The moment i realized it was whalepunk my (normally very bad) suspension of disbelief shot up. Crazy whale-oil powered stilt dudes? sure. Weird psychic powers granted by a mysterious god that lets on EXTREMELY little in the way of exposition? don't mind if I do. When games decide to go for alternate realities they're so much more free than if they chose to stick to the kind of "realism" fashy HEMA youtubers love to be mad about.
The moment i realized it was whalepunk my (normally very bad) suspension of disbelief shot up. Crazy whale-oil powered stilt dudes? sure. Weird psychic powers granted by a mysterious god that lets on EXTREMELY little in the way of exposition? don't mind if I do. When games decide to go for alternate realities they're so much more free than if they chose to stick to the kind of "realism" fashy HEMA youtubers love to be mad about.