History VideoGame / Abzu

''ABZÛ'' (coming from the cuneiform signs 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, Platform/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. It is styled like the works of Creator/ThatGameCompany, which shouldn't surprise anyone, since the art director and composer of ''VideoGame/Journey2012'' teamed up on this game, too.

''ABZÛ'' (coming from the cuneiform signs 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, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. It is styled like the works of Creator/ThatGameCompany, which shouldn't surprise anyone, since the art director and composer of ''VideoGame/Journey2012'' teamed up on this game, too.

''ABZÛ'' (coming from the cuneiform signs 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, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. It is styled like the works of Creator/ThatGameCompany, which shouldn't surprise anyone, since the art director and composer of ''VideoGame/Journey2012'' teamed up on this game, too.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: The majority of the animals in the game certainly qualify. Unless you had a prior interest in marine biology, you've probably ''never even heard of'' many of the species the player encounters.

''ABZÛ'' (coming from the cuneiform signs 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, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. It is styled like the works of Creator/ThatGameCompany, which shouldn't surprise anyone, since the art director and composer of ''VideoGame/{{Journey}}'' teamed up on this game, too.

* 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.

** [[spoiler: Potentially justified as the prehistoric habitats appear to built to be a self-sustaining aquatic biosphere for the prehistoric species.]]

** [[spoiler: Potentially justified as the prehistoric habitats appears to built to be as an self-sustaining aquatic biosphere for the prehistoric species.]]

** [[spoiler: Potentially justified as the prehistoric habitats seem to built to be aquatic biospheres for the prehistoric species.]]

** Potentially justified as the prehistoric habitats seem to built to be aquatic biospheres for the prehistoric species.

* MisplacedWildlife: [[spoiler:You eventually find yourself with ''prehistoric'' creatures like ''Ichthyosaurus'' in Chapter 6, throwing the entire time period of the game into question.]]
** Potentially justified as the prehistoric habits seem to built to be aquatic biospheres for the prehistoric species.

** Potentially justified as the prehistoric habits seem to built to be aquatic biospheres for the prehistoric species.

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