Endless Ocean (Wii)

This is without a doubt one of the strangest pieces of software I have ever come across.Here’s the gist: You create your deep-sea diving avatar from what has to be the most limited create-a-character interface I have seen in the past 10 years or so. Choose from a couple of faces. Select a hair style. Pick a tan (no joke).I was OK with my blank-faced -- but George Hamilton-tanned -- avatar, until I saw my diver in 3-D for the first time and realized that he possessed a secret ponytail that was not the least bit visible on the character creation screen.The ponytail made my avatar look more like a just-divorced community college professor than a danger-craving deep-sea diver. So right away, Endless Ocean and I got off on the wrong foot.And the foot only got more wrong from there.First stop for me and my community college prof: the deck of the Gabbiano, my 80-foot sailboat that’s captained by a woman whom the game’s developers tried very hard to make as ugly as possible.She sports unflatte...

Full Review: http://www.crispygamer.com/gamereviews/2008-02-18/endless-ocean-wii.aspx