Let’s drill into it.

Don’t get me wrong.

But I do feel like something has been lost coming back to Dredge after all this time.

A ship sails toward an iron rig at sunrise in Dredge’s The Iron Rig DLC.

Playing with a completed save file, the ocean no longer holds its strange and alluring magic anymore.

They’re not so large and unholy that I now feel outwardly repulsed by it or anything.

Sure, the workers aren’t all bad, but the rig?

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I’m not so sure that needs saving, let alone protecting.

What I wanted was a firmer and more rigorous appraisal of Ironhaven and its up-to-no-good execs.

A copy of Dredge: The Iron Rig was provided byTeam17.

A ship sales through ooze toward a bubbling fishing spot in Dredge’s The Iron Rig DLC

A boat follows an ominous trench in Dredge’s The Iron Rig DLC

A ship sails into a thick black ooze at sunset in Dredge’s The Iron Rig DLC

The player transfers fish samples from their hold to a scientist in Dredge’s The Iron Rig DLC

A ships sails away from an oil rig in Dredge’s The Iron Rig DLC

A ship sails away from a large rig in Dredge’s The Iron Rig DLC