Video Game Review - Dredge

What lurks in the deep? It’s been a long day out at see and the sun is fading in the sky. My little fishing boat is laden with fish, and I’m heading back to the friendly town that’s now my home. As I rock up to the friendly fish monger, he tells me stories of mutant fish that have been found lurking in the deep. I then sell my cargo and head off to rest. The next day I head back out into the blue beyond and continue to fish. During my latest haul I manage to pick up a mackerel that’s so hideously mutated it doesn’t resemble a fish…maybe that old cook was right! As I’m still reeling from this revelation, something much larger emerges from the deep! Dredge is best described as an Eldrich horror that’s been entwined with a very addictive fishing roguelike. It’s a game that captures you within its net, and does let go until you’ve seen the credits roll. It’s both relaxing, and nightmare inducing, and it just so happens to be the best game I’ve played this year. So,...