I’ve been playing Still Wakes the Deep this weekend also, having seen it go on sale and an expansion get announced. I like The Chinese Room. They always value a melancholic and alienating kind of horror experience that speaks to me more than something stupid like Outlast, if I really had to make a pained comparison. This one is reaching sublime levels of that melancholy, and eerie horror that are greater than any in their previous games. Just wanted to echo some of what you were saying here wourme. I’m not done yet, but impressed enough to pick up the expansion.
Also what a beautiful fricken spectacle it is. This new unreal engine is impressive and I honestly have no clue how this studio has impressed investors enough to fund a production that makes things look as good as this. Were their android games profitable enough and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture that successful after ports and discounts??