Recent reviews by Threnody

(Explore) I don't want to forget you.

I'm 64 hours in and I think I've found half of what's in this game. I'm still not even near the end. There is an absurd amount of quality content to dig into in Elden Ring.

Painful seems too strong a word. Unforgiving? Yeah, let's roll with that.

So far I've sunk about five hours into Sunless Sea, and I'm hooked for good - I love the direction this game is headed. It's delightfully creepy as you wander through the dark Zee, battling pirates and fleeing from horrors in the deep. The search for new and uncharted ports is just as engaging as the chance encounters you'll have on the ocean; one of my men swayed a god's favor our way by performing chants on the deck.

And then it gets brutal.

Murphy's Law strikes hard and fast on the Zee. If you're playing the game as it's meant to be played - that is, you sink and you're gone forever - a single roll of the dice can doom your whole crew. For instance, my engines overheated three times in less than ten seconds, even while they were off. The resulting fires killed over half of my crew, which left me piddling back to London at half-speed. This, naturally, made me an easy target for every pirate vessel within a dozen nautical miles. I didn't even make it halfway before I was cannoned straight to the bottom of the deeps.

I love the exploration, but I hate the brutal and random nature of death that comes for you when you least expect it. Either way, I'm gonna keep zailing the Zee, if only to spite every angry god that sends another pirate crew my way.