Still Wakes The Deep (June 18th, UE5)

[mrk]

Almost forgot about this but reading PCG's article about it prompted a reminder for a thread. I like how this looks, just right up my street for horror.

'We're on solid moral ground': If you don't like Still Wakes The Deep's use of yellow paint, then take it up with OSHA and the HSE

Avoid workplace accidents.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[Gray2233]

This looks really interesting, definitely my sort of thing.

 

[Tombstone]

Looks promising, bit of a shame about its short length but its fairly common for the genre to be on the shorter side of length

 

[Tek81]

Looks interesting, 6-8 hours doesn't seem too bad.

 

[Vinno]

What a nice surprise this is, I never realised it was coming out so soon.

Hopefully it lives up to my own hopes for the game. I was going to say hype but I haven't heard any tbh lol.

 

[markoboyo11]

This looks fantastic, hopefully it's a reasonable price on release.

 

[mrk]

Hands on review of the first 2 hours, it's good and lochs like story-building is the key focus point.

 

[Grim5]

looks awesome

 

[HungryHippos]

Coming to game pass 18/06 btw for anyone interested.

 

[Tombstone]

Coming to game pass 18/06 btw for anyone interested.

Well thats excellent news, the games length of 6-8 hours might have swayed me against buying it for full price on Steam but as its essentially free on gamepass I will definitely give it a playthrough now

 

[mrk]

Yeah think I'll grab gamepass once again

 

[HungryHippos]

Yeah think I'll grab gamepass once again

I look forward to the inevitable full refund you get once you complete it!

 

[mrk]

Probably won't offer it this time round given it's been less than a month lol.

 

[BubbySoup]

Looking forward to this - shame it is a bit on the short side, but hey - at the right price I don't mind that.

 

[mrk]

I think any longer might be a bit of a drag, reason why Hellblade 2 felt well paced overall.

The review embargo lifts on the 17th btw, I have review code now so will be checking it out this eve! Obviously can't share any media until the 17th. This was an unexpected surprise btw

 

[mrk]

Not long left

I really want to say more but can't until M0nday

For those unsure still, it's on Game Pass, so no reason not to at least give it a try, you won't be disappointed.

 

[mrk]

Review is up!

Review: Still Wakes the Deep (PC) - A well optimised Unreal Engine 5 horror game

A short first-person horror set on a North Sea oil rig during a storm. Something isn't right, something has come on-board, all whilst the music score by Jason Graves fills the air with high-tension.

www.neowin.net

Edit*
PCGamer's review:

Still Wakes the Deep review

Still Wakes the Deep is more than the sum of its horror parts, thanks to one of the best stories I've played through in a very long time.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[Martin Smith]

I've just started this, and it's very good so far.

One thing I would mention - for some reason the Game Pass version doesn't include DLSS (nor indeed FSR), and only has the UE upscaling options, which is a bit strange. The Steam version includes DLSS and FSR (and DLAA.)

 

[mrk]

Yeah seems to be a Game Pass/Microsoft issue. There is no XeSS/DLSS/FSR because the dev says they would need to code a specialised version for Game Pass to implement them or something along those lines. Epic store and Steam has everything though.

 

[HungryHippos]

This is dumb, am I going to have to sail the high seas just to get DLSS?