1/1/2024 0 Comments Creatures with dredge![]() ![]() ![]() The strangeness culminates when you meet a mysterious local known as The Collector that lives in a secluded mansion on an island between The Marrows and fuels the game’s main story by sending you on a quest to uncover relics across the game’s five major regions your starting location of The Marrows, the tropical Stellar Basin, the claustrophobic swamps of Twisted Strand, the former whaling town of Gale Cliffs, and the spooky ruins of Devil’s Spine. Soon after, things begin getting fishy as the residents of Greater Marrow desperately urge you to return to town before nightfall, you discover that the previous fisherman for Greater Marrow mysteriously disappeared, and, after braving the seas at night, are subjected to red glowing lights in the distance, unintelligible whispering, and monster fish attacks. The game starts slowly, with you working to pay off your loan for a new trawler after shipwrecking near Greater Marrow, meeting the residents of Greater and Little Marrow, and completing a few simple missions – known as Pursuits in the game. The result is a fun and moreish indie title that kept me playing into the late hours of the night while telling myself that I only wanted to catch that fish or explore that island – white lies that inevitably led to another hour or two of gameplay that only stopped when my cat yelled for bedtime at 1 AM on a Tuesday night. What starts as a simple story of you helping to keep the town of Greater Marrow and its across-the-shore sister village Little Marrow fed transforms into a 10 to 15-hour madness-inducing adventure with Cthulhu-like monsters, lots of existential dread, twists, and secrets.ĭredge combines the simplicity of a fishing simulator with the cosmic horror inspired by the works of author H.P Lovecraft. Now, after acquiring the Platinum trophy (Something I don’t do very much) and rinsing it for gameplay completely, I can say that Dredge is the Lovecraftian fishing game I never knew I needed.įor anyone that doesn’t know, Dredge – developed by the four-person team of Black Salt Games and published by Team17 – is a single-player fishing game that follows an unnamed fisherman who takes on the role of Angler in the seaside town of Greater Marrow. ![]() I was first introduced to Dredge last year after watching a demo gameplay video by YouTuber Gab Smolders, and I instantly wanted to get my hands on the indie horror game. ![]()
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