A Whale of a Strategy Game...

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Kushan

#30
January 19, 2018, 11:38:03 PM
Finally had a chance to dive in on my livestream tonight. Having fun so far. I had a few concerns that it events would be too much like X-Com or Darkest Dungeon and pretty much F*** the player every time they trigger, and first few events I had did just that. After putting in about 2 hours of playtime tonight I seemed to have about 50/50 on how the outcomes have turned out.

I was also a little worried combat might get a little too samey after awhile but between the dice mechanic and watching some other streamers who can field multiple whaleboats I think there will be enough options to keep it from getting too repatative. My personal jury is still out on how much long term replayability there will be.
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Greybriar

#31
January 20, 2018, 07:03:16 AM
Curiosity got the better of me and I purchased Nantucket. I played it for a couple of hours and...the whale won. EVERY TIME! :tickedoff:
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besilarius

#32
January 20, 2018, 09:02:38 AM
Some Sea Shanties to get in the mood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFwGD61Z_ZQ
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Phantom

#33
January 20, 2018, 09:26:43 AM
A good whaling book in the Aubrey/Hornblower style is "The Corvette" by Richard Woodman (main character Nathaniel Drinkwater). It concerns a British Naval mission to escort the arctic whaling fleet and combines great age of sail action with a good insight into whaling in this period.
Woodman's books are excellent, and I say this having read all 20 of O'Brians Aubrey books

Toonces

#34
January 20, 2018, 01:50:46 PM
Are we giving this the official Grogheads Seal of ApprovalTM?  This looks like it might be a nice palette cleaner or Friday night scotch game but I need to consensus of my fellow Grogs before I pull the trigger.
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Toonces

#35
January 20, 2018, 09:38:53 PM
Man I'm just not sure on this one.

At first I was all into it.  But the RNG is the suck.  I get it, sometimes things happen.  But I am getting royally screwed here.  I don't want to give away anything, but on one mission my first leveled up harpooner gets killed by a bolt of lightening.  Then, on the way home, I accept a side quest and I end up losing another crewman very suspiciously.  Finally, I get caught in a storm at sea and lose a third guy.  The storm at sea was my fault, but the other two....

This is going to be a very long, hard slog if guys keep getting randomly killed off.
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Sir Slash

#36
January 20, 2018, 11:13:50 PM
Sounds like you've got a 'Jonah' on board. Better head to Jamaica. There's a Voodoo cure for that I think.
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