Posted on: July 17, 2020
b00kworm
Verified ownerGames: 607 Reviews: 3
Fun, if a little grindy
I got more or less what I expected from the game: exploration, a bit of farming, a bit of crafting, a story to play through. I didn't get all the achievements during my game, didn't maximize the crew's happiness (discovered the many uses of stew a little late), and didn't do much with their shacks. Even so, the game was fun to play through (needed spare time on about three days) and I will have a second try at it, this time focusing more on all the things you can do on the side. I liked that fighting plays a rather small role in the game (only ghosts in, roughly, the second half of the game), because I like exploring a lot more than fighting. The grindy part of the game is the search for parts, especially early, which are regularly respawned in different boxes. It took me a while to realize that the look of the box is different for each part, so I gathered a lot of stuff I didn't need looking for what I needed. Yet, that isn't too much of a problem, at least for me. I also didn't quite utilize the quick-travel feature with the shards a lot, which might have sped me up a little. The game is fun and casual, has enough for a long run (relationships with the crew, furnishing the shacks, catching all fishes and finding all recipes, among other things), but can also be completed relatively quickly, if you're only after that. It's not perfect, but a solid game which is, indeed, also family friendly.
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