STILL WAKES THE DEEP - Monster Transformation (Before and After) 

This may be an overstretch, but during the game, I felt like Addair was the only one "conscious" during his transformation, cackling as he was hunting Caz down

The introduction to the monster in this game was terrifying. The fact that we never got to see what Gibbo looked like, you could only hear him, yet you knew he was coming after you. So so creepy

Seeing your brother like coworkers become a cosmic horror creature is just depressing and terrifying

Probably one of the most creepiest depictions of body horror yet. All of them are so aware and alive even after becoming monsters, the intro sequence does such good justice bringing them personalities even if they are on screen for a minute or less.

Roper look so depressing when he become almost half of the entity

Rennick is definitely the one that scared me the most. It's like his bitterness and malice were so strong it carried even after he became that freak of nature.

I love how their 'before' concerns carry on to 'after' in some way. Trots was worried about people coming in 'where they don't belong' which is why he starts chasing you as a monster. Muir was offered help which he cheerfully declined and Innes jokingly offered Caz a transfer - in monster form Muir desperately asks why no one will help him and when killing Innes says 'you don't leave me!' Addair & Rennick's dislike for Mcleary also carries over, with Addair grumbling about work and how no one knows what they're doing (connecting to his early conversation where accuses Caz of slacking) and Rennick explicitly trying to kill him and telling him to get off his rig. And Roper? Well Roper's just a good guy.

later in the game you can actually find raffs who has broken out of the deep sea containment thing he was in, he was sadly transformed into a giant melted blob

Body horror isnt usually done well enough to bother me but this... _really_ bothered me.

Innes was a bit tragic when you realise that him and Muir might have been close. Yet was killed by a mutated Muir who teared him a new one

The most terrifying game I have seen so far. You can definitely feel the fear whenever the entities appeared and you can see how amazing the VAs did for the characters

I really don’t understand why people are complaining so much about this game. The visuals and the story were astounding. So what if it was linear??? How did any of these people cope back in the days where every single game was linear?

The game feels more sad than scary, i feel bad for finlay and brodie Also thanks for 200 likes

This is the first horror I’ve seen where you’re introduced every character that perishes. Most horrors have side characters or just background characters that are simply there to show the power of whatever abomination is threatening you. They die but you easily move on cuz they were just a figure to you. In this, you speak to everyone, you know everyone and your character reacts like they are family even if you as the player know nothing about these people. It’s driven home that they are human with loving families and a sense of brotherhood as you’ve served on this isolated machine for so long. It makes it all the more heartbreaking when you are forced to watch each one die. You are no longer seeing just another body fall, you’re seeing an entire person with a personality and story you’ve become familiar with meet their end, a fellow person you called a friend, you laughed with, joked with and most likely gave a pat on the back to, is lost to a death you can’t even comprehend. It’s why this game stood out to me so much. Every death holds weight, even the character you play as. It also helps being set finally in a truly British environment. Even though I’m English, the Scottish dialect is very well understood in many parts of northern England with some words even bleeding over into English dialects, it helped me connect personally with the characters far better both in culture and mild politics, almost making it feel real. I hope the developers of this game do more cuz they have incredible skill and it would certainly be very refreshing for me and other fellow brits to see more horror based on and around our little landmass.

Roper is the realest guy there, nearly transforms, keeps the key, sits in his office for a while, resists the urge to attack caz and gives him the key

Honestly this is karma for Rennick.

"No, not exactly, son. She just--she forces her way into your mind and your soul and... you can't fight back. You are connected to her, and you can't resist the urge to... You're a different person after that."-Jack Baker, 2017.

Rennick is simple but incredibly effective in it it’s unsettlingness . There’s something about being hunted by a giant severed head in such a drab, true-to setting with such realistic that falls deep into the uncanny valley.

The most depressing game I've ever played. Just seeing your coworkers that you where close with(except addair and rennick) turn into... Whatever tf they became

This is such a detailed and, if you'll pardon the pun, absorbing game. I felt a real empathy toward the other crew and my biggest regret is that you don't get a chance to save any of them.

It's like their minds still remains within the bio mass, but the bacteria uses it as a weapon to lure others

I think muir freaked me out the most His cries for help, the crew running from him "Dont leave meee!!!"

So, basically, this game is "The Thing" on an oil rig.

Rennick looks like jimmy neutron lol

One thing i gotta say in addition to this being THE (2nd to The Thing remaster trailer) game of the year for me as a body horror and horror in general lover I gotta say i love Muir the most, the things he's saying is just different compared to the others who seem focused on people or their jobs, Muir is screaming out for help, angry noone is helping him and angry that people are leaving him Especially him calling out for Innes as well as him mentioning hearing Caz's heartbeat, it's so twisted and awesome!!

A Scotsman in a horror just turns it into a comedy 😂

everyone complaining that this game was too linear. like, people, this is as good as it'll get in an indie game. after this the only thing we'll get is another decade's worth of jumpscare simulators, animatronic horror clones and walking simulators where you read some notes.

Addair was the most horrific monster he became, when the wolf howls you know you’re fxcked.

Thanks for making this, i dont remember how they look like before they turn,

Those voice actors all earned their paychecks! Some of the lines almost had me crying. You can really hear the pain and agony the Monsterfied humans are going through.

The part when your on the deck and its completely foggy out with unholy cries of a creature. That part there was creepy af.

Call me crazy but for some reason this gives me some heavy Dying Light vibes and I'm loving it

I quite liked that they made the characters in this game so "human". You really feel like they're aware of what's going on and how suicidal some of the things they have to do are. Even when they encounter the monstrosities that were once their companions, the characters understand the extremely dangerous situation they find themselves in and their interactions are more organic and realistics than those seen in other games.

Since we find Roper in the Marine Control room, I wonder if he was doing his best to keep the rig stable and floating before the (fuck, idek what to call it) thing got to him and wrapped him up, you could see in his face how sorrowful Roper is when Caz passes through and the "thing" attacks him. I love that Caz is not the only one going through horrific things in this game. Every single person on this rig has gone through their own horror story that meets a tragic end. Roper managing Marine Control, Innes making his way across the Deck, Roy barricading the Canteen and moving across Accommodations to find his insulin, Finlay running around with the electricity and generators, and Brodie with the Pontoons and Rig Legs. Everybody has their own story in this game, and it's made sure we don't forget about that.

Feels like this could genuinely be a sequel to The Thing

aah im so glad someone made this video, amazing to see the differences. this game deserves more attention. thank you for posting!

Gary Oldman was terrifying as Rennik in his human form and his monster form.

Thank you

Oh my god thank you for uploading this ive been looking for a video on this

My question is Did they still aware after transformation or they just empty shell and the monster just use they memories to lure us ???

It seems like it just uses your body as a host. Any words spoken are just rationalising these urges put on them. Seems like their brain is still functioning, but isn’t in control over thoughts feelings or actions… simply rationalising why they’re angry or why they are doing what they are doing. Like how the brain makes up things it doesn’t understand within itself, like predicting patterns through partial blindness or excusing actions of an alien limb.

Rennick has one of the most miserable transformations. They just enlarged his face, although the parasite does not affect the patient that way

Rennick: “This is big brain time.”

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My theory is that when archie and rennick flew away i think that rennick transformed inside of the helicopter? And Archie went insane then crashed that's my theory it's just a theory. A Game theory

Ive been wanting to see this for a while now

this game reminds me of the flood from halo, the flood kinda works similar to this in the sense that it uses the infected host's memories to its advantage, quite scary stuff, and the body horror reminds me of The Thing. great combination of horror elements and I'm here for it.

Horrors aside, let's just appreciate the voice acting for the characters, every individual really fits their voices, especially with Scottish accent.

This game gives Dead Space, The Thing, The Descent, Rec, and Alien vibes by how they use one location, the environment, and claustrophobia and it was able to scare me and I kept jumping

Finally someone posted this. The wiki is basically empty

I love body horror games because I want to see how creative and terrifying the transformations will be. This game did it right! Showcasing their personalities in the beginning then seeing them as monsters really made them turning sad and scary at the same time. My favorite thing above all else was their dialogue AFTER their transformation. Even then the screams were bone-chilling. Even though we never saw Gibbon, his screams alone sent shivers up my spine. So inhuman yet human at the same time. This is literally the best horror game I've experienced!

Their monster forms remind me of The Walking Dead theory, that they're aware of what's happening but can't do anything. The men are alive in the monster that's altered them, but it's using their memories and personality to show what Caz sees. I doubt Gibbo, Roper and Trots would have hurt him if they were in control of themselves..

She’s turned the weans against us

I’d like to know why only your character and a select few were immune to the entities ability to transform humans to do its bidding, while every other employee turned into an eldritch horror

This literally looks like "the thing"

My analysis here (this is literary, not related to the monster design with is fucking peak) - the monsters made of the crew in SWTD are all authority figures in some respect. Rennick as the foreman, Trots as the union organizer, Addair as an overtly political chauvinist/fascist, Muir as the deck sergeant, etc. They all have reasons to suspect and even ostracize Caz for being an outsider. Their transformations represent a literalization of what they were already doing socially, which is exerting control over his life on the rig, whether to tolerate or exclude him. Them remembering Caz, or the monsters using their memories to taunt Caz, serve the same point in that respect.

Finely a good horror game been so long lol

Thank God for this

I know this has nothing to do with the video, but Roy's and Brodi's deaths hit the hardest for me since they died in such tragic ways.

10/10 for me. loved it and a very sad ending.

That what i love with this game, it's the only horror game, i know were you feel really something for the "secondary characters" because you taked time too meet and like them. All the previous horror game i know was always about the player, and never or rarely for peoples around you. and for that it make it terrifying in many ways.

What about O'Connor? He went semi mutated like Roper.

I'm gutted I didn't record a playthrough of this. Downloaded it off Game Pass and got sucked into it. Gave me nightmares too.

This game could work as a standalone spinoff of RE7 and Village cause it has those elements from those 2 games based on gameplay, dialogue, terror, and monster designs.

It’s either a fungus, cosmic entity, or primordial entity. Cosmic entity seems the most likely because of how it was making the pwrts of the rig levitate into the air

Probably the best body horror since the dead space remake

I hope someone modded this game to make monsters screaming SCOTLAND FOREVER 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I need to start playing more horror games. I played this one all the way through, and now I’m curious about scarier games.

Jesus Christ this game is nightmare fuel

This game made me regret eating

Like other Chinese Room games, the game itself is quite flawed, but they are peerless when it comes to the writing and dialogue.

If there was a duel between these monsters, I think it would come down to Muir and Addair.

Hes turned into the master 🤣

It's so good as really disturbing when I watch The Thing back then the fear of unknown, I just wish can watch how are they transform must be really yikes based on hearing their scream

Theres something about the way scottish people talk that i love, feels like i both do and dont understand them at the same time if that makes sense

Rennick his boss has the worst transformation, really frightening.

He Scottish! XD Love it right at the start XD

Wow Resident Evil Dead Aim remake looks beautiful

I forget there name but the creature that closes the trap door on you seemed like he was trying to help. Like the human part closed the door so it couldn’t go after him

My only problem with the tentacle monster versions is the physics makes it seem like they’re helium balloons instead of heavy meat masses. They don’t act/seem weighty enough

Jesus this looks terrifying. Gives me RE The Village vibes.

The fact they seem coherent still is horrible.. or it’s something fucking with their mind and trying to lure you in..

"YOU DON'T BELONG HERE!"

I really enjoyed this game it was so good finished it 2 days ago 😃🔥👌 and I’m already thinking of doing another playthrough. The game was so scary fair play haha. And the monster designs were one of the best I seen in a game. Fair play Chinese Room masterpiece of a game 😃🔥👏 I love too rate games when I finish and it’s definitely a 9/10.

Poeple dont understand difference between on-rails structure and linear game😢

Is this related to the thing? these devs can create a good sequel to the old game

You missed one just so you know towards the end of the game we see what happened to the person that was in the diving thing

I still really wonder what kind of entity(or whatever It was) made them this way?

As a Scottish person, i will never go on an oil rig after playing this 😭😭

I think I'm fine with the trots dogday chase

We even have captain Keyes

I almost cried at roy,brodie and finlays deaths😭😭

Idk if this a detail or not but on the Left side of Rennick face it seems to have been burnt a bit

Thank You So Much For This Video Because I Never Got The See Most Of These Cutscenes And Wasn’t Really Sure Which Monster Was Who 🫡❤

Scottish horror.

The Thing but in Oil Rig

I wonder what happens to muirs monster version. We see the rest of the mobile monsters die but not him

How come we didn't get to see Gibbo anyway ?

I do have 2 questions that needs answering. 1. What happened to the helicopter for them to crash right back into the rig? 2. How many monsters were there on the oil rig?

So is to be like The Thing?