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?…