Remember the numbers on the in-game books that I mentioned before? You can go to their website here and plug in one of those numbers and you have the option to purchase one of your adventures in a physical book format. One neat features about this game is that you can get actual books that are recreations of the adventures you have had. There are times the game acknowledges that you have been in that particular part of the story before and relays that through different dialogue. I do have to give credit to the writers though. Sometimes you have to go through parts of the story that you have already been through to get to different endings. While this definitely helps with replay value and makes the game interesting it can get a bit tedious if you try to get all the endings. Then you can jump back on your ship and make different choices to go down a different branch and subsequently attain a different ending. Your particular adventure is set up on a bookshelf as a book with a number on it (we’ll get to that in a bit). What happens after that is you end up back on the first island. A gameplay sessions can be about 20 mins to 40 mins. The main gameplay mechanic of the game is finding different story paths that change depending on choices you make. And it’s all very well written and, as I’ve already mentioned, very charming. You’ll meet plenty of creatures and characters along the way. I’ll just leave you with this: There are all kinds of interesting shenanigans you and the burly men can get into. Part of the fun and charm is experiencing the different situations and deciding where your story ends up going. This is where I’m going to stop with specifics on the story. After discovering a blank map in a fishing net you jump on a boat and sail off in search of adventure. You start out on a small island in control of three heavily bearded fishermen appropriately named Steady, Hasty, and Brave Beard. This concept is very much what Burly Men at Sea is but in game format. Basically you read the book and decided what the characters did. Each choice lead to a different page and different outcomes. In them you read a page or two and then you had a couple choices on what you wanted to do with the situation. When I was younger I used to read books called Choose Your Own Adventure books (I might be showing my age a bit here). With playful music, fantastical adventures and a look that compliments the overall feeling of the game, Burly Men at Sea is a lot of fun. But it’s more akin to a choose your own adventure storybook. At it’s heart this game is an adventure game. If you like your games full of charm and witty writing you’re in for a treat with Burly Men at Sea.
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