Endless Ocean Luminous is simultaneously too roguelike and not roguelike enough, and it only manages to capture the genre's worst problems

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I spent about an hour absolutely in love with Endless Ocean Luminous.

But I’ve yet to find a map that’s fun to explore.

This is a game about exploring nature where the environments don’t feel organic.

It wasn’t any more interesting to explore, but at least it was different.

Endless Ocean Luminous steadfastly refuses to do that.

There’s none of that here.