#eo2

[sturgeonposting]

replaying endless ocean 2 for wii recently and as an avid viewer of ur blog id like to let you know theres a sturgeon in game in case youd like to see it ^^

i once spent an entire summer doing nothing but eating, sleeping, and playing eo blue world on the wii in my family’s living room at full volume. my mother heard only the lilt of celtic women’s carrickfergus and ambient ocean-themed 2-minute looped tracks for months. My father wasnt around

[namilait]

#365days365characters : day 1

artelinde from etrian odyssey! i actually had to redraw this day three (3) times because i didn't like the poses lol

p.s. for the sake of my wrists im not doing finished works, this is mainly a challenge to improve myself (and i wont do that if i stay 5 hours on lineart as i usually do)

[xxggsexualxx]

Spirit Falls - Corica River Upstream

[dragonflute]

PILLARS OF LIGHT

redraw of an old piece i did back in 2021!

[jumpingwjoy]

watercolor drawings from my sketchbook :3 practising with some new paints i got!!

under the cut is the full page where these come from, if you want to see some extra doodles and color tests akjsdfg

the colors for the top two binguses are from when i tried out copic markers.....which im still not sure i really like wjhdsg but i'd like to try out a bigger drawing someday maybe... 😤

[meeravandaseera]

Recently, I had sketched a fan-depiction of the Forever Blue or Endless Ocean crew, including the fellows of the first Endless Ocean, the second Endless Ocean 2 (Blue World) and the third Endless Ocean Luminous that came out in this year, allowing the sea-ries to surface from the depths of acknowledgments once more. The initial sea-ries was made by Arika on the Wii during the late 2000s and some even describe it as being part of the Frutiger Aero aesthetic.

This videogame sea-ries is one of my most beloved I ever got to witness. I had found it in the first tide in my local library and borrowed it to play on my Wii. My first experience was the second game. At first, I did not think too much of it, but then I was stunned by the fascinating aspect to free roam across the oceans and the sublime scenery, including the awe-inspiring music. The music is shrimply splendid and sparked my adoration for the Celtic Woman music group. For unknowing fellows, it comprises of very mysterious or glorious tunes. The game is as ambiguous as the ocean itself. Many situations are mysterious, scary or outright beautiful and triumphant. It really allows one to directly immerse into the story, especially with the amazing music. My first real encounter with this charm was in the Gatama Atoll upon encountering the Blue Cliff. It sent my mind to such a state in which I was both petrified and admiring it because of the music as if I really was seeing in it before my eyes in life. It was a rather surreal experience. Now, the story itself is deep and down-to-earth in many aspects, but I still wonder how they got to travel in one day across the planet to the other side in just one day with no troubles, dude. The well-made, magical cutscenes that are played often "out of the blue" contribute to the immersion and charm a lot like upon discovering some certain sea creature. All the story's fellows have their own amazing personality, enabling the story to become something utterly fin-tastic. I based the sketch of mine on the personalities of the crew, including how Gaston Gray is depicted by the side of Hayako since he would supposedly "jokingly" flirt with her ingame, which is not a direct reference here but only a note in order to allude to that. Nancy would perhaps not be part of the crew directly, yet I featured her since she provides them with essential equipment and helps out. Here she is holding a treasure which she analyzed from the player, perhaps a bar or small treasure box. Do not get me started on the whimsical comfort that it brings. Little details like the fellows saying something upon looking at a sea creature or just being able to play the guitar after finishing the quest enraptures me. The game surfaced my deep-found finterest in the oceans' life. While I had already adored nautical topics, this game ascended my expectations. It lit my liking for goblin sharks and siphonophores, for example. It was so educational and allowed curiousity to flourish. When my borrowed copy of the game had to be returned back then, I panicked because I did not know that the save file is not stored on the CD, but on the console. Mind ye, I once had borrowed an Ariel mermaid game for the Nintendo DS whose saves were stored on the chip and not on the console. I was also scared that my progress would be lost because initially I had lost some because I did not know that I had to manually save in Endless Ocean itself. While I explored and found the diving logbook, I originally did not think that it was meant for saving the game. In the first tide, I thought I would be able to write down notes for myself in that book. However, when I got a copy once more as a gift, I continued to swim through the waters of the game with optimism, relieved that the progress was not lost to the waves.

Depiction of Silvia the goblin shark from 2023, a friend of one of my original characters named Sirena/Serena/Searena who is a waterperson. Earlier Silvia was not a goblin shark, yet later versions were inspired by the goblin sharks in EO.

Anyhow, I would play this for days on end. My favorite aspect was to customize my diver to my liking and create stories in my mind. Their name was Lilija, a name I used to admire and would have liked to be called. At first, my standard diving suit would be pink and purple, my favorite colors at the time. Later into the story, I would select the diving suit with the purple and pink scaly pattern and imagine they would be a legged mermaid that could dive in the oceans and transform back into a human form. They would have a fish-tailed mermaid sibling visiting them on the Nineball island to communicate or deliver news. One of their other friends would be one of the dolphins or whales, living with them among the waves of the "endless" oceans. Lilija would ride on one of them. However, when I got the shark suit after I befriended the dolphins, I would imagine them to be an anthropomorphic shark who could shapeshift into a human ashore, similar to the Fijian Dakuwaqa or the dogfish-people from Haida mythology. The latest form of her would be the brown greenish scaled monster diving suit, reminiscent of the first one, but with the dorsal fin and gills of the shark. In all of these forms, my character would help out the diving service mostly, but other tides I imagined they would get caught by some divers and put into the aquarium.

"Human Shark" depictions from 2020, the latter used as a thumbnail for one of my videos on playing EO despite the design not being used. They used to be called Lilija and in ca. 2020 they were renamed to Shona, the human shark because I saw the prior name as not very suitable anymore.

I also loved all of the quests. It was flooded to the brim with finteresting ones that I sought after to complete. One aspect that bothers me would be the titles. Most of them are way too tedious and almost impossible to master without a guide!

After the second game, I got the first. That one's music was, if not, just as great. I loved that one almost as the second, but it felt more lonely and not as lively, especially because of the difficult-to-find sea creatures, areas and artifacts. It felt like an eternity to lurk around and find them, but this may also add to its stark mystery. The map is beautiful, but not as diverse as the ones from the second game. However, there is much hidden lore within the game. It's not as up-beat as the second game, but still as deep and finteresting. I adored the ruins, mermaid palace cave and the ship that one could get to steer around, including the ghost ship that would spook. That one was so mysterious.

Now, I never got to play Luminous and I do not really think I will. I had solely seen gameplay. It does not seem like a sequel to the prior ones, more like an finspired game, despite me having anticipated a third game for years. While it does account for the "endless" ocean unlike the preceding games with its maps that can be newly generated every tide, it is more just of a diving simulator with not too much of an immersive story to follow. Unlike the first games, it lacks the personality of the immersive feeling that the preceding ones portrayed. What the prior games lured me with was their magic and mystery in regards to their story. It felt like an established narrative waiting to be uncovered, but the third game feels a bit overwhelming, perhaps hollow since it only goes on endlessly. This third game in the sea-ries feels a little out of the tide, especially because it seems like those in charge may have not perceived what made the prior games what they were. Still and all, the newest installation feels somewhat commercial and made for profit instead. Its graphics seem more artificial and "cheap" in some aspects. The maps' generation can be quite random, while it depends on what kind of map one gets since some may be good, in general it feels more chaotic and less polished. While prior games may be more pixelated and early-made, they were more charming than the smooth and plastic graphics of the third installation for some reason, those being not as immersive and the lighting is a bit selcouth. No people can be directly seen, only behind diving masks and even the guide is an artificial intelligence. The diver cannot be customized as diversely, but the oceans can be explored more. Many new creatures can be discovered too that were not featured in prior games, but in my opinion, some of the mythical ones seem a bit overdone, but I still adore the sea creatures of extinct tides for example. Many creatures also spawn randomly outside of natural habitats from what I have heard. I am not very fond of icy waters existing directly beside warmer ones. Anyhow, I still like that the game goes into a different, more mystical tide. One element I really like would be the emotes. However, the animations seem a bit awkward and artificial. There is also some sort of lag. When the diver stops, the transitions are stopping abruptly, the diver being pushed back a little and it feels robotic unlike in the first games. All the turns of the diver look often weird and the idle looks a bit helpless contrary to the first divers who would look more grounded and stern, the third game makes the diver more cartoonish and playful. It reminds me of cheaply-made diving simulators on mobile that I would play and get disappointed from, unfortunately. Actually, the animation of the third game really resembles those mobile ones very much. The more global multiplayer aspect seems amazing unlike in the first games where only few got to encounter each other, if one knew someone with a capability of the wii wifi feature in the first tide. What I like story-based is the ancient tablet story as it seems finteresting to an extent, but one has to grind a lot just to unlock parts of it. One of my notes alongside would be the reference to the ancient civilization being named "Oannes", the merman of Mesopotamian mythology who brought civilization much knowledge. In the second game, the "Okeanides" civilization is based on the oceanids, the ocean nymphs of Greek mythology, female humanoid sea spirits. In spite of my view being more negative, the game is still good in its own tide. It can be enjoyed in its own tide absent of the classic games. Of course I do not have much of an acclaimed saying because I never played it yet, but this is just what I observed so far. Shorely I am more accustomed to the classic games and my personal expectations were just not met, residing in the past rather than the present.

In all games I adore the educational, mythology and folklore aspects.

Every game in the sea-ries is still great in its own tide and many should be enjoyed on their own! I am very grateful for the developers who made the sea-ries. Thank you for the Endless Ocean Wiki crew for having made the knowledge of the sea-ries accessible in order to help fellows find all knowledge of the sea-ries. Without it, it would not be very sea-sy.

May the new tide of life guide one well

[l3l-diving-service]

Okay, so I was just recently playing my EO2 game, and I was reminded of something that I absolutely HATE!!!

Here's my rant. I'm ranting.

Can somebody explain to me why EO2 thought it was a good idea to have Greenland sharks attack you in the North Pole?

Seriously, that's BULLSHARK!!! 💢😠😡

Greenland sharks don't even attack people?! This is absurd!!! I shouldn't have to deal with Greenland shark attacks at all in this game?! Unless I unexpectedly encounter a Great White during a side quest, I have the God-given constitutional right to dive in arctic and antarctic waters PEACEFULLY without having to deal with a SINGLE — DANGEROUS — CREATURE!!! 😤

And what's even WORSE is that I have to deal with A BUNCH OF THESE JERKS if I DARE to dive at night!!

They be like, "Hey, Player is here, let's SHARKPILE HIM!!!! GRAAAA!!!!" 😈

And I'm like, "NOOOOOO!!!! I DON'T WANNA GET SHARKPILED!!! I ALREADY GET THAT IN CICEROS STRAIT AND ZAHHAB REGION!!! LEAVE ME ALOOOOOOOOOONE!!!" *SOBS* 😵‍💫😭😫😱😵‍💫😭😫😭😱😭😵‍💫

So yeah, that's my rant. Does anyone else feel this way? 🥴

Aloha and Happy Diving!

— L&L Diving Service

[arcadian-caim]

A while back I took my eo2 dark hunter Juno and oc-ified him. And then I remembered, dark hunters canonically don’t wield guns in game after giving him cowboy esque lore 👉🏾👈🏾 It’s ok lagaard could always use a cowboy

[slanax]

Drew myself a new lockscreen and background for my new(ish) phone, Overlord/Heaven's Governor from EO2/EO2U

In the works since uhhhh June? That's what it says on the screenshot of my phone that I took as layout reference

[blueberryblanket]

Etrian Odyssey UI BGs are now available! Pay what you want at my Kofi! Want some character art to go with it? Commission prices have been lowered, and a special deal is up for an Etrian Odyssey bundle! Enjoy using them!

[thegreatpikminzx789]

As progress in the Petal Bridge continues to be made, Guild Kisetsu soon hears rumors of a golden shadow--a descriptor Klazina is all too familiar with...

[maiamaiden]

i ripped the portraits from EO HD trilogy!

download them here: EO1  EO2  EO3

they’re very jpegy lmao

[xxggsexualxx]

Sinc everyone liked the last one, here's a painting of Triton Cove from Cicero's Strait

[jumpingwjoy]

first picture is a doodle board of my prospective eo2HD guild except considering eo2 is the only DS era eo game ive played, i should really play the other games in the collection first 😭 (i have an ongoing eo3 run on my DS but it’s been so long…) i simply needed to establish having the new war magus and gunner (and new dark hunter as gunner's gf) in my guild...

the rest is celebratory art when the eoHD collection got announced hehe it felt so good to know that eo is still alive!! 🎉

[creepyjirachi]

guess who is attempting to 100% endless ocean and endless ocean 2 :)

[bhalsbog]

*SOBBING* AAAAA SO on one hand super happy to see people getting into the series. On the other hand god damm I am such a turbo nerd for this fuckin' series. It's been a blast to play and stream it but man it really do be excitement over the most minor thing.

I don't think I'd have it any other way though, it's nice to be just happy and excited about something again.