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Dredge's The Iron Rig DLC holds up a mirror to Still Wakes the Deep, and comes off slightly worse for wear

In the roiling waters of the northern sea, a mysterious oil rig has appeared whose lights can be seen for miles in the …

Cue, then, a gentle and well-paced upgrade back and forth that will see you construct new buildings on the rig to unlock enhanced versions of your rods, nets and winches, as well as blueprints for new engine parts, bait types and other gadgets to help speed the process along. The landscape, of course, is irrevocably changed - as even if you do opt to clean up the ooze out of the goodness of your heart, the new fishing spots still crackle with an unearthly kind of energy to distinguish them from your 'regular' disturbed waters, and the sea floor itself is forever scarred with those ominous and lurid fault lines. | Image credit: Eurogamer/Team17 Perhaps I might feel differently playing on a fresh save file, where the impact of its (highly worthwhile) boat upgrades would perhaps be more keenly felt, and the nature of its bizarre aberrations would still have more layers to peel back and discover.

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