Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas

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Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas
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Developer(s) Cornfox & Bros.
Publisher(s) FDG Entertainment
Designer(s) Jukka Viljamaa
Antti Viljamaa
Heikki Repo
Tim Wiren
Erik Hakala
Composer(s) Kalle Ylitalo
Kenji Ito
Nobuo Uematsu
Platforms iOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, OS X
Release date(s) iOS
    Microsoft Windows
      OS X
        Genre(s) Adventure
        Mode(s) Single-player

        Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas is an action-adventure video game, released on November 14, 2013 by Cornfox & Bros. It focuses on a boy protagonist's quest to find his lost father and defeat the sea monster, Oceanhorn.

        The gameplay and graphic design of Oceanhorn closely follows that of The Legend of Zelda video games, notably The Wind Waker and A Link to the Past.[1] Players explore dungeons, fight monsters with various weapons, and throw pots and cut bushes to find hidden coins or hearts. The music of Oceanhorn was composed by Kalle Ylitalo, with a few additional compositions by Kenji Ito and Nobuo Uematsu.

        A large update to the game was released in late 2014, adding "more than two hours of gameplay" with a new island, a background story for one of the main characters, and a competitive fishing minigame.[2]

        Critical reception

        The initial critical reception of Oceanhorn was positive. CNET commented that "if The Legend of Zelda were to come to mobile ... we don't think it could do a better job [than Oceanhorn]",[1] and TouchArcade praised the "excellent music, occasional voice-acting, and vibrant, lush 3D graphics," concluding that the game "might be a flawed, blatant rip-off of Zelda, but it’s worth playing."[3]

        The game has a rating of 85% on Metacritic, based on 19 critic reviews.[4]

        References

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