Immersive sims are those glorious games where just about any weird idea you cook up somehow works. Think Deus Ex, Prey, or Streets of Rogue – all prime examples of the genre. While their vibes vary wildly, what really ties them together is the sheer freedom they offer. Skin Deep is the latest entry in this chaotic club, and it brings a style that’s entirely its own.
Skin Deep casts you as an insurance commando tasked with repelling space pirates who’ve boarded your ship. You start the mission fresh out of cryo-freeze and ready to raise hell… well, sort of. Weapons aren’t exactly lying around, so at first, you’ll be relying on boxes of pepper, rogue bananas, and the occasional assist from a cat. It’s absurd, yes, and it only gets weirder from there. So don’t sweat the underpowered start; the chaos ramps up fast.
As an added twist, enemies don’t stay dead for long in Skin Deep; they can resurrect themselves, which means you’ll need to grab their floating heads and find creative ways to dispose of them. Sometimes that means chucking a head out of an airlock; other times, it’s a one-way trip down a toilet. There’s not much dignity left in space piracy these days. Hopefully the pay’s good, otherwise you’re getting flushed for nothing.
Things start off fairly linear, but the world opens up pretty quickly, and you’re encouraged to approach everything in any way you can think of. Skin Deep is a game about turning carnage into art, and failures into success, and it’s just a sublime experience from start to finish. If you’re someone who always wants to test boundaries in games, then you’re going to absolutely adore this game and everything it offers.
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