We learn at a young age to fear the few remaining creatures who won’t hesitate to consume us. Humanity is capable of sharing this wonderful planet with all sorts of creatures, including the dangerous ones so long as we know they got the memo that we haven’t been a part of the food chain in quite some time. A few of our neighbors will totally still eat us, if given the chance, and for most folks, I’d argue that sharks have earned the majority of our fear.
This is why a game like Depth, which pits a team of divers against a gaggle of sharks, is so appealing. It plays to our fear of the primal origins of those near-perfect predators. Hell, its first DLC did that literally by introducing the shark’s comically horrifying ancestor, the Megalodon.
Even if you know nothing about sharks, there’s a good chance you know to stay away from the one that has Great in its name. That dickhead took an otherwise harmless term and twisted it to describe something that’s bigger, stronger, faster and more terrifying than its already scary cousins. This, I’m suspecting, is why the new “Ship Wrecked” DLC adds something called the Great Hammerhead.
Depth is currently available on Steam for $24.99. Its “Ship Wrecked” DLC is included in the game as a free update, just like its first add-on, “Big Catch”, which released in December.
