A Most Agreeable Pastime operates as an independent site, and all opinions expressed are those of the author. We reviewed the Switch version.ĭisclosure statement: Review code for Burly Men at Sea was provided by Seaven Studio. One of TIMEs top five games of 2016, Burly Men at Sea is a folktale about a trio of large, bearded fishermen who step away from the ordinary to seek. That’s reason enough to play Burly Men at Sea – you won’t regret it!īurly Men at Sea is available for PC, Mobile, PS4, Vita and Switch. Games that are not only enjoyable but also encourage you to pause for self-reflection are few and far between. This was what I found so magical about Burly Men at Sea rather than demanding that the player learn to master its systems, the game instead expects you to learn something about yourself. What you find at the end of your story is up to you you decide what the brothers encounter and whether they learn anything. Image for RPS 2016 Advent Calendar, Dec 11th: Burly Men At Sea. Plus, sharing the experience with your family is easier that way! Image for Burly Men at Sea head for bookshelves. The game is best played on Switch in handheld mode, as you can manipulate things more intuitively with a finger, but the pointer controls for the TV are also solid. Because you control the narrative (and sometimes the world), you can make each experience as unique as you want. There’s a reason why it’s worth returning to, which I won’t spoil here, but even without that tantalizing hook you’ll want to come back to it time and again, the same way you’d return to a beloved and well-worn music album. The game is meant to be played in one sitting, which isn’t difficult as you can work your way through it in 30 minutes or so. In summary, Burly Men at Sea is a very inviting game – which is good, because it expects you to revisit it again and again. As you take the three brothers on their adventure, their journey is narrated via typewriter-font words that are full of expression, which is a big part of the game’s charm – as is the minimalist presentation with its basic characters and backgrounds, and homemade sound effects. Much like Old Man’s Journey, Burly Men at Sea is an interactive experience that sits somewhere between a video game and a child’s picture book – essentially, it’s a folk tale simulator. And each time you play, the story is slightly different. With gameplay halfway between a visual novel and a point-and-click adventure, the branching story carries its ungainly heroes into waters where lurk creatures from Scandinavian folklore and other misadventures. Thus the burly men set off to look for adventure – and whatever they encounter becomes their story. Burly Men at Sea is a folktale about a trio of large, bearded fishermen who step away from the ordinary to seek adventure. It contains a blank sea chart, and an old man informs them that they must search the ocean to fill in the blank space. The game stars three bearded brothers as they haul ashore at a sleepy fishing village, clutching a message in a bottle. Burly Men at Sea is a reminder that the best tales are those you create yourself.
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