
It’s simple on its face, but is a careful balance of spinning plates to keep the tension up.ĭiluvion‘s oceanic exploration is all in three dimensions, complete with breathtaking vistas, cloudy waters, and bio-luminescence. While it doesn’t lean too hard in this way, it has three basic components to being able to keep going: collect scrap metal to arm your cannons for battle when someone doesn’t like you enough to start shooting, oxygen to keep everyone breath, and food so everyone doesn’t stop doing their jobs and starve.

This restriction makes it so the player is in constant need of oxygen and frequent stops to maintain survival. Centuries ago, a great flood had taken over all the land, and a thick layer of ice prevents everyone from ever reaching the surface again. Diluvion‘s beauty gets washed away when that problem surfaces, but remains as something you shouldn’t overlook, either.Įditor’s Note: This was reviewed before and after the version 1.17 patchĭiluvion is a game that takes place in a world where only water is the means of navigating (a waterworld, if you will), and land is nothing but a myth. However, I found myself fighting with the game itself more than conflicts you’d find therein.

There’s people to meet with, trade with, and fight against.

And in this, the game is an interesting take on the apocalypse story. Arachnid Games looks to the great expanse of the sea with Diluvion. We often look to the stars as a means of exploration beyond our own world.
