This actually looks like it may be worth a look.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/621220/Nantucket/ (http://store.steampowered.com/app/621220/Nantucket/)
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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.
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.
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That is an interesting game concept.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfm9XNvwBFG_tJSWb9Aqx_3v4336J1Asm
Wow, elegant looking game.
JarHead, after those first two screenshot dates, I was expecting something from December 7th to come up next. It's funny how, for all the rich history, there are only a few really magical dates surrounding WW II.
Ah well, you got a couple of the biggest ones in American history! :bd:
Nantucket is also available from GOG.com (https://www.gog.com/game/nantucket) for $16.19 -- same as Steam.
and a YouTube by James Allen:
Quote from: FarAway Sooner on January 18, 2018, 01:27:56 PM
JarHead, after those first two screenshot dates, I was expecting something from December 7th to come up next. It's funny how, for all the rich history, there are only a few really magical dates surrounding WW II.
Ah well, you got a couple of the biggest ones in American history! :bd:
LoL...didn't even notice those!
Can you play as the Whales? :2funny:
I'm definitely going to snag this game.
BTW, I live barely a 1/2 hour from the world's last seaworthy wooden whaling ship (the Charles W. Morgan (https://www.mysticseaport.org/explore/morgan/)).
Here's a little mood-song to persuade other buyers:
"Aye, Moby Dick, broach your last to the sun. Thy hour and thy harpoon are at hand."
PETA's gonna be after you guys. Just saying. :-X
I visited the Charles Morgan last summer; I'm about an hour or so from there +/-. That is a really neat place to visit. I'm reading a book on whaling right now and I'm thinking of taking another trip to the seaport so I can explore it solo without the distraction of kids.
Not sure on the game, though. I was looking for a whaling game after Xmas when I got this book and came across this, but it's not what I am looking for. I watched James Allen's review for as long as I could stand his voice (about 20-30 seconds) and the game didn't really grab me.
I look forward to you's guys' impressions.
Incidentally, the book is Men and Whales by Richard Ellis. I've read a few of Ellis' books and I enjoy his style.
It's a beautiful book, large and full of info. Not a quick read at all. It's more coffee table book size than novel size.
Love me some Richard Ellis.
Quote from: Toonces on January 18, 2018, 07:58:52 PM
Incidentally, the book is Men and Whales by Richard Ellis. I've read a few of Ellis' books and I enjoy his style.
It's a beautiful book, large and full of info. Not a quick read at all. It's more coffee table book size than novel size.
Added to Amazon cart. Thx!
Quote from: besilarius on January 18, 2018, 07:35:15 PM
"Aye, Moby Dick, broach your last to the sun. Thy hour and thy harpoon are at hand."
Nice.
Ahab has some truly amazing speeches in Moby Dick. One line that always sticks in my head is, Ahab rebuking Starbuck: "Talk not of blasphemy to me, man. I'd strike the sun if it insulted me."
This does look like an intriguing game.
Jarhead, is that movie still from the TV mini-series of the Shining or the Kubrick version?
@Sir Slash. Not PETA but Sea Shepherd
That's too funny, man! Karma, I'm telling you, it's karma!!
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Quote from: FarAway Sooner on January 18, 2018, 01:27:56 PM
JarHead, after those first two screenshot dates, I was expecting something from December 7th to come up next. It's funny how, for all the rich history, there are only a few really magical dates surrounding WW II.
Ah well, you got a couple of the biggest ones in American history! :bd:
LoL...didn't even notice those!
That still is from the last 10 minutes of the Kubrick version.
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@Sir Slash. Not PETA but Sea Shepherd
Thanks Jomni. When they come-a-checking, they won't find any incriminating whale blood on my hands. Now maybe some nice scrimshaw? ::)
Fun marketing too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FJSm1_P9eU
I knew a Man from Nantucket....
:DD :DD :DD
Quote from: CJReich46 on January 19, 2018, 01:25:26 PM
I knew a Man from Nantucket....
:DD :DD :DD
That took much longer than I expected.
Quote from: bbmike on January 19, 2018, 01:26:13 PM
Quote from: CJReich46 on January 19, 2018, 01:25:26 PM
I knew a Man from Nantucket....
:DD :DD :DD
That took much longer than I expected.
I know. I was surprised I was the first. :DD
I honestly thought about it but... that's too easy.
Quote from: Sir Slash on January 19, 2018, 03:20:30 PM
I honestly thought about it but... that's too easy.
There once was a man with a pug-let...
just picked this up and downloading now
I was going to go, "There once was a game called Nantucket. I couldn't beat it so......".
Finally had a chance to dive in on my livestream tonight. Having fun so far. I had a few concerns that it events would be too much like X-Com or Darkest Dungeon and pretty much F*** the player every time they trigger, and first few events I had did just that. After putting in about 2 hours of playtime tonight I seemed to have about 50/50 on how the outcomes have turned out.
I was also a little worried combat might get a little too samey after awhile but between the dice mechanic and watching some other streamers who can field multiple whaleboats I think there will be enough options to keep it from getting too repatative. My personal jury is still out on how much long term replayability there will be.
Curiosity got the better of me and I purchased Nantucket. I played it for a couple of hours and...the whale won. EVERY TIME! :tickedoff:
Some Sea Shanties to get in the mood.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFwGD61Z_ZQ
A good whaling book in the Aubrey/Hornblower style is "The Corvette" by Richard Woodman (main character Nathaniel Drinkwater). It concerns a British Naval mission to escort the arctic whaling fleet and combines great age of sail action with a good insight into whaling in this period.
Woodman's books are excellent, and I say this having read all 20 of O'Brians Aubrey books
Are we giving this the official Grogheads Seal of ApprovalTM? This looks like it might be a nice palette cleaner or Friday night scotch game but I need to consensus of my fellow Grogs before I pull the trigger.
Man I'm just not sure on this one.
At first I was all into it. But the RNG is the suck. I get it, sometimes things happen. But I am getting royally screwed here. I don't want to give away anything, but on one mission my first leveled up harpooner gets killed by a bolt of lightening. Then, on the way home, I accept a side quest and I end up losing another crewman very suspiciously. Finally, I get caught in a storm at sea and lose a third guy. The storm at sea was my fault, but the other two....
This is going to be a very long, hard slog if guys keep getting randomly killed off.
Sounds like you've got a 'Jonah' on board. Better head to Jamaica. There's a Voodoo cure for that I think.