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These first 10-15 minutes are where the game really captures your attention. Our journey begins from the harbor of Fallen London setting out in our tiny and excruciatingly slow ship.

We begin by generating a history and a goal for captain - one of three preset “end game” scenarios to aim for. This is because the game has the Rogue Legacy-esque mechanic of passing on a “legacy” to the next captain. It also informs us that we will probably die, but that “Later captains may succeed”. We open with the quote seen above, and a call to take risks as we explore. The Zee is fighting you - slowly ebbing away at your precious resources until you and your crew are hopeless and succumb to the murky depths. Sunless Sea is a war of attrition… only you’re not doing the fighting. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.” – Joseph Conrad So let’s look at the where it shines… and where it struggles. However this isn’t a game for everyone and there are issues – critical enough that could preclude enjoyment of the game for some. This is because the game largely fulfills it’s Kickstarter goals and created a title built on the back of an already thriving virtual world. It has received mostly positive feedback critically and features a ‘very positive’ rating currently on Steam. The title spent time in Early Access for the second half of 2014 and after a slight delay released in early February 2015.

They promised a “glorious 2d” world as players “explore a vast underground ocean in your customized steamship”. The developer set a modest goal of £60,000 and raised just over £100,000. In 2013 Failbetter decided to take their idea beyond the scope of the web and create Sunless Sea – a game focused on exploration and survival from the deck of a ship navigating through the Unterzee waters. Here the sub-terrestrial surroundings see various oddities: the undead, golems, demons and humans alike – all just a little bit closer to the mouth of Hell. The dark depths of this imaginary London are surrounded by an ocean known as the Unterzee, filled with many a mysterious island and monstrous beings which patrol the many channels between them. Fallen London is one of several large cities to have been taken by this Echo Bazaar, a being of Lovecraftian stylings, into a subterranean underworld. The basis of the game relied on a tool-set they created known as the StoryNexus, which allowed for the roll-out of new content within their game from creators and players alike.

Sometime around 2008-2009 Failbetter Games created a choose-your-own-adventure style browser game known as Echo Bazaar, which was eventually renamed to Fallen London. Platforms: PC, Mac, Steam | Developer/Publisher: Failbetter Games | ESRB: Unrated