April 29, 2020
Dread Nautical
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April 29, 2020
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Welcome aboard a cruise liner called Hope. Supernatural forces have taken over the ship. With mysterious malevolent monstrosities aboard, you’ll need to seek out other survivors, track down food and other resources, and manage your safe haven in this tactical turn-based RPG from Zen Studios. Work your way across all 20 decks to unlock the mysteries of the ship to make it out alive and escape this vacation from hell.
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Dread Nautical is an example of how a great concept can turn into an equally brilliant disappointment. The game boils down to collecting items, searching for survivors, destroying a boss or a cluster of opponents, and repeating the same thing. Add to this a crooked camera, average graphics, poor balance of characters and ammunition, completely non-scary world where there is a collection of Necronomicon pages, but there is no place for the sticky horror of Lovecraft, and you get a mediocre product that you don't need to play.
September 12, 2020
A pleasant combination of multiple genres with a mysterious story and a turn-based core. RPG elements work well but the graphics are only ok. It would just need a little scarier atmosphere.
July 23, 2020
The combat is solid, the characters are interesting, and like the ocean the ship sails over floats over, the developers have ensured that their work has impressive depth.
June 15, 2020