- Publisher: Secret Mode
- Release Date: Jun 18, 2024
- Also On: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X
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Jun 17, 2024Still Wakes The Deep stands out as a triumph in horror games, blending thrilling gameplay with a unique, inspired, and haunting atmosphere, with a compelling story and characters to boot. It’s a must-play for horror enthusiasts and anyone looking for a game that pushes the boundaries of the genre. Still Wakes The Deep is not just a highlight of the year; it might very well be a benchmark for future horror games.
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Jun 17, 2024This is The Chinese Room’s best game yet. It has the bombastic set pieces, unflinching gore, and intense stealth sequences that make it a harrowing experience that deserves to stand alongside other games about guys having really bad days. But it also offers a well-paced, meaty narrative with excellent performances that I’m going to be chewing on for months to come.
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Jun 17, 2024It’s what The Chinese Room does best. Still Wakes the Deep is exactly the kind of game that made the studio well-known in the first place, and it shows that even after a few years away from the genre, they’re still the masters of it.
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Aug 5, 2024Still Wakes the Deep is an example of modern psychological and survival horror done right in just about every way possible. It's obvious that The Chinese Room has learned a lot from creating titles like Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, and that expertise has culminated in the studio's best title yet.
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Jun 17, 2024An emotive story that is equal parts terrifying and traumatic.
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Oct 5, 2024Still Wakes the Deep is a great horror game with an intriguing story, good acting, and intense chase sequences. I recommend it to all fans of the horror genre.
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Jul 9, 2024With its atmosphere, story, gameplay, editing, sense of tension and fantastic finale, it is an experience that everyone should experience.
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Game World Navigator MagazineDec 20, 2024Most horror stories focus on the monster, while this one is about people. There won’t be any insights about cosmology or biology of the impossible creature threatening the oil rig; neither is there an abundance of diaries with innermost thoughts of our colleagues. But that down-to-earth approach is exactly what makes this story so believable and relatable. [Issue#265, p.60]
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Aug 29, 2024Still Wakes the Deep is a gripping horror game set on a doomed oil rig, delivering intense atmosphere and a strong narrative. The game excels in creating tension and dread, but its linear progression and predictable scares may not resonate with everyone. It’s a well-crafted experience for horror fans, though it might feel rigged from the start for those looking for more surprises.
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Jul 11, 2024Still Wakes The Deep uses its unique setting to the absolute fullest, bringing something new to the horror genre that’s as bracingly refreshing as a breath of cool North Sea air. The gameplay is straightforward, and the playtime is short, but the atmosphere more than makes up for it. The sense of terror is as thick and impenetrable as the Scottish accents of the oil rig’s crew. If you’re looking for a brisk cinematic experience full of beautiful set pieces, brilliantly acted character work and monstrous thrills then I donnae ken how ye cae do better.
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Jun 26, 2024It's clear to me that Still Wakes the Deep is about the journey and not the destination, and I do think that journey is thrilling and worth your time.
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Jun 24, 2024I would recommend Still Wakes the Deep for everyone, with the caveats that it is short-lived and you do have to sit back and let the game tell the story it wants to. Trust me, it is well worth it for this truly is a great yarn.
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Jun 17, 2024Entertaining horror trip with an exciting setting and some minor flaws.
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Jun 17, 2024Still Wakes the Deep is a good atmospheric horror game. Having it set on an oil rig is terrifying enough because of their innate labyrinthine structures, and the monster encounters provide the right amount of horror energy. The straightforward nature of the pacing and tale is refreshing, and even the presence of a few flaws doesn't hamper one's desire to play the game to the end. If you're a horror fan who favors exploration more than fighting, Still Wakes the Deep is definitely worth checking out.
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Jun 17, 2024Still Wakes the Deep dredges up The Chinese Room’s greatest strengths at immersive storytelling, but a low fear factor leaves this oil rig horror in the churning waters of authentic Scottish drama.
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Jun 17, 2024In the end, Still Wakes the Deep is worth the six or seven hours it takes to blast through the story. It’s not scary as such, but it’s tense as hell, and there’s a poignance here that shines brightly through the veneer of soot, and gloop, and toxic masculinity What this game is really about, just like that bronze monument in Eyemouth, is the widows and bairns left behind.
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Jun 17, 2024This is a great, if short, horror game with impeccable looks and fantastic atmosphere. It's scary and full of character, but with a barely five-hour run time your enjoyment could depend on what you paid for it.
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Edge MagazineJun 13, 2024What is for sure is that over its six-hour span we're engrossed in Still Wakes The Deep far more often than not. [Issue#399, p.100]
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Jun 17, 2024Aided by its magnificent setting, purposeful suspense, and slick pacing, Still Wakes the Deep is a nicely crafted first-person horror game that needed more complexity.
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Jul 29, 2024Still Wakes the Deep has great characters and an interesting setting, but the magic quickly runs out once you notice the rails under your feet and the scripts the monsters are frantically reading. While I do recommend it, it may be worth waiting for a sale.
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Jun 17, 2024Still Wakes the Deep is an entertaining game from start to finish, without any filler, and audiovisually very good, which takes us to an original setting to tell us a more than well-known story. Taking into account that as a walking simulator or narrative adventure it relies completely on what it tells, we believe that the story is not strong enough to support all the weight, and relies too much on an ending that we found very good to be able to justify its existence. This does not mean that we had a great time, and we enjoyed the almost six hours that it lasted, especially thanks to a very successful ending that knows how to close to leave a very good taste in our mouths.
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Jun 17, 2024Falling short of its potential, Still Wakes The Deep’s linearity and simplicity of gameplay does disservice to a great concept. Despite this, it’s still well worth a look, owing to its stellar art direction, well-written characters and strong atmosphere. The result is an inviting and alluring world that’s a joy to take in, even if it doesn’t quite scare the player in ways it intended.
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Jun 17, 2024Still Wakes the Deep isn’t the most riveting interactive journey. The monsters are easy to hide from (though plenty scary), and the puzzles and platforming quickly come to feel tired. But Still Wakes does deal with compelling emotional material that rewards you for your time spent with it. It’s the kind of game I’d like to play again and see what new things I get out of it. But it’s also a testament to why I like this genre, the poorly-named “walking simulator,” so much. When I’m not focused on the reactive challenges of a more fast-paced game that demands constant input response, I’m instead offered the challenge of navigating the puzzles of my own thoughts. You know, where the real horror and dread lies.
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Jun 25, 2024Each individual element of Still Wakes the Deep has been done before, but they’re brought together marvelously here, and the end result is a horror classic.
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Jun 17, 2024However you might step away from the rig, I stepped away rattled, impressed, and hungry for more horror as solid as this. It may not revolutionise the genre in any mechanical sense (even that "look behind you" button is something from the Outlast series) but it does set a bar for groundedness and naturalistic voice acting. More Scottish horror? Aye, make it first-person anaw.
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Jun 17, 2024Though it doesn’t push the genre anywhere new, Still Wakes the Deep is a worthy addition to the horror canon — and further proof that the great void of the ocean is something I want to avoid.