Burly Men at Sea is a folktale about three large bearded fishermen, named Hasty, Steady, and Brave, that has recently been released on Steam after appearing on iOS and Android. The brothers set out looking for adventure after finding a map and your choices and direction will decide how the story plays out. While it can control like a point and click adventure there is no inventory, no puzzles, and no fail state, just the continuing story that you tell. The game will start and end with the same event but you are able to run into two different events in between them, and each one allows you to play things out in different ways. Even when repeating the same situation on a new journey the brothers might end up doing something else, possibly changing the outcome or situation in events you thought you had already fully explored. Repetition is avoided both by the possibly of events playing out different and by the brothers remembering their past adventures and commenting on their previous experiences. The game has a simple but very fitting and charming art style and the sound effects are made entertaining because they are all done by human voices.

Reviewed on May 23, 2021


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