Horror Still Wakes the Deep was presented behind closed doors at Gamescom. This is a new release from The Chinese Room studio, which you may know as the authors of the second Amnesia orEverybody’s Gone to the Rapture. And while their current project may seem like just one of many “walking simulators,” it offers a few interesting differences.
What interested me the most was the setting, which is really unconventional. The action takes place in 1975 on a Scottish oil platform, in the middle of the sea and far from civilization. We take on the role of an ordinary worker whose daily routine is disrupted by some kind of incident. No one is safe, and something dangerous has infiltrated the oil rig, the classic day slowly turns into a fight for survival.
You won’t have weapons or anything else to defend yourself, but the game places a lot of emphasis on movement, almost parkour. The oil rig is slowly falling apart and of course you will have to do everything to stay on it, which will not be easy at all. At least from the few minutes I was able to see, it looked very interesting, because it is not just a classic and often quite boring walk.
In addition, the game looks very nice, the developers tried to make the whole complex realistic enough, and I must say that they did it very well. It all looks very messy, the details are great, and the atmosphere is very strong, of course also thanks to the excellent sound system. There were a few glitches in the demo, but the creators warned about this in advance, everything should be fixed before the release.
Characters and relationships should be an important element of the game, and that’s something I’m very interested in. The protagonist has certain traumas from the past and his wife wants to divorce him. I can’t yet judge how well this aspect is worked out, but the demo had some very well-written dialogue and great acting. This is also greatly aided by the carefully crafted character models and facial animation, which are at a very high level.
I really only saw a small excerpt, so it’s hard to say what the whole game will be like, but I had a very positive impression of the presentation. I’m really looking forward to Still Wakes the Deep and if you’re a horror fan like me, you should definitely put this game on your watchlist. It will be released next year on PC and current generation consoles.
Source :Indian TV
