The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan

1. Sl3v1n

   Aug 30, 2019

   10

   Great horror game! It’s like a choose your own adventure book on acid. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes horror/suspense.

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2. KoverSamolet

   Oct 28, 2022

   8

   Do sincerely suggest.
   I very much enjoyed Until Dawn, even more i did with Detroit: Become Human. Then i got to Man of Medan. I just wish theDo sincerely suggest.
   I very much enjoyed Until Dawn, even more i did with Detroit: Become Human. Then i got to Man of Medan. I just wish the game would be a few more hours longer, it finishes too fast in my opinion. Also it felt easier than Until Dawn - wish it was more challenging gameplay wise - it felt like input windows were longer here.
   Nevertheless I had really great time playing, living through Man of medan. Mindgame was great, but once again, when it felt like everything just has started spinning suddenly you see credits - it is shorter than Until Dawn. Will def see further into this anthology.… Expand

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4. MahdIGH

   Aug 30, 2019

   7

   Some times high graphics and showing details is not enough to make a good game. Yes, things have changed. Maybe some years ago when a companySome times high graphics and showing details is not enough to make a good game. Yes, things have changed. Maybe some years ago when a company made a high-detailed game, we would appreciate them but now not only should it be high-detailed, but also the game should have a good story. Supermassive changed sth after until dawn. They changed the way of storytelling and making horrifying jump scares. But now we are experiencing Man of Medan. An anthology game. I've never seen an anthology game before, but we should see how were Supermassive successful in performing that. Man of Medan is a good start for The dark pictures and people can buy the next part of the Dark Pictures with confidence. Maybe one of the most important point in horror movies and games is inducing the sense of fear. Players should never know when will they be scared or how. For example, Silent Hill is one of the most successful horror games because it changed the meaning of horror. I don't expect the creators to invent sth new but at least I want sth scary from them. Sth that I would dream when I fall asleep, but they couldn’t scare me like past horror games even Until Dawn.
   Maybe you heard sth about butterfly effect or sth like this. They perform this mechanism as well as until dawn. Every decision can change the way of story-telling or even death of a character.
   In every horror movies or games or even story-based games, the quality of the voices, sounds of the environment or even the sound of the wind is so important. Besides, these games should have great graphics and Supermassive was successful in it but we can see some frame drops and a few technical problems and sometimes the problems can prevent from experiencing a scary scene. One of the weaknesses of Until Dawn was the story. Its ending was predictable and Man of Medan is too. We can't see any surprises after act 3 and it's a very bad weakness for a story-based game.
   Some times the position of the camera can make you feel like watching a horror movie but sometimes It really bothers you because in some places it's difficult to control the characters well.
   The design of the jump scares is really really really good. The game is based on jump scares just like until dawn but they performed it better than until dawn. It's that scary that you will shout for seconds.
   Maybe the game will be a bit boring for some player because players should just press buttons, read notes and books, watch cutscenes, interact with some items and make some decisions, but the combination of all of these make a good adventure game. It doesn't mean that you can press buttons comfortably without thinking. Pressing buttons is one of the most intelligent parts of the game. You may ask why. In some adventure games, players will be bored so they will lose an important decision or even a cutscene. But in Man of Medan every scene attracts you.
   The delusion of making decisions. In some games like telltale's games, you should make some decisions but they really don't change the ending or the way of storytelling and they just change some details in the story. But now I can see that Man of Medan is different if you press a wrong button, you will see a different story with a different ending.
   The story was finished where it had to because if the creators had continued the story, they would have finished the story badly
   Man of Medan is 30 dollar game with 5 to 6 hours gameplay and it has good
   Co-op. In some cases like the graphic and the design of the jump scares, the game is better than Until Dawn but in the way of storytelling and characterizations the game is a bit weaker.
   Overall, Man of Medan is a game for horror games fan and even adventure games fan and they can experience a good game but they shouldn't expect that they will certainly be scared.… Expand

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5. Dandan2212

   Dec 13, 2020

   6

   jogabilidade simples,Enredo fraco, um jogo divertido em alguns momento sustos inteligentes.sem mais

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6. mathieuP

   Jun 26, 2020

   5

   Tres beau visuellement mais pas très bien optimisé du coup ça rame un peut sur console.
   Histoire correcte bien qu'un peut clichée

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7. berkae

   Mar 18, 2020

   3

   I was really hyped for the game before it was released and I got it during the premiere. Unfortunately after one couch-play I was soI was really hyped for the game before it was released and I got it during the premiere. Unfortunately after one couch-play I was so disappointed I left the game somewhere in my PS4 library for quite some time.
   After about half a year later I gave it a try and I finished it twice - solo and on Curator's mode and all I can say it's extremely decent game in all of it's aspects.
   I was playing on my PS4 Slim, and the game crashed at least twice during one walkthrough. The graphics was loading during the cutscenes, so the whole visual experience was gone. The game is also really dark, and sometimes I had trouble to find the right way (or maybe it's because the handling is terrible here). The ocean view was just a disaster, because I never had the whole assets loaded in time, so it looked like a bad 2005 game.
   The story is not scary at all and it's not so interesting, although the Medan theme was good (and ship part is quite ok). I wasn't felt anything more than boredom during walkthrough, because even the jump scares were predictable. There's also a problem with choices, how everything is connected and why if I chose one option it led me to something so not connected that in some point I wasn't even trying to think as a character and I was just picking heart (1st play) or brain (2nd play) options just for a trophy, because whatever - it doesn't make sense! But there's another thing that was so irritating - the game is slow and short. The first part where you meet your characters takes ages to get through, and when you are on Medan it's about an 1 hour of gameplay! And you can finish the game in like 4 hours!
   I had decent fun playing Until Dawn (the characters were annoying, but that was part of a theme I suppose), so I wasn't expecting much from a characters here, but they were enjoyable. OFC some of the relations were awkward or annoying, and the Junior character was so bad I never tried to rescue him at all, but hey - we all know someone like Junior irl.
   
   + Theme
   + The Medan part is quite enjoyable
   + Co-op option
   
   - Choices
   - Glitches, bugs, errors, crashes and really bad optimization
   - It's boring at the beginning and somehow in the middle
   - Really short
   - Handling is terrible!
   
   Do I recommend this game? Well, as a couch co-op if you can't predict the jumpscares and it's on a big discount - well, sure. Other than that, not really.… Expand

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8. nunosergiopais1

   Feb 12, 2021

   0

   actually shawn ashmore is a good actor but this game is not good for me this time this game is not good for anything ......... history is notactually shawn ashmore is a good actor but this game is not good for me this time this game is not good for anything ......... history is not linear and meaningless phrases that makes killing great characters for it… Expand

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