨奇虾根本不能用。 ps：不过大白鲨用死狙真的超级好打，六枪秒掉，根本没见到龙卷风。 大家都在吐槽的鲛人村我反而没太大感觉，npc（尤指苏万）态度确实一般，不过任务流程让我找回了以前玩mmo游戏的奇遇任务的感觉，连环任务，还蛮有意思的。 最喜欢的npc是唱歌的小姐姐，真的超级好听啊！完整的听了她的livehouse，闭上眼睛感觉自己也身临其境了。 睡眠步枪我的最爱，轻轻松松抓到三星鱼。对我的收集癖非常友好，海洋卡全图鉴睡眠步枪功不可没。 最后收集的海洋卡是夜行性0-50m红唇蝙蝠鱼，查了攻略才发现是拍照点且只在特定地图刷新，我前期抓了几只海鳝后除任务要求再也没夜潜过。 我真的是一个非常爱做任务的人，所有主线支线生态任务鲛人村哥斯拉任务全部做完了，目前剩下的好像就是鱼怪和突变鱼图鉴？ 鱼怪实在太难等了，主线结束后我已经疯狂跳过了，抓到5只达成成就以后就不想动了。只能以后慢慢来了（如果我还会打开的话）。 渔帆暗涌对晕3d人士太太太太不友好了！！！每次开船我都感觉我要晕吐了，赶紧下水抓鱼。。。如果让我给这个dlc打分我真的就会给2-3颗星，鱼丑+晕。。。 生态任务主要是在缺鳗鲶，也是只在特定地图刷新的鱼，海草非常高的那个图，像晚上的长刺真鳂一样，一群小鱼冲过来就是打。 本人真的是模拟经营重度爱好者，主线打完不想下海抓鱼但仍然坚持每晚开店赚钱。戴夫你在海里那么灵活怎么上岸这么虚！ 总之五星！感谢相遇！真的认识到好多海洋生物！

前期玩着还不错，后期的解谜又臭又长，没有乐趣浪费时间，让人没有玩下去的欲望

Simply one of my favorite games of all time, and I have neither the time nor the language to give it enough praise. It's amazing. If I had the money I would literally buy it for every gamer I know, for a game-life without dave the diver is a life half lived. Make sure you get all the DLC... the cost to value ratio of this game i absurd. I can only say I loved this game and will be back when there is more DLC.

I don't want to play balatro. I want to play dave the diver. The minigames and cut scenes were already grating but this is too much. This stuff is *fine* but there needs to be a way to turn it off. I just want to play the game.

Não se engane pelos gráficos pixelados. Apesar de ter uma aparência “indie”, Dave the Diver foi feito por uma das maiores empresas de videogame da Coréia do Sul, ou seja, é bem mais profundo do que você imagina. Profundo é uma palavra que traduz perfeitamente todo o jogo. Profundo no sentido literal já que é um jogo sobre um mergulhador que pesca os peixes e seres marinhos desde a superfície até as profundezas do oceano, aumentando de dificuldade quanto mais ao fundo mergulhar. Profundo também na mecânica de captura dos peixes, sendo que alguns deles basta aproximar com um facão, enquanto outros seriam necessários rede de pesca ou diversas armas que podem causar efeitos elementares secundários, como choque, veneno e até mesmo queimadura (???), sendo que algumas dessas criaturas são quase literalmente Pokémons, precisando de uma certa engenharia para capturá-los. Profundo também são os seus chefões. Apesar de serem apenas peixes muito grandes, algo que tinha dito em algum momento atrás que seria um péssimo exemplo de chefão, aqui eles são utilizados de maneiras bem criativas e interessantes em que só mesmo vendo para entender de fato. Profundo não apenas nos mergulhos que faz no período diurno mas também você pode usar a carne dos peixes que coletou no dia para servir de comida a noite, com o jogo virando um simulador de gerenciamento de restaurante a noite, mudando completamente a dinâmica do jogo. Profundo também na história e progressão, seguindo quase de forma episódica típica de sitcom enquanto toca temas de ambientalismo e de preservação da história (evitando spoilers aqui). Interessante como o protagonista aqui, o Dave do título, é um homem comum sendo mostrado pela sua obesidade que, como a sua ingenuidade e empatia ao próximo acaba se transformando em coragem a ponto de conseguir feitos heroicos típicos de protagonistas hipermusculosos de videogame. Com tudo isso, até dá pra entender como dá pra ficar profundamente obcecado com esse jogo, alternando entre os mergulhos de manhã, os sitcoms de tarde e a comida noturna. ... Trecho extraído do texto “Um ano de Gamerudito”. Para ler o texto completo com review de outros games basta acessar o link abaixo. Não é monetizável, não tem fins comerciais. https://gamerudito.substack.com/p/um-ano-de-gamerudito

84 hours later, I think what kept me playing the most was the collection aspect. There is something incredibly satisfying about filling out the entire Marinca, getting everything to three stars, and eventually looking at a screen full of golden cards. At some point I wasn't even playing because the game was difficult anymore — I was just determined to finish the achievements and complete every collection I could. The diving itself is also genuinely good. The oxygen and weight systems constantly force you to decide whether one more fish or one more piece of loot is worth the risk. My longest single dive somehow lasted almost two hours, which probably says enough about how easy it is to get carried away down there. The story isn't anything extraordinary, but it's charming enough, and the pixel art, music, and general atmosphere make the whole game extremely comfortable to play. I also liked how the crossover content was handled. Balatro, DREDGE, and Godzilla all felt like fun additions instead of advertisements awkwardly shoved into the game. The constant introduction of new mechanics never bothered me either; most of them helped keep the game fresh. The only part I really didn't enjoy was the pet-raising minigame. It felt much more tedious than it needed to be. The late game is actually easier than the beginning once you have enough upgrades and money, but by then the challenge isn't really the point anymore. For me, it became a completionist game — and a very satisfying one. A very cozy game that somehow turned me into a marine-life card collector for 84 hours.