Threshold review - a horrifying act of corporate plate-spinning that will take your breath away

Threshold is the kind of horror game that keeps just enough at arm's length to really set your mind ablaze while you're playing. After landing a coveted job with the government, the game begins as you prepare to take on your first shift looking after an important maintenance post just outside the city walls. But before you even arrive, it's clear that something's a bit off. A low, angry and muffled voice directs you into a lift. There's an oxygen meter to your left, and as you start the long ascent up to the surface you watch your supply dwindle away to almost nothing. The air is thin up here, so much so that the clerk you're relieving, a no-nonsense chap called Mo, speaks to you via hastily written notes, as talking simply involves too much effort. Read more

Threshold review - a horrifying act of corporate plate-spinning that will take your breath away

Threshold review - a horrifying act of corporate plate-spinning that will take your breath away

Threshold review - a horrifying act of corporate plate-spinning that will take your breath away

Threshold review - a horrifying act of corporate plate-spinning that will take your breath away

Threshold review - a horrifying act of corporate plate-spinning that will take your breath away