Reviewers Liked
- Exceptional storytelling
- The quality of writing is consistently great from start to finish
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Travel can be a little boring
Sunless Skies
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Expert reviews and ratings
By CGM
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With impeccable world-building and compelling exploration, Sunless Skies is a haunting journey that is worth traversing time and time...
By GameInformer
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Sunless Skies is a strange amalgamation of genres with even stranger stories to tell, but the weird world and nightmarish encounters come together to create something special. Combat and repetition may weigh down the Homeric adventure, but the overall journey is well worth the ticket.
By WCCFTech
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Sunless Skies delivers in ways you don't even expect it to. The atmosphere is incredible, and the stories almost addictive. The world is beautiful and the danger is tantalizing. It might be deadly, but it's well worth the...
By GameSpot
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Would you like to hear a Tale of Terror or a Sky-Story? Relay some Salon-Stewed Gossip or pass on a Savage Secret? The names given to the various forms of currency exchanged across Sunless Skies give you a good idea of what sort of game it is. This is a...
By pcgamesn.com
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Failbetter continues to revolutionise the RPG - not by burning it all down, but by slipping pages of prose into every crevice it...
By EuroGamer
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There's still much to deter a newcomer, all the same. If you found Sea frustratingly oblique and demanding, and you struggle with the idea that every great story includes a few cataclysmic setbacks, the new game's nips and tucks may strike you as too little, too late. But if you adored Failbetter's previous work, you're drawn to tales of gruesome misadventure or you have a taste for outlandish portraits of imperial hubris, well - your cuppa runneth over.
By PC Gamer
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The sharpest writing around, wrapped inside a surprising adventure that's tough but rarely unfair. Failbetter's finest...
By theguardian.com
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Depending on what you want from it, Sunless Skies is a merciless odyssey of oddball sci-fi survival, or a fantasy novel trilogy's worth of wild, written ideas. You're the captain of a spacefaring locomotive, braving cosmic fiends, blunderbuss-toting...
By windowscentral.com
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Imagine this: on the cusp of the 20th century, the British Empire takes to the cosmos. Using unique flying locomotives, its people set out to explore the galaxy and carve out a new frontier for the future. Pirates, hostile life forms, and a handful...
By wmpoweruser.com
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Despite the fact that I'm dangerously low on fuel, supplies, and crew, I still feel optimistic about my journey throughout Albion. Right now, I'm simply delivering some cargo and a traveler I've picked up along my many voyages. Unlike most, I'm only...
By Polygon
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When I’m not playing Sunless Skies, I find myself musing about what will happen the next time I jump on. The open, deceptively utopian sense to the new setting breathes life into a formula that I didn’t enjoy back on the sea. I’m glad to take to the stars; hopefully next time, I’ll manage to make it even further, before everything goes to hell once more.
By PCWorld New Zealand
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As someone who never found the time to dive into Sunless Seas but has always been in envy of the enthusiasm of those who have, I relished the chance to try and experience the Fallen London universe for myself here.However, in spite of the impeccable...
By gamestar.de
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Ich hatte bereits mit Sunless Sea sehr viel Spaß. Bei Sunless Skies bekommt man auf den ersten Blick mehr vom Gleichen, allerdings fühlen sich vor allem die Spielmechaniken sehr viel ausgereifter an. Dinge, die mich beim Vorgänger genervt haben wurden...
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