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Ocean's Heart
Ocean’s Heart is an action RPG featuring detailed pixel art with a heavy focus on exploration. In a lively world teeming with secrets and mysteries, Tilia sets out in search of her missing father. Follow the trail through the ruins of a flooded kingdom, shape the future of the current world, or keep your head down and focus on your own mission in t...
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- Released
- January 21, 2021
- Developer
- Max Mraz
- Genres
- Action · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure · Indie
- Publisher
- Nordcurrent
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Ocean's Heart Reviews
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The labour of love involved in Ocean’s Heart is evident in every detail Max Mraz injected into the game. Again, the influences from TLoZ are apparent, but they’re borrowed for the right reasons and implemented expertly. It may not handle as well as a polished Nintendo product, but the learning curve is shallow, and you’ll be enjoying the moment-to-moment gameplay more than enough in no time. The game is so easy to get lost in as you want to see what’s just ahead in the next frame. Tilia’s journey is personal and compelling enough to carry you along with it. Speedrunners will likel…
Still, Ocean’s Heart is a tremendous experience even with some rough edges. It’s evocative of the likes of Minish Cap in all the best ways and succeeds at being more organic and open than a lot of similar games. I’d love to see this game’s foundation build and grow because the promise is immense, but even if this is the peak of Ocean’s Heart’s developer Max Mraz, it’s still an enjoyable game.
Ocean’s Heart is a love letter to its genre, and I feel like it’s one that does it justice. I really enjoyed this game and all it had to offer. The main story, as well as the side-quests, keep you interested and immersed in the world you’re exploring, the visuals are full of color and charm, and the gameplay, while basic, is elevated by constant puzzle-solving and exploration, making it harder to get bored. If you have it in you to ignore the clunky controls (which I did) then you will ...
There's never a dull moment for apprentice volunteer navy member Tilia. Players can join her in exploring an interconnected archipelago for clues about missing family members as well as lost treasure in this charming retro action-adventure game.
When it isn't going through the motions with its main story, Ocean's Heart is an imaginative retro adventure worth your time.
Ocean’s Heart is a charming, albeit uninspired, Zelda-like 2D adventure that wears its influences a bit too heavily.
Search and rescue.Max Mraz knows Zelda. The indie developer cut his teeth on Yarntown, a free-to-play 2D Zelda-inspired version of [...]