You can always download it and then immediately uninstall the EGS app if you hate it but it’s worth it for this game

It’s got gorgeous art and incredible music and surreal writing and a cast with plenty of interesting queer characters and you can romance a bat and get a third eye installed and assassinate a sun

9 points

my main recommendation for this and sunless seas is don’t play on permadeath

i found their attempt at rogue-lite mechanics added nothing to the game, and i got exponentially less enjoyment out of the story segments with each repeat playthrough

permalink
report
reply
7 points

Agreed. I made my one guy who obsessively sought the truth of the stars and I’m not letting RNGesus kill him

permalink
report
parent
reply
9 points

ah fuck alright im getting it

permalink
report
reply
9 points
*

You can use Heroic Games Launcher to play EGS games without installing their app. It can even be used to play them on Steam Deck.

permalink
report
reply

Is playing Sunless Seas before this necessary?

permalink
report
reply

nope, there’s some callbacks but no really necessary worldbuilding that isn’t contained within skies itself

permalink
report
parent
reply
9 points
*

Not really? But at the same time the entire game is kind of one big spoiler for Seas

permalink
report
parent
reply
5 points

I tried it for a while, and felt like I was always lost, running out of supplies, and barely breaking even so I could never afford to buy upgrades.

permalink
report
reply

Oh hey, sounds like my life

permalink
report
parent
reply
5 points

I didn’t find it very fun

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

Yeah, I agree that it’s not very compelling. The gameplay was boring and the writing was passable but not great, so there was no real draw.

permalink
report
parent
reply

games

!games@hexbear.net

Create post

Tabletop, DnD, board games, and minecraft. Also Animal Crossing.

Rules

  • No racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, or transphobia. Don’t care if it’s ironic don’t post comments or content like that here.
  • Mark spoilers
  • No bad mouthing sonic games here :no-copyright:
  • No gamers allowed :soviet-huff:
  • No squabbling or petty arguments here. Remember to disengage and respect others choice to do so when an argument gets too much

Community stats

  • 1

    Monthly active users

  • 16K

    Posts

  • 151K

    Comments