History VideoGame / Abzu

* HarsherInHindsight: When swimming to the surface, you can see [[spoiler: triangle-like 'floating rocks']] in the sky. If they are anything like their water counterparts, [[spoiler: [[NightmareFuel how would the land/sky look like, if those were not there?]]]]

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 5. [[spoiler:You find out via a holographic display that your character was likely a creation of a highly destructive, advanced civilization.]]
* WorldHealingWave: Any time you restore life to a dead region, it blooms forth with kelp and fauna in a manner not unlike ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}''.

* [[spoiler: AdvancedAncientAcropolis: Throughout the game the diver encounters mosaics and tiled ruins, as well as the remains of an enormous underwater city, clearly left behind by an ancient civilization. The diver also encounters fragments of highly advanced technology, and at one point enters what appears to be a still functioning automated factory in a state of extreme disrepair. Members of the civilization themselves are nowhere to be found.]]

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''VideoGame/Journey'', kinda. It was not made by the same company, but was conceived and created by that game's art director, Matt Nava, and scored by its composer, Austin Wintory. It also shares many of that game's sparse mechanics, as well as a roughly similar plot.

''ABZÛ'' (coming from the ancient words Ab, "ocean", and Zû, "to know", making the title roughly "Ocean of Wisdom") is an independent game from developer Giant Squid and published by [[Creator/FiveZeroFiveGames 505 Games]] for the PC and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4. It is styled like the works of Creator/ThatGameCompany, especially ''VideoGame/{{Journey}}'', especially apparent as the Art Director and composer of Journey worked on this game.

* GoldenSuperMode: [[spoiler: Activating the Source not only repairs the damage you took in the previous chapter, but enhances your abilities so that you can swim continuously at bullet speed.]]

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Of a sort. [[spoiler:After you revive the Great White in the final chapter, the both of you proceed to thoroughly trash some pyramids and bring life back to their regions, culminating in the giant one which intially killed him.]]

* UnderwaterRuins: Everywhere. The figures on the mosaics bear a striking resemblence to your character.

''ABZÛ'' (coming from the ancient words Ab, "ocean", and Zû, "to know", making the title roughly "Ocean of Wisdom") is an independant game from developer Giant Squid and published by [[Creator/FiveZeroFiveGames 505 Games]] for the PC and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4. It is styled like the works of Creator/ThatGameCompany, especially ''VideoGame/{{Journey}}'' (which this shares a composer with), in that you play as a mysterious humanoid being venturing into beautifully rendered regions -- in this case, the ocean -- while pursuing a narrative which contains [[SilenceIsGolden no narration and no dialogue]], having to piece together the plot via the events and scenery around you.

''ABZÛ'' (coming from the ancient words Ab, "ocean", and Zû, "to know") is an independant game from developer Giant Squid and published by [[Creator/FiveZeroFiveGames 505 Games]] for the PC and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4. It is styled like the works of Creator/ThatGameCompany, especially ''VideoGame/{{Journey}}'' (which this shares a composer with), in that you play as a mysterious humanoid being venturing into beautifully rendered regions -- in this case, the ocean -- while pursuing a narrative which contains [[SilenceIsGolden no narration and no dialogue]], having to piece together the plot via the events and scenery around you.

* AndroclesLion: A great white shark, who you've been following up to this point, is trapped under some wreckage, and your character frees him. [[spoiler:He goes on to TakeTheBullet for you in Chapter 5.]]

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 5. [[spoiler:You find out via a holographic display that your character was likely a creation of a highly destructive, advanced civilization.]]

''ABZÛ'' (coming from the ancient words Ab, "ocean", and Zû, "to know") is an independant game from developer Giant Squid and published by Creator/FiveZeroFiveGames for the PC and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4. It is styled like the works of Creator/ThatGameCompany, especially ''VideoGame/{{Journey}}'', in that you play as a mysterious humanoid being venturing into beautifully rendered regions -- in this case, the ocean -- while pursuing a narrative which contains [[SilenceIsGolden no narration and no dialogue]], having to piece together the plot via the events and scenery around you.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:The Great White saves you from the device, ramming into it to destroy it, and he dies of his wounds in the following chapter.]]

* SuperNotDrowningSkills:

* OhCrapFakeOut: One point early in chapter 4 makes it appear as if a blue whale is about to eat your character. But no, it was just gathering up some fish swimming next to you.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoilerThe Great White saves you from the device, ramming into it to destroy it, and he dies of his wounds in the following chapter.]]

* RoboticReveal: [[You, after being caught in a giant chain-reaction explosion, spend the next chapter with visible artificial limbs and what looks like a power core.]]