SOMA

Inevitably, technology will reach a point where interactive mediums like video games and VR are remembered fondly as practice towards using something far more sophisticated. Maybe it's a chip in our head, or an earbud we're always wearing, but most...

The first time players plunged into the depths of Rapture in Bioshock a feeling of wonder should have swept over them. The slow descent of the bathysphere gave way to a massive city, flooded with neon lights and all manner of ocean life. It looked...

More stressful than scary, but SOMA's intelligent and unnerving narrative more than makes up for its lack of blood-pumping...

Soma is an exceptionally-compelling story, told in ways that are both innovative and very traditional in turn. It takes you from the highs of puzzling where you're interrogating the back-up of a long-dead technician repeatedly until you manage...

A Returning Friction Mention Frictional Games to a gamer, you're likely to find yourself engaged in a twenty plus minute conversation about how Amnesia: The Dark Descent was one of the best horror titles of all time. I'm going to throw it out there now,...

SOMA is at its best when it’s challenging you on a philosophical level rather than on a mechanical one. As a horror game, SOMA feels old and archaic. It isn’t especially frightening or even satisfying to play, but the questions it raises are worth exploring and make it worthwhile regardless.

SOMA creates a tangible underwater facility with overpowering tension and a haunting atmosphere. It paces the horror carefully and will captivate minds with its...

If you're looking to get your pants scared off, SOMA may not be the game for you, but for those who appreciate its brand of subtle horror, it is truly a masterpiece. Leaning towards the cerebral, the narrative has been set up to make you ponder all of...

SOMA is a sustained exploration of an original and thought-provoking idea. The concept of artificial intelligence has been explored by lots of science fiction, so it isn't unique in that regard, but it makes particularly intelligent use of video game...

SOMA is a first-person existential crisis that's terrifying to even think about. It's the only game where its own self-awareness is merely another level that's been crafted to reiterate upon the game's fundamental...

Developer: Frictional Games Publisher: Frictional Games Platforms: PC, PS4 Version Reviewed: PC It has been five years since Amnesia: The Dark Descent crept down our collective spines like a parade of spiders. In that time Frictional's terrifying...

SOMA is smart and scary science fiction. Not all of its ideas work, but it's worth playing for the story alone.