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Each choice has a little image next to it that will articulate the actual effects of your choice - whether that be a loss of coins, a gain of crew members or whatever else might transpire. What works less well in its favour is that the structure around this written dialogue is quite obtuse. The story is all delivered through text and multiple choice decisions, many of which come with a test that will be rendered against one of the stats I mentioned earlier (hearts, iron etc.) Sunless Sea has a very unique writing style that is quite olde-worlde and often elaborate, and whilst this may not be for everyone, I really do enjoy it. These first missions suggest that visiting new shores and collecting port reports is a good way to begin your career, and in doing so, you’ll end up meeting more and more new and varied people. I’m not going to give away any spoilers, but the hints I gave above about meeting with the Admiralty in London are just the tip of the iceberg. The meat of your time in Sunless Sea will be spent sailing from one location to another, and exploration is a huge part of the game. In this case, the player can choose what their legacy is, and the more competent you get, the more of a leg up this provides.
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In games that are this hard and punishing ( Sunless Sea does offer a softer mode) it becomes normal for your character to “pass something onto” the next.
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One nice feature which I think harks back to older roguelike games that came around at the same time as Sunless Sea hit the PC is the idea of a legacy. Having your hull depleted to zero, or running out of supplies will, after a brief period of suffering in the latter case, kill you. Most of these are avoidable, but the more effort you put into escaping, the more likely you’ll burn through your fuel and/or your food supplies. However you’ll also be up against features of the actual landscape such as storms or whirlpools. At best, you’ll have two or three destinations written in your journal and a rough bearing towards at least one of them, but that’s it.Įnemies include icebergs and giant crabs as well as both pirate and revolutionary ships. You’ll probably meet with the Admiralty in your home city of London, and you may pick up a stranger. This is linked to the feeling of confusion that I’ve mentioned above - Sunless Sea doesn’t give you much. You start the game with a tugboat equipped with a crap cannon and a rubbish engine, and you’ll have meagre supplies and little direction. As is also standard for roguelike games, death, during those first few plays, will come quickly. Sunless Sea is particularly bad at this, and the feeling of confusion will prevail throughout your first game, some of your second, maybe a bit of your third and then sporadically as new elements of the game are revealed in every later playthrough. This one does nothing just now, but later, it might do something. This option provides more hearts, that one provides more iron.
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This is done, in classic roguelike form, by clicking on things that you can’t possibly understand at this point in your career with the game. Firstly Sunless Sea will ask the player to create a character.
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I love the idea of exploring an expansive sea filled with mystery and danger, and with what I’d heard about the quirky and smart narrative elements, Sunless Sea was an attractive proposition.Īs a bit of background first, the version of Sunless Sea that has made it onto Xbox One (as well as PS4 and Nintendo Switch) includes the Zubmariner DLC, which allows players to switch their more traditional boat for a submersible one - surprise, surprise! Personally, I’ve had about ten or so hours playing the base game, and only a brief dalliance with the submarine, so please take this as an impression of the game rather than a detailed review. Among all the roguelike games that I’ve been hoping to see make an appearance on my Xbox One, Sunless Sea is perhaps right at the top of the list.