The porting of this to consoles manages to avoid the awkward controls and graphical issues that usually plague such ports. Gameplay in Oceanhorn is simple, as it was originally released on tablets and phones to be played on the go. These are all tropes pulled directly from other great games, but past them is something different and fresh. Your father took off to fight the evil and now you are left alone to try and follow in his footsteps. You are a young boy living in a world threatened by an unknown evil that has plagued the land for generations. You can run around and chop bushes and tall grass with your sword, you travel from island to island by boat, your interpersonal communication (outside of the narrative driven interaction) is all handled by text box with no real speech to be heard. The similarities do not end with the pots, your health is tracked with hearts at the top left of your screen, and your items and controls are shown at the top right at all times. Experience points in the form of blue crystals spill out and go into the inventory much like a rupee might fall from a smashed pot.
I of course ignored this warning and immediately set about to smashing every jar in reach.
The store is complete with an angry sign telling the hero not to break any jars.
In the village you start your journey there is a store filled with breakable pots, something longtime Zelda fans will instantly recognize. Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas is an original game that very much runs in the vein of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker while staying new enough and different enough to be considered a flattering imitation.Ĭornfox Bros, developer for Oceanhorn clearly knew what they were doing and even go so far as to throw easter eggs in their game poking a bit of fun at both themselves and the Zelda franchise. Others are just a shameless knockoff lacking originality and character of their own. In some cases, an imitation can be done in a way that compliments that which it imitates and moves forward on its own merit, while preserving the integrity of what made the original great. This is a statement that I both agree and disagree with. Imitation is said to be the sincerest form of flattery.
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