Fireblade Software announce Abandon Ship

Fireblade Software has announced their game Abandon Ship, a strategic adventure game where you explore the seas and command a crew, and has released a trailer showing the game in action.

The trailer, overlaid with dramatic music and a narrator telling of his own experiences on the seas, shows what Abandon Ship will play like, including combat between ships, exploration of the sea, stormy weather as well as mysterious "horrors from the deep", which we can only presume are sea monsters looking to cause you harm.

More on the game can be found over on the Steam page which describes it by saying: "In Abandon Ship you take command of a ship and her crew, exploring a diverse, procedurally generated world, taking on quests and dealing with random events. Frequently, you will end up engaging other ships in combat, the player having to employ their best tactics in order to out-manoeuvre and out-gun the enemy. The game focuses on "Age of Sail" ships in a Fantasy setting, framed in an Art Style inspired by classic Naval Oil Paintings."

Abandon Ship is due out on PC next year. What do you make of the game? Does it distinguish itself from other similar titles?