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Directive 8020's glossy, late-’90s sci-fi aesthetic gives it an edge

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The game's Unreal Engine 5 'actors' impress, and sell the stakes nicely. (Image credit: Supermassive Games) Content warning: this article discusses graphic violence, disturbing imagery, and mature themes in an 18+ game. In space, no one can hear you make bad decisions, which is probably for the best because I made a few absolute shockers during my hands-on with Directive 8020 and paid for them almost immediately. After a run of uneven entries, this feels like Supermassive Games remembering exactly what it’s good at. Not just branching paths and consequence-driven storytelling, but that specific brand of playable horror where you’re never quite sure if you’re steering the story or just nudging it toward a slightly different flavour of disaster. Early impressions? This sits much closer to Until Dawn and The Quarry than the more divisive The Devil in Me or Little Hope.…

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