Aquanaut's Holiday: Hidden Memories
Aquanaut's Holiday: Hidden Memories is a PlayStation 3 simulation game released in 2008 developed by Artdink. It centers on area and route exploration, character or equipment growth, and story, case, or mission progress, with controls and information arranged around the DualShock 3 or Sixaxis twin sticks, triggers, and face buttons, with PlayStation Move only where explicitly supported.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.3 / 10
About this game
Aquanaut's Holiday: Hidden Memories is a PlayStation 3 simulation game centered on area and route exploration, character or equipment growth, and story, case, or mission progress. Schedules, changing values, or staged goals encourage repeated adjustment, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Interface clarity and state feedback matter more than spectacle, while HD 3D scenes, Blu-ray data streaming, surround audio, and cinematic presentation need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that explanations, dense menus, real-time systems, or accessory dependencies can add friction. Platform conditions also include Blu-ray loading, HDD installs, system software, DualShock 3 battery life, Move accessories, resolution and frame rate, and retired online services affect present-day use. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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PlayStation 3AI review
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Detailed marine life makes exploration compelling, while story tasks and a repeated minigame are less convincing.
Aquanaut's Holiday: Hidden Memories is most appealing when its small submarine enters a cave or travels from colourful shallows to deeper habitats. Finding a creature and consulting its log makes observation rewarding without relying on combat. Detailed coral, whales, sharks and other marine life give the changing environments a documentary-like attraction. Straightforward submarine handling and saving photographs to the PS3 hard drive also support leisurely discovery. Searching for a missing researcher redirects that freedom towards a story that does not always complement the wildlife focus, while the singing-fish memory game loses novelty with repetition. The original PS3 review also reported performance dips during boosting. Patient marine-life enthusiasts will find the observation stronger than the mission progression.
Strengths
- Detailed creatures and varied habitats reward observation
- The log gives discoveries ecological context
- Accessible submarine handling and photo saving support exploration
Weaknesses
- Story missions do not always complement free observation
- The memory minigame loses novelty with repetition
- The native review reported performance dips during boosting
Who it is for: Players who enjoy marine life, leisurely observation and recording scenery.
Play notes: This is PS3 Hidden Memories, not the PlayStation original. Check the particular Asian edition for language support; historical performance reports are not current measurements.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Habitat variety sustains discovery better than the story tasks and repetitive memory game. | Reviewed | 6.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Discovering and recording marine life rewards exploration, though mission goals do not always fit observation. | Reviewed | 7.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Detailed marine life and underwater settings provide strong immersion, beyond the less cohesive narrative. | Reviewed | 8.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Submarine handling and photo saving support exploration, with reported performance dips during boosting. | Reviewed | 7.4 / 10 | Not provided |
Review sources
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Core information
- Developer
- Artdink
- Publisher
- Sony Interactive
- Release date
- 2008
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Adventure · Primary genre
- Tags
- Third PersonLevel ProgressionSlow BurnStory-drivenCozyResource ManagementExploration3D GraphicsLife SimulationReplayableSolo-friendlyLong-term Progression
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- PlayStation 3Worldwide2008
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Sources
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