The Ship Sails to Retail

Merscom has announced that "The Ship" has been shipped to North American retail stores.

"The Ship blends traditional first and third person gameplay with a Sims-style day-to-day needs system including food, sleep and social interaction.  An intriguing game featuring exploration, investigation, survival, stealth, and murder, The Ship is set on beautifully crafted decking and highly polished interactive environments.

The Ship is one of the most remarkable games we’ve released,” said Lloyd Melnick, Director of Merscom.  “The game is extraordinarily well-crafted and we are confident it will provide players with entertainment for weeks on end.”

The core of The Ship’s gameplay lies in “the Hunt.” Each player given the name of another passenger and is required to hunt down and kill him or her with any weapon they can find, all the while avoiding security or getting killed by their own hunter. Depending on the game mode, the winner is either the last hunter alive or the one with the most money in his bank account.

In order to be a successful hunter, it is necessary for players to know their way around all of the liners, each of which has its own secrets.  Among such secret features are extra weapons, hidden rooms, passages and tunnels, “extra special” ways of murdering foes, and environmental traps."