The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan

 PC
User Score
6.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 344 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 143 out of 344
  2. Mixed: 134 out of 344
  3. Negative: 67 out of 344

Review this game

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. Liun
    Sep 17, 2019
    1
    Horror game developers will never learn that a cheap jumpscare is not the way to make a game scary. There's so many screaming/scary things that pop up on your screen that it's just annoying, not scary.
    The graphics and gameplay/story is good but the cheap scares just make it another good "horror" game wasted...
  2. nightlovell
    Sep 9, 2019
    1
    Complete **** No animations, no fear, stupid dialogs, very stupid!!! 1/10 verdict
  3. showt
    Dec 9, 2019
    4
    Не знаю уж о какой реиграбельности речь, но я и в первый раз прошел игру еле-еле дотерпев до конца. Надеюсь дальнейшие проекты антологии больше оправдают мои ожидания. Персонажи может и интересные, каждый со своей историей, но ты не успеваешь ни к кому привязаться, это тоже одна из проблем игры.Не знаю уж о какой реиграбельности речь, но я и в первый раз прошел игру еле-еле дотерпев до конца. Надеюсь дальнейшие проекты антологии больше оправдают мои ожидания. Персонажи может и интересные, каждый со своей историей, но ты не успеваешь ни к кому привязаться, это тоже одна из проблем игры.
  4. DylanColino
    Mar 30, 2021
    2
    Un juego decepcionante

    Le tenia mucha fe a este juego, siendo los mismos desarrolladores que Until Dawn, un juego que me encanto la cual hice mi analisis en MetaCritic, esperaba muchisimo de este juego pero me lleve una gran decepcion. Arrancando por lo bueno de este juego y son los graficos, el juego se ve muy muy bien, el nivel de detalle que tienen las texturas son muy buenas.    Un juego decepcionante

    Le tenia mucha fe a este juego, siendo los mismos desarrolladores que Until Dawn, un juego que me encanto la cual hice mi analisis en MetaCritic, esperaba muchisimo de este juego pero me lleve una gran decepcion.

    Arrancando por lo bueno de este juego y son los graficos, el juego se ve muy muy bien, el nivel de detalle que tienen las texturas son muy buenas.

    La musica, esta ok, esta bastante por debajo de la de Until Dawn, una musica muy generica en el ambiente de terror.

    Y ahora es cuando arrancamos con lo malo de este juego, la historia no me gusto para nada, tranquilamente podria haber durado 40 minutos pero no, hay algunas cosas que no tienen sentido y de obligan a tomar decisiones que no van por buen camino o no son muy eticas.

    Las actuaciones, movimientos y desarrollo de los dialogos son muy muy pobres, carecen de expresiones faciales los personajes.

    Algo que destaca de este juego es el modo cooperativo, donde podes jugar con un amigo por internet o localmente hasta 5 jugadores, la idea es genial pero no funciona; intente jugar con mi amigo por internet y tuvimos muchisimos problemas con los servidores, cada 15 minutos se cortaban, y esta funcion hace que cada jugador tenga una perspectiva distinta del videojuego, ya que no puedo ver lo que esta haciendo mi amigo. Y todo esto te obliga a jugarlo en solitario.

    Otros problemas que tuve fueron los subtitulos, yo lo jugue en ingles con subtitulos en español, y duran muy poco tiempo obligando a leerlo super rapido sin prestarle mucha atencion, e inclusive se trababa el subtitulo y no pasaba al siguiente, ademas de subtitulos que no aparecen. Otro problema son las cinematicas que se me cortaban a cada rato o cinematicas mezcladas sin sentido alguno.

    Otro problema fue la jugabilidad, es decir, hay momentos donde tenes que apretar alguna tecla especifica en un periodo de tiempo super super corto, lo cual para mi fue imposible, esto te obiga a tener bien sujeto el joystick y estando atento para el momento en que te toque apretar una tecla.

    Los controles no funcionan bien, yo lo jugue con joystick y cuando arrancaba el juego parecia que empezaba a jugar con teclado, la solucion es pausar el juego y reanudarlo.

    Una cosa que no me gusto es que se perdieran las funciones del Dualshock 4 que tenia el Until Dawn, reemplazaron la funcion de mantener quieto el joystick por apretar una tecla como si fuera el Guitar Hero, el trackpad ya no funciona.

    En resumen, no lo recomiendo, un juego con muchos problemas tecnicos y con una historia no muy buena.    … Expand
  5. Telegindan
    Aug 29, 2021
    1
    Dead black screen problem after loading saved game turns all that nice first impression to rage against developers who can`t fix this trouble.
  6. barkerdylan17
    Aug 29, 2019
    4
    I played this on PC, as it's my preferred form of gaming. The first line of dialogue made me break out in laughter. Not because of a witty line cleverly written by the creators, no. I laughed my ass off for 3 minutes because of how horrendous the acting, movements, emotes were. The graphics are up-to-par with any large release game like this but the character animations - good God areI played this on PC, as it's my preferred form of gaming. The first line of dialogue made me break out in laughter. Not because of a witty line cleverly written by the creators, no. I laughed my ass off for 3 minutes because of how horrendous the acting, movements, emotes were. The graphics are up-to-par with any large release game like this but the character animations - good God are they absolutely awful. The controls are frustrating, the (supposed to be) cinematic camera movements are choppy. The story is boring. The characters have no personality traits. This game is one hell of an experience. At one point I quite literally tossed my hat across the room and slapped my forehead into the palm of my hand due to how frustrating this piece of garbage is. Even if this were a regular movie, it would still be trash! The acting, writing, story... It's all so boring and just uninspired. The concept of an interactive horror movie is great, sure, but if I continuously had the urge to browse r/DankMemes during the cut scenes due to boredom, you know it's not good. I wouldn't recommend this to my worst enemy.… Expand
  7. SpacemnSpiff_
    Aug 31, 2019
    0
    Clunky controls, cliched and unoriginal dialogue, you'd be better off buying this for the comedic value of the terrible vocal acting and crappy story. Save your money
  8. CandymanGR
    Sep 5, 2019
    0
    Awful clunky controls, paper thin characters, unoriginal story, bad voice acting, lifeless environments, cutscenes with awful camera angles (because some scenes might be missing depending on choices) making them seem disconnected, QT events are too fast and therefore too easy to make a mistake, in general a bad game. I've finished it once and uninstalled it immediately.
    If you are    Awful clunky controls, paper thin characters, unoriginal story, bad voice acting, lifeless environments, cutscenes with awful camera angles (because some scenes might be missing depending on choices) making them seem disconnected, QT events are too fast and therefore too easy to make a mistake, in general a bad game. I've finished it once and uninstalled it immediately.
    If you are expecting a game at the same quality level as Until Dawn, well.. you are gravely mistaken.    … Expand
  9. nofunaloud
    Aug 29, 2019
    3
    A few hours in and an original idea has yet to present itself. Cliche, trite, and unoriginal.
  10. asifaow
    Aug 30, 2019
    1
    Very bad game honestly. Dont play co-op. Dialogues gonna be very bad. 3 hours of gameplay. Graphic its not good not bad. Story is better in Metin2 than Rambo Video Game. Dont buy it. Better go play again UNTIL DAWN then Heavy Rain not this.
  11. Crazybean
    Sep 1, 2019
    1
    This may very well be the worst game I've ever played.

    I played this game with some friends on the Movie Night mode. This led to extremely long stretches of just waiting around so you can play your character, especially with this game pushing its multiplayer modes as much as it does. The games only horror coming from this horror game is from it's overabundance of low quality jump scares.    This may very well be the worst game I've ever played.

    I played this game with some friends on the Movie Night mode. This led to extremely long stretches of just waiting around so you can play your character, especially with this game pushing its multiplayer modes as much as it does. The games only horror coming from this horror game is from it's overabundance of low quality jump scares.
    Also, if your character dies close to the beginning, you're out of luck and just have to sit back for the rest of the game. The game itself, while having massive, lengthy parts where you'll be doing nothing is extremely short and ends after not much really happening.
    The story is short, with no real twists, revelations, or really any memorable moments.    … Expand
  12. zNeverSleeping
    Sep 18, 2019
    1
    Pior jogo de 2019 até agora.

    Alguem pode me explicar o que eu acabei de jogar? Aqui temos um jogo cujo a posposta principal é sua historia, sua narrativa, com um foco no terror. Até ai, tudo bem. O problema é que ele falha em tudo que propoe. Primeiro: A gameplay é chata e desinteressante. O jogo falha drasticamente em apresentar um feeling de terror; os personagens são muito    Pior jogo de 2019 até agora.

    Alguem pode me explicar o que eu acabei de jogar? Aqui temos um jogo cujo a posposta principal é sua historia, sua narrativa, com um foco no terror. Até ai, tudo bem. O problema é que ele falha em tudo que propoe.

    Primeiro: A gameplay é chata e desinteressante. O jogo falha drasticamente em apresentar um feeling de terror; os personagens são muito inespressivos e irracionais - tão cliche..., o que faz com que todo o perigo de morte apresentado seja inutil, pois ningue liga se um personagem ou outro morrer, e isso implica para o proximo ponto.

    Alguem explica para os desenvolvedores que aqueles jumpscares são totalmente mal construidos e não funcionam?!
    Serio, errra é humano, mas eles investiram tanto nisso que passou do nivel de burrice.
    Para que um jumpscare seja bem feito, precisamos de um feeling de terror já proposto a um tempo. Ele não pode ser previsivel, muito menos inutil. Aqui, nesse jogo, temos jumpscares de tudo. Desde uma tubulação ou rato a até mesmo o rosto da pessoa tomando susto.
    A historia não convençe, muito menos os marinheiros sequestradores ou ous proprios "refens" controlaveis e suas atitudes estupidas.

    O jogo é mal otimizado, pesando muito no processador. Os graficos são aceitaveis, mas nada demais.    … Expand
  13. anarmus
    May 9, 2020
    2
    Сюжет просто дно дна. Я сюжет поинтереснее за 3 дня напишу.
  14. AllNewSuperfake
    Sep 9, 2019
    3
    If you are the type of person that easily gets distracted by plot holes, logical fallacies and typical cinematic goofs, you should wait for a sale.

    If you are the type of person that hates unresponsive controls, invisible barriers, as well as effective, but also very convenient camera restrictions, you should wait for a sale. If you are the type of person that laughs and/or gets    If you are the type of person that easily gets distracted by plot holes, logical fallacies and typical cinematic goofs, you should wait for a sale.

    If you are the type of person that hates unresponsive controls, invisible barriers, as well as effective, but also very convenient camera restrictions, you should wait for a sale.

    If you are the type of person that laughs and/or gets annoyed because of jump scares and they don't translate into horror for you, you should wait for a sale and than wait for the sale after that one.

    If you sneer at the "stiff neck" school of facial animations and bad lip synch, wait for a sale.

    If you are impatient and get easily bored by oh so slowly crossing the same set of corridors over and over again while keeping in mind that the game is praised for it's replay value, which means that you will have to replay all of that to experience said replay value, wait for a sale, wait for the next sale, forget the game, get it accindentally in some bundle and never play it.

    If you are more than one of the aforementioned types of players, watch some screaming youtuber to take the last bit of fun out of it if you still feel the itch to get this one. It's a waste of your time, your money, and the talent of most people who were involved into making this. Most of the indiviual parts - graphics, voice acting, sound etc - are quite good, they just don't add up to a good game.

    For me it has been a reminder that movies and games just don't mix well. See pretty much every game made out of a movie and every movie made out of a game. There are too many developers who would rather be directors, but for some reason ended up making games.

    The occasional seconds of interaction and choice are worn down by long minutes of watching cutscenes and having no control or choice whatsoever. You can't explore anything except for jumpscares, and it's almost impossible to not collect all the "secrets" since you have no real freedom of movement, nothing is really hidden, and on top of that every point of interest blinks and shows you an immersion breaking icon. To top it off the story will regularly be interrupted in well-made, but completely unnecessary scenes where the narrator takes over, following traditions that you either liked in similar tv formats or will hate just as much in this game.

    You feel restricted and directed in all the wrong ways and all the wrong situations. My favorite is the reminder to press "W" whenever you haven't moved for two seconds, since you found something interesting enough to look at it. Not only that the "game" can't stand you having a mind of your own, in 80 % of those cases "W" will direct you against a wall. While all the relationship changes and "bearings"(choices that will change the course of the story) sound interesting enough in theory, the thought of having to replay this really does not.    … Expand
  15. FromTheBonfire
    May 31, 2020
    1
    I wish we would have something positive to say about this title but... we can't just fin anything... Funny AF that's true.
  16. wizard12641
    Dec 31, 2020
    3
    Acting is so terrible I couldn't bear it so I stopped playing the game. I am not even talking about voice acting...
  17. SahilKChandio
    Aug 29, 2019
    1
    TL;DR: Trash game, not one bit worth the price. Has only 3-4 hours of playtime at best. Do not play this but another game like control for the same price which is actually great! This game has no horror neither atmospheric nor jumpscares. Its just a cash grab.

    This game I am gonna say straight off the bat is plain trash. Let me make something clear first I like these types of games a    TL;DR: Trash game, not one bit worth the price. Has only 3-4 hours of playtime at best. Do not play this but another game like control for the same price which is actually great! This game has no horror neither atmospheric nor jumpscares. Its just a cash grab.

    This game I am gonna say straight off the bat is plain trash. Let me make something clear first I like these types of games a lot I mean the choice based games, visual novels and stuff. They are like my 10th favorite genre in gaming, This game is like not good at all it has trash story with no suspense. They say that this game is horror trust me there is not a single jumpscare and not a single moment where you'll feel scared! This game is nothing but a **** cash grab to state the very least. The characters are plain **** and are not interesting the relationship bar like the one in until dawn is trash here you make one choice and it is good for the rest of the game. It is a trash experience I'm giving it a 1/10 I gave 1 because the visuals are decent. Stay away from this game DO NOT BUY. WASTE OF MONEY.    … Expand
  18. Firion
    Sep 1, 2019
    0
    I can't even start the damn game... Game will freeze upon starting a new game and I have to kill the task via taskmanager. Maybe I will give it a few patches time and will try again
  19. justinx
    Oct 23, 2022
    4
    No Polish subtitles, disappointing. No Polish subtitles, disappointing. No Polish subtitles, disappointing. No Polish subtitles, disappointing. No Polish subtitles, disappointing. No Polish subtitles, disappointing. No Polish subtitles, disappointing. No Polish subtitles, disappointing.
  20. Sepherim
    Jul 3, 2023
    4
    Man of Medan se queda ahí a mediocamino entre estar bien y estar flojo. Uno de los principales problemas es la historia, que en ciertos sentidos es muy genérica y, sobretodo, está llena de personajes que son muy meh, de modo que es difícil que te importen lo suficiente como para crear un fuerte vínculo emocional con ellos y su supervivencia. Que el juego sea muy corto (4 horas porMan of Medan se queda ahí a mediocamino entre estar bien y estar flojo. Uno de los principales problemas es la historia, que en ciertos sentidos es muy genérica y, sobretodo, está llena de personajes que son muy meh, de modo que es difícil que te importen lo suficiente como para crear un fuerte vínculo emocional con ellos y su supervivencia. Que el juego sea muy corto (4 horas por playthrough) contribuye a ello, ya que no da realmente tiempo a conectar con ellos y nos importen. La cámara estática entiendo que se usa para buscar encuadres atractivos, pero unida a unos controles cuestionables, acaba haciendo la experiencia bastante más incómoda de lo necesario. Y en cuanto al miedo, el juego usa y abusa las imágenes rápidas y grotescas para buscar el susto fácil sin realmente trabajar bien la tensión dramática, de modo que a mi no me afectó lo más mínimo.

    Gráficamente el juego cumple con unos cuantos peros: algunas animaciones faciales son un poco raras y, por dónde ocurre la historia, el entorno es visualmente muy cansado por repetitivo. El sonido está bastante bien, no hay quejas ahí. Y no encontré demasiados bugs, pero si tiene algunos pese a los años desde que ha salido.

    El resultado de todo es que Man of Medan no es un juego terrible, pero tampoco es uno bueno. Un 4,5.    … Expand
  21. vova22379
    Aug 28, 2022
    3
    ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  22. getaf
    Mar 4, 2022
    0
    Insincere characters that you don't believe! In one of the endings, one of the characters did not even react in any way to the bloody death of her boyfriend. Many bugs and bad face animations.

Awards & Rankings

43
#43 Most Discussed PC Game of 2019
100
#100 Most Shared PC Game of 2019

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 23
  3. Negative: 1 out of 23
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Oct 11, 2019
    80
    Despite completely original story, Man of Medan feels more like an Until Dawn expansion pack than game of its own. It also is noticeably shorter and less varied, although still fun to play. [Issue#240, p.32]
  2. PLAY! Zine
    Oct 8, 2019
    80
    Man of Medan is the first entry in what should be a series of horror games based on urban legends in the Dark Pictures Anthology. It combines all the classic elements from choice and consequence adventures and puts them into an uneasy environment, where nobody of the main characters is safe. It has flaws in the terms of camera and exploration features, but it can be a very solid beginning to something new in the horror gaming genre.
    Read full review
  3. Adventure Gamers
    Sep 20, 2019
    80
    While predictably light on actual gameplay, Supermassive’s kick-off to their Dark Pictures Anthology is a welcome return to form that ticks all the right boxes for a scarily good time. Whether alone or with friends, raise the sails and weigh anchor aboard Man of Medan’s ghost ship if you dare.
    Read full review
See all critic reviews »