I adored FTL: Faster Than Light and Red Rogue Sea looks like a sweet evolution of the gameplay with pirates and deck-building. Announced yesterday by Firemage Studios this is one to stick on your watch list for sure, I can easily see myself spending hours and hours in this one.
"Red Rogue Sea is a roguelike strategy game that puts you in the shoes of a pirate captain and their crew. You will manage your vessel as you sail through the treacherous waters of the archipelago, interacting with the scum that inhabits it. Make decisions that impact the outcome of various events and the overall narrative."
Check out the announcement trailer:
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Features:
- Unlock your fleet: Gain access to new ships and factions enabling the use of diverse strategies to outwit the fleet of the fearsome Admiral White.
- Manage Your Own Vessel: To survive events and battles, you’ll need to command your crew with a firm hand and ensure that all ship systems and resources are used in the most optimal way. Prove that you’re a natural-born strategist!
- Build Your Tactical Deck: In the heat of battle, you’ll command your crew to execute various actions through a deck of tactic cards that you can build and upgrade, gradually adapting it to your playstyle.
- Immersive Narrative: Red Rogue Sea features a complex archipelago of islands inhabited by adventurers, wrongdoers, fortune seekers, and of course, ordinary folk. You’ll sail from island to island, interacting with different events and learning more about the place, its people, and the tales of legendary treasures sought by generations of pirates. Your actions will shape the course of your own story, leading you down different—and dangerous—paths.
- Pirate’s Nest: In each game, you’ll create a unique captain and choose a ship to command. These seas are dangerous, and it’s likely your greed will eventually lead you to a watery grave... but that won’t stop you from trying again with another pirate captain!
You can follow it on Steam - it releases sometime in Spring 2025. Going by the Steam page it will have Linux support too.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Mind you, I don't think I've ever seen a nautical game where I thought the combat had that, you know, Horatio Hornblower/Master and Commander feel that I was looking for. So maybe I'm just picky.
Philadelphus Oct 18
That said the trailer's short enough that I didn't get much of an idea of what gameplay would be like, so I'll reserve judgement for now and see how it plays closer to release.
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