Debris: Swim Through Endless Ice Tunnels. It's OK. Voice Acting On Point! (Steam PC Gameplay Review)
Channel: LIFE RPG
Date: 2017-12-29

Debris is exactly what is advertised. A narrative-driven atmospheric oceanic adventure with four different endings. While not as polished as it should be, it certainly kept me interested enough to complete my first trip through the game. I don't think I'll be revisiting this title, but with the twist at the end it might be warranted.

There is a twist ending to Debris which I didn't expect and actually does explain quite a bit about some of the things that I encountered in the endless hellscape of underwater ice caves. I truly wish Debris was better optimized because the game is beautiful but random framerate drops took me right out of the experience.

The mechanics of Debris are simple but original, however Debris gameplay is slightly repetitive. Debris collected from rocks power your suit and gun. Use your weapon to destroy threats guarding said rocks and extend your life underwater, I never came close to dying which allowed me to concentrate more on the story than survival.

Visit Debris game over on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/669660/Debris/

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An Arctic dive has gone mysteriously wrong. Now you are lost, scattered somewhere beneath the ice. Power is scarce, creatures lurk and some force conspires against you. Escape together or die alone. A new atmospheric single player narrative adventure.

You’re part of a small team sent to film a promotional video for a groundbreaking discovery: meteoric debris embedded deep in Arctic ice that provides clean, hyper-efficient energy. But as your dive begins, several explosions create a powerful current that drags you and your team down, trapping everyone in a vast network of submerged glacial caverns.

Stranded at the bottom, injured and running out of time, your only hope for survival is to reach the surface. But the journey through the depths is full of unexpected trials. You and your team will fight your way through hostile creatures in increasingly confusing and dangerous environments. 

But something else is going on. Things aren’t right, they don’t add up, and before you know it the truth comes into question. As you fight your way to safety, you’ll need to figure out what’s behind this surreal world and your desperate situation. Knowing will make all the difference.

Debris has a fairly good pacing, maintaining the need for power and survival while not always keeping you in a state of tension. The ambient sounds and the music do a very good job of causing the needed spikes in anxiety, which can sometimes cause you to take risks. This is a game about team work, though it can sometimes feel like the partner AI can make things a little bit easy. Unless it's against sharks. You're on your own there.

It does feature some jump scare moments, but I wouldn't classify it overall as a scary or spooky game. The atmosphere is incredibly well done, however, and can definitely be said to lend to the overall pressure felt by being stranded under glaciers. 

I particularly enjoyed the voice acting! The cast was very well chosen and everyone performed their parts exceptionally well. The other great thing I took away from this game was the psychologial impact of survival and certain conditions. There's a great twist at the end, just stay tuned. 

I finished my playthrough in four and a half hours, roughly, but the Devs said it could be a game with 5-10 hours of content. I think there is some decent incentive to replay the game, and I'm looking forward to what features might be added with Co-Op (which is coming soon).

The thing I was disappointed with this game was that I didn't get to see the Jellyfish ROV in my playthrough! Do we ever get to see it? Is it as cute as the squid?! I suppose I'll have to play it again to find out. See you under the ice! - erin__rocks

I honestly have mixed reviews on the game. The price seems acceptable, if not a little on the high end, for a game such as this. As people have stated, this is not an underwater survival, like Subnautica. This game was never meant to be like Subnautica. I don't know where people got that idea.

Overall, I did enjoy the game. For the first playthrough, I thought the story was going one way and then was totally thrown for a loop with the ending epilogue notes. Then I went through in my head with all of the information I knew from the game and connected it all together. Rather neat. I wouldn't give it extremely high marks, but I would say it is worth playing. Let's say a solid 7/10 Recommended to play, but nothing you should rush to do so.
  - ShinMasaki