Raft , Living off the Sea (Stupid Shark)

Disclosure: This game copy was bought by the reviewer.

Scavenging debris, distilling water and constantly repairing your raft. This makes up the bulk of your daily routine in this survival title as you attempt to live off floating waste and the fruits of your own labor. Build up your raft and research new gear while exploring the random island. You also have to fend off against seagulls and a stalker in the form of a shark.

Hunger and thirst will always be a reoccurring nuisance, but once you get a distillery and some farms made, they become a minor annoyance at best. Researching is also straight forward: discover blueprints (only seen two so far) and use one of each resource to unlock a few dozen new items. Once you built up your raft, however, you are left twiddling your thumbs. Their is no reason to explore due to the limited list of items and the islands are small, offering nothing of interest to see. (I spent another hour paddling after this and didn't run into many of them). The survival component work, but there isn't much meat. I could see three to four hours of fun with a friend, but not much past that.

Please note: I couldn't test the multiplayer since no one on my friends list owned it and you can only join words your friends make.