45 minutes trapped in a tin can deep within an alien ocean feels like an escape after so many all-encompassing open-worlds. The minimalist interface and sensory deprivation leaves much of the experience to suggestion and, despite a few goofy scares, the photography mechanic leaves you with an effective impressionistic, grainy view of the exterior void, always kept at a murky distance. The overtly grim-dark world feels akin to the Riddick or Alien universes, crushing corporate dystopias of purgatorial suffering.

Reviewed on Aug 01, 2022


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