FAR: Changing Tides Reviews

Not entirely bad, but lacking a lot of the simple charm of the first game. I found most of this quite boring unfortunately.

A perfect game for when you just want to chill and lose yourself for a few hours. Piloting your ship through flooded ruins is almost hypnotic, with little mechanical puzzles that keep you engaged without ever feeling stressful. The soundtrack is gorgeous, and the way the machine groans, hums, and clanks alongside the subtle sounds of the world makes everything feel alive. There isn’t a single word spoken or written, yet the world still tells a story rich with history and meaning. No combat, no quests - just you, your vehicle, and the quiet, ruined world around you. Having played FAR: Lone Sails, this truly feels like a continuation and a beautiful completion of that journey: peaceful, melancholic, and unforgettable.

Very nice game just like the first one. No ultra wide screen support.

I was finally able to play this. A worthy successor to FAR: Lone Sails. This game had very big shoes to fill, and it delivered. I loved the artistic design and the story. The gameplay is similar enough to Lone Sails as to feel similar and make you feel at home, yet, it is different enough to be its own thing. The game, as with Lone Sails, has its moments that can leave an impact on your hearth. Not the same kind (like the feeling of sadness that filled me when the vehicle was cut in half), but different ones (spoiler alert: A frozen corpse). The experience was amazing, deep and quite entertaining. I can recommend this game anytime.

pretty solid game with a fucking FANTASTIC soundtrack. holy shit the sound design in this game enhances it so much. anyway yeah good game if u dont mind some of the long waiting periods, but theres enough cool background scenery to make them not feel boring. that being said, some of the areas you see are SO COOL yeah me like very good :3

Beautiful game. I knew this game was short going in, like the previous title, so I really took my time. I didn't want it to end! Be aware the game IS very short, though, which is a shame. If you just pootled through I imagine it would take 3-4 hrs to complete - just slightly longer than Lone Sails. There's a lot more travelling/sailing without incident in Changing Tides which helps to drag it out a bit. Some might find that boring but I found it zen as fuck. Recommended.

[u]Pros:[/u] + gorgeous art style + charming soundtrack + easy to play [u]Cons:[/u] - liked the first game more - few puzzles felt counterintuitive - how can this 2D game eat up to 6GB of VRAM

Far: Changing Tides clearly wasn’t for me—I finished it in around 7 hours over multiple sessions, and honestly, I found it a bit boring. However, I can easily see how fans of this slow-paced, atmospheric genre could fall in love with it. The game tells a charming story, mostly through environmental storytelling, and it’s clear the developers poured a lot of love and care into every detail. While it didn’t fully click with me, I’d still recommend it—especially at a deep discount—to anyone curious or already drawn to these types of artistic, meditative adventures.

A uniquely quiet and meditative game that offers a refreshing break from typical action heavy titles. Set in a drowned world, it uses a lowpoly or simplistic visual style that’s beautiful in its minimalism and full of atmosphere. The core gameplay revolves around piloting and maintaining a ship through a flooded, abandoned world. There’s no combat here, just thoughtful puzzle solving, resource management, and the occasional bit of scavenging. It’s a slow paced but engaging experience that kept me constantly involved, especially in managing the ship. Keeping the engine running, adjusting the sails, solving puzzles. These tasks gave me purpose in an otherwise silent, lonely world. That sense of isolation is a big part of the game’s emotional weight. It feels solitary, even a little melancholic, but never boring. Managing the ship became something personal, it made me feel like survival depended on me doing my best. And so I did. The story unfolds mostly through the environment, with no dialogue at all. Despite that, or maybe because of it, the game builds to an ending that felt surprisingly meaningful and satisfying. I quite liked how it wrapped up, leaving me with a quiet sense of closure. I can see that this game isn’t for everyone, but if you enjoy slower, introspective games with a strong sense of atmosphere and purpose, it’s a memorable and worthwhile journey.

This is a good sequel. Just more good story and world building that comes up to a cool ending. It's interesting that, while in the first game the world was seemingly dying of thirst, this one seems to be drowning. Really makes me unsure what could have caused this apocalypse. Again the music is great I have listened to much of it from both games before even playing them. Some of the gameplay sections can drag on a tiiny bit longer than I'd like, considering it took double the time to beat compared to Lone Sails, but much like the first game there are also some pretty cool travel sequences throughout. And the puzzles are alright Also the "vessel" is fun to drive and manage all the mechanics but there is some jank in the layout and getting smoothly between all of them. Quite often I got stuck jumping between the floors to get water to cool my engine and accidentally just extinguish the engine entirely because it's right underneath. Good to get on sale especially if its like £2, and to play on a rainy afternoon.