The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope

 PlayStation 4
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6.8

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  2. Mixed: 94 out of 336
  3. Negative: 72 out of 336
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  1. John_Salchichon
    Feb 3, 2021
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. From somebody who unironically loved Man of Medan and also adores Until Dawn this game was a huge letdown. Not only for the twist that ruins any kind of replayability since nothing really matters and is extremely linear but all the characters suck. Daniel and Andrew are devoid of any personality, Taylor is annoying from beginning to end and is needlessly difficult for most of the game always trying to argue over anything. John and Angela are basically the only two I gave a rat's ass about since they were fun characters. Angela with her snarky comments but badass attitude by the endgame and John development from a scared old asthmatic man to a badass person who tries his best to help people (depending on your choices he can literally save every other character except Andrew). The plot was somewhat intriguing until the twist happens completely nullifying the experience since they basically do the same twist from the previous game but MUCH worse. Technically speaking this is a much better produced the game, movements are fluid and it's a bit more action packed than Medan but it just takes to much time to get started and first two hours are a bit of a bore (mostly due to Daniel and Taylors side of the story which is very boring if you don't really care about them). Overall it's fine I guess but the twist and the 3 of the 5 characters really makes me just not give this game anything higher than a 6. I also forgot all characters basically live or die by ONE decision you make in the whole game. Yeah, this game is really bad compared to Medan, Hope the next one is much better cause this one was not really worth it.… Expand
  2. StaryKierowca
    Feb 14, 2021
    4
    我在玩这款游戏时，曾两次遇到了存档损坏的问题，幸好在第二次进入游戏后，选择从中间开始就没问题了。

    优点：
    -烧脑的剧情

    缺点：
    -存档损坏
    -重复的QTE
    -重复的恐怖元素
    -与前几作相同的游戏机制
  3. WashedPotatoes
    Jul 11, 2022
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. significant step up from man of medan. graphics are just as good but the facial recognition is a lot better. plot isn’t great but it’s decent and interesting enough to keep your attention, but i love the actual concept of the story and think it’s executed pretty well. the twist is a bit silly but also neat at the same time. one play-through is only about 4 hours, but i enjoyed that time significantly more than man of medan… Expand
  4. Hamzavbgc
    Feb 20, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
  5. Ray6701
    Sep 3, 2021
    10
    Super awesome story loads of action and jumpscares and everything but it is so awesome
  6. Peterian1201
    Dec 5, 2021
    0
    Played half of the game. Disconnected from playing and lost all saves. Don't buy this GARBAGE. TRUST ME!!!!!!
  7. Heio
    Sep 7, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. História muito boa no decorrer, mas o plot twist completamente forçado jogou toda a trama cheia de possibilidades no lixo, terrivel, fez parecer que tudo que jogamos foi atoa, no mínimo esquecível, nunca mais irei consumir algo dessa franquia, o proximo jogo deles que vai lançar com certeza é uma merda igual… Expand
  8. Rancho07
    Oct 16, 2022
    7
    corto, pero entretenido, los quick time events son en ocasiones frustrantes pero te mantendran al filo del sillon, una buena experiencia para un fin de semana.
  9. WendyStamps
    Sep 3, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its been an amazing experience for me and there should be a sequel and it's great… Expand
  10. fbrank
    Oct 9, 2021
    0
    what an absolute mess.

    keep in mind, this is for the co-op mode in which each player controls one character and you pass the controller around on PS4. my friends and i played this mode in Man of Medan and we had a good time. we played through more than once, and it was decently fun and did it with different people. it was enjoyable. we were excited enough for Little Hope after Man of    what an absolute mess.

    keep in mind, this is for the co-op mode in which each player controls one character and you pass the controller around on PS4. my friends and i played this mode in Man of Medan and we had a good time. we played through more than once, and it was decently fun and did it with different people. it was enjoyable.

    we were excited enough for Little Hope after Man of Medan and man. this was bad. this was a bad experience. this may have been the least interesting, most frustrating experience i've ever had in games. honestly. **** this game.

    the characters, from the outset, are awful, uninteresting, horrible people. them being bad people isn't necessarily anything that could ruin something-- hell, i do love plenty of things in media where the cast is made up of genuinely bad people-- but at least make them interesting. dad's a drunk, mom's mad, little kid's angry, teens are **** whatever. the story is bland. it's all a lot of whatever.

    i could look past the blandness of the world and its people if the gameplay was worth a god damn thing but my god, not even at all. when you have a game that you have given a co-op mode in which people are meant to play characters and make decisions to further a story, a necessary thing to do in that game is give every character something to do. everyone should have some point to the story. everyone playing should have some time with the controller to either advance or **** the story up for themselves or others. Man of Medan did this, and nobody felt left out even if someone else ruined their day and got them killed halfway through. Little Hope falls flat on its face. two of us were left with minimal time with the game, while one or two people in our group had the lion's share of the playtime. i, personally, did absolutely nothing. my involvement in the playthrough was some walking and maybe 10 decisions, if that. meanwhile, other people spent an hour or two with the controller in their hand, possibly at one time.

    this is extremely bad planning, and extremely bad writing. what's the point of the co-op if you can't make the cast involved? and it isn't even an issue of me making decisions that shortened my playtime, it was an issue of me getting my hands on the controller and having my entire turn be walking down a road and answering an inconsequential decision, and then passing off to the main protagonist who essentially takes up the entire runtime leaving everyone else scrounging for moments of playtime.

    when that playtime comes, as well, there really isn't much at all to do. the game suffers from the exact same thing every game like this suffers from: by making an interactive movie, these studios are simplifying anything resembling "playing a video game" down to simply just quick-time events, mashing a button once in a while, sliding a stick left or right to answer something, and basic, basic, BASIC character movement in a linear, straight line. oh and sometimes you look at a postcard. enthralling. this is barely a video game.

    it's one hell of a fall from the last title where it was kind of fun with a group. this left a bad taste in every single one of our mouths, including the one person who essentially played the whole damn game. the trailer for the next title drops at the end of this one, and it's out this month, and i don't think there's anything i want to play less after this experience than another Dark Pictures Anthology game. i can't imagine being excited for another one of these. boy, can't wait to slog through another bad movie where i hit X sometimes!

    this could've been an interactive Netflix thing like they've been doing and it would not have felt an ounce ****ing different.

    it's bad.    … Expand
  11. LouisJ
    Jul 31, 2022
    9
    Little Hope iis my favorite dark pictures game. That’s b the subject matter is interesting , witches and witch trials. I am less compelled by old navy guys. Also the gameplay in this was a lot less frustrating than the ghost ship ib man ofv maden.
  12. Gosticouilles
    Oct 15, 2022
    8
    My favorite title from the series so far. Great story, good caracters, great graphics and really scary. Way better than Man of Medan(6/10), better than House of Ashe(7/10). Great game for 10-20$.
  13. awar_7
    Dec 20, 2021
    5
    Juego que me gusta asimilar a la típica película de sobremesa de un domingo por la tarde: empiezas a verla, te la terminas y te vas a otra cosa. Creo que esta saga va a menos en cada nueva entrega y me parece una lástima, ya que es un género que me gusta, pero la tendencia de incluir personajes repelentes e historias tan "malas" hacen que acabes terminándote el juego entre bostezos.
  14. DangerDave1409
    Nov 9, 2022
    7
    Played it back to back to Man of Medan. While Medan was new, this part is a more Story driven and most important scary bit for me personally. Still a lot of bugs and annoying stuff. German voice acting is horrible :)
  15. NoSaved
    Dec 31, 2021
    0
    É o pior final possível para um jogo, e só 5 horas de jogo. A jogabilidade é horrível e a história é um lixo. De alguma forma, o primeiro jogo que essa empresa desenvolveu humilha o little poha
  16. alirezaporshe
    Apr 14, 2022
    10
    i personally love the whole The Dark pictures Anthology series and im dying to play next of the series The Devil in me and also the quarry/
    i played this game on PS5 / after Man of medan and before house of ashes(aint played that yet)
    the story IS MUUUCHHHH better than man of medan.its amazing its so scary and its fun. i love the STORY. the graphics is better than man of medan the animes    i personally love the whole The Dark pictures Anthology series and im dying to play next of the series The Devil in me and also the quarry/
    i played this game on PS5 / after Man of medan and before house of ashes(aint played that yet)
    the story IS MUUUCHHHH better than man of medan.its amazing its so scary and its fun. i love the STORY. the graphics is better than man of medan the animes and the designs are better.
    story telling and gameplay is as same as other games.
    i strongly suggest you to buy this game if you like more to interact with the story and have fun for about 5 hours alone or with your friends. but if your seeking for a hardcore gameplay and challenging qte and bossfights and..... dont pay a penny on this    … Expand
  17. Madbert
    Jul 9, 2022
    9
    Oct 30, 2020

    Lo he disfrutado muchísimo. Es un juego donde lo más importante es la historia y me ha encantado la historia. He logrado salvar a todos los personajes por primera vez lo cual es un logro. No le doy el 10 porque el juego tiene un bug por el que se me corrompió una partida guardada de 3 horas y tuve que volver a empezar de 0 ya que crasheó justo cuando estaba guardando y    Oct 30, 2020

    Lo he disfrutado muchísimo. Es un juego donde lo más importante es la historia y me ha encantado la historia. He logrado salvar a todos los personajes por primera vez lo cual es un logro. No le doy el 10 porque el juego tiene un bug por el que se me corrompió una partida guardada de 3 horas y tuve que volver a empezar de 0 ya que crasheó justo cuando estaba guardando y leyendo en foros es bastante común, estas coas deberían mirarlas mucho mas, son muy frustrantes    … Expand
  18. BLACKnPROUD
    Jan 3, 2023
    5
    I love Supermassive's games, but this one, for me, is very forgettable due to the fact that the story was made to feel very unimportant based on the ending, and the actions of the characters during the game seemed very strange at times to the point that it ruined the immersion for myself.
  19. MaxieZeus
    Mar 25, 2023
    3
    Slightly better than first but still bad at every aspect and the twist is extremely lazy.
  20. jirny
    Nov 6, 2022
    7
    Как для класса хорроров эта игра слабовато нагнетала - саспенса как такого нет. Весь адреналин исключительно связан с несколькими скримерами
  21. Brutaldave
    Oct 16, 2022
    7
    Not a bad game but alot is left to be desired. Graphics are good for the most part, the game is easy on the eyes. Controls are good. The story is pretty sub par, you can definitely find worse but if your looking for some depth or real character you probably won't find it here. One of the large problems is in a game about choices, the game has tendency to push you in whatever direction itNot a bad game but alot is left to be desired. Graphics are good for the most part, the game is easy on the eyes. Controls are good. The story is pretty sub par, you can definitely find worse but if your looking for some depth or real character you probably won't find it here. One of the large problems is in a game about choices, the game has tendency to push you in whatever direction it wants you to go regardless of your choices. Thus rendering some choices weightless, your choices merely annoyed another character or made another character your friend but didn't change the story path.… Expand
  22. EKYR
    Jul 13, 2023
    2
    little hope is really average with meh scenes and EXTREMELY slow walking. Controls are clunky and laughably funny to use, doesnt feel like you are controlling a modern game when playing it. The characters walk in the slowest way i have ever seen in a video game, they are literally not human they walk like they are 500kg. Played this with a friend in co op mode and the game's reliance onlittle hope is really average with meh scenes and EXTREMELY slow walking. Controls are clunky and laughably funny to use, doesnt feel like you are controlling a modern game when playing it. The characters walk in the slowest way i have ever seen in a video game, they are literally not human they walk like they are 500kg. Played this with a friend in co op mode and the game's reliance on quick time events and cutscenes really started to piss us off. The jumpscares felt like they were just ways to keep us awake while we were playing the game because most of the time it was really just watching cutscenes, walking around, and pressing circle or triangle at the right second. THAT IS NOT GAMEPLAY. The story was also massively convoluted and after playing for quite awhile i still do not understand who the main character is and what is their objective. It was funny at times when my friend was really excited to kill an enemy and we were both hyped to see him take that shot, but he ended up exploding one of the main characters' heads as a plot twist. Play when drunk with friends over at your house because you wont remember anything from the game anyways.… Expand
  23. jter
    Nov 22, 2022
    6
    it's an average game not much to praise about but still decent game for about a day or two
  24. Krazerack
    Feb 7, 2023
    3
    Nicht interessant
    keine auswirkungen
    man macht nix und alle leben.
    mega langweilig.
  25. Manx2K
    Jan 11, 2023
    9
    Little Hope is great and in my opinion the second best episode after The Devil in me
  26. EstebanRLS
    Feb 7, 2023
    4
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 68 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 68
  2. Mixed: 28 out of 68
  3. Negative: 2 out of 68
  1. Het Nieuwsblad
    Jan 12, 2021
    80
    What distinguishes Little hope from horror movies is that you don’t get to be annoyed about clichés or numerous bad decisions by its characters. No it is not a good idea to wander off alone when a killer is on the loose, nor should you explore that creepy basement by yourself. Yet, in this game, only one person is responsible for his bad judgement: you.
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  2. Gaming Nexus
    Jan 12, 2021
    85
    Little Hope is a return to form for Supermassive Games. After the somewhat slow and dry Man of Medan, Little Hope arrives with a narrative audacity and assured performances that place The Dark Pictures Anthology squarely on the top of the interactive filmic adventure game heap. With a rich, complex, and wickedly surprising narrative, Little Hope is well worth playing, despite some awkward moments and transitions.
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  3. Cubed3
    Jan 8, 2021
    80
    Little Hope is a fantastic horror experience that really shows what Supermassive can do with the Dark Pictures series. Though it's a short experience and it exhibited a crash during review, it's a fantastically crafted thrilling drama with amazing characters who are genuinely fun to interact with. If this kind of game is something that seems interesting, don't pass up on this experience!
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