![]() Once you’ve gotten used to getting around it’s time to get to grips with everyone’s favourite boat weapon, the cannon. When the wind is acting up and blowing against you then sail tilting is key, and if you don’t line it up just right you’ll stop moving entirely. The shoulder buttons control the tilt of your sail, and you’ll need to get that angle just right if you want to hit top speeds. Outside of simple acceleration, your main foe in terms of getting around is the wind. By pressing A multiple times you’ll raise more and more sails until you hit top speed, whereas B lowers them if you need to check something out and holding the button once you stop even allows you to row backwards slowly. It’s easy enough to learn how to control your ship at a basic level, but there are a few systems to master. The moment you boot up the game you’re dropped into a small watery area on a dinky little wooden boat and after a few quick tutorials are sent on your way to scour the vast expanse of water for supplies, potential crewmates and maybe even a pirate or two. ![]() ![]() When I saw Sail Forth shadow drop its colourful boat adventure during Nintendo’s House of Indies event I was excited to get back on the water and start exploring.Įxploring really is the name of the game in Sail Forth. For many years I found a new home on the digital waves, and even after going cold turkey this year Ship of Fools brought me back to a life of cannon fire and hole repairing. Most of this is due to an ungodly amount of time spent hunting down other players and digging up treasure in Sea of Thieves. When it comes to sailing the seas in video games, I’m pretty well versed in hoisting the mainsail and tacking against the wind.
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