Dredge: The Pale Reach Review

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The concept for Dredge sells the game in just one line, “Fishing, but by H.P. Lovecraft”, an intriguing mash up that turned out to be just as good as it sounds and scored 8/10 in my review. The new DLC pack The Pale Reach is a bite-sized morsel of more of the same, not adding anything new to the game but giving you further opportunity to explore the unsettling world of demonic eyes and fishing nets.

The DLC can be played at any point during the game but I’d suggest getting close to finishing the main game first, if only because the new ice-covered island you need to explore is in the far south of the map and if you haven’t upgraded your boat it will take quite a while to get there. Once you have lumbered over to the frozen wasteland you will encounter The Photographer who starts handing out missions to collect various items and hunt fish. To catch these you will need to buy new equipment and upgrade your boat, a bit of grind but like the rest of the game, a rather pleasant and peaceful grind of dredging, fishing, and floating around islands.

There’s also a new story, this time told by notes and items scattered across the play area, and a new sea monster that will hunt you, but this one is not restricted to the night and will happily attack your boat at anytime of the day. I’m going to avoid spoilers but most of them are in the trailer below so if you want to be surprised maybe don’t watch it.

Completing the DLC will give you extra equipment that can help if you haven’t finished the main game, and, well, that’s it, everything else is exactly the same and your can read about that in the original review.

If you really want to zip through The Pale Reach you can do it in around an hour, those with less upgrades or experience