(mini-review).

Still Wakes the Deep is an ultra-atmospheric horror game from Chinese Room, that focuses on Caz, a Scottsman on the run from the police, who takes a job on an oil rig in the middle of the North Sea. The game does a great job of introducing the mundane nature of oil rig-life and Caz' family into the game, prior to the horror that quickly ensues when the oil rig strikes a pocket of what can only be explained as a massive, communal, mutating alien organism that assimilates all life into itself. The graphics aren't state of the art but still convey the massive oil rig and horrors within superbly. Voice acting is top notch and some of the best I've heard ever, in any media. Sound effects, music and art design are all excellent. The game does a fantastic job of showcasing realistic relationships and the title is genuinely scary, with a variety of fears from monstrous, body horror, jump scare, darkness, underwater and heights all represented with aplomb. The game manages to tug at the heartstrings during various instances.

A Near Death/Thing lovechild.

Highly Recommended.

9/10.

(mini-review). Still Wakes the Deep is an ultra-atmospheric horror game from Chinese Room, that focuses on Caz, a Scottsman on the run from the police, who takes a job on an oil rig in the middle of the North Sea. The game does a great job of introducing the mundane nature of oil rig-life and Caz' family into the game, prior to the horror that quickly ensues when the oil rig strikes a pocket of what can only be explained as a massive, communal, mutating alien organism that assimilates all life into itself. The graphics aren't state of the art but still convey the massive oil rig and horrors within superbly. Voice acting is top notch and some of the best I've heard ever, in any media. Sound effects, music and art design are all excellent. The game does a fantastic job of showcasing realistic relationships and the title is genuinely scary, with a variety of fears from monstrous, body horror, jump scare, darkness, underwater and heights all represented with aplomb. The game manages to tug at the heartstrings during various instances. A Near Death/Thing lovechild. Highly Recommended. 9/10.