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[tommib]

I finished it yesterday, about 5 hours. Perfect balance of time for this type of games and genre. I loved it. One of the most credible performances in a horror game ny the actors.
Clearly reminiscence of The Thing changing the research station in the artic for a Oil plant.
Graphically in general it is very good.

I wonder if it will be consider for best graphics of the year. It’s not near HB2, sure, but still that quality mode on PS5 looks tremendous. Some of the best graphics I’ve seen recently. Can’t even imagine this on a beast PC rig.

 

[Flabagast]

Should I go quality or performance on the PS5?

 

[Luipadre]

Should I go quality or performance on the PS5?

quality mode is incredibly choppy and the motion blur is awful so you better off playing without it

 

[mrqs]

It's horrible to play it on a console. Massive input-lag, looks choppy. Couldn't play it for more than 10 minutes without feeling nauseous.

 

[Luipadre]

It's horrible to play it on a console. Massive input-lag, looks choppy. Couldn't play it for more than 10 minutes without feeling nauseous.

performance mode, motion blur off and 110 fov.

 

[tommib]

Should I go quality or performance on the PS5?

Quality. It’s a walking simulator. Keep the motion blur. You want maximum image fidelity for this. Don’t listen to anyone else on this thread.

 

[thatJohann]

Should I go quality or performance on the PS5?

haven't played this yet ,but when I do, I'm doing Quality mode. It's a walking sim, you want the most fidelity. you don't need to do parries or counters or anything requiring 60fps.

 

[tommib]

haven't played this yet ,but when I do, I'm doing Quality mode. It's a walking sim, you want the most fidelity. you don't need to do parries or counters or anything requiring 60fps.

Thank you for your sanity.

 

[tommib]

It's horrible to play it on a console. Massive input-lag, looks choppy. Couldn't play it for more than 10 minutes without feeling nauseous.

Which console?

 

[mckmas8808]

This game is another great example of why you should ignore review scores. Not that 74 is a bad score, but lots of people see that as "mid". Everyone i talked to or watched loved the game

I would think if it was longer and added more "gameplay" like stuff, that it could have gotten a higher score. Like in the low 80s.

 

[Luipadre]

I would think if it was longer and added more "gameplay" like stuff, that it could have gotten a higher score. Like in the low 80s.

Nah. These type of games doesnt need to be longer. 4-5 hours is a perfect lenght. Gameplay is fine for what it is

 

[mckmas8808]

Nah. These type of games doesnt need to be longer. 4-5 hours is a perfect lenght. Gameplay is fine for what it is

True, but that's why the final score will be in the 70s. I 100% loved their last game "Everybody's Gone to the Rapture", but it got a 78 on Metacritic. I'd give that game an 8.5, but I understand why their games don't score in the 80s though.

The limited scope and lack of that extra "gameplay" like stuff will keep their games scoring in the 70s. Which isn't terrible by the way.

 

[adamsapple]

Oof, the motion blur in this game fucking sucks. Especially if you're playing at 30 Quality.

Turn that shit off asap.

 

[SimTourist]

Good game, the setting kinda reminds me of Cryostasis if anyone else even remembers that game.

 

[adamsapple]

Bit of a photo-dump.

Enjoying my time with the game so far. The voice acting is fantastic. Everyone on the rig talks to each other incredibly naturally, it feels like they were all in the recording booth at the same time.

^ No idea why he has baby hands, but it is what it is.

Spoiler

 

[SpearHea.:D]

Finished it, loved it. Amazing game. Perfect length, voice acting and like the body horror. The lift section rising up was wowser. Ignore the reviews and play it guys.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

I checked us out on YouTube and the game looks great. Very Lovecraftian.

I love games like this.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Got a good PC so I'll be maxing this at 4k. Screenshots look amazing. Downloading thourhg GamePass PC

Anyone recommend mouse or controller?

 

[Luipadre]

Got a good PC so I'll be maxing this at 4k. Screenshots look amazing. Downloading thourhg GamePass PC

Anyone recommend mouse or controller?

controller imo. more comfy

 

[RagnarokIV]

controller imo. more comfy

Fanks, will use dualsense and lean back for this one.

 

[Fart Knight]

I wonder if it will be consider for best graphics of the year. It’s not near HB2, sure, but still that quality mode on PS5 looks tremendous. Some of the best graphics I’ve seen recently. Can’t even imagine this on a beast PC rig.

lol what. It looks alright. Im playing on SX in performance mode and a lot of effects are still 30 which look real stupid and ugly.

 

[adamsapple]

I wonder if it will be consider for best graphics of the year. It’s not near HB2, sure, but still that quality mode on PS5 looks tremendous. Some of the best graphics I’ve seen recently. Can’t even imagine this on a beast PC rig.

Unless the PS5 version looks notably better, the SX Quality Mode just looks alright to me. IQ is kinda muddy and character models are early to mid PS4 gen at best. Some nice graphical effects but nothing here that I would put in a top 3 graphics of the year, personally.

 

[Fart Knight]

Fuckin fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuckk

 

[bender]

The object physics as well as the character weight/movement feel off.

 

[Fart Knight]

When Caz starts running

I am enjoying it tho.

 

[adamsapple]

Bruhhh .. there's an achievement for beating the entire game with the language set to Scottish Gaelic, lol.

 

[Fart Knight]

Bruhhh .. there's an achievement for beating the entire game with the language set to Scottish Gaelic, lol.

 

[adamsapple]

And done. Neat little game. Needed to do 2 full runs through the game, as there are achievements for playing through the game start to finish with the Scottish Gaelic langauge *and* there's an achievement for beating the entire game without sprinting more than 10 mins, which I paired together for the second run.

 

[Fart Knight]

I liked the whole vibe and horror setting but it got a little too repetitive at times.

 

[John Marston]

Bruhhh .. there's an achievement for beating the entire game with the language set to Scottish Gaelic, lol.

Are we allowed subtitles?

 

[Hydroxy]

Nice, I enjoyed the game. Thankfully ended just about when I was getting tired from going from one location to another. I played on easy mode so missed a lot of the creatures stalking you. Nice voice acting and atmosphere, but story was nothing special and didn't really like the ending much. Overall still very good option for horror fans. Not many horror games coming out nowadays.

 

[analog_future]

Just rolled credits.

One of the very best games I’ve played this year. A new masterpiece in the genre, alongside games like What Remains of Edith Finch and Firewatch.

9/10!

 

[Thief1987]

Just rolled credits.

One of the very best games I’ve played this year. A new masterpiece in the genre, alongside games like What Remains of Edith Finch and Firewatch.

9/10!

What's the genre? Non-game?
35$, 3 hours long non-game, to be exact.

 

[analog_future]

What's the genre? Non-game?
35$, 3 hours long non-game, to be exact.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

I'll get this on deep sale. I mostly can't stand walking sims and on-rails haunted house horror "games" but the setting and aesthetics makes me wanna try this anyway. And I just got rid of Game Pass...damn.

 

[Connxtion]

Completed it a few hours ago, what a game!

Hats off the the devs and as a fellow scot it’s a breath of fresh air to hear my lingo in a game

Horror games never scare me or even bother me, but twice in the game it gave me the fight or flight feeling can’t say any game has ever gave me that feeling before.

The audio is something else, screeches, weather sounds & the deafening roars of the rig moving etc…

Though I did get some scratchy/crackling audio at certain places, moving at one point on a ledge and you need to jump, kept jumping off the ledge . Don’t move quickly (L3) and it works as intended & a thrown object got stuck midair but other than those there were no other issues.

 

[Jesb]

Does anyone know why this game won’t start for me on GFN? Get to the menu and it just sits there. No buttons are responsive and I need to quit the game.

 

[coffinbirth]

Just rolled credits.

One of the very best games I’ve played this year. A new masterpiece in the genre, alongside games like What Remains of Edith Finch and Firewatch.

9/10!

WRoEF is goated in my household, so you just set the bar for this game much higher than it appears to be.

 

[Negotiator101]

Are we allowed subtitles?

Well it's an entirely different dialect so yeah, it's similar to Welsh or Irish Gaelic in that it's their native tongue.

 

[Bojji]

Looks like my type of game, I have it on GP but need to beat HL2 first.

 

[tommib]

Looks like my type of game, I have it on GP but need to beat HL2 first.

It’s like the opening for half-life but extended to a full narrative experience with high quality acting and graphics. It’s excellent. Lots of half-life vibes and a true horror game. We don’t get many of those.

 

[Jesb]

Finally started this and it’s such a great setting. Its sound is probably its strongest point. It’s silly that I couldn’t start this without plugging a mouse in to get it started so that I can go back to controller. Perfect type of game for gamepass.

 

[Negotiator101]

Looks like my type of game, I have it on GP but need to beat HL2 first.

Half Life 2?

 

[Bojji]

It’s like the opening for half-life but extended to a full narrative experience with high quality acting and graphics. It’s excellent. Lots of half-life vibes and a true horror game. We don’t get many of those.

Half Life 2?

I fucked up I meant Hellblade 2, no idea why I didn't use "HB2". But Half Life 2 is something else, I completed it and EP1, 2 in 2007. Amazing games, so sad that we will never see continuation (as long as ip is in valve hands).

Narrative games like SWtD are among my favorites. They also usually get scores around 7/10, industry is discriminating against them for some reason.

 

[tommib]

I fucked up I meant Hellblade 2, no idea why I didn't use "HB2". But Half Life 2 is something else, I completed it and EP1, 2 in 2007. Amazing games, so sad that we will never see continuation (as long as ip is in valve hands).

Narrative games like SWtD are among my favorites. They also usually get scores around 7/10, industry is discriminating against them for some reason.

This is nothing like Hellblade 2.

 

[Negotiator101]

I fucked up I meant Hellblade 2, no idea why I didn't use "HB2". But Half Life 2 is something else, I completed it and EP1, 2 in 2007. Amazing games, so sad that we will never see continuation (as long as ip is in valve hands).

Narrative games like SWtD are among my favorites. They also usually get scores around 7/10, industry is discriminating against them for some reason.

I was thinking what year is this? You know what I haven't long finished HB2 and I really enjoyed it, it's a solid 7/10 if you like narratively driven games.

Still Wakes the Deep though is a brilliant game IMO and a phenomenal horror experience with a surprisingly human back story that connects you to the protagonist. Both games share something in common and that's a headset is a must, unless you have some amazing speaker setup going on. Anyway hope you enjoy both.

 

[Negotiator101]

This is nothing like Hellblade 2.

Agreed but both have incredible audio.

 

[Bojji]

This is nothing like Hellblade 2.

Both are story driven and around the same length. Gameplay is completely different but there are some similarities. I love games like that, Amnesia, Soma, WRoEF etc.

I was thinking what year is this? You know what I haven't long finished HB2 and I really enjoyed it, it's a solid 7/10 if you like narratively driven games.

Still Wakes the Deep though is a brilliant game IMO and a phenomenal horror experience with a surprisingly human back story that connects you to the protagonist. Both games share something in common and that's a headset is a must, unless you have some amazing speaker setup going on. Anyway hope you enjoy both.

It's also very solid when it comes to graphics, lumen is doing magic here. I played for like 10 minutes after downloading it, too bad GP version is gimped compared to Steam so far (no DLSS).

 

[John Marston]

Hats off the the devs and as a fellow scot it’s a breath of fresh air to hear my lingo in a game

I LOVE the scottish accents! It adds so much flavor.

I turned on the subtitles to understand the lingo

 

[analog_future]

WRoEF is goated in my household, so you just set the bar for this game much higher than it appears to be.

WRoEF is one of my favorite games of all time, and Still Wakes the Deep isn't at that level, but I'd put it in a similar tier of best games that represent the walking simulator genre.