Deserted places go hand in hand with horror video games the place gamers may be remoted, susceptible, and, in case you’re something like me, confused. So Nonetheless Wakes the Deep’s location is not out of the odd for its style, however even nonetheless, an oil rig off the Scottish coast is a fairly sick setting for some terrifying encounters.Â
“It is not probably the most glamorous setting, it is not a fantastical setting, which gamers like,” affiliate artwork director Laura Dodds tells me. “We additionally do not have a tendency to listen to tales about working individuals. I assume that is why it is not been centered on beforehand, but it surely’s sensible.”Â
It is true that the Beira D oil rig is not historically lovely, however it’s putting. With pipes spewing hearth into the foggy sky, rust crusting a lot of the outer pipes, and a bare-bones however charming kitchen and lounge, its intricate structure makes it a sight to behold and a thrill to discover.Â
“The Beira D is genuine to an oil rig as a result of they’re extremely disorientating,” Dodds says. “We discovered a great deal of 360-degree video guides, and also you’re happening tight little corridors with tonnes of piping passing all these nested buried areas, you might flip round and don’t know which a part of the rig you are in.”Â
Navigating the Beira D in the direction of the start of Nonetheless Wakes the Deep is not simple, however in case you’re having a extremely arduous time with it, then you’ll be able to activate hints that may assist level you in the suitable path. Nonetheless, after a while, you’ll be able to finally get used to the wiggly structure. Not solely does every part of the rig have a really distinct fashion, with the social quarters opting for the same vibe to these non permanent school rooms that pop up within the playground of virtually each UK faculty no less than as soon as, whereas engineering is stuffed with pipes, boilers, and different common previous mechanical doohickies.
“I believe that from a design viewpoint, we took just a few liberties with the Beira D,” lead developer, Rob McLachlan says. “We made a rig that labored for us. It is fairly a big rig, with quite a lot of locations, locations to cover, expanses to understand, and really clear zones.”Â
“Rigs are inbuilt a modular method,” McLachlan continues. “That was great for us as a result of it helps the participant to concentrate on the place they’re. They will say, ‘Effectively, I am in lodging, or I am within the admin module, or I am in processing,’ and it helps you compartmentalise the map. That basically helped us to make every space distinctive and work for the sport. So that you get a way of development.”Â
There is not any disgrace in getting misplaced, however in case you do get rotated, then you may also depend on all of the indicators which might be scattered across the rig. I truly discovered myself utilizing these indicators quite a bit whereas navigating the Beira D, even after the whole lot had hit the fan. It is essential that the rig’s crew know the quickest method potential to an space, so all of the indicators are sometimes very useful and are the quickest technique to get to your required location. Â
However this advanced structure is not simply enjoyable and video games, it additionally makes the horrors in Nonetheless Wakes the Deep decidedly worse. Not solely are you not solely conversant in the easiest way to dodge sure scary locations, however there is not any signal of assist, after the chaos begins and the communication to the mainland is wrecked, the whole lot else that occurs is principally simply the previous adage ‘if a tree falls in the midst of a forest and nobody is round to listen to it does it actually make a sound?’ however on steroids. The rig is out within the wild, and nobody is coming to investigate cross-check you. “I do not assume I’ve ever actually considered oil rigs, Dodds says. “They’re simply some other place. I do not take into consideration the place my oil and fuel come from.”
The Beira D oil rig actually is a stellar location for a horror sport, not solely is it rugged and funky to discover, however you are nicely and actually remoted as quickly as you set foot into Nonetheless Wakes the Deep, extra so than any cabin within the woods or haunted previous mansion.Â