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The physics of the engine may not be good enough to make them sway in the current, but even the largest of structures are tenuous things, often covered in a patchwork of materials.

Vessels have a Jules Verne-inspired, pseudo-organic style, taking after various fish. The theme does break a bit as the ships get bigger and more heavily armed, taking on a more directly-steampunk aesthetic. The majority of gameplay takes place in the 3D realm, but as you check your vessel, or dock with something else, it cuts the side away to reveal a 2D view. There’s a lot of asset reuse here, with only a handful of props and character models. You’ll quickly learn the one lootable barrel, the big golden chest that holds a ship’s loot, and so on. Despite the asset repetition, it’s these backdrops that flesh out the slightly-dilapidated, Vernian (that’s a word now) style the game tries to create. W hen I said that it’s amazing how bright the ocean can be while still being so damn dark, I mean it. While some areas areas are well-illuminated by glacial ice or bio-luminescent plants, you generally aren’t seeing too far, with only the largest objects appearing as shadows in the distance. This can be awe-inspiring as a new discovery makes itself slowly visible, but it it can also be menacing, as you look up and find the shadow of a capital ship menacing above.Īt lower depths, or where particulate is heavy, visibility is basically nonexistent y our only method of s ight is sonar. Sonar acts as a wave, briefly illuminating the landscape within a certain range.

It also marks vessels, salvage, and places of interest briefly on your HUD, making it absolutely indispensable to doing just about anything in the game. Other ships will not be shy about pinging you as well, and while it might just be trader making sure you aren’t out to get them, a sonar ping could also be the precursor to a torpedo launch.Į xploration isn’t just about sailing around and stealing loot from ruins, or completing fetch quests to finish the main plot (there’s a fair number of them). Your crew needs to eat (although I don’t think they can starve to death), and food – which is expensive – depletes very quickly as you gain crew.

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It also turns out, just because humanity has figured out how to magically survive for hundreds of years underwater, they haven’t figured out how to breathe it yet. As such, you’ll need oxygen, which is filled completely at towns, or one tank at time from other ships and ruins. The latter is clearly designed to keep you from asphyxiating quite as often, especially with the exorbitant cost of extra tanks… but immersion-wise, it left a strange taste in my mouth.

Often I was docking with traders, or ships disabled by pirates who were waiting for help.

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