Lost In Blue: Shipwrecked: Review

  Today I'm going to review a game I've had for a while called Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked. Most, if not, all of you haven't heard of this game, that's available online and in some stores.

What it is
  Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked is a survival game for the Wii. You start off as the son of a cruise ship employee. At some point, you go and help him organize a party elsewhere on the ship. At some point, you return to your room to call it a night. As you are falling asleep, alarms blare and a voice comes on and states that there is a fire on the ship. You quickly get into a lifeboat with your pet monkey (yes, this is a Japanese game) and sit down. As the lifeboat starts to leave, you get a glimpse of a young woman fighting with an employee.

  A few seconds after the lifeboat gets started, it breaks down. You volunteer to repair it. As you are checking out what seems to be the problem, you fall overboard, only to be swept away. A crew member throws you buoyant briefcase, that you and your monkey manage to hold on to. At that point, the game begins.

  You start off on a tiny island that is basically a tutorial. I won't go through much of it. You see that the island is deserted, so you wonder if the island across from you has anyone on it. You manage to use the briefcase to build a raft to send you to the next island.

  Progressing into the game, you find abandoned places, complex puzzles, new people, new areas, new items, and a more complicated storyline as the romance, mystery and adventure begins to show.

Story: 7.5/10
  The storyline is an interesting one, but it is repetitive of its predecessors. It is because of this and some nonsensical twists to the story that makes it a 7.5.

Music and Sound: 6.5/10
  The music in this game loops but varies and suits the area that it's used in. The music can be annoying and it is low quality, though. The sound was pretty good in this game, with the exception of the voiceovers, which are only text 3/4 of the time. And the voiceovers weren't very well put together.

Here is an example of a song from the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeoUk5omy4I&feature=c4-overview&list=UU5H5RgHRBG4JCCY4frW2Row

Graphics: 3/10
  I found the graphics in this game to be really bad. The people who made the graphics only made them so that you can make out what the object is, and even then you can have problems. The characters aren't very human-like. They possessed some human traits, but really they weren't very realistic. I found it very hard to see the game during the rain, and although I liked when it randomly rained in the game, it wasn't easy getting around in it.



Gameplay: 8.5/10
  Shipwrecked's gameplay is outstanding, with the exception if the stat maintenance. You can really feel like you're stranded on an island (just not with the graphics). The gameplay, with the exclusion of the stat meters, is very realistic. There are random storms, eating certain things (fish, mushrooms, etc.) all have different effects on you, character interaction exists, there are varying minigames and objects wash up ashore. The only thing that makes an 8.5 not a 10 is the STAT MAINTENANCE. Every few seconds you are on the verge of death due to lack of sleep, water and food. You could sleep for a few days straight, drink water every few minutes, and have an all-you-can-eat buffet every half an hour, and all of your characters are dying only a few minutes later. It's ridiculous. Too ridiculous. Another note: the AIs are very stupid in this game, and I mean VERY stupid.

Overall: 6.5/10
  This game gets a 6.5 out of a possible 10 for me because even though Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked has sentimental value to me, and there is great gameplay and storyline, but stupid AIs, poor graphics and lousy stat maintenance bring this game down to this point. This is one of those games that you should think about before buying, but I would definitely recommend you to try the game if this sounds interesting to you.

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News: Written by Victoria

Okay everyone, I've decided to postpone the team blog post project, to January.

The reason being is that I literally have no time to make the kind of post that I'd like to on the subject that we picked, so I thought I'd let you know about that.

Also, I know that this blog isn't the best right now, but I'm working on making it worth your time to read.

I've decided that 8:00 a.m. is the best time for me to make posts, so that's the time it will be.

The time that my blog members post will be different, because as I've said before we all go by different time zones.

We'll there you go, that's the news for today, if you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them.

Thanks!

Which one? By: Victoria

Okay, the topic that I think is best and that anyone can relate to from the suggested subjects listed in the comments, from my last post is, love. (That's sort of hard to say all at once)

So that's the subject my blog members and I are going to write a post on, it may take us a few days, we'll still continue to make posts on a daily basis, but at our own preferred times, because we all go by different time zones! So that's the news for today, if you have any questions or comments fill free to leave them and let us know what you think!!

Thank you!

Hi guys!

Yo people, I can make blogposts now too! So here's a funny Monty Python video to celebrate:

See you guys soon!

An Idea! By: Victoria

So, yesterday I came up with an idea I'd like to share with everyone.

I thought it would be interesting for myself and the three other people that run this blog as well, to pick a subject, and for each of us to write a post about it.

So that everyone can see the subject from four different points of view.

If you blog readers think that this is a good idea and you'd like to see this happen, tell us in the comments and you can also leave your subject ideas in the comments too and we'll decide in the next day or so which one we'll post about.

Thank you: Everyone!! :)

Teacher's can be weird: By Suzanne Klare

I always watched Ned's Survival Guide when I was little. I liked the storyline a lot, and I thought it was pretty funny. I also thought that all of those teachers weren't as bad as they seemed. Buuuut then there is high school. I discovered there are actually teachers that are kind of... weird.

So, I'll tell you guys about some of them.

My Dutch teacher:

She is a horrible witch with the weirdest clothing I have ever seen. Seriously, when you didn't do your homework and you have a perfectly good reason, she still gives you detention. Also, when you tell her you didn't do your homework, she looks at you with this glare that could churn blood. Just so you guys know, I'm not exaggerating. And how she dresses! I'm not a fashion expert, but she once wore BANANA EARINGS to school. Also, a lot of pink. She reminds me of this woman right here:

My biology teacher:

This guy doesn't know how to be ashamed. Seriously, this happened a few months ago.

Teacher: Some women like men with chesthair, and some don't. I have chesthair, and my wife LOVES it.

Me: (no one needs to know)

Girl sitting next to me: (ABORT MISSION ABORT)

He also tells us about his own sexual expierences. I'm not gonna give an example of that.

My math teacher:

I really really really really really really hate this guy. Reasons:

-He's really mean. One time, I had an 8.8 out of 10 for math, and that's a really good grade. So I'm like: Yes, I've got an 8.8! Woohoo! You know what he says?

This:
Well, don't be too pumped, because you still made some pretty stupid mistakes.

Oh, how much I hate him...

Reason 2:

He can't explain ANYTHING.

I went to him one time and asked if he could explain more and not just sit at his desk all the time and do nothing (not with those words), but nothing changed! He's still horrible at teaching.

My Ancient Lagnuages Teacher:

So, he's my favourite teacher out of everyone. He's good at explaining things, he's nice, and he tolerates a lot. He's just a bit... eccentric.

He looks like a Greek God: Not that he's handsome or anything, but he has a beard, he's tall, he's big, he has long, curling hair, and he says he's Zeus. Also he says that he has a Gorgon head in his bag so that, if someone doesn't obey the rules, he turns them into stone. He also tries to scare me all the time, but it never works :P


So these teachers are eccentric out here where I live! If you think this is pretty normal, then that's because I live in a boring country. Tell me about your worst teachers in the comments!

Also, sorry it took so long... those same teachers gave me too much homework to do :(

Loz windwaker: By William D

LoZ: WindWaker
Recently (not really that recently) Michael Gray, a.k.a Arglefumph did a walkthrough for this game. This is a game I grew up with, and I love it very much.

I feel as though Michael judged it unfairly. Grant it, the game may be a little bit drawn out in some areas, but the plotline seems pretty solid to me.
Link's sister is kidnapped by the Helmaroc King. These girls are being kidnapped by Ganon in an attempt to find the true Princess Zelda. Link, trying to save Ariel, goes to the Forsaken Fortress, and attempts to battle the Helmaroc King. Link is massively over powered, and painfully unskilled at this point, so he is flung out to sea. A boat (the King of Red Lions) rescues him, and take him on many a quest. Since this boat saved Link's life, Link trusts him and thus works on these quests. Eventually he saves his sister. Then he sails off into the sunset... literally... well sorta. :P

I'll admit there are some plot holes, such as "Why can't the King of Red Lions teleport as he can in human form?" but, you know, it's a Zelda game!!! What do you expect? Sheesh people stop the hating xD At any rate, most of the sailing in the game is rather boring and quite tedious. But I think it adds to the interest. Some questions that went through my head when I first played the game are: "What will this dungeon be like?" "What, if any, new monsters will there be?" "What's the new dungeon item!?!?!?!?!"

A lot of the sailing is unnecessary and it's only if you want, say, extra life. More rupees. Stuff like that.
Now, about the dungeons.

I think that the dungeon layouts were pretty good, but that's my opinion. The rooms all have their own unique design and challenge. You're never swarmed by monsters in the earlier dungeons, and even in the harder ones it's not that bad. I'm a very cautious player, I always like to snipe things from afar with my bow, or throw bombs :D xD It usually works pretty well. Each enemy has a uniques designing, as in all Zelda games. I'm not so sure about the very first boss though. I feel as if she is a bit overpowered for a beginner boss; and maybe that;s just me and I'm a massive noob.

Just for fun I'll list the bosses and tell what I thought of each one. Here they are:

Ghoma: She was very interesting, and I liked the way you defeat her, she seemed a bit over powered considering she could be very fast and breathe fire at you. Yah... xD overall, an interesting boss. Lovely design!!!!

Kalle Demos: Okay, maybe my favorite boss, Amazing detail, stunning animation, and it had the perfect difficulty level for that stage in the game. Overall, a wonderfully executed battle.

Gohdan: What can I say? Epic. Epic epic epic epiiiiic.
Helmaroc King: Oh my goodness, a beautiful boss. The design was exquisite, and it was like Kalle over there. Perfect amount of difficulty, amazing setting. Death sequence? Amazing. And you gotta love that tail and screech <3 xD Jahalla: ..... possibly, quite possibly, the weirdest boss I've ever fought in a Zelda game. It's a mask... with a bunch of tiny poes in it.... and it's fat. And it's weird. And it's.... It. Molgera: Ohmagawrsh the music. THE MUSIC IS AMAZING!!!! O_O <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 I love this boss and its music. Love it xD Puppet Ganon: (Puppet form) A strange battle, but interesting. (Spider form) Very fun, watching the reflection spin... Spinnnnyyyy o-o (Molgera form) ... I hate this battle.... so hard.... GAH >:O

Ganondorf: Amazing setting, the stage slowly flooding, (sorta XD) and all the while, the sound of water coming down around you. Epic. Truly Epic. The ending, amazing, but really sad.

Now for my favorite to least favorite:
Kalle Demos
Gohdan - Helmaroc King (tiiiie)
Molgera
Puppet Ganon - Ganondorf (tie xP)
Ghoma
Jalhalla

Okay, thanks for putting up with me, I'm sorry it took so long for me to make a post, but I have been beyond busy, and into the realm of slaving XD