Fraser Brown
PC GamerSunless Sea: Zubmariner review
Published 10/25/2016
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PS4 / Linux / PC / Mac / XONE / Switch - 10/11/2016
Sunless Sea - Zubmariner
Lose your mind. Eat your crew. Dive. Take the helm of your zubmarine and set sail for the unknown! Zubmariner is the first expansion to Sunless Sea: deeper, darker, and more marvellous than anything you’ve seen before. All the powers of the Neath agree: there is Nothing of Consequence beneath the Zee. They are lying. You've heard there are fortunes to be made by those brave enough - or hungry enough - to dare the deeps. Disturb the aberrant societies that flourish in the dark. Defy wreckers. Seduce a Drownie. Embrace or condemn the distinctly un-British customs of these cold, fathomless places. You will definitely die. Will your next captain dive?
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- Failbetter Games
- Publisher
- Failbetter Games, Digerati Distribution
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Simon Parkin
EurogamerSunless Sea - Zubmariner review
Published 10/18/2016
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