I really do love some solid inventory management. There's something about squeezing in the maximum amount of cargo, of having a container stuffed full of healing items, or treasure, or weapons, that feels really satisfying. And this game has that in spades.
Also: fishing!
It's short and sweet, I finished in about 20 hours and I did all* the sidequests except for "find all the rare fish". I found there are some pacing and balance issues, money stopped being a problem midway through the game, and by the end I was up to my ears in it, but still had miles to go to finish all the research. There are a lot of intermediate engines or nets or rods that feel a bit pointless, and I definitely struggled to tell the difference between +55% fishing speed and +100% speed. If it were a longer game these would be bigger issues, but since it's on the short side I was still having enough fun hunting down different fish.
One questline I would like to single out as really frustrating - there are four NPCs in the world who will ask you for a series of very specific fish, delivered to them in order. As soon as you talk to them, they're on a timer, and if you don't deliver their fish, they die, permanently removing the reward for the quest. In one case I bumped into one of these guys and he asked for a fish only accessible with a hook from a completely different questline I hadn't even discovered, so he was more or less doomed to starve. The quest rewards aren't dealbreakers so at the end of the day it's a "nice to have", but it felt so counterintuitive. I only satisfied one of these NPCs by avoiding him all game long until I had all the rods, engines and abilities. I never got a chance to use the quest reward before finishing the story after that!
Overall, a lovely wee treat that I'd highly recommend!
Also: fishing!
It's short and sweet, I finished in about 20 hours and I did all* the sidequests except for "find all the rare fish". I found there are some pacing and balance issues, money stopped being a problem midway through the game, and by the end I was up to my ears in it, but still had miles to go to finish all the research. There are a lot of intermediate engines or nets or rods that feel a bit pointless, and I definitely struggled to tell the difference between +55% fishing speed and +100% speed. If it were a longer game these would be bigger issues, but since it's on the short side I was still having enough fun hunting down different fish.
One questline I would like to single out as really frustrating - there are four NPCs in the world who will ask you for a series of very specific fish, delivered to them in order. As soon as you talk to them, they're on a timer, and if you don't deliver their fish, they die, permanently removing the reward for the quest. In one case I bumped into one of these guys and he asked for a fish only accessible with a hook from a completely different questline I hadn't even discovered, so he was more or less doomed to starve. The quest rewards aren't dealbreakers so at the end of the day it's a "nice to have", but it felt so counterintuitive. I only satisfied one of these NPCs by avoiding him all game long until I had all the rods, engines and abilities. I never got a chance to use the quest reward before finishing the story after that!
Overall, a lovely wee treat that I'd highly recommend!