Played through the Japanese version of Deep Fear twice this weekend and typed out a guide the 2nd time. Gonna flesh it out a bit with screenshots and other bits of info before releasing it to the zero people that care, lol.
First time I played through the whole game, it's pretty solid but nowhere near as good as RE or SH. What Deep Fear has going for it is surprisingly solid movement and combat mechanics but the game is kinda meh due to the janky nature of the enemies and mediocre story. There's rarely any kind of tension and no puzzles, just fetch quest backtracking type stuff. The music is good too but rarely plays. The game is just sound effects for the most part. Also, no replay value for the most part. No alternate endings, no special guns to unlock, etc.
However, still definitely worth checking out, it's one of the better obscure RE clones from that era. Also, it truly has some of the worst voice acting I've ever heard, it makes OG RE look like a masterclass in voice acting, lol. It's worth a playthrough just to get some laughs from it. It is staggeringly bad.
I'd like to condense some of that above footage and make a "nuking my account" type gif for applicable threads. Add OP to the guys face and the Gaf logo to the dive suit, lol.
Playing through Shining the Holy Ark right now, man I love that game, it's just so damn impressive to me.