Nonetheless Wakes the Deep was one in all 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 primary recreation, sees diver Mhairi swim to the depths of the ocean to uncover the reality of the Beira D oil rig. It’s an important 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.
Lots of that’s all the way down to the setting: the rusted stays of the Beira D. You’ll spend virtually your entire recreation swimming by 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, a minimum of 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 stress with, saved both clipping by partitions, catching on the primary character’s arms and obstructing our view, and even simply fully 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 form of fell flat for us come the credit.
We’re certain that when you’re a fan of the bottom recreation, you’ll doubtless get some enjoyment right here, as there are some real moments of rigidity, 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.
