Which leads up to the point you begin playing.

Subsequently, the entire city was taken a mile underground by a swarm of bats, and that’s the way things have been for decades. The gist is that Queen Victoria (henceforth known as Her Enduring Majesty, the Traitor Empress) sold off the city of London to spare the life of her husband, Prince Albert. It is a little confusing at first without prior knowledge of the world of Fallen London. The setting of Fallen London is the perfect place to explore. Maybe I’m just a sucker for games that allow you to explore your own story, rather than hemming you into a preset story. The story is what makes this game so good, in my opinion. All are entertaining, interesting and three-dimensional-quite a feat for a 2D game. Some are mysterious while others are amusing. Each character has a very defined and unique personality and interacting with them is both enjoyable and interesting. While all this reading can, at times, be a little overwhelming (and perhaps occasionally mind-numbing), this is more than made up for with the absolutely fantastic setting and characters. Who you talk to, what you talk about, where you go and what risks you take are all important decisions to deliberate. It is a very story-driven game, involving a lot of reading and choices. Sunless Sea is a top-down 2D roguelike game that was successfully crowdfunded back in 2013, and released earlier this year. But hey, that’s all part of the fun, right? You’ll find yourself in for an epic adventure. In a game where every decision you make matters-from how far into the unknown you delve, to whether you keep that stray cat that has been following you around-Sunless Sea will have you tense from start to finish. Watch out for pirates, zee-monsters, and other dangers, and keep an eye on your fuel and supplies, all while making sure you and your crew don’t go mad in the dark… You are a zee-captain currently moored in London, and this is your story of your adventures in the under zee, an expansive and perilous subterranean sea set in the universe of Fallen London. Price: £13.99 on Steam (at time of review).

Sunless sea review