As title says. This game is falsely advertised, since you can't actually change in game language from it's poor partial localization to English without changing registry values or your system locale. That is really bad and janky, and obviously doesn't count as providing a language selection listed on a store page of this game. You cancchange language on Steam though, therefore I am requesting a refund and buying it on steam. Also gog staff takes ages to respond to anything, which is a shame. I have put in a different support ticket (also about this game btw) almost a week ago, and still nothing. Booo.
So, I enjoyed Sunless Sea a lot. Finished every ending, every quest and enjoyed almost every last bit of a content to find there. Naturally, when I heard that so many people herald Sunless Skies as an improvement over Sunless Sea, I was stoked. After playing I strongly disagree. Sure, the tutorial is a great addition. Art and locations are gorgeous. Fights are significantly more involved and engaging. Writing is also pretty great. I found writing in Sunless Sea more engaging, and not a single place (although I haven't been at the land of the dead) gripped me as hard as Kingeater's Castle or Irem, but I still enjoyed it a lot. So, why a 3 star then, if both plot and combat are good? Well, honestly, IMHO Sunless Skies has some of the worst, most unfocused and arbitrary design decisions I have ever seen in a game. Even worse, some of those systems appear, to my unprofessional eye, a direct downgrade to systems in place in Sunless Sea. 1) Trade. Prospects and bargains. I get the idea - instead of circling the same trade route over and over again - you get to go to different places. But. Gaining money became absurdly trivial. I remember worrying, if the trade route I take in Sunless Sea will even compensate me for all the fuel I used to travel. Welp, no need for that in this game. Earning money is so extremely easy, I got the most expensive ship in the game after 10 hours, and had thousands to spare. 2) Progression. Why level cap is so low? I reached it midway through Albion. Why at 75 stats you still have numerous 60-70% checks in this stat? If I take every available facet in a stat I expect to be able to do things associated with it well. Why does gear have stat requirements? Also, why the hell weapons for hearts, not even a "combat" skill is so bloody overpowered? Why mines are so terrible? Why stats don't affect combat anymore? Why when I am flying in full steam mode on the top engine enemies are still faster then me while also flying diagonally? \_(-_-)_/
