Call of the Sea

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  • Summary: A weird tale of otherworldly mystery. Call of the Sea is a first-person adventure puzzle game set in the 1930s that tells the story of Norah, a woman on the trail of her missing husband's expedition. The search takes place on a strange but beautiful island in the South Pacific, filled withA weird tale of otherworldly mystery. Call of the Sea is a first-person adventure puzzle game set in the 1930s that tells the story of Norah, a woman on the trail of her missing husband's expedition. The search takes place on a strange but beautiful island in the South Pacific, filled with secrets waiting to be unearthed. It is an otherworldly tale of mystery, adventure, and self-discovery.… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Games.cz
    Jan 15, 2021
    90
    Call of the Sea is proof that “Lovecraft” doesn’t have to mean “darkness and tentacles”. This is a positive, sometimes even cheerful adventure and it’s only the undertones which are ominous, and that works surprisingly well. Also, the puzzles are great, as are the graphics and the quietly moving story.
  2. Xbox Tavern
    Dec 21, 2020
    83
    Call of the Sea is a enjoyable first person puzzler that lays on said puzzles thick and fast. That it also looks stunning didn’t hurt my time with it. Having access to the journal is a great touch, and the story kept me hooked and keen to see what was next throughout.
  3. Generación Xbox
    Dec 21, 2020
    80
    Narrative and gameplay come together in a perfect symbiosis.
  4. SpazioGames
    Dec 17, 2020
    76
    Intriguing and fascinating, Call of the Sea is a worthy new addition to Xbox Game Pass.
  5. Destructoid
    Dec 10, 2020
    75
    If the writers weren't so eager to spoil their own surprises, I think we'd be looking at one outstanding narrative-driven adventure here. As it is, Call of the Sea is a pleasing piece of pulp fiction and a decent test of your puzzle-solving skills.
  6. Multiplayer.it
    Dec 20, 2020
    73
    Call of the Sea is a well written game with some flaws when it comes to its puzzles: overall, a fine experience that is surely worth a try.
  7. GamingBolt
    Dec 8, 2020
    60
    Call of the Sea’s intriguing piecemeal story and beautiful setting falls to the wayside when its lack of signposting and overall artificially obtuse puzzles take center stage for much longer than acceptable.

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  1. Positive: 27 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 38
  3. Negative: 4 out of 38
  1. Ethanl234
    Jan 3, 2021
    10
    I don't really like puzzle games regularly, but this one looked so good I had to try(it's on gamepass) I came for the amazing visuals andI don't really like puzzle games regularly, but this one looked so good I had to try(it's on gamepass) I came for the amazing visuals and stayed for the great story, music and puzzles, totally recommend… Expand
  2. flamingo4688
    Jan 1, 2021
    10
    Great game, and on Series X it looks gorgeous. It has a ton of great puzzles and the narrative is amazing. Great lore, great story, especiallyGreat game, and on Series X it looks gorgeous. It has a ton of great puzzles and the narrative is amazing. Great lore, great story, especially if you are into Lovecraft stories… Expand
  4. rmw408
    Aug 28, 2021
    9
    A great puzzle adventure. Played this as a family taking turns controlling the lead character while the others would help to solve the nextA great puzzle adventure. Played this as a family taking turns controlling the lead character while the others would help to solve the next challenge. My only complaint being that it all ended to soon.… Expand
  5. Notle
    Dec 13, 2020
    8
    Excelent game. With Gamepass, you dont need to buy it, just play it. If you like puzzle games, this is a good One.
  6. EnglishBean86
    Jun 29, 2021
    8
    Puzzles were the perfect difficulty. To solve them you have to really study the clues that you’ve found.
    Some nice visual scenes throughout    Puzzles were the perfect difficulty. To solve them you have to really study the clues that you’ve found.
    Some nice visual scenes throughout with great audio to help bring the levels to life.
    Nice balanced achievement list with some clever misc achievements thrown in.    … Expand
  7. SuperkenGaming
    Dec 10, 2020
    7
    Call of the Sea
    Crashing Waves
    Call of the sea is a first person adventure puzzle game where you play as Norah who sets out to find her boo    Call of the Sea
    Crashing Waves
    Call of the sea is a first person adventure puzzle game where you play as Norah who sets out to find her boo Henry on an island and uncover the secrets of an illness she had.. and overall the story is the best part of this 5 and a half hour long journey, ontop of that the puzzles are just challenging enough to feel like a little enough of a nussance to kind of be enjoyable to solve, and the world and its art style is so vibrant and pretty.. great environment, great story, decent puzzles… but the problems come with this games pacing and overall performance… Letspretend everything ran smooth.. call of the sea gameplay wise just never gives you a break to let you stop and smell the roses, youre constantly trying to solve a chapters bigger puzzle to open a gate and progress, youre thrown into an era, figure out how you have to arrange things to unlock a door just do it again, its non stop, I get it’s a puzzle game but still, spread it out a bit, give me a brain break… otherwise I feel overwhelmed trying to play through your game… but call of the seas biggest issue other ttan pacing is its performance, ive never played such an unstable game in my life… l tested across multiple high end gaming pcs with xbox game pass, I had issues with crashing going into chapters 2 and 6.. I eventually got chapter 2 to work, but I only got to see the beginning moments of chapter 6.. call of the sea just refuses to load leading me to have to watch the remaining 40 minutes on youtube to get this games ending… and the issue isn’t expclusive to what is admittedly a beta system in xbox game pass for pc, after looking into it, there are reports on all of the sea causing console crashes as well, there was also a bug where I would be shown a giant white blob where cinnmematics were supposed to b shown throughout the entire game!
    If you can get through Call of the Sea, this is a really interesting and pretty straightforward puzzle game.. but if you do decide to give this one a go, don’t do it through xbox game pass for pc
    it probably wont work
    I giv Call of the Sea
    a 7.5/10    … Expand
  8. Broyax
    Feb 21, 2021
    0
    Un jeu d’aventure typique, à savoir rapidement rasoir, barbant et rébarbatif : alors la barbe ! va à la mer, Cocotte névropathe et arrête deUn jeu d’aventure typique, à savoir rapidement rasoir, barbant et rébarbatif : alors la barbe ! va à la mer, Cocotte névropathe et arrête de nous faire chier ! notamment avec tes énigmes à la con qui filent la migraine en moins de deux… et qui cassent un peu trop les couilles, soit dit en passant.

    Mais c’est du « classique » en la matière, hélas… et dire que les trois quarts, pour ne pas dire les neuf dixièmes des gens finissent ce genre de merdes en suivant les « soluces » ou les flux dédiés des youteubés ! alors qu’il s’agit d’une totale perte de temps…

    L’originalité cependant réside dans le fait qu’on est ici en vue subjective et que c’est réalisé avec l’Unreal 4, ce qui devrait assurer un rendu au moins correct… Hélas (encore) n’oublions pas qu’il s’agit surtout d’un petit jeu, et en l’occurrence d’un indé de mes deux et qu’il est donc proposé uniquement en 256 couleurs ! en 4K sûrement mais en 256 couleurs tout droit sorties d’une daube de chez Nintendaube.

    Si au moins, c’était parfaitement fluide mais que nenni, ça se permet de nombreux ralentissements, même sur la Series X alors que c’est un jeu estampillé X|S : encore une daube bricolée par une équipe de stagiaires, donc ! Mais passons, la poubelle t’appelle, l’étron indé, et si ce n’est la poubelle, ce sont les chiottes qui t’attendent avec impatience…    … Expand

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