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Posted December 12, 2016
Up to 85% off games that will pull you into daunting depths: SOMA, Starship Titanic, Aquaria, Silent Service 1+2, and more!



The sea will try to claim everything: Your dreams, your resolve, even your hard-earned loot. But if you know how to navigate her whims, she will pay you back with unique experiences, wondrous discoveries, and this thrilling sense of danger as you're adventuring <span class="bold">Beyond the Sea</span>. Sail right into her alluring embrace aboard these fine vessels, going for up to 85% off!

She can shape the world with the power of her songs but what fascinates her most are the deep waters that lie beyond, unexplored. Naija is a graceful yet peculiar creature and Aquaria is her wondrous action/adventure towards self-discovery.

Westworld may be over, but SOMA will further challenge your perception of conscious A.I.s and make you ponder on the horrors they may bring. A truly haunting and occasionally chilling survival experience in the dark depths of the ocean.

There is too much cold, perilous water standing between this flooded Earth and our once proud civilization. But you will need to explore, fight, and brave all of it in your Aquatic Adventures of the Last Human, if you are to uncover the reasons of our downfall.



Venture <span class="bold">Beyond the Sea</span> and go looking for fame, fortunes, and faraway lands for up to 85% off: Starship Titanic, Aquanox, Silent Service 1+2, and more!
The promo will last until December 16, 10:59 AM UTC.
Posted December 13, 2016
"Beyond the Sea"

FREDDI FISH 2 CONFIR- wait, beyond the sea? That just implies they're not going to release it! Drat! So close!
Posted December 13, 2016
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tfishell: I know Night Dive are going to be bringing Starship Titanic to Steam soon-ish.
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Grargar: They already did, along with D, 2 months ago.
Ah!
Posted December 13, 2016
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Fairfox: Soma always appealed to me, but Honest Lee it's aaalways a bit moar moolah than I wants to pay, even with teh salez.
Issa gud gamesez tho. I boughted it at teh full pricey waaay backs and me is totsies cool with dat.
Posted December 13, 2016
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Posted December 13, 2016

What kind of 'beyond the sea' promo doesn't include Bioshock?
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Shadowcat: I was more wondering what kind of 'beyond the sea' promo does include both Aquanox titles, yet fails to include (now that it's actually available at GOG) their predecessor, Archimedean Dynasty? That's a lost opportunity.
And I was wondering what kind of 'beyond the sea' promo does include Cosmonautica that takes place in space and not beyond the sea. ;)
Post edited December 13, 2016 by PaterAlf
Posted December 13, 2016
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CharlesGrey: Issa gud gamesez tho. I boughted it at teh full pricey waaay backs and me is totsies cool with dat.
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Fairfox: :) Always tolerance.

Soma seems to polarize a li'l; Imma just not sure.
For what it's worth, it's at 4.5/5 stars here, and all the top rated reviews give it the maximum score. It's definitely a good game, and worth the price, but of course that's no guarantee that you'll enjoy it.

Did you play any of Frictional's previous games? At its core Soma is similar, but the gameplay has been refined, it's more varied, and I find the story and setting are much better and more interesting.
Posted December 15, 2016
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gixgox: Colourful.
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IronArcturus: Interesting! So how is the gameplay? I've been reading that it can be a grind sometimes. Is there some kind of end goal?
A late reply perhaps. 'Yes' the game is a slow grind, it takes a long time to upgrade your ship and earn money.

At the time when I bought the game it was not marketed as rogue-like, but it is a rogue-like in every practical meaning of the term. The deciding factor is 'money'. For example if you don't have enough money to bribe pirates in leaving you alone it's Game Over, assuming you focus on trading. The unforgiving margins for failure is what makes it a rogue-like, together with the fact that the game only autosaves, and you can't reload anything should you die.

Even if approached as a rogue-like it's far too grindy in my opinion. Imagine playing a permadeath version of Elite Dangerous or an X-series game, to permamently die after spending several hours slowly grinding for money.

After completing a run there's nothing that carries over to the next run, unlike Sunless Sea and Battlevoid Harbinger for example. So all your grinding was for nothing.

I never got far enough in the game to discover if there's an actual goal to it, after a dozen or so runs at the game I finally gave up on it. Obviously I would not recommend the game, unless it has been patched by now.
Post edited December 15, 2016 by Ricky_Bobby
Posted December 15, 2016
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Ricky_Bobby: I never got far enough in the game to discover if there's an actual goal to it, after a dozen or so runs at the game I finally gave up on it. Obviously I would not recommend the game, unless it has been patched by now.
That's too bad. Cosmonautica seemed to have a lot of potential. :-/
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