Nantucket

Picaresque Studio · Jan 18, 2018

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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.

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Critic 7.9 (6 critics) · Gamer 7.7

Critic reviews

Destructoid
Anthony Marzano · Feb 02, 2018
8.0
Some other little things that stuck out to me was that the random text encounters dealing with your crew got to be a bit annoying when you were trying to manage your resources. It was such a nice little surprise to hear sea shanties that your crew was singing but the fact that it gets cut off every time you go into a battle proved to be very jarring. Nantucket is well worth your time if you are looking for a fresh take on the strategic role-playing game genre, or are a fan of the original story that it is based on.
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Hardcore Gamer
Spencer Rutledge · Jan 31, 2018
8.0
Nantucket brings to life the golden age of whaling and the story of Moby Dick in a tight package that’s perfect for anyone who is a fan of history, a good management sim or the story of Moby Dick. Unlike other management sims, Nantucket is intuitively easy to understand, helping the player along as much as possible without holding their hand completely. It can be unforgiving, but only if the player wants it to be, as with the use of quick save/load, Nantucket shows that it can be both enjoyed for casual and more serious play.
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Game Debate
Stuart Thomas · Jan 28, 2018
7.0
I found Nantucket to be high on style but thin on substance, but its modest price point saves it from my more barbed harpoons. It has some pleasantly nostalgic reminiscences of Sid Meier's Pirates and a management system that borrows some of the more surface-level mechanics of Paradox games - both of which are good things. Plus, it really is the only thing that does exactly what it does. The originality of the concept is worth something even when it's not necessarily backed up with mechanical innovation.
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Wccftech.com
Chris Wray · Jan 21, 2018
7.5
Nantucket is, without a doubt, a strangely compelling game. Sure, the core mechanics are simply grinding to get that next ability or the money for a ship upgrade. It’s a quiet and relaxing game that has moments that can cause you some tension. Nantucket is, simply put, an interesting and fairly unique game. It will, given the opportunity, sink its harpoon into you.
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IGN
Francesco Destri · Feb 03, 2018
8.2
Davvero una bella sorpresa questo Nantucket, gioco che fonde strategica a turni, aspetti gestionali e crescita in stile ruolistico con un certosino lavoro sull’ambientazione e sulla narrazione. Non è un gioco per tutti vista la continua attenzione rivolta a tanti aspetti gestionali e l’inizio può diventare quasi soverchiante per i meno avvezzi al genere, ma se si supera questo primo scoglio il gioco si apre e difficilmente riuscirete a staccarvi da questa epopea vissuta tra mari, ricchezze, esplorazione e mostri marini.
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Multiplayer.it
Rosario Salatiello · Jan 30, 2018
8.5
Andando da un porto all'altro udirete ogni tanto la vostra ciurma intonare alcune delle canzoni più famose tra quelle cantate sui ponti delle navi: la prima occasione in cui partirà il coro vi lascerà piacevolmente sorpresi, lasciandovi successivamente con il desiderio di sentire l'equipaggio cantare con una maggiore frequenza. Completando le quest della storia principale si accede a piccole sequenze animate, doppiate e sottotitolate interamente in inglese come tutto il resto di Nantucket.
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