Still Wakes the Deep review - low on scares, big on heart

Still Wakes the Deep

1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality.

Christmas has come early. Christmas 1974, to be precise, and Caz McLeary has just received an ultimatum from his wife. This domestic affair to Still Wakes the Deep is pulled straight from developer The Chinese Room's narrative playbook, and the studio's return to horror is as welcome as it is long overdue. Even its landmark releases - Dear Esther and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture - conjure up an unease analogous to a horror or thriller. However, instead of a remote Hebridean island or a quaint Shropshire village, this latest offering transports players to one of the most primordial places on Earth: the middle of the North Sea.

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