The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
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  1. IGN Portugal
    Oct 26, 2021
    70
    The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes has come to revolutionize the series with the gifts their predecessors gave them. Not only does it fill in the imperative requirements for a good horror game, it spreads the implicit message that it's only in reach of the bravest to conquer fear, in authentic tests of pressure and choices. In a scenario completely obscure, where you can see nothing but feel everything, the decisions must be made and the course of history changed... forever. House of Ashes is, without a doubt, the best game of the series so far.
  2. Metro GameCentral
    Oct 21, 2021
    70
    Easily the best of the Dark Pictures Anthology series, which finally manages to serve up some interesting characters and effective horror scenes, with an appealingly gothic atmosphere.
  3. Hardcore Gamer
    Oct 21, 2021
    70
    The Dark Pictures Anthology still needs to iron out a few things before it can produce a truly classic entry, but thanks to a strong and fun story with a lot of twists, welcome difficulty options and stronger choice-based gameplay, House of Ashes shows the series is still striving to make notable improvements when it comes to crafting scary and entertaining tales.
  5. Games.cz
    Nov 30, 2021
    60
    Supermassive Games don’t know where to go. They made some changes trying to find their lost recipe for success but that cannot save the weak scares and unlikeable characters.
  6. Cultured Vultures
    Oct 21, 2021
    60
    If you enjoyed the first two games, there is some fun to be had in House of Ashes, but glitches, a predictable story structure and some boring jump scares holds it back from being a truly worthy sequel.

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 162 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 124 out of 162
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 162
  3. Negative: 19 out of 162
  1. wesker2012
    Oct 24, 2021
    6
    I was looking forward to this game but ultimately overall, I felt it was a disappointing experience. I just felt the horror adventure wasn'tI was looking forward to this game but ultimately overall, I felt it was a disappointing experience. I just felt the horror adventure wasn't that interesting in the end and the characters were kind of annoying and uninteresting. Just when the game was getting more interesting, it ended. This is the game that you are supposed to play more than once but I just don't feel any motivation to play again. It would be nice if they changed some of the gameplay mechanics up as it feels like it's getting repetitive since they are the same in each anthology game. Also, most of the setting was very dark and not very interesting. I'm not sure if I would play another anthology game after this.… Full Review »
  2. Darkpictures8
    Jun 17, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. Amazing characters and lots and lots of Branching paths you can choose from… Full Review »
  3. Romanktl
    Dec 25, 2021
    10
    Хорошая игра , очень хорошо проработан сюжет , множество концовок , завораживающе прохождение.Хорошая игра , очень хорошо проработан сюжет , множество концовок , завораживающе прохождение.
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