- February 12, 2018
- Little Red Dog Games
Deep Sixed
Platforms
About
Deep Sixed is a narrative-driven space exploration game where you play as a disgraced spaceship pilot forced to work for an unscrupulous corporation. As you complete dangerous missions, you'll uncover a conspiracy that threatens the entire galaxy. Your choices and actions will impact the story and determine your ultimate fate.











- The game offers a unique and chaotic experience of managing a constantly malfunctioning spaceship, providing a satisfying challenge as players learn to troubleshoot and fix issues on the fly.
- The narrative is engaging and humorous, with well-done voice acting that adds depth to the player's relationship with the AI companion.
- The gameplay mechanics encourage strategic thinking and multitasking, making each run feel fresh and rewarding as players improve their skills over time.
- The user interface can be clunky and unintuitive, leading to frustration when trying to navigate menus and perform tasks quickly during emergencies.
- The game suffers from bugs and crashes, which can disrupt gameplay and lead to loss of progress, particularly in a permadeath context.
- Repetitive dialogue and mission structure can become tedious after multiple resets, diminishing the overall enjoyment of the game.
- story224 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
The game's story is a mix of entertaining elements and procedural generation, set in a space environment where players must manage a malfunctioning ship while completing missions. While the narrative offers some engaging moments and humor, it can become repetitive due to the permadeath mechanic and the need to replay missions, which detracts from the overall experience. Despite its potential, the story struggles with pacing and can feel anticlimactic, especially after multiple resets, making it challenging for players to stay invested.
“The world building - the narrative story - is why I really like this game.”
“That quest for knowledge about this interesting place is what motivates me to keep fixing all the problems.”
“A story that is filled with great voice acting and humor that I enjoyed very much.”
“The game's story is incredibly hard to complete without cheating, and less than 10% of owners obtained the achievement of making it halfway through.”
“Story/narrative driven games and permadeath just don't suit each other well.”
“And to make matters worse, you have to sit through the same dialogues, emails, and missions again and again and again...”