It's a good story manifested in a game, and the game is it's downfall.

The general gist is: You are an unterzee (under sea) captain exploring the depths. You travel in your ship from place to place to interact with things and keep the story going.

The biggest issue I have with this game is EVERYTHING to do with sailing the ship from place to place. It's a very, very slow minigame of you mostly just avoiding combat to get to the next place to continue the story. In fact, my hours would be a third of what they are, had I been able to just say "Set sail for this place" and then have RNG decide if I encounter a monster or arrive there peacefully.

The next big issue is the quest log/inventory. It is disgustingly unclear, and understanding what certain things are used for is difficult. This is a big problem, because for some things, you might have fair reason to know what it is, why you have it, where you're going next, etc. For other things, you're not meant to know. So Google runs a risk of telling something you actually don't want to know.

And the final issue brings us back to sailing, and is the combat. There were only ever three enemies I bothered to fight, because the combat system is truly awful and adds nothing to the game.

Overall, I wish they'd just made this a text-adventure game. I really love the world and want to be involved in the story, but the slow sailing speed killed it for me. It's a fun mechanic to begin with, but after an hour you'll just end up thinking "I just want to get to the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ salt lions".

It's a good story manifested in a game, and the game is it's downfall. The general gist is: You are an unterzee (under sea) captain exploring the depths. You travel in your ship from place to place to interact with things and keep the story going. The biggest issue I have with this game is EVERYTHING to do with sailing the ship from place to place. It's a very, very slow minigame of you mostly just avoiding combat to get to the next place to continue the story. In fact, my hours would be a third of what they are, had I been able to just say "Set sail for this place" and then have RNG decide if I encounter a monster or arrive there peacefully. The next big issue is the quest log/inventory. It is disgustingly unclear, and understanding what certain things are used for is difficult. This is a big problem, because for some things, you might have fair reason to know what it is, why you have it, where you're going next, etc. For other things, you're not meant to know. So Google runs a risk of telling something you actually don't want to know. And the final issue brings us back to sailing, and is the combat. There were only ever three enemies I bothered to fight, because the combat system is truly awful and adds nothing to the game. Overall, I wish they'd just made this a text-adventure game. I really love the world and want to be involved in the story, but the slow sailing speed killed it for me. It's a fun mechanic to begin with, but after an hour you'll just end up thinking "I just want to get to the fucking salt lions".