Still Wakes the Deep

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Still Wakes the Deep
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Developer(s) The Chinese Room
Publisher(s) Secret Mode
Director(s)
  • Dan Pinchbeck
  • John McCormack
Producer(s) Bruno Julien
Designer(s) Rob McLachlan
Programmer(s) Louis Larsson-De Wet
Artist(s)
  • Laura Dodds
  • John McCormack
Writer(s) Dan Pinchbeck
Composer(s) Jason Graves
Engine Unreal Engine 5 [1]
Platform(s)
ReleaseJune 18, 2024
Genre(s) Psychological horror
Mode(s) Single-player

Still Wakes the Deep is a 2024 psychological horror video game developed by The Chinese Room and published by Secret Mode. The story follows an electrician who is trapped on a damaged oil drilling platform in the North Sea in the 1970s, having no way to escape while being pursued by mysterious monsters under harsh weather conditions. Played from a first-person perspective, the game does not feature any combat system, and players must rely on stealth and solving simple puzzles to survive. As the player continues the story, the oil rig will gradually evolve and change, though the game itself is largely linear.

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Studio co-founder Dan Pinchbeck first pitched Still Wakes the Deep as " The Thing set on an oil rig", and served as the game's director until his departure in mid-2023. The studio, which previously released Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (2013) and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (2015), announced Still Wakes the Deep as its return to story-driven horror games. While the game features a supernatural entity, the ocean was described as the game's secondary enemy, and the team felt that the setting would evoke a variety of fears, such as vertigo, drowning, and claustrophobia. The Poseidon Adventure and Annihilation both served as inspirations for the team. The team interviewed engineers who used to work on an oil rig, and viewed BP's documentary archives to ensure that the oil rig presented in the game was authentic and period-accurate. Scottish actors were also recruited, with Alec Newman voicing the game's protagonist.

Announced in June 2023, the game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and Series S in June 2024. The game received generally positive reviews, with critics praising the game's story, atmosphere, graphics, sound design, and voice performances, while criticizing its gameplay, linear structure, and overall length.

Gameplay

As players progress in the game, the environments inside the oil rig will slowly evolve as they are either destroyed or flooded. Still Wakes the Deep screenshot.jpg
As players progress in the game, the environments inside the oil rig will slowly evolve as they are either destroyed or flooded.

Still Wakes the Deep is a psychological horror video game played from a first-person perspective. [2] The game is set in December 1975, on an oil rig named Beira D in the North Sea. In the game, the player assumes control of a Glaswegian electrician named Cameron "Caz" McLeary, who must navigate through the oil rig following a catastrophic event, looking for a way to escape while surviving the harsh weather and evading the pursuit of creatures. The player character can run, jump, and climb ladders, [1] though Caz may tremor when navigating through the rig's hostile environments, causing him to fall if the player does not respond in time to quick-time events. Caz is equipped with a flashlight, which can be used to illuminate otherwise dimly-lit areas. [3]

The game has no head-up display. [4] If the monster is in close proximity to the player, colored floaters will appear in Caz's peripheral vision. [5] However, the game does not have a combat system, and players have to rely on stealth (such as hiding behind objects and inside vents or throwing objects to distract enemies) and solving light environmental puzzles to progress. [1] [6] When the player is being chased by the monster, they have the option to quickly look behind while running forward. [7] Still Wakes the Deep is a linear game, and the development team uses yellow paint on various surfaces to direct players towards their objectives. [8] Players have to visit several locations multiple times throughout the game's campaign, though the environment will gradually change as events in the game unfold. [9] The game also has a story mode, allowing players to play the game on a lower difficulty. [10]

Plot

On December 26, 1975, Cameron "Caz" McLeary (Alec Newman), a married man with two daughters, is on the run from the Scottish police for a violent altercation with a man named Billy Chamberlain. To avoid prison and keep his wife Suze (Neve McIntosh) and their children from losing their flat, Caz gets help from his diabetic best friend Roy (Shaun Dooley), a cook on the "Beira D" oil rig. Despite Caz lacking prior knowledge or experience in the oil industry, they hire him as an electrician; Caz hopes that the time away will let the situation cool down so the charges will be dropped. However, leaving strains Caz's marriage; he later receives a letter from Suze hinting at divorce. The Beira D is also poorly constructed and rife with issues: its boss, Rennick (Clive Russell), is unpopular, careless, and bad-tempered. With Roy's support, Caz helps keep the rig operational along with his coworkers Finlay (Karen Dunbar), Brodie (Michael Abubakar), and others.

A furious Rennick finds out about Caz's incident and fires him. However, before Caz can board a helicopter bound for the mainland, a catastrophic drilling failure rocks the facility, knocking him and several men into the sea. Only Caz, near-dead from hypothermia, is rescued. Once he recovers, he discovers the situation has deteriorated: the rig is beginning to fall apart, while mysterious organic masses of tendrils resembling enormous blood vessels that were brought up on the drill begin infesting the lower sections. Numerous workers, infected by contact with contaminated oil, have mutated into monsters that are hunting the rest of the crew. Sneaking around, Caz finds Roy in the kitchen and goes alone to secure the lifeboats, but poor construction renders them lost.

Rennick orders an evacuation by helicopter; however, after he takes off without waiting for the others, it crashes into the rig. With the Beira D on its last legs, Brodie, Finlay, and Caz work together to maintain power, keep the rig from capsizing, and prevent a gas explosion when the flare tower fails, all while being hunted by an infected Rennick. Caz goes to rescue Roy, only to find him dead from diabetic ketoacidosis. After Brodie sacrifices himself to float the rig, a despondent Finlay snaps and attempts to blow up the platform, but is crushed by falling machinery. Before dying, Finlay convinces Caz to do it: the infestation has overtaken the entire rig and must not spread to the mainland. To save his family and avenge his friends, Caz ignites the Beira D, destroying everything on it; in his last moments, he relives memories of meeting Suze and the birth of their children.

Back in Scotland, Suze writes a new letter to Caz, resolving to persevere in their marriage, wishing for him and Roy to come home.

Development

The game is set on an offshore oil drilling platform in the North Sea. StatfjordA(Jarvin1982).jpg
The game is set on an offshore oil drilling platform in the North Sea.

Development of Still Wakes the Deep was led by The Chinese Room, the studio behind Dear Esther , Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs , and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture . The concept was created by the studio's co-founder, Dan Pinchbeck, who directed the game until his departure in mid-2023. John McCormack, the game's art director, was then promoted to replace Pinchbeck. [11] Pinchbeck pitched the game as "The Thing set on an oil rig," while Who Goes There? inspired the overall atmosphere of the game. The team believed that the setting, which sees a group of professionals stranded in a remote place with no outside connections, provided an excellent venue for character drama. [12] An oil rig was chosen to be the game's setting because it provided opportunities to explore various types of fears, such as "vertigo, drowning, claustrophobia". [11] A wide range of films, such as Annihilation , Midsommar , The Southern Reach Trilogy , Sapphire & Steel , and Suspiria all influenced the game. [13] The game was designed to be narrative-driven and intended to evoke these fears through creating tension instead of using tangible gameplay mechanics. The team intentionally avoided implementing punishing gameplay design so that the momentum of the story would not be disrupted. While body horror tropes were used extensively, the team wanted to maintain a sense of mystery, often shrouding them with fog, mist and darkness. Through creating obscurity, the team felt that players would "fill in the gaps themselves with their own worst fears", resulting in a more terrifying experience. [10]

The game does not have a combat system, and the team emphasized that the player character is not an action hero. Reverend Frank Scott from The Poseidon Adventure was described as the "perfect archetype" to Caz McLeary, the game's "unathletic" main character. [12] This is an intentional choice to make players feel "powerless", so that every decision made by players would feel impactful. [1] Puzzle solving and traversal, therefore, become the main ways for players to progress. While Caz is an everyman, he was not designed to be an "empty shell" for players to inhabit. He, and his surrounding cast of characters had their own backstory and reactions to the events unfolding in the game. [14] The goal for the team was to create a story in which "extraordinary events" happened to a very ordinary person, and the horror aspects of the game were grounded with common, relatable themes concerning love, family, and relationships with loved ones. [15] To save money, the team chose to set the game at Christmas. This allowed them to create fewer characters, as only a skeleton crew would remain on the oil rig during the holiday. [16]

Early sections of the game focus on meeting the crew. This section of the game was inspired by the documentary films made by British director Ken Loach. They were used to juxtapose with the later events in the game, which focus more on horror and action. These sections of the game were inspired by the works of Stanley Kubrick. [17] As the game is set in a small environment, players sometimes have to visit the same locations multiple times. [18] To keep the overall experience interesting, the oil rig is gradually changed as events unfold in the game, with portions becoming completely destroyed or flooded, potentially opening up new areas for players to explore. Designer Rob McLachlan compared the oil rig in the game to the spaceships and space stations in Event Horizon and Dead Space . [19] Spaces inside the oil rig are small, and navigation through its various compartments was designed to be difficult. This was an intentional decision made by the design team, as in the design of an oil rig, most areas are reserved for machines, and the needs of humans are not prioritized. [20] The time period was chosen as during that time, there was little to no workplace safety awareness, with workers having limited or no access to advanced equipment such as GPS and satellite phones to connect with the outside world, ultimately evoking a strong sense of isolation and helplessness. [15]

As the game is set in Scotland, the team was able to include voices not commonly represented in games set in the United Kingdom. Voice actors from the Isle of Skye, Dundee, Aberdeen and Glasgow were recruited. [11] Alec Newman provided the voice for Caz, and the supporting cast includes Neve McIntosh, Karen Dunbar, Michael Abubakar, Clive Russell and Shaun Dooley. [21] McCormack felt so strongly about properly reflecting Scottish identity that he pushed for a Scottish Gaelic language option, even at the potential expense of other game features. [22] The team spent an extensive amount of time interviewing people who used to work on an oil rig, and viewed BP's documentary archives to ensure that the oil rig presented in the game was authentic and period-accurate. [23] The team also watched urban exploration videos of stranded oil rigs on YouTube, and carried out research on storm history and freak waves. The team also made unsuccessful attempts to visit decommissioned oil rigs in Hartlepool and Hull. [16] McCormack, who is a Scot himself, advised the team on the aesthetic of Scotland in the 1970s. Abigail's Party , Scarfolk Council, Don't Look Now and Rosemary's Baby were cited as inspirations for the game's overall look, which was intended to be "unnerving" and "unsettling" despite its initial innocuous presentation. [17] The team wanted players to "fear the waves, and to feel trapped above the cold dark water." The team also wanted to capture the feeling of "dreich", a Scottish word representing grey and gloomy weather, one that "has taken all the colour and joy out of the surroundings". [24] The sections set on the exteriors of the rigs where the player is surrounded by ocean were used to create contrast with the claustrophobic environments inside the oil rig. [20] Elaborating on the ocean setting, McLachlan described the North Sea as inglamorious, an endless "grey ocean filled with sediment", one that is both "unknown and unknowable". [16]

Still Wakes the Deep was announced in June 2023 by The Chinese Room and publisher Secret Mode. [25] It was released on June 18, 2024, for Windows PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and Series S. [26] [27]

Reception

According to review aggregator Metacritic, the PS5 version of the game received "mixed or average" reviews, [29] while the PC and Xbox Series X/S versions received "generally favourable" reviews. [28] [30] It was the 10th best-selling retail game in the United Kingdoms in its week of release. [38]

Tauriq Moosa from The Verge praised the game's visuals and sound design for contributing to an immersive experience and concluded his review by describing the game as a "worthy addition to the horror canon" and "further proof that the great void of the ocean is something I want to avoid". [39] Matthew Murphy from Hardcore Gamer also praised Beira D as the "most accurate depiction of an oil rig" ever shown in a game, and liked how the in-game environments altered as players progressed in the game and revisited certain locations. He also liked the performance of the game's all-Scottish cast, adding that they "brought the script and their characters to life and held nothing back in their work", and singled out Alec Newman's performance as Caz. [35] Elie Gould from PC Gamer strongly praised the game's story, calling it "emotional", and liked the game's cast of characters. He added that the game delivered "the most traumatic dialogue and voice acting" he had ever seen in a horror game. [36] Mark Delaney from GameSpot also liked the game's story, describing it as "somber", "sad" and "spooky". [34] Jim Trinca from VG247 called it Chinese Room's best game and an "incredible artistic achievement" for blending the horror aspect of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs and the atmosphere and world-building of Dear Esther . [37]

Gameplay received generally mixed reviews. Gould liked the game's pacing and its balance of action and horror, and added that the game was not as "exhausting" as other horror games available in the market. [36] Jamie Moorcroft-Sharp from Destructoid compared the game to Alien: Isolation , and liked the game's enemy and environment variety. He commended the enemy design, which was "ripped right out of nightmares". He concluded his review by saying that "outside of Dredge , I don't know if a game has felt so uniquely Lovecraftian". [31] Writing for GamesRadar , Leon Hurley praised its similarity to The Thing, though he noted that it focused more on "eldritch and cosmic horror". He strongly praised the game's atmosphere and pacing, and how the game often teased the presence of a monster instead of directly showing it. He also praised the game's lack of a head up display, which contributed to player's immersion. [4]

Tauriq Moosa from The Verge found the gameplay options to be limiting and linear, though he praised the controls for being very "tactile" and "intuitive". [40] Eurogamer 's Matt Wales disliked the gameplay, calling it "disengaging" and critiqued its overly linear structure and its excessive use of visual cues to guide players forward, leaving no room for exploration. [32] Leana Hafer from IGN also found the gameplay to be uninspiring, and that players who have experience with games of similar nature may no longer find Still Wakes the Deep scary because it did nothing to stand out from its competition. In addition, she remarked that it was "frustrating to play with its nearly on-rails structure that actively scoffs at the idea of exploration" and expressed her disappointment for the puzzles in the games for being underwhelming and simple. [6] While Jason Rodriguez from Game Informer liked the chase sequences, he found them to be too sporadic, and further criticized the game's enemy artificial intelligence for undermining the horror aspect of the game. [33] Several critics remarked that the game was short. [33] [4]

Awards

YearCeremonyCategoryResultRef.
2024 Golden Joystick Awards Best Audio DesignNominated [41] [42]
Best Supporting Performer (Neve McIntosh)Nominated
2025 Game Audio Network Guild Awards Best Ensemble Cast PerformancePending [43]
28th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design Pending [44]
Outstanding Achievement in Story Pending

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