On the face of it, squashing The Archers and The X Files into a game in which northing really happens isn't going to excite many.

And maybe this won't. There are screeds of gamers who don't have the patience to appreciate a slow-burner such as this, and that's a shame because Rapture is wonderful.

Bloody strange, but wonderful.

The closest I'm going to come to a comparison is The Last of Us, with its lonely, deftly-scored sense of isolation, but even that doesn't represent what has been achieved here.

So you're plopped straight into a Shropshire village where all residents are strangely absent.

There's a wee ball of light to follow that illuminates scenes from the erstwhile inhabitants' recent past which slowly piece together a jigsaw of insular village life, its associate scandals and a mysterious incident which has cut off this most English of settlements from its surrounding districts.

And it's slow, purposefully so, but the atmosphere this creates should ensure the gamer with enough spare time finishes it in one sitting.

I must stress this isn't for the button-masher who desires instant gratification from his software, but there are enough games around to cater for that particular preference.

There's nothing quite like Rapture, and that is to be applauded most enthusiastically.