Long ago, somewhere far away, a fisherman stepped onto an old, rickety boat. I never would have imagined that following his story, something so surreal and unrelatable to me, would be so... harrowing. Dredge not only tapped into a video game I did not know I desperately needed, and a gameplay loop I could not let go of, but it tapped into something in ME. Every time I saw something new this world surprised, shook, tested, and thrilled me. The pure bliss of gliding over the ocean with the satisfaction of snatching up a good catch met my spiritual need to feel completely out of my element. I don't understand anything about this world, despite understanding the story within it. Dredge is finally the idea of Eldritch horror done right in a video game, and it is a perfectly addicting loop of exploration, fishing, and upgrading at the same time. I will never, ever forget this journey through the archipelago and the care I took to fish but not overfish, explore but not disturb, and seek but never find.