My time with The Chinese Room started with Dear Esther, followed closely by Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. After that, nothing. Compared to those games, which are good in their own way, Still Wakes the Deep is a huge leap forward for them.

Still Wakes the Deep is a psychological horror/character drama, and a brilliant one at that. The whole game reminded me of a good action horror from the 80's, The Thing is a clear inspiration, and they nailed the scares, atmosphere, and horrifying visuals so well. Not to mention it's a gorgeous game from the attention to detail to the world, down to the facial models of the characters.

Soma is another clear inspiration I think, another deeply psychological game, though quite a bit scarier than this one. In terms of gameplay, Still Wakes the Deep is pretty simple, I hardly ever felt stumped, and it really felt too easy to be scared. Any feelings of fear or tension was due to the incredible atmosphere and monster designs.

It's a walking sim horror through and through, with very simple puzzle solving. But what it lacks in simplistic gameplay, it more than makes up for as a cinematic horror piece.

I'd totally watch a movie of this, but it's already pretty close to a film. Not to mention the voice acting was very well done, and aggressively Scottish.