They're in every corner of the world, and even in the options menu, and it's a joy to discover them. This is a game you explore for jokes, not loot. Maybe the funniest RPG we've ever played. Release date: 2017 | Developer: Asymmetric | Link: Steam A game about traveling the world is perfect when you're traveling the world with a laptop. Beyond the changes you make, the sheer range of scenarios and potential outcomes means you’ll discover something new on every run."įor more wonderful writing in a game that leans more heavily towards interactive fiction with fewer survival mechanics, check out the sublime 80 Days, too.
It helps that death means something, because that elevates the stakes when you’re one direct hit from a yawning hole opening up in your hull and some hideous monstrosity is circling around for another attack. It earned a 90 in our review, "because of how brilliantly its disparate elements combine to produce exciting stories, from scrapes you survive by the skin of your teeth, to moments where your own hubris gets you killed.
Like Sunless Seas before it, Sunless Skies is part roguelike adventure, part interactive fiction. Release date: 2019 | Developer: Failbetter Games | Link: Steam
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