The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope

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  1. hellequin41
    Nov 5, 2020
    0
    Game was fine up till the end the ending is god awful just like man of medan make the supernatural part of the game like untill dawn
  2. AllNewSuperfake
    Dec 1, 2020
    2
    I have yet to see a single "movie" game that uses the medium in a way that made it a better experience. It's obvious that you would need a good movie to start with, and that's where almost all of these games fail.

    Also, for some reason, too many people seem to think that horror would be an easy genre and that you need neither experience nor resources nor talent even though we've seen    I have yet to see a single "movie" game that uses the medium in a way that made it a better experience. It's obvious that you would need a good movie to start with, and that's where almost all of these games fail.

    Also, for some reason, too many people seem to think that horror would be an easy genre and that you need neither experience nor resources nor talent even though we've seen decades of evidence to the opposite. It's not like brilliance can't be achieved, but it needs masterclass acting, direction and writing. There isn't a facial expression, a camera angle, a sound or an effect that isn't important, and that is why it is a daring choice for an interactive experience that changes the plot.

    Why? In short: You don't just have to make ONE good movie, you actually have to make SEVERAL good ones.

    +10

    -1 "Little hope" does not even have that one good movie. The ghost-town setting has seen great games and movies alike, and none of them played out in what feels like a linear tunnel through a collection of random buildings, following a plot that tries to plaster an element of confusion over everything, a little amnesia here, a little silent hill over there, and the most lazy conclusion you can think of at the end.

    -1 It's technically unimpressive with subpar effects that are just plain bad when it comes to bringing it's actors to life. It's hard to say if the faces are badly scanned or the animations are botched, but there's something just that little bit off in every movement and every expression that delivers way more horror than the actual game. It doesn't do itself any favors by starting out in darkness, since the used engine muddles shadows and colors alike - I have no idea how this wasn't the first thing that got an overhaul since it already dragged down the predecessor. It's like playing one of those HD-remastered PS2 games at some points.

    -2 The control scheme got even worse than in the predecessor, and the "hints" break the atmosphere even more. That's borderline impressive because both were already terrible. it's takes away even the smallest hint of a challenge and destroys any immersion at the same time. The worst part is the implementation of scripted jump scares that are foreshadowed by a sudden change of the camera perspective where your characters won't move in any direction until you've seen that jump scare. It would make for a great satire of the genre, but I'm afraid they were serious about this.

    -2 points points for, once again, using the oh so mysterious, oh so victorian narrator to break the pacing the minute it gets interesting only to mumble for long unskippable minutes about nothing in particular so that the helpless viewer is reminded of the fact that whoever made this game not only has no idea how to make a good movie, but also has a terrible taste in TV.

    -2 That wouldn't be a problem if "Little Hope" would excel in anything, but the writing is sloppy, uninspired and so filled with logical fallacies, direction errors and goofs that the only emotion it made me feel was not fear, but anger. I am supposed to believe that character development is, once again, one of the things that I can actually influence, but since everyone is acting out unresolved issues from the past and impulses whenever they need to do something stupid to advance the plot, this isn't even funny anymore.

    It's a waste of time, and you can't even have some good popcorn while wasting it. There isn't a theme, motivation or twist that hasn't been overdone 20 years ago. It failed to get me invested, excited, pensive or at the very least offended. It didn't even try to be good and failed at being mediocre.

    It's a waste of all the talent and hard work involved, which pains me everytime. It wouldn't have to be. There are good horror movies out there; a good horror-movie game should not be impossible. Try, try again.    … Expand
  3. Mandulum
    Nov 20, 2020
    7
    I enjoyed the game for the most part; mostly trying to kill off characters I didn't like. However, the interludes were pointless and distracting. The ending was worse, completely disconnected from 99% of the story.

    Date Completed: 2020-11-20
    Playtime: ~ 5h
    Enjoyment: 7/10
    Recommendation: If you like horror and games that mostly play themselves then it's short enough to be worth your time.
  4. ScienceAdvisor
    Dec 2, 2020
    1
    One of the worst subversion of expectation endings in anything I have ever seen. Up to that point it was a very linear, boring, walking simulator with brief moments of control that all turn out to be pointless. Many of the supposed decision can be ignored during QTE fight/flight and the game will still hand you a success. Many of the supposed branches still end in the same decision.One of the worst subversion of expectation endings in anything I have ever seen. Up to that point it was a very linear, boring, walking simulator with brief moments of control that all turn out to be pointless. Many of the supposed decision can be ignored during QTE fight/flight and the game will still hand you a success. Many of the supposed branches still end in the same decision. This is a terrible script for a made for tv movie that was turned into a game instead. Too bad they forgot the gameplay, or even basic controls that work.… Expand
  5. SuperkenGaming
    Apr 14, 2021
    7
    The Dark Picture Anthology: Little Hope
    Little Improvement
    Little hope is the second game in the dark pictures anthology, a series of interactive movie like games from the team that brought you until dawn.. and while I enjoyed Little Hope much better than man of medan, theres still a lot to be desired here… Little Hope is a 4 our long interactive horror game that can be played solo or    The Dark Picture Anthology: Little Hope
    Little Improvement
    Little hope is the second game in the dark pictures anthology, a series of interactive movie like games from the team that brought you until dawn.. and while I enjoyed Little Hope much better than man of medan, theres still a lot to be desired here…
    Little Hope is a 4 our long interactive horror game that can be played solo or with a friend, here you play as a group of people after a bus swerves and crashes, youre all stuck in this abandoned ghost town called little hope with no way to escape.. the bus driver is missing and youll all set out to find him and also a way to find help.. while youre walking around youll ocassionally run into the little demon ghost girl, shell grab you and youre thrown into the past, as half of the game takes place in the 1690s witch trials.. and this are the best parts of the game.. I would have loved to play the entire game in this setting, the visuals, the acting, the charcters.. the eriness.. I loved when a ghost would grab me and take me back… and youre basically trying to solve the mystery of this little demon girl and why everyone in the past looks like the group of people youre with. Sadly the present day is so boring to get through… It was really hard to pay attention during these moments of basically just walking forward and interacting with stuff waiting to get grabbed again… that’s literally what it feels like, even when monsters are introduced to the game.. and for the first time playing a supermassive game, I felt like nothing had consequences, I felt like none of my choices ultimately mattered, leaving little to no replay value to be had here… obviously I don’t want to get into spoilers as this is a heavy story based game, but the ending here is the ending, it cant be changed, all that can be changed is the lead up to the revelation… really disappointing.
    Overal though I loved this story way more than Man of Medans.. the parts of the game that take place in the oast, and trying to come up with the answer to this games story as I played made it all worth it…
    Though the story is one you have little to no impact on this time and are more so just along for the ride… the story definitely saves this game from mediocrity.
    I give Little Hope
    a 7/10    … Expand
  6. scurpiun77
    Oct 7, 2021
    10
    beauty and strong story.i like this game.super massive games must make movie with those stronger writers
  7. watchm824
    Jun 8, 2021
    7
    Nothing new, but still interesting. The first half of the game is rather boring, but towards the end it is more interesting. The ending made me happy.
  8. folmas
    Nov 6, 2021
    9
    interesting and meaningful plot, good ways to develop characters in fighting fears, natural playing, Mouse qte is hard.
  9. Ray6701
    Nov 7, 2021
    10
    Awesome masterpiece wow amazing game that was really great and cool thanks for making this game
  10. Kit_zip
    Nov 13, 2021
    10
    Для таких игр много слов не нужно, оценка скажет сама за себя.
  11. NoSaved
    Dec 31, 2021
    0
    **** ending, how could the first game of the company (Until Dawn) still be the best they can make?
  12. freedomfighter_
    Nov 5, 2020
    2
    If this is supposed to be actual horror game then it failed miserably. Just no.
  13. Heraldozka
    Nov 1, 2020
    4
    Completamente bugado, até meu 80% do jogo tava muito daora até eu encontrar 300 bugs e ficar preso nele por basicamente 3 horas, se você joga no teclado não pegue esse jogo, não vale o tempo nem dinheiro algum, a não ser que você consiga pesquisar se eles resolveraam todos os bugs, o jogo vem num modo tosco de clicar que é até ok tem seu charme, mas na hora das ações simplesmente umaCompletamente bugado, até meu 80% do jogo tava muito daora até eu encontrar 300 bugs e ficar preso nele por basicamente 3 horas, se você joga no teclado não pegue esse jogo, não vale o tempo nem dinheiro algum, a não ser que você consiga pesquisar se eles resolveraam todos os bugs, o jogo vem num modo tosco de clicar que é até ok tem seu charme, mas na hora das ações simplesmente uma criança faria um sistema melhor, aparece algo rapido demais na sua tela e você não sabe onde tá o mouse e tem que acertar, enquanto no controle você simplesmente tem que acertar um botão, como é na versão teclado do jogo que não vem apesar de ser o melhor, culpa do game, 80% do jogo eu perdi um personagem pelo erro deles e voltei no save com o modo teclado, acertei como se fosse piaada, porque basiucamente é o mesmo sistema do controle, um botão durante um tempo, nãao acertar um mouse num alvo em menos de um segundo sem saber onde ele está como se você fosse o melhor jogador do mundo, sinceramente é mais sorte acertar aquilo do que qualquer coisa, mal feito, eventualmente você vai errar porque é tosco, mas enfim, se você perde um personagem realmente enfrenta um problema pelo erro deles você vai procurar como trocar, porque como o jogo veio naquilo impossível eu pensar que uma melhor opção totalmente, tá escondida e não veio por padrão, mas não só isso, como depois que você coloca em teclado não consegue realizar escolhas porque o mouse não sai do canto superior esquerdo da tela, você tem que ir no menu toda vez qeu tiver uma escolha pra trocar pra clicar novamente pra poder ter o mouse e escolher, saudável eu diria, realmente vale dinheiro, não só isso como, tem um bug na mesma parte que eu tinha perdido um personagem, você não consegue clicar em um alvo com um mouse a menos que se esforce muito, meu mousepad é enorme eu tenho que passar meu mouse 3 vezes completo num mousepad enorme com um mouse de 1800 dpi pra conseguir acertar o alvo faltando 1 milesimo, enquanto literalmente todos os outros alvos do jogo estavam em sensibiblidade normal, e nada muda isso, não adianta trocar pra clicar nem nada, essa parte simplesmente acaba com a sensibbilidade do mouse e ´´e a beira do impossível eu fiquei literalmente 2 horas pra passar dessa parte pelo erro deles, é isso, se você quiser jogar ainda depois disso no pc sem saber se arrumaram, não pode reclamar se tiver esse problema.… Expand
  14. HymGreen
    Nov 4, 2020
    0
    спасибо, в отличии от "медана" это игра не удалась полностью начиная абсурдностью диалогов заканчивая грандиозным финалом. ждал игру после прохождения медана, больше не жду игр от ваших студий пожалуйста не выпускайте 3 частьспасибо, в отличии от "медана" это игра не удалась полностью начиная абсурдностью диалогов заканчивая грандиозным финалом. ждал игру после прохождения медана, больше не жду игр от ваших студий пожалуйста не выпускайте 3 часть
  15. Zapp_Brannigan
    Nov 2, 2020
    1
    **** game, **** story "subvert expectations" game of thrones season finale kind of ****
  16. porcelainbrown
    Nov 1, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ''Little Hope'', psychological horror at its finest, is Supermassive's best effort yet. The mysteries, unanswered questions and never-ending scares will keep you on the edge of your seat throughout. Piece by piece you puzzle the story together, but there's always that feeling of uncertainty. ''Am I right? No... it must be this other theory. Or not? Let's take another look at my clues.'' You quickly become attached to every single one of the characters, as truly unpleasant as they start off, and when they meet their demise at the hands of their own demon you simply feel bad. Until the very end. That big plot twist. The adventure of ''Little Hope'' is nothing more but a PTSD-driven schizophrenic episode of Anthony, who heavily struggles to deal with the deaths of his entire family at the start of the game. It's easy to brush it off as a farce, as a moment where you think to yourself ''Oh, but none of my choices mattered? None of these deaths mattered?'' until you truly look back on the story and how it all ties together. Because it's so much bigger than that, there's so much more to it. Yes, the family was dead from the very start. But it's a greater story about battling inner demons, Anthony's demons. The witch trials? Nothing more but Anthony trying to find the right person to blame. Was it his mother? His sister? His dad perhaps? No, they all died innocently. We know Megan did it, but why? The abusive priest finally pushed her over the edge. It makes you feel empty and devastated in the most heartbreaking way, and a story with a purposeful ending does that. And at the same time it makes you think. Are people who do terrible things, because terrible things have been done to them, victims or villains? Little Hope is a big success in every aspect imaginable by making you question every single thing you have witnessed and done. It's more than just a scary slasher game with monsters and jumpscares for you to play on Halloween eve (with all respect to Until Dawn). It's social commentary filled with gutting emotion. A big step-up from the slightly underwhelming predecessor Man of Medan and it makes me beyond excited for what they come up with next.… Expand
  17. Wulner
    Nov 1, 2020
    10
    The game, as always, amazed me that I liked the graphics, the plot, and in the end the surprise with the ending, I did not even expect. Well done. The game is good as always. Continue in the same way. I look forward to continuing
  18. Pepa
    Nov 3, 2020
    0
    An absolute masterpiece. Game of the year for me. Conclusively I love it. Love for Devs
  19. 80Nat08
    Nov 5, 2020
    5
    Love this types of game and love the intro music .keep them coming
  20. pixelwave
    Nov 6, 2020
    0
    In the series it ranks between Man of Medan and Until Dawn (UD being by far the best). The atmosphere and characters are much better than MoM but the ending / conclusion of the story is a joke. Not related and totally unconvincing ... it could have been a much higher ranking ...
  21. DeathKillerNOR
    Jan 6, 2021
    9
    {GamePlay: World/Level Design, Driving, Combat}
    ☑ 10/10 - Fantastic.
    ☐ 8/10 - Very Good. ☐ 6/10 - Average. ☐ 4/10 - Bad. ☐ 2/10 - Terrible. [The Level Designs are amazing, it feels like you're there. The quick time events were a challenge, but it worked out fine, well except for 2 events during my PlayThrough.] {Narrative: Dialogue ,Cutscene ,Voice Acting} ☑ 10/10 - Fantastic.    {GamePlay: World/Level Design, Driving, Combat}
    ☑ 10/10 - Fantastic.
    ☐ 8/10 - Very Good.
    ☐ 6/10 - Average.
    ☐ 4/10 - Bad.
    ☐ 2/10 - Terrible.
    [The Level Designs are amazing, it feels like you're there.
    The quick time events were a challenge, but it worked out fine, well except for 2 events during my PlayThrough.]

    {Narrative: Dialogue ,Cutscene ,Voice Acting}
    ☑ 10/10 - Fantastic.
    ☐ 8/10 - Very Good.
    ☐ 6/10 - Average.
    ☐ 4/10 - Bad.
    ☐ 2/10 - Terrible.
    [The Dialogue it fantastic, even amusing at times.
    The Voice Acting was perfect throughout the story]

    {Visuals: Graphics, Animations ,Motion Capture}
    ☐ 10/10 - Fantastic.
    ☑ 8/10 - Very Good.
    ☐ 6/10 - Average.
    ☐ 4/10 - Bad.
    ☐ 2/10 - Terrible.
    [The Graphics are fantastic.
    The Animations were on spot.
    The Motion Capture looked fantastic during the cutscenes.]

    {Technical: Bugs, Performance/Optimization}
    ☑ 10/10 - Fantastic.
    ☐ 8/10 - Very Good.
    ☐ 6/10 - Average.
    ☐ 4/10 - Bad.
    ☐ 2/10 - Terrible.
    [Didn't encounter any bugs during my PlayThrough.
    No Performance issues during my PlayThrough.]

    {Story: Plot/Ending}
    ☑ 10/10 - Fantastic.
    ☐ 8/10 - Very Good.
    ☐ 6/10 - Average.
    ☐ 4/10 - Bad.
    ☐ 2/10 - Terrible.
    [The Story was interesting from the start.
    The Ending does have a major plot twist. I did not see that one coming.]

    {Replayability: Replayability ,Game Length}
    ☐ 10/10 - Fantastic.
    ☑ 8/10 - Very Good.
    ☐ 6/10 - Average.
    ☐ 4/10 - Bad. ☐ 2/10 - Terrible. [The Replayability is very good in this game with at least 3 different endings The Game length is respectable around 4 hours as well.] "9/10 – Fantastic. I enthusiastically recommend that you add these games to your to-play list. As it does not hit the amazing score, It is still an extremely good game. I recommend getting this game." ~DeathKillerNOR~ ⚠️ IN MY OPINION ⚠️    … Expand
  22. AlexWoods
    Nov 24, 2020
    1
    Well this "Horror" is so damn stupid.
    Idk Maybe kids will like it, but none of the adult category
  23. Phobeyozos
    Nov 3, 2020
    6
    I’d say Little Hope is a genuinely great step in the right direction for the future of the Anthology and the rest of Supermassive Games’ yet-to-come titles. Though, it’s not without its flaws. I feel a lot of the issues people had with Man of Medan (MoM) had either been poorly dealt with or negatively overcompensated for. (Gameplay mechanics spoilers ahead) One example of this would be theI’d say Little Hope is a genuinely great step in the right direction for the future of the Anthology and the rest of Supermassive Games’ yet-to-come titles. Though, it’s not without its flaws. I feel a lot of the issues people had with Man of Medan (MoM) had either been poorly dealt with or negatively overcompensated for. (Gameplay mechanics spoilers ahead) One example of this would be the new QTE system, in which ample warning and therefore time is given to a player allowing for them to become aware of an upcoming QTE. Although this warning is helpful and aids in the avoidance of the frustration that comes with failing an unknown QTE, this almost completely renders the desired affect a QTE is meant to have, void. Another example is the heartbeat system, first implemented in MoM. It seems in Little Hope the heartbeat moments have been made much less intense and difficult when in comparison to MoM, once again nullifying the purpose of the system and the affect intended, a middle ground needs to be found for these systems.

    The only other real issue I had was that the locations throughout the game all felt indistinguishable from one other, very “samey”. Other than the issues mentioned, I felt like the story and themes presented were overall better than in MoM, the characters in each game are great as well as the world building aspect. In conclusion I’d say Little Hope was the one experimental addition to the anthology and from here on out we should begin to see the best of both worlds (MoM & Little Hope) throughout the rest of the anthology. Definitely worth picking up and giving a play.    … Expand
  24. Egamstdammor
    Nov 6, 2020
    0
    I chose Tailor, and I dosent play over 3 hours, z hate this game, I sit over 3 hours and I doesn't play. Worst game and worst story
  25. Bastion750
    Mar 29, 2021
    10
    Очень хорошо. Лучшее из того, во что я успел сыграть за последние 2 года точно.

    От разработчиков Man of Medan и из серии The Dark Pictures. Все ещё имеются некоторые проблемы с анимацией, но их уже заметно меньше. Хорошая локализация, не прогнувшаяся под толеpaстoв. Отличный, интригующий сюжет, несколько обескураживающая концовка, но все имеет логику. Отлична показана связь событий,    Очень хорошо. Лучшее из того, во что я успел сыграть за последние 2 года точно.

    От разработчиков Man of Medan и из серии The Dark Pictures.

    Все ещё имеются некоторые проблемы с анимацией, но их уже заметно меньше. Хорошая локализация, не прогнувшаяся под толеpaстoв. Отличный, интригующий сюжет, несколько обескураживающая концовка, но все имеет логику. Отлична показана связь событий, происходящих с главным героем.

    Играется свежо, лучше чем у предшественника. Все плюсы Man of Medan, но ещё добавляется немалая их куча.

    Так как релиз был 31 октября 2020, это был неплохой день ужасов)    … Expand
  26. WendyStamps
    Sep 5, 2021
    10
    Awesome thanks for making this game it's a really awesome game dude wow man cool
  27. amishukov
    Oct 31, 2020
    1
    Game is unpayable on ps 4 pro. Always ends up with error. Tried three times. All other games works just fine. The worst part is that you can not skip the cinematics, so we had to wait for half an hour just to see the error message again.
  28. StaIine
    Nov 3, 2020
    2
    Первые же игровые кадры демонстрируют потрясающий идиотизм персонажей-сильные и совершенно безмозглые женщины, совершенно нелогичные диалоги, поступки достойные персонажей психлечебницы или дома престарелых.
  29. ihenai
    Oct 31, 2020
    8
    Better than both Until Dawn and it's predecessor in the Anthology, Man of Medan.

    The series seems to have found it's feet, and for the genre this game did everything well. The facial animations are far superior to the previous games, and I didn't experience any sort of "uncanny valley" feeling as I did with the previous games. Gameplay was mostly similar to Man of Medan, though it    Better than both Until Dawn and it's predecessor in the Anthology, Man of Medan.

    The series seems to have found it's feet, and for the genre this game did everything well.

    The facial animations are far superior to the previous games, and I didn't experience any sort of "uncanny valley" feeling as I did with the previous games.

    Gameplay was mostly similar to Man of Medan, though it seemed less intrusive and didn't impede the flow of the scenes.

    Music was phenomenal in adding to the atmosphere.

    Story was intriguing and was well paced, allowing you to constantly be discovering new things and piecing together the fragments of the story presented to you.    … Expand
  30. devilmuffin
    Nov 1, 2020
    0
    a great game that really shows how the human mind can bend the reality just to cope with things can't deal with.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. CD-Action
    Feb 8, 2021
    65
    I was sure Little Hope will improve significantly upon the first installment in The Dark Pictures series, but the developers opted for the bare minimum. The story is more interesting, the ending is more surprising, and the character cast is better. There are also some technical improvements. Little Hope is decent, but still fails to provide things I expect from a good horror game, like more engaging gameplay, interesting plot twists (Until Dawn!), and a real sense of terror. [13/2020, p.38]
  2. Adventure Gamers
    Nov 30, 2020
    80
    While it doesn’t do anything new and even scales back its pure horror atmosphere, Little Hope greatly impresses in other ways with a more intriguing narrative and incredibly tense – and fun – interactive sequences. If you’re new to Supermassive’s games, this may be the best jumping-in point so far.
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  3. Riot Pixels
    Nov 21, 2020
    70
    Little Hope is a slight improvement over Man of Medan. It’s still not scary at all, but at least it's less annoying than the first game. This time around, Supermassive wrote a better story, used decent camera angles, and purged awkward jokes (dumb "screamers" are still in there, though).
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