Beneath review: a broken '90s horror throwback I can't stop playing

Beneath PS5 game review; a tentacled deep sea monster.

Beneath

(Image credit: Camel 101 / Wired Productions)

Publisher: Wired Productions

Developer: Camel 101

Release date: 27 October

Format: PS5 (reviewed), PC (Steam), Xbox Series X/S

Game engine: Unity

First impressions can be deceptive, and in Beneath, they almost sank me. The first thirty minutes, both below and above the waves, are a scrappy, stuttering mess. Textures blur, framerates tumble, and the early ‘zombie’ encounters aboard diver, explorer, and all-around dude, Noah Quinn’s rusting boat look like the kind of game I'd avoid two decades ago, let alone now, on PS5.