From what I am seeing the game reminds me of Endless Ocean, one of my most beloved franchises.
Can anyone share their first ingame impressions as I am undecided but hopeful as of yet?

Endless Ocean was my favorite game on the Wii, and so far Deep Diving has the look and feel of Endless Ocean but with more to it in terms of interaction. Each dive is limited by how much air you have, but you get bonus time for every item you collect or animal you heal. As you get more XP you receive more and better equipment. I am only still in the first area, but this already has the feel of one of those games you just play to unwind. This game is the closest to Endless Ocean that I have found on the PC so far.

Man, the Endless Ocean games are low-key some of my favorite games ever. Because of that alone, I'm definitely picking up this game.

Plus, it sounds like there's going to be a lot of ongoing additions to the game, which is exciting. Treasure hunting was always my favorite thing to do in those games, so I'm excited to salvage the ocean floor and find some neat stuff!

Neat, so I am not the only one still coming back to the endless ocean series. Will pick it up and see for myself. Thanks for sharing your impressions here. And thank you, Jujubee_SA, for telling us about coming updates.

Yeah, just played some of it. Lots of potential, but there are definitely a few things I'm not quite sure about - but that's best said in a different topic.