That progression is quick enough to get over and doesn’t require a whole lot of grinding, and all things considered, you’ll naturally unlock everything as they start being required during the course of gameplay. These use materials you’ll pick up from wreckages or buy off from stores, along with an amount of cash. Different ship systems take up special slots and require upgrading as well in order to fit newer and better components. It works pretty much like the Tetris-ish management from post- Resident Evil 4 entries or even the extremely simple but fun Save Room I reviewed a while back. Inventory also plays a vital role in the game. These are divided up in categories such as new rods, nets, engines, and dredging lines. The latter is done by researching them using a special item you run into every so often, and then buying it from the shipwright. You can get rid of that negative effect by sleeping it off at one of the many docks you come across, some of which you can use to sell your wares and upgrade your ship. Whenever that happens, weird things start to hamper your progress, such as a flock of dark birds who steal your cargo and ghostly sharks that ram your little ship. There’s only so many hours you can stay out in the sea before a bulging eye shows up at the top of the screen letting you know that the nightly fog is getting to you. The sanity mechanic in the game is intrinsic to its gameplay. Upon delivering these, your man gives you a host of powers that are very useful in dispelling the many dangers you come across. Some will be treasures you can sell in town for quick cash, and others serve a greater purpose in moving the story along as you help a seemingly harmless researcher in acquiring special relics all around the game’s map. Living up to its name, you’ll also do a lot of dredging items in Dredge. There’s a huge amount of environments for you to tug along in your boat and do your thing. It’s close to the active reload mechanic in Gears of War, and there are a handful of ways it’s used depending on the kind of fish you’re going after. You guide your boat by tilting the left analog stick, and whenever you approach a fishing spot you can cast your line in, you’ll enter a minigame where your timing will help speed up the process of catching your prey. The actual gameplay of Dredge is extremely simple. These are also tied to helping you upgrade your boat, which you’ll sorely need as more requirements start popping up before you can catch rarer types of critters. Without giving too much away, your main drive in Dredge is getting to the bottom of why the bizarre things that surround you are happening, but that trip might just consume your mind just like the denizens of the region who count on you to solve their problems in the form of subquests. It’s amazingly well thought out, mixing a host of elements besides fishing, main of which are the effects of a mysterious fog upon your sanity as you toil away working a boat at sea. At first glance, it might seem like your run of the mill fishing sim, but after a little while, it proves to be anything but a throwaway experience. Developed by New Zealand indie developer Black Salt Games and published by Team 17, Dredge is quite simply one of the best games you can play right now.
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