Under the Waves review – a glitchy, but captivating underwater expedition

PlayStation 4/5, Xbox, PC
Playing a professional diver maintaining undersea oil pipes may sound like an odd premise for a game, but it’s so peaceful down there
Maybe I’ve played too many video games – 18 years as a games critic makes that likely – but for my first couple of hours manning a sea-floor oil-drilling outpost in Under the Waves I couldn’t shake the feeling that some dire supernatural presence was about to appear. Heading out from my life-sustaining module