Period atmosphere is best part of game set on turbulent oil rig
There are monsters on the Beira D oil rig – and you must evade them
The Chinese Room
Still Wakes the Deep
The Chinese Room
PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
There is a genre of video games known, in slightly derogatory fashion, as “walking simulators”. The label has its roots in the combat-heavy nature of most video games, where pushing a button to pull a trigger provides the bulk of player engagement. As a reaction to this norm, walking simulators put the guns away and simply ask players to explore a space, perhaps with some light puzzle-solving, but mostly to…
