Nantucket

The final boss battle against Mobydick ruined the experience for me. making an boss invincible is fine but allowing him to become invincible again makes it feel cheap and completely based on rng.

The history of whaling and its role in the economy of 19th Century Atlantic countries is interesting, and this game does a very good job immersing the player in that world in many ways. You'll captain a whaling ship, sailing in search of profit and adventure; make crew decisions, take special missions, occasionally stumble on some prey, then return to port and do some upgrading. The real problem I've had with this game is that I cannot seem to get very good at playing it. There's a lot of grind to the whole thing, and even when I get lucky with some RNG, I still ultimately fail every campaign I start before I can really get too far into the story. The battle mechanic is based on dice rolls, and at lower levels of crew, these battles are usually very dangerous to undertake. The punishment for errors is grave (watery grave, if you will), and I had a tendency to rage quit after losing a critically competent crewmember to a chance encounter with some sharks or some thing. Art is actually very nice, hand-drawn aesthetic with a kind of classic card-game simulation feel to the game. I don't regret playing this game at all, and the things that I really enjoyed about it (the art, the atmosphere, the historical elements) are well done -- but I can't objectively recommend the game unless you are specifically interested in 19th Century maritime.

This game is putrid. Great concept, horribly implemented. Program throws different "crises" at you and it seems to be totally random and without regard to your preparedness. For instance, I leave port with 86 days worth of water. 3 days in I get a decision card stating I'm running out of water...? Some of these random events are totally unrelated to what's going on on the ship. Just random tragedies which you CANNOT avoid. This game is a HOT MESS. I've played too long to get a refund but I assure you, I'll uninstall and never play again. It will be in "hidden games." SAVE YOUR MONEY.

FIDELIO MÓWI: Yo Ho Harties, jak podśpiewywał sobie kiedyś pewien Jack Sparrow. Nantucket to wyborny pomysł na powrót do klimatu Sid Meier's Pirates. Ten oceaniczny klimat - nigdzie nie znajdziecie takiego klimatu jak w tej grze. Niestety nie ma tu piratów, bo... tu gramy w erze, gdy złota era piractwa już minęła, za to zaczęła się era wielorybników i czasy słynnego Moby Dicka. Plusy: + rouguelike (losowe przygody na oceanie) + survival (łatwo tu zginąć, jak nie od walki, to z głodu, braku wody, buntu załogi, epidemii, sztormów czy zużycia statku) + piosenki marynarskie (szanty - zwłaszcza większy wybór w DLC) + elegancka grafika stylizowana na ryciny z XIX wieku + mapa i poruszanie się dokładnie jak z Sid Meier's Pirates + przygodowe misje dodatkowe, za które możemy dodatkowo zarobić + nawiązania do historii Moby Dicka Melville'a + elementy RPG rodem z Pirates Minusy: - system walki w grze to porażka! (zwłaszcza łowienie wielorybów) - niestety zabijamy tu piękne wieloryby dla oleju (a to mądre, inteligentne ssaki) - trochę za mało muzyki w grze (włącza się tylko w niektórych momentach) - mniej ciekawy okres (jesteśmy wielorybnikami, a nie piratami) - mało portów na mapie, do których możemy zawinąć - nie możemy wyjść na ląd (jak w Pirates) - łatwo się tu ginie na morzu (zdecydowanie za łatwo) Komu polecam? + polecam tym, których fascynują marynarskie klimaty + polecam dla fanów, którzy czytali Moby Dicka + polecam tym, którzy tęsknią do klimatów Pirates Komu odradzam? - odradzam przeciwnikom łowienia wielorybów - odradzam, szukającym przyjemnej walki Rada 1: Polecam dla tych, którym marzy się remake Sid Meier's Pirates. Nantucket dokładnie odtwarza system i styl gry Piratów Meiera, zmieniając jedynie epokę i system walki. Niestety to na minus. Rada 2: Do właścicieili praw Sid Meier's PIrates - plis zatrudnijcie studio od Nantucket, żeby zrobiło remake Pirates. To studio czuje ten klimat i wie czemu Pirates było tak znakomitą grą. Podobne gry: Sid Meier's Pirates, Carribean Sail + Steam Kurator Fidelio de Krytyk: ➥ https://store.steampowered.com/curator/10437106/

[h1] UM JOGO SIMPLES, PORÉM DIVERTIDO [/h1] "Nantucket" é uma mistura de RPG com um pouco de administração. O jogo é baseado na história de Moby D.1ck, então toda história gira em torno de você ser um caçador de baleias numa jornada pessoal de vingança contra a baleia assassina mais conhecida da literatura. Neste jogo, você tem duas frentes: a primeira são os combates, que são por turno e onde você enfrenta todo tipo de baleias. O sistema de combate é realmente simples, seus marinheiros vão ter classes e dentro dessas classes eles tem sub-classes que definem as skills que eles possuem. Neste jogo a morte é definitiva, então se algum de seus marinheiros morrer você vai perder o boneco pra sempre (quem disse que é fácil a vida no mar?). A segunda frente do jogo é a mecânica, que também não é complexa, de administrar seu barco. Na medida em que você faz suas caçadas, você vende a carne, a gordura e o óleo das baleias nos portos espalhados pelo globo - sim, você navega pelo mundo, tem até o porto de IMBITUBA. Aos poucos você vai dando upgrades no seu barco, então uma parcela do jogo gira em torno de ficar indo e vindo pelos oceanos caçando baleias e farmando XP e dinheiro. Você também vai recrutando marinheiros nos portos pelo mundo, você pode pegar eles já especializados ou treinar um marinheiro do 0 e buildar ele como você acha mais pertinente pra sua equipe. Alguns deles desbloqueiam upgrades específicos pro seu barco e são cruciais de se ter. Dependendo da classe deles, eles também vão buffar tarefas do navio (ex: o cozinheiro deixa a moral do grupo mais alta, o observador aumenta a visão do barco etc). Eu recomendo esse jogo. Ele tem uma arte feita a mão bem bonita e é um game bem relaxante, do tipo que você liga e vai jogando sem se estressar enquanto explora o oceano e melhora seu navio. Ele também é curto e depois que você termina ele não tem muito incentivo pra re-jogar a não ser ter curtido a gameplay. 9/10

Unique and challenging.

A wonderful experience! The Italian made Nantucket is a naval strategy game inspired by Melville’s novel Moby ♥♥♥♥. The protagonist Ishmael remains as such, but the player can recruit all sorts of sailors across the world, managing his crew, his cargo, his journeys, and of course his encounters, that in this game are played with dice. The gameplay formula works sublimely; it is nice to have a pirate-like game where the scope is not to board ships but rather to trade and hunt wild beasts. Playing Nantucket was very satisfying and rewarding, both the story mode and the free roaming!

Finally beat the game and I gotta say it's great. Nice tense combat and strategy paired with a brilliant sound track.