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In truth, this is the lead with the most complex possibilities (that I’ve found, at least), but there are plenty of opportunities to work with two competing leads or characters simultaneously before committing to one. You can kill anybody – anybody – in this game, and things have been carefully designed so that there are often multiple ways to achieve objectives or discover leads. I appreciate that, but I also appreciate the fact that I was able to kill a bunch of enemies guarding some greenhouses and then eat all of their tomatoes just because. Why you can trust GamesRadar+

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There are also a variety of things you might not have known could be interacted with, or need certain criteria met to be useful. The contents of its mysterious quarantine zone are also shaped by the best of British sci-fi and folk horror. There are the more overt examples, like the deadly flowers that bloom to intimidating heights in its woodland areas and look as though they’ve been replanted straight out of The Day of the Triffids, as well as the towering wooden statues that are obvious nods to The Wicker Man. But there are also less conspicuous allusions that had me second guessing my own senses. At one point I could have sworn that I saw the outline of the familiar blue phone booth belonging to a certain British doctor on a distant hilltop, only to find that when I climbed up for a closer look it had apparently shifted itself to another space or time.