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Burly Men at Sea (2016)

Brain&Brain

Android · Mac · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation Vita · iOS

2.70 from 143 ratings

687 members have it in their collection · 4 playing now · 360 backlogged · 25 wish listed

How long? Main story 1h · with extras 1h · 100% 2h (from 14 logged playthroughs)

Burly Men at Sea is a folktale about a trio of large, bearded fishermen who step away from the ordinary to seek adventure. Set in early 20th-century Scandinavia, the game's story branches through a series of encounters with creatures from folklore.
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Details

Developers
Brain&Brain
Publishers
Brain&Brain, Plug In Digital
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Fantasy
Steam
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Release dates

  • Sep 29, 2016 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Android, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
  • Sep 19, 2017 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
  • Oct 03, 2017 (Full Release) (Europe) PlayStation 4
  • Oct 03, 2017 (Full Release) (Australia) PlayStation 4
  • Apr 12, 2018 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo Switch
  • Apr 12, 2018 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo Switch
  • Apr 13, 2018 (Full Release) (Australia) Nintendo Switch
  • Jun 28, 2018 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo Switch

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Featured in lists

Favourite PS Vita Games by BMO · 55 games · 3
Favourites of 2016 by BMO · 15 games · 0

Rating distribution

5 stars
5
4 stars
17
3 stars
62
2 stars
48
1 star
11
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Community All Reviews Statuses

KyushuTrail

Review KyushuTrail 2/5 · Aug 28, 2024

We’re Just Burly Men

Choose your own adventure at sea. Lots of different endings. Not a lot of excitement. Simple, clean art style with nice enough music, but I didn’t really vibe with the game. It’s short though so I did explore every ending.

1 Comment
macethedon

Status macethedon Jul 2, 2023

Got 1 ending into this to know the game is simply not for me, or at the very least better for a handheld setting if I'm ever going to give it a fair shake.

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ElectronicJourneys

Review ElectronicJourneys 2/5 · Feb 17, 2022

Bullet Point Review

PROS

  • Uh, it's kinda cute in a minimalist, hipster-y sorta way, I guess
  • You might like the a capella-style sound effects and music
  • It's extremely short, so didn't waste much of my time

CONS

  • Its core mechanic is moving the camera left and right
  • Plot (if you can even call it that) is just a string of random events
  • Absolutely …
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PROS

  • Uh, it's kinda cute in a minimalist, hipster-y sorta way, I guess
  • You might like the a capella-style sound effects and music
  • It's extremely short, so didn't waste much of my time

CONS

  • Its core mechanic is moving the camera left and right
  • Plot (if you can even call it that) is just a string of random events
  • Absolutely devoid of anything even remotely interesting to do
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4 Comment
Eerp

Review Eerp 3/5 · Jan 30, 2019

Charming Little Text Adventure

There is only about 2 hours worth of game and 15 minutes of story repeated over that time.

It is in an interesting but spartan story and the music is nice and the sound effects being all human voiced is great!

You pick paths and explore every divergence but it is like a gussied up twine game. If that sounds …

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There is only about 2 hours worth of game and 15 minutes of story repeated over that time.

It is in an interesting but spartan story and the music is nice and the sound effects being all human voiced is great!

You pick paths and explore every divergence but it is like a gussied up twine game. If that sounds like something interesting it will be. If no, it will not.

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3 Comment
giopep

Review giopep 5/5 · Apr 25, 2018

Una cosetta semplice, deliziosa, breve ma con tutto sommato un bel po' di cose da scoprire giocando e rigiocando.

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mythofamanda

Status mythofamanda Feb 6, 2018

I'm so stuck in this game. There are alternate paths left for me to explore, but I can't figure out how to take them.

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itamar

Review itamar 2/5 · Dec 4, 2017

Did not grab me

Clean, minimal visual design with an ultra-minimal UI combined with a threadbare plot made me leave this virtual toy/story-maker rather more quickly than I anticipated. It did not manage to entice me enough to try other options and additional play-throughs.

If you like minimalism and ethereal atmosphere, this might better fit you.

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