Still Wakes the Deep

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This game is a miss but it did have potential for higher. Outlook of the game is very nice and oil rig as theme is one that is less used in gaming. Problem of this game are primarly two things. 1. it constantly puts story over gameplay and main game design principle is to never ever overshadow gameplay with story. If you have so big desire to tell a story where player has zero freedom then Make A Movie. Videogames are about escaping reality and offering ways to express yourself. So restricting the player is not the way to go. 2. Had this not been a horror game but a walking sim or so it would have fucntioned atleast bit better. The horror aspect of this game was very cringe. Mostly it's about running away from something that chases you. There was a scene somewhat early on where I was proceeding in a dark corridor and the atmosphere was kinda alright but then the game starts trying too hard. I was neutral state, meaning not scared nor completely relaxed. I said "when i walk from that, something happens" and so it did. It made a sound about some collapsing metal or some and that right there, that was where I started feeling bad about this game. It's too predictable. So you see as the game is over focused on story and is fully predictable and the enemies are more annoying than scary or interesting, you have a problem with your game. I told already how the story aspect in this game is in way too high focus. The environments did look great and sound design of this game was quite alright. Still Wakes The Deep uses Wwise sound system and there was actual sound design in play where bigger areas have serious echo and reverbation effect in them. Occlusion is also present so a closed door muffles the sounds coming from otherside and opening the door brings the sounds more crisp. Very nice touch. But most of the modern gameplay elements just keep getting in your way.

Заскриптованный, но кинематографичный коридор. Геймплея почти нет, но из-за того что короткая - не успевает надоесть. Меня затянуло развитие событий, напряжение чувствовалось, отчаяние. Понравилась озвучка и как прописаны персонажи, их реакции. Есть очень атмосферные моменты - чего стоит [spoiler] прятки от монстра в тумане вначале. И общее ухудшение погоды и постепенное затопление платформы [/spoiler] + события в реальном мире, реалистичное устройство платформы - мне такое больше нравится, чем абстрактные космические корабли или колонии на спутнике Юпитера.

its a nice little horror roller coaster ride with lovecraftian touch. the atmosphere the movement and most of all the story aspecially the last hour is huge. but i want to mention some things that in my perspective are subjective and depend on my taste. When i first saw those hiding possibilitys the lockers etc. i was like "omg not this again" and got goose bumps and straight up ptsd cause i thought this will be the lovecraftian version of alien isolation. but i was wrong. the ai is not the smartest so i could continue nearly every encounter via just walk in a mostly straight line trough the hiding spots. even when the ai was checking my hiding spots they wont see nor interact with me. also the design of the common monsters where a bit odd to me. the tentacle thingys looked like a graphic glitch. im also getting the point of deep sea creatures attracting their prey with shiny rainbow colours but those killed some of the dark vibes for me. im also a bit dissapointet by the lack of monsters and the overly common appearing of just running away from them in a constant chase scenario and on the other hand the time spend when you just walk and climb trough the levels. all in all my critique got determined by the great story. the synchro is great. the ending leaves you sad and devastated. it was worth to climb and getting chased to enjoy the story of this game.

I enjoyed this game very much. I wish it was longer! The accents and voice acting make it immersive and the constant fear of dying dont stop. I definitley would reccomend this to anyone. The only thing i kinda disliked was the constant howl in the backround of the creatures but that can be adjusted in settings.

Can't even start the game. Fatal crash even with internet workarounds. Was really excited and will continue to try and make it work but I cant recommend the game in this state. Don't buy unless they fix this, or you love having a hard time launching. Edit: After having a hard time launching and playing thru the game I can't bring myself to hate it. The game is pretty good and the story is great. The environments are beautiful. Siren's rest is definitely more polished than the base game. Give it a 3.5/5, worth to get on sale. Could be a 5/5 if it wasn't for the launch issues, the graphical issues at max settings on ultrawide, and some game breaking bugs (had to restart from checkpoints like 7 times and I would have to traverse areas that you can't really hurry thru). Overall, recommended.