Jello Reviews "DREDGE" (ft. Yam)
Added 2023-05-07 22:12:01 +0000 UTCEDIT: I have since also played Dredge's two DLC's, The Pale Reach and The Iron Rig. Iron Rig is arguably worth playing if you do not install Pale Reach, it solves some of the game's economical issues. Pale Reach isn't really worth the money no matter what you do.
Audio review of indie horror fishing game, "DREDGE"! Featuring my lovely girlfriend Amy, using her lovely voice to talk about eyeball fish.
A fun little review of an indie horror fishing game called DREDGE! Featuring my lovely girlfriend Amy, who is here to use her lovely voice to help me talk about disgusting fish made of eyeballs.
For those who haven't seen DREDGE, I played some of the game on Stream on my secondary channel, which you can watch here. Unfortunately I wasn't having a very good time on these stream so it might just be best to check out the screenshots below! This is the fishing minigame on the left and the cargo hold on the right.
And here's the research part upgrade tree, which we take the piss out of in the back half of the review.
Comments
Honestly, if I were heavily influenced by Dredge and wanted to make my own game that’s “Dredge but better”, I’m not sure I could without crossing some copyright concerns. The vibe and setting are so perfectly encapsulated, it’s just the contents really fall flat. The fixes necessary are really easy but short of modding it there’s not much you can do. Kinda makes the whole situation more disappointing, because it’s hard to foresee anyone making another Dredge that nails the vibes but improves the game.
ASquared
2025-07-25 03:37:16 +0000 UTCFrom the sounds of things, Dredge could be really easily fixed (for the most part) by simply modding it to adjust numbers to make the game more unforgiving. Which is likely a sign the game didn’t get a lot of playtesting,
ASquared
2025-07-25 03:22:34 +0000 UTCHey Jello, thanks for the review! If you want a real spooky sailing game, you have to play Sunless Sea. It's not as mechanically engaging, but it is magnificently written.
Havana
2023-06-13 23:38:25 +0000 UTCYou know, I'd be interested in seeing what you think of What Remains of Edith Finch. I'm not sure you'd enjoy it but I think there would be a lot of things to talk about in a review format.
Fan Trades
2023-05-21 01:38:07 +0000 UTCyeah, having played Dredge I do agree mostly. It's like, taking the hamburger metaphor, Dredge makes for a pretty good hamburger, except after you've taken a couple bites and reach for a fry you notice there's only like five of them, they seem to have forgotten the soda, and wow are they giving you a TON of sauce like way more than you really need. In that way Dredge has really a solid core of gameplay (the hamburger), where the fishing and boating around makes the game worthwhile pretty much all on its own, but especially when you get to the latter half of the game you'll start noticing there's very little left to do other than the main quest. the sidequests (fries) are pretty much finished by this point and yeah this is also when you will find yourself with more money (sauce) than you really know what to do with since this is also when you find yourself finishing your ship upgrades (soda) and kind of feeling like there just isn't enough to go the rest of the game without. In conclusion it's a game with a good hamburger at its core but it really needed more fries, could have done with someone figuring out how much sauce is really needed, and with how little soda you get it leaves you kind of parched trying to finish your meal.
BreadBunny
2023-05-13 21:43:22 +0000 UTCYou could not pay me to play Pathologic, watch this instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsNm2YLrk30
JelloApocalypse
2023-05-12 20:08:51 +0000 UTCI've never heard of Pathologic before you guys mentioned it. Would be cool to see you do a review of it.
Clever Chaves
2023-05-11 12:09:04 +0000 UTCJello just having a normal one in the paranormal game much to his disappointment
dollqueen
2023-05-08 17:48:35 +0000 UTCHooray, I love these :D
Elated Megalodon
2023-05-07 22:34:30 +0000 UTC
