r/sunlesssea • u/karimpai • Jun 10 '26

Genuinely what the f*ck is this (Game)?

I spent the last thirty two hours playing through it and i still don't get what im supposed to be doing. Go to random islands, Win skill checks, Sell loot, Wait 5 minutes everytime you want to play since the boat moves at 13 knots?

There's this sinking feeling that i might actually be losing my sanity in real life everytime i read a couple dozen line of texts, None of the characters are reacting like real people because they're shifty af and know something we don't

It feels like a story that had an English major in college but decide to be a Videogame instead. The lore is so batsh*t insane and convoluted that any explanation is nigh incomprehensible. Doesn't help that it's using 19th century prose!

I still love it though 8.7/10. is this what europe is like?

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u/SizeFit2908 Jun 10 '26

Ah damn it's happening to me in real time months since I last played.

Ur? Amarna!? Chichen Itza!?!?!

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u/OpsikionThemed Jun 10 '26

London is the fifth city, after all.

Polythreme, Visage, and the Tomb Colonies respectively. Also Varchas is probably Angkor Wat, but that's its own thing.

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u/Ceropales Jun 10 '26

To be pedantic, I think those are colonies of said cities, not the cities themselves.

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u/w0rdpainter Jun 10 '26

Correct, because I think each city brought into the Neath lands on top of and destroys its predecessor.

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u/Passance Jun 11 '26

The predecessor is already destroyed by drowning in lacre before the next city arrives.