As a New Zealander, I was pretty ecstatic to play this game, there aren't too many games that I know of that are developed in my country aside from Ashen, Path of Exile and apparently the Bloons series, so my enjoyment of this had a little bit of patriotic bias.

Aside from that, it's a very relaxing, slow game that is nice to just chill to. The world isn't too big, it basically is what it says it is, but the atmosphere it presents is quite unique and eerie in it's own way. It definitely has a type of Lovecraftian feel about it whilst also feeling original to itself. It's essentially a fishing game, but with a twist, and probably one of the better ones in the genre. A great debut for an indie developer too, the soundtrack itself was very well done and added to the tone exceptionally well.

Whilst the gameplay can be simplistic, it has a certain level of depth as well. Very few games motivate me to grind, Dredge being the rare exception. Searching for different species of fish to upgrade your boat or even just doing random side quests was often at times more engaging than the overarching questline, which itself was very short, but with the added side content, feels like a complete experience regardless. The art style also constantly draws you back.

Praise for independent kiwi developers aside, on it's own it's a good experience and definitely worth the while.