Nonetheless Wakes the Deep was one in every of our favorite releases of 2024, so the information of a slice of DLC dropping within the type of Siren’s Relaxation was music to our ears.
This paid growth, which picks up a decade after the occasions of the principle recreation, sees diver Mhairi swim to the depths of the ocean to uncover the reality of the Beira D oil rig. It’s an excellent premise, and one stuffed as soon as extra with the genuine Scottish accents we beloved a lot within the base recreation.
Sadly, a whole lot of what made Nonetheless Wakes The Deep particular is lacking right here. The place that recreation crafted a meticulous setting in its oil rig with time-authentic particulars and melded it with The Factor impressed physique horror, Siren’s Relaxation by comparability feels characterless.
Plenty of that’s right down to the setting: the rusted stays of the Beira D. You’ll spend nearly your complete recreation swimming by way of indistinguishable corridors, and figuring out simplistic gameplay obstacles, that are a ache as a result of clunky controls.
The bottom recreation was by no means mechanically deep, but it surely at all times had that cinematic enchantment. Siren’s Relaxation doesn’t, and what makes it worse is that, no less than pre-launch, the sport is riddled with glitches and bugs.
On quite a few events, the character would placed on a helmet that was invisible, voice strains would double up and play over one another, and the life-saving air-tether that the DLC tries to ramp up the strain with, saved both clipping by way of partitions, catching on the principle character’s arms and obstructing our view, and even simply utterly disappearing.
It’s a disgrace too as a result of we beloved the story the DLC was teeing up, and the pacing was sensible because it steadily teased the spookier stuff — even when it kind of fell flat for us come the credit.
We’re positive that in case you’re a fan of the bottom recreation, you’ll doubtless get some enjoyment right here, as there are some real moments of stress, and we beloved getting to listen to wee tidbits concerning the Beira D catastrophe. Nevertheless, what it does greater than the rest is make us wish to return and play the bottom recreation.
