Sunless Sea

beautifully relaxing victorian eldritch horror. i absolutely *love* the itemisation of intangible concepts - all those searing enigmas and zee stories and memories of distant shores. there is nowhere near enough randomisation to support the roguelite structure; dying and then redoing the same story snippets several times over is a chore.

Put about 30 hours in at time of review. The game is very good. However, its not for everyone. I can easily see people being put off by slowness and the not-so-clear rouge-lite elements of a play through. Each of the many, many island you can travel to has a story of some sort (the DLC adds even more) and these stories can be very brief and interesting, or take entire runs to complete. Some people have complained about that fact, as if you die all storylines reset. other than that, fantastic!

It's a ship management game with rpg elements. Similar to FTL in that you try to look after your crew and ship, but here it's on water. It's an alright game and worth playing for a while, but it becomes ridiculous to grind to take on stronger enemies and very slow to find items to progress in the game's many forgettable but sometimes decent mini-stories, as there is no main plot. The game is nicely atmospheric in the lovecraftian sense, and interesting and enjoyable enough to play for a while.

I love what this game could have been based on concept. I hate so much of what this game actually is.

Quite boring, it takes a long time to get anywhere and when you get there, the little interaction usually just involves reading something, then going to the next button to click, very little real interaction. You also die too often forcing you to re-do it all again.

Fine writing, but boy does the gameplay get boring.

An immersive journey through a complex world full of mysteries, intrigue and really interesting characters. The writing is marvelous! Failbetter games nailed the ambience instigating the player to delve deep into Sunless Sea's incredible stories.