This fishing game is wonderfully therapeutic—until you find a Lovecraftian abomination in your net

I've barely stopped thinking about Dredge since I played an hour of it at Gamescom last year. The Lovecraftian fishing RPG has been one of my most anticipated games in a hot sec, and I've been desperate to hop back in and uncover the secrets that 60 minutes of play in a stuffy German business hall can't unveil. But like sharks, sinister thoughts have been circling the back of my mind—you know how they say to never meet your idols? What if my reunion with Dredge revealed that the game couldn't maintain its joy of discovery beyond its early hours?..
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