Sunless Sea 12+

So far, too hard?

Hello

The game is beautiful and atmospheric like everyone else said. The writing is elegant and in-depth with a bit of humor, I feel like I'm reading Sherlock Holmes. My cons are:
The creatures/ships to battle are way too seldom. If your goal is to collect specimens it takes days. And yes the battle system is clunky but I guess that's the point, to make it feel like a real, old ship.
Like other reviewers, I've been playing a couple hours a day for a week, and even when not dying, have not made it even close to 5% to getting a new ship, other than that joke dinghy.
I understand this is a rouge game, which is supposed to be unforgiving and repetitive, but with the slow speed of your basic ship and the ridiculous tiny payouts from your port reports, it gets aggravating. I know there are the quests but how to save for a 3000 ship with 10 echos per report?
The game feels great though. I will keep at it.
Update: I've kept at it, and I've given up. Getting even a few hundred echoes takes a ridiculous long time, meanwhile you have to slog back to London for usually little payback. I'm sorry but some games make me want to throw the device. It's beautiful, but for me the advance curve or whatever is too annoying.
Thanks for a game with nice music, graphics, and dialogue/writing though

Game is great

I played this game on Steam, and now on my iPad. It's still excellent. Yes, the game CAN be unforgiving (that's the entire point), so it makes you extra cautious when you exploring a new area. The slowness of the ship (at FIRST) can add to this sense of vulnerability, which is why this game is fun in the first place.
Once you upgrade your engines, or do the quests to get 1 of 2 very good engines, the world opens up.

Note: to the dude below (like all reviews) who says "Game crashes immediately." Not true. They are A. Using an old model that the game doesn't even support. B. Are at the max on memory so the tablet can't even provide resources to actually run the game. Or C. They are lying. You see this in EVERY review section. And it's never true, unless backed up by a LOT of similar sentiments. To this day, I haven't yet had an app game crash repeatedly. Don't give that nonsense below ANY credence at all.

A gripping story, but to me it has no base

While this game is incredibly intriguing and ingenious, I would feel loss just second into the story, and as soon as I run into a monster just slightly stronger than me, I would die and have to start all over again, and have that feeling of being cluelessly lost.

Developer Response ,

Hello! If you're still feeling a little lost, we'd recommend checking out the Sunless Sea wiki (https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Official_Sunless_Sea_Wiki) or our community spaces like r/sunlesssea or our community forum (http://community.failbettergames.com) where you may find some exceptional guidance. Hope this helps!