Hello r/Xbox! We are The Chinese Room, a game studio based in Brighton, UK. We love making narrative focused games and are excited to talk about our new game today.
Release Trailer – Still Wakes the Deep – Trailer | PC Gaming Show 2024 (youtube.com)
About: "STILL WAKES THE DEEP is a return to the first-person narrative horror genre for The Chinese Room, creator of critically acclaimed games such as Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, and Dear Esther.
You are an offshore oil rig worker, fighting for your life through a vicious storm, perilous surroundings, and the dark, freezing North Sea waters. All lines of communication have been severed. All exits are gone. All that remains is to face the unknowable horror that’s come aboard.”
We’re here to celebrate the launch and answer any questions you have about it.
With us today are:
Rob McLachlan – Lead Designer, replying as u/CmdrKerans
Laura Dodds – Associate Art Director
Nick Slaven – Studio Technical Director
Louis Larsson-De Wet – Project Technical Director
Fraser Colley – Lead Animator
Possibly some other members of the team will drop in too.
We’ll be answering questions from 3pm – 5pm BST today, so post them below!
Game: Still Wakes the Deep
Dev: The Chinese Room
Genre: Narrative Horror
Players: Single
Platforms: Xbox X and S, Xbox Game Pass, PC Game Pass, Steam, Epic Store, PS5
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3 Comments
Could you please confirm in detail what render resolution the game is running in on the Xbox Series S, and on the Xbox Series X (in both modes), including what native internal resolution it is upscaling/reconstructing from in case there’s such a technique being used?
Also, are there any plans to add a performance mode to the game on Xbox Series S? I’ve FPS tested the game myself over on my channel, and while it is mostly a very stable game, it would be cool for Xbox Series S users to experience it at 60fps as well.
Thank you so much – I love the game!
Finished this game in two sessions. Really enjoyed it. I just wish I’d realized there was a performance mode, I only noticed that half way through. 😅
Seems like there’s potential for a sequel? Or do you see this as a self-contained story? I’d love to know more about the monsters’ origin. Is there any lore to that? Or do you prefer keeping it vague?
No real question but I wanted to say I’m playing through at the moment and absolutely LOVE it.
Adore the Aberdeen accents, really enjoy the disparity between Caz and the subtitles (Leccy vs electric, Shite vs shit etc), absolutely nails the dialect. I think I’ll go gaelic for playthrough 2!