gather round seethers and copers, lest ye miss this schizophrenic wall of text im about to recite to ye
Is this ♥♥♥♥ worth it at 50% off? Probably not, but you do what you gotta do, get it how you want, but 25$ was too much for what I expected, and never got
Look, I did have fun with this game at first, for maybe 5 hours, while everything was fresh and new, then the monotony set in, the concept is interesting, but it sure as ♥♥♥♥ isn't sunless sea/skies, more like a temu discount lite version
It got to a point where I just watched stuff in the other monitor because it just got uninteresting most of the time, but I was hoping for -something- interesting to happen, like at that point you know you done goofed with your worldbuilding and story
Basic player controls are lacking, why can't I just shift click to transfer from one inventory to the other instead of having to click drop click drop, seems like basic stuff, have they ever played a game before?
The music needs to be extended, it's the same lazy loops, how hard is it to get a few dudes together and play some real nautica themed songs that last for more than a minute?
Apart from giving you items and ♥♥♥♥, the side quests are basically useless, they're puddle shallow, maybe you get a crumb of lore, that's it, fetch me some fish or smth and thats about it, no point to doing them all unless youre a completionist
Some of the upgrades are plain useless, like why would I need the superfisher9000 when I have the multi-allrounder rod, it's just a research part sink, which you really never get enough of, either you dredge for hours, or you fish grind to buy them
The main story itself was interesting, shallow, and went by like a bullet until it fell flat on its face like [spoiler]oh boy it was all a dream/hallucination ur actually just insane or wtv[/spoiler] its like ok thats cheap and lame, the buildup is to THAT? Another disappointing ending(s), like you build this whole thing only to do nothing with it, you don't reinforce your atmosphere, nothin, they just dont do anything with the final boss, it's basically just a cutscene either way, very lazy
You know what would have augmented the experience, little text/image adventures on some islands, some stuff to solve or something more interactive and immersive beyond characters telling you "go fish" and "good boy here part", like I get youre a fisherman, but a good narrative has the character meaningfully evolve with the plot and interact with it, not just "go fish" forever and "it is what it is", look dude I might as well play fishboat simulator at this point lmao
At least that would have been an opportunity to add lore
How bout a little diving minigame where you go fish a wreck or smth, could be a text based too with images, but the sound design would need to be top tier, also that would require the player to actually die when they ♥♥♥♥ up, but no, this is a pansy cozy game
Theres barely enough creepy/horror elements to make it work, that's just the problem of it, you gotta use what you got, and what better than a bottomless expanse under your ship, some ideas were good, but overused and lame, like the insanity clouds, that's just lazy and trashy
Like nighttime is a joke once you figure it out and get used to it, nothing ever changes, it's always the same stuff, the hazards could change with time and evolve with you and not just become a minor annoyance
First DLC is a joke, barely 2 hours of content, doesn't tie in to the main story or world, oh boy some stuff stuck in the ice ok we solved the mystery, what was it and howd it get there, ♥♥♥♥ you "who knows who cares did you have fun you filthy cattle?" says the devs
Iron rig DLC had more content, but it's basically "corporation bad da people opressed" vibes, gives you more padding boring tasks "go fish" a bunch of times, nothing new or interesting, just more of the same and at this point, it's run its course
Very diverse cast, let's say that probably got em good funding, heh, typical, but havent seen any of the typical slop preachy reddit-tier condescending dialogue, so that's a consolation I GUESS
