Nantucket - Released

[HiddenX]

The Naval Sim/Strategy RPG Nantucket has been released today:

Nantucket


Chase after Moby Dick, and live through the Golden Age of American whaling in this seafaring strategy game. Set sail around the world, manage your ship and crew, and live Ishmael's story, the sole survivor of the Pequod, a few years after the events narrated by Herman Melville in his masterpiece.

Features:

Set sail and explore the seas
Set sail around the world, visit cities, and increase your prestige by hunting whales, landing jobs, and searching for new adventures.

Be the captain you want to be
Develop your character in true RPG fashion, by increasing your stats, choosing your reactions, and developing your seafaring skills.

Manage your ship and crew
Hire and manage your crew, give them tasks on your ship, and improve your ship with new compartments, expanding your ship's capabilities.

Experience the Golden Age of whaling
Experience more than a thousand unique events tailored around your choices—and face the results of your actions.

Hunt whales and fight pirates
Discover new whaling areas, hunt whales for blubber, and protect your ship from pirates using a turn-based combat system.

Chase after Moby Dick
Follow an original story line and complete quests to unveil the secrets behind Moby Dick and dissolve Ahab’s curse.

More information.

 

[SSIGuy]

Curious if any Watchers are trying this? Looks interesting and Steam reactions have been very positive. (And maybe it'll be the kick in the pants I need to finish Moby Dick - which has been sitting on my shelf, half-read, for 30 years).

 

[Gloomseeker]

It's one of these books that can be hard to get into but end up being really enjoyable. I say go for it, can't leave a book half way through.

 

[Capt. Huggy Face]

It's that bit around the middle where Melville drifts off into a mini encyclopedia of aquatic wildlife that starts to drag it down. If you can get through that and try to ignore its existence, it's a good story that's certainly worth your time.

 

[Ripper]

It's that bit around the middle where Melville drifts off into a mini encyclopedia of aquatic wildlife that starts to drag it down. If you can get through that and try to ignore its existence, it's a good story that's certainly worth your time.

This is the secret that those who've read it will know - it's half great novel and half technical whaling manual.

 

[Lucky Day]

This is the secret that those who've read it will know - it's half great novel and half technical whaling manual.

Its half everything - its also part philosophy, part book of short stories, its part travellers narrative - its all over the place and would probably get a C in any college class for sticking to any one thing except its theme.

And that's the charm. Never read any abridged version of this book or you will miss the fun of its style.

Reviews are mostly positive but there are several complains about the repetitive combat.

 

[Ripper]

Its half everything - its also part philosophy, part book of short stories, its part travellers narrative - its all over the place and would probably get a C in any college class for sticking to any one thing except its theme.

And that's the charm. Never read any abridged version of this book or you will miss the fun of its style.

Reviews are mostly positive but there are several complains about the repetitive combat.

I would agree about the book's qualities… but will also confess to having scanned at highly negligent speeds over some of the whaling treatise sections.

 

[Lucky Day]