The game’s sounds, many of which are adorably performed by human voices, heighten the sense of whimsy. Its ample use of white, clean and flat vector graphics makes it look like it’s printed on paper rather than rendered on pixels. When playing Burly Men at Sea, I sometimes felt like I could lean in close to the monitor and pick up the scent of a freshly-printed book. It’s a game to be discovered and savoured, much like any adventure involving maritime exploration. Each ‘segment’ of the adventure is short, sometimes passing by before I could realise it. The game uses text sparingly, displaying it in large fonts that are suitable for younger audiences, while being aesthetically pleasing. Despite the game’s title, Burly Men at Sea also offers burly men on land.ĭetailing what happens in their adventures would do a disservice to the game, considering how delicate its narration is. Setting off in their trust little boat, they fall into one Sinbad-like adventure after another. Burly Men at Sea follows the many seafaring adventures of the brothers Beard: three suitably burly gentlemen who find themselves a nautical chart. Instead, it uses the medium to recreate the wonder of opening up a storybook as a child.įirst, the set-up. However, Burly Men at Sea never feels like it’s set out to be a point-and-click adventure. Make no mistake, it’s very much an adventure game with plenty of pointing and clicking to be had. Here’s what we think about it.īurly Men at Sea immediately seized my attention by offering me something I never knew I needed: an honest-to-goodness and charmingly illustrated digital storybook. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.16 Feb, 2017 A trio of burly, bearded brothers is out to explore and get into all kinds of fanciful adventures in Burly Men at Sea. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time.Using a badly configured (or badly written) browser add-on for blocking content.Running a "scraper" or "downloader" program that either does not identify itself or uses fake headers to elude detection.Using a script or add-on that scans GameFAQs for box and screen images (such as an emulator front-end), while overloading our search engine.There is no official GameFAQs app, and we do not support nor have any contact with the makers of these unofficial apps. Continued use of these apps may cause your IP to be blocked indefinitely. This triggers our anti-spambot measures, which are designed to stop automated systems from flooding the site with traffic. Some unofficial phone apps appear to be using GameFAQs as a back-end, but they do not behave like a real web browser does. Using GameFAQs regularly with these browsers can cause temporary and even permanent IP blocks due to these additional requests.
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