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Dave The Diver is all about fishy dishes and vibesy divesFishful thinking
Fishful thinking
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This article was originally exclusively available to RPS supporters, but we’ve brought it backFrom The Archivefor all to read. It was first published on November 11th 2022.
Dave the Diver(character) is a bit out of practice, but he’s an easygoing sort and it doesn’t take much to convince him to get back in his flippers to look into the local anomaly at the behest of his arms dealer “friend”, who would be clearly bad news even if his name wasn’t Cobra.
Said anomaly fills with new sea creatures from all over the world every time it’s visited, and possibly building-sized terror beasts and ancient merfolk, but Cobra’s sure it’ll all be fine, so in you go, mate. It’s certainly pretty down there if nothing else, and Dave the Diver (game) is, if nothing else, a rare game that makes the usually tedious water level a bit of a treat to wander round in.
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It’s a bit of a shame your main means of interaction is spearing every fish you can, even if they tend to get more aggressive the deeper you go. But I can hardly pretend I didn’t enjoy hauling back heaps of them to the restaurant.
I don’t like the “90s olympic game” thing of hammering the spacebar or pressing alternating buttons very fast, but again, I kept doing it anyway. Bancho’s great little martial arts style animations when he “enhances” a dish, the happy little diners, and the endearingly humble “cooksta” app updates give the game a sincerity and general goodwill to Dave the Diver (both character and game) that pulls it all away from anywhere mean-spirited or taxing. I don’t quite love it, but it’s close.
