Submerged: Hidden Depths is a really beautiful post-apocalyptic, adventure game and a great sequel to the first submerged game, okay the story. It has been a few years since the older sister saved her younger brother's life and nearly died from it, but only for her life to be saved by the mass a mysterious entity that is responsible for the world they live in.

Now both siblings arrive to the old city of their ancestors a place that was abandoned due to their greed, foolishness and abuse, now the two siblings desperate for a home go to the old city in order to reclaim it and to rewrite the wrongs of their ancestors.

Alright then the likes, the story is really good it's a bit bigger than the first game’s story, now I’m not saying the story in that game was bad, it was just a pretty simple story of a sister trying to save her brother, even those we did get snippets of a larger story with collecting all those pages.

But here not only do we get to find out what happened to the world and answering questions I had in the first game, I also really enjoyed the story’s themes of growing up, nature and the greed and selfishness of humanity and learning to let yourself get help, I also really enjoy that the story’s world is also told not just through the little pages but visually as well but I'll get to that in the levels, anyway it was all done very well.

The gameplay is very good, while it is generally the same as it was in the first game I.E climbing, platforming and getting to the top here it's a bit more flushed out and spectacular, like we're hop from platform to platform, swinging, climbing and sometimes solving some environmental puzzles, I also really like the part where you pick up this magic green ball and as the character walks around, flowers start to sprout from her it reminded me of Okami.

Also we're encouraged to do exploration because the pages you pick up that tells the story of the city is scattered throughout the world, not just in one building so it gives incentive to explore like the first game. I also enjoy the fact that we can also play as the brother like there are these mini levels where you can get a picture note and instead of playing as the older sister you get to play as the little brother, it was an interesting concept, although I will say I do wish it was used a bit better but I'll get back to that in the dislike.

The graphics are really good better than the first game; they are more vibrant colors and shading that really pops out especially with nature taking over the city. Compare that to the graphics in the first game, they weren't bad but they were more toned down, but here it's all bright and colorful feels more alive more visually stunning compared to the first game’s graphics and colors.

The levels are very good, the game is open world but each building you go to acts as a level, just like the first game, but here it's more visually appealing, it's not just some dark greens and browns with a bit of scenery, no here there's all kinds of greens, reds, blues and purples, there are also little encampments showing that people used to live here after the apocalypse and what it was like to live in this place with stairs, pulley elevators and little bedrooms, you really gtt to feel for the place and each level stands out from one another.

The two characters are very good I really love their sibling dynamic they play off of each other really well and we find out a little bit more about them as characters like the brother, we really only got to know the sister in the first game but here we get to know the brother a bit and find out that he's caring, strong, quite adventurous and loves his older sister.

The music was very good each track was well made and fits the whole game very well. Also the extra bits for the game was good, like the pictures/notes in the first game you can collect pages that basically tell a story through visuals, but here it's improved where if you collect four pictures it actually not only shows you a story but also tells you it.

There is also these little shells and flowers in the main levels and if you collect them you can get cosmetic things, like for your boat or your character. There are also these items that you can dredge up from the sea, like an old coffee maker, a camera, typewriter, old toy and old ship items they don't really add anything to the game other than just some fun things to look at and collect.

Alright then the dislikes, there are some bugs, but nothing really game breaking and can be fixed with a quick restart. Now as I said we also get to play as a brother, but the problem with that is that the brother’s move set is essentially the same as the sister’s except for one key difference with the girls plant powers, I don't know I feel like there should be some things that the brother can do that the sister can't.

Also speaking of plant powers I do wish the girl’s plant powers could do a bit more like maybe creating bridges and stuff out of plants, I don't know maybe all that could be explored in another sequel if there is ever going to be one.

Alright then now that I told you all this Submerged: Hidden Depths is a really beautiful post-apocalyptic, adventure game and a great sequel to the first submerged game, with a really good story, really good gameplay and really good graphics, so I recommend this game, especially if you like the first game then you're definitely going to love this game.