The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan

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  1. adam_carl
    Oct 17, 2021
    6
    There’s nothing special in this game! Nothing horror or scary stuffs or a enjoyable gameplay, this game SUCKS IN EVERY WAY! SO don’t buy it!
  2. ehtaco
    Jun 17, 2022
    6
    Good enough game, but noticeably lacking compared to Until Dawn. Was also massively disappointed with how... not scary this game ended up being. It has it's moments, it isn't bad, but it's not great either.
  3. LeoCoelho
    Jul 4, 2021
    6
    UNTIL DAWN FOI O PONTO MAIS ALTO?
    Jogando aproximadamente 6/7 horas procurando todas as pistas e acabando de fazer o meu primeiro final (apenas Conrad morreu), eu confesso que fiquei dividido quanto ao jogo, mas principalmente decepcionado. Man of Medan é ruim? Ao meu ver, não, porém falando como uma pessoa que platinou Until Dawn, senti que esse Título da Supermassive games regrediu em    UNTIL DAWN FOI O PONTO MAIS ALTO?
    Jogando aproximadamente 6/7 horas procurando todas as pistas e acabando de fazer o meu primeiro final (apenas Conrad morreu), eu confesso que fiquei dividido quanto ao jogo, mas principalmente decepcionado. Man of Medan é ruim? Ao meu ver, não, porém falando como uma pessoa que platinou Until Dawn, senti que esse Título da Supermassive games regrediu em alguns aspectos que já eram bem louváveis, achei a história fraca, tecnicamente como um jogo narrativo, existem diversos erros de continuidade além de ter personagens muito clichés, e não do jeito certo que foi feito em Until Dawn, linhas narrativas que ao meu ver são completamente desnecessárias. Enfim, eu esperava um jogo no mínimo no mesmo nível do jogo que comparei ao longo desse review, tive uma experiência que não foi ruim, mas com certeza foi uma oportunidade desperdiçada, pretendo jogar Little Hope e espero que possa retorna e poder rasgar elogios novamente.    … Expand
  4. Sanyokparenyok
    Nov 28, 2021
    6
    Игра хуже двух остальных,ну игра сама не страшная так как все эти призраки и ужастики объяснены логично и научно,концовки нету,на несколько вечеров пойдёт
  5. iCampoRamil
    Nov 12, 2021
    6
    Le pasa como a la mayoría de este tipo de juegos, empieza bien pero se complica demasiado la vida.
  6. Sain4k
    Jul 12, 2022
    6
    Достаточно странная игра от подобной компании, until dawn была в разы лучше, играл на пс 5
  7. OttoInTheVc
    Apr 16, 2023
    6
    I heard an awful lot of criticism about this one, but after my incredibly pleasant surprise with The Quarry, i decided to simply play it with no expectations and no assumptions. And, I mean... it was better than people made it seem. The plot is really solid, I got invested in the mystery and the plot twist actually got me (even though it makes things much less interesting). The choices youI heard an awful lot of criticism about this one, but after my incredibly pleasant surprise with The Quarry, i decided to simply play it with no expectations and no assumptions. And, I mean... it was better than people made it seem. The plot is really solid, I got invested in the mystery and the plot twist actually got me (even though it makes things much less interesting). The choices you make and the paths you take branch out nicely, but there is little space to where they can branch out since the game is about 4 hours long. Most of the characters are annoying, everyone is really stupid for some reason and the dialogue makes me question if there were actual people involved with the making of this game (not only people, but the same people that were previously involved with Until Dawn). And yes, it does do well on the scare department... before the plot twist. Still, if you want to have a game-movie night with your friends and/or if you think you're able to ignore the cringe dialogue, give it a go, because the mystery and the tension are pretty good here.… Expand
  8. WalQ
    Sep 1, 2023
    6
    Man of Medan lacks the campy charm of Until Dawn, but still offers an unnerving horror adventure with consequences that felt directly linked to my actions.
  9. GrumpyReviewer
    Sep 4, 2019
    5
    Pretty mediocre game that does not live to the hype, I'm afraid. I absolutely love 'Until Dawn' and 'Rush of Blood' is, by far, the best VR game in my honest opinion.

    The sound, graphics and overall direction, in 'Man of Medan', is absolutely fantastic. The game has atmosphere, the characters look real (though they can be very annoying). The thing is... the game is not scary. Like AT    Pretty mediocre game that does not live to the hype, I'm afraid. I absolutely love 'Until Dawn' and 'Rush of Blood' is, by far, the best VR game in my honest opinion.

    The sound, graphics and overall direction, in 'Man of Medan', is absolutely fantastic. The game has atmosphere, the characters look real (though they can be very annoying).

    The thing is... the game is not scary. Like AT ALL. Besides a few jump scares, here and there, the game is basically about exploring some corridors while looking for collectibles, making dialogue decisions and pressing the right buttons during QTEs.

    I thought there was going to be a big twist or that the game would get scary eventually. Never happened. It's fun, sure, but gets dull really quick.

    Hope they know what they are doing and that we'll be able to appreciate 'Man of Medan' once the whole anthology has been delivered (if they finish it, that is).    … Expand
  10. Kinokee
    Mar 16, 2020
    5
    The story reveals itself before it's half over and the rest of the game loses any sense of horror or tension. There's laggy custscenes in multiplayer. Button prompts don't disappear when you look at items so you have giant x's on your screen. There are giant loading disc symbols that pop in over the whole screen when the game is loading. It's too easy to know what choices to make to notThe story reveals itself before it's half over and the rest of the game loses any sense of horror or tension. There's laggy custscenes in multiplayer. Button prompts don't disappear when you look at items so you have giant x's on your screen. There are giant loading disc symbols that pop in over the whole screen when the game is loading. It's too easy to know what choices to make to not kill anyone and the game shoves the plot twist down your throat a third of the way in so you lose any sort of tension the games first quarter built up. The controls are also clunky and very stiff to move the characters around. Feels rigid like an older PS2 game at some points. Also the QTEs are all laggy which may result in you routing differently which also sucks for a game that's so built on your own choice and path. But now you're stuck going one route or with someone dead because the game can't handle its own quick time events.

    The best thing this game has going for it is the new multiplayer system but I didn't get credit for any of the collectibles I picked up at one point which is total **** for a game that has 50 of those damn things scattered around.    … Expand
  11. Voodoo123
    Sep 9, 2019
    5
    Short, interesting but ultimately flawed by its anemic approach to drama/horror/adventure/gameplay design... The controls are illogical when compared to the better examples out there like a telltale or Quantic dream game. There are frustrating moments where I missed one button press that kills a character on more than one ocassion(played on standard settings). Playing through man of medanShort, interesting but ultimately flawed by its anemic approach to drama/horror/adventure/gameplay design... The controls are illogical when compared to the better examples out there like a telltale or Quantic dream game. There are frustrating moments where I missed one button press that kills a character on more than one ocassion(played on standard settings). Playing through man of medan it disappointed me to realise that until dawn really was just a one hit wonder from supermassive games! Still for any fan of the genre, MOM is worth picking up second hand at a low price to amuse for the 4 hours or so of gameplay.… Expand
  12. NicoPerciani
    Sep 2, 2019
    5
    Thats the definition of a half-assed game. Everything it needed was there, if polish and attention were given. Quite disappointing actually, given that Until Dawn was a really nice game.
  13. Reed618
    Aug 31, 2019
    5
    The characters are all pretty annoying and every event just feels way too random. I lost one character because I thought I only needed to press the square button.. turned out I need to press it rapidly.
    Lost two others because I made the wrong dialogue choice... it just didn't feel like I had any control over what was happening which is the point to some extent... but this just felt    The characters are all pretty annoying and every event just feels way too random. I lost one character because I thought I only needed to press the square button.. turned out I need to press it rapidly.
    Lost two others because I made the wrong dialogue choice... it just didn't feel like I had any control over what was happening which is the point to some extent... but this just felt poorly designed.
    The game is also not scary. A large portion of it is set outside of the ghost ship and the reason for the appearance of monsters and ghouls is explained so clearly that it kind of just ruins it.
    There are no massive shocking revelations to be found that chill you... just jump scares and not even that many of them. It's probably better with friends for a laugh but avoid it if you want a scary single player experience.    … Expand
  14. ERRORCODE-20
    Jun 9, 2020
    5
    This game is a massive step down from Until Dawn that it was surprising. Facial animation, dialog, voice acting was all far worse. All the characters are unlikeable. Its sole saving grace is its co-op since the story has a few neat gimmicks that make the experience worth it with friends. Without that gimmick however, I honestly would've given this game a 3 to a 4. Its not very good.
  15. bersi84
    Aug 31, 2019
    5
    Long story short: Man of Medan cannot live up to its expectations being a decent followup to its predecessor Until Dawn. Read on for more details on why this is a 5/10 to me.

    Man of Medan tries to followup the footsteps of Until Dawn which was quite successful in creating tension in combination with slapstick comedy and decent QTEs. Man of Medan takes the Ghostship myth and tries to    Long story short: Man of Medan cannot live up to its expectations being a decent followup to its predecessor Until Dawn. Read on for more details on why this is a 5/10 to me.

    Man of Medan tries to followup the footsteps of Until Dawn which was quite successful in creating tension in combination with slapstick comedy and decent QTEs. Man of Medan takes the Ghostship myth and tries to combine it with the known mix of character relationships, QTEs and discovery mixed together with dense atmosphere to create a horror-esque blockbuster... and fails miserably in most regards.

    Graphics // Sounds // Engine:
    The game engine provides a decent graphic quality that suffers overall in oddly placed loading sequences, some texture pop-ins and a some dull movement set both on the character models itself and especially the facial mimics. The picture quality is still decent and the sound placement creates a fitting atmopshere. Overall this is a mediocre mix on the goods and bads but more to the good side in my opinion.

    Controls // QTE // Choices that matter:
    The controls are straightforward, so are the QTEs. World indicators show what items are actually interactable and let me tell you this: there is not much to interact with (subnote: that is actually worth interacting with). Some events are dispersed throughout the game and decide mostly on which characters will die or live together with relationship developments between them. The subline here is: there is not much to do and the design choices are so bad that most decisions dont even matter. The QTEs decide on life or death but dialogues dont change much, e.g. you decide to be extra careful yet get caught anyways. Rinse and repeat.

    Final thoughts and game length:
    Man of Medan creates a nice atmosphere, the presentation is decent and also the voice acting is not bad. Sadly where it matters the game falls apart completely: there is not much to do, loading sequences break the immersion, choices dont matter and sometimes the dialogue placement is so bad that it does not fit any emotional setting. Also I would like to see more horror then simply placed jumpscares. Together with the price tag and a game length of possibly 3 to 6hrs I really cannot recommend Man of Medan, although it might be worth a grab on a decent sale.

    As Man of Medan is the first piece of an anthology set we can only hope that the progress of the next -already announced- anthology piece can be improved until its release in 2020. After all we all love horror and would like more of these scarcely developed games.    … Expand
  16. Akschnhiro
    Sep 1, 2019
    5
    Overall not worth the money. Finished the first playthrough in about 4 hours, the characters are not likeable, the controls feel wonky.
    You can see some Until Dawn vibes, but most of the times the game forces jump scares.
    If the Game is 10 bucks or less, give it a go.
  17. DavidHoltzer
    Jul 24, 2021
    5
    This game is pretty mediocre. The story is kinda dumb, very predictable and way too short, the characters are one dimensional, there is not really any character development and the voice acting isn't great either. The only good part is the variety of endings, that's it.
  18. BiggieZeke
    Aug 15, 2022
    5
    Good
    * Interactive storytelling
    * Pretty good visuals

    Bad
    * Clunky tank controls
    * Short game
    * Story itself is bland
    * Characters are bland
    * Besides a few jump scares, nothing scary in general
    * Just like Until Dawn, feels like “Traits and Relationships” doesn’t really change anything within the story
    * Wouldn’t play this game for more than $20. Luckily it was free
  19. pretender5552
    Sep 27, 2019
    5
    A middling game that struggles to keep up with its predecessor.

    Firstly if you are the type of person who likes to go back and tweak your playthrough to get it just the way you like you are going to find the game restrictive and frustrating, Everything is locked-in until the end of the game so unless you want to keep restarting you will have to wait. Secondly, the game struggles to    A middling game that struggles to keep up with its predecessor.

    Firstly if you are the type of person who likes to go back and tweak your playthrough to get it just the way you like you are going to find the game restrictive and frustrating, Everything is locked-in until the end of the game so unless you want to keep restarting you will have to wait.

    Secondly, the game struggles to make any of the characters stand out during the length of the playtime. Compared to until dawn there is far less to do for each character to do and that means few choices to expand upon who they are. Perhaps it would have faired better if there were fewer characters. For its length, it seems to me that three characters would have had room to grow while five do not.

    Thirdly I feel like the keep calm needs to be brought up, the mechanic which replaced the superior don't move. For me, it takes the tension out of the game and makes me feel like I am playing Parappa the rapper again. Its a button mash annoyance that really didn't add anything that the don't move function hadn't already achieved.

    Fourth the story itself. What can be sad about the big reveal other then it was so glaringly obvious that I couldn't get into the horror. I found that since I figured out what the threat was early own that I couldn't get into the horror elements and it wasn't that hard to avoid certain outcomes because I knew the truth of the situation, and all of that could have been avoided by omitting one scene from the opening.    … Expand
  20. Danielglencer
    Sep 13, 2019
    5
    The game has a lot of potential but a lot of bugs and frame rate drops get in the way
    Walking around feels somewhat akward and not entirely responsive and the QTE's are ridiculously hard to nail which is a shame, feel like not enough testing was done to determine the right intervals to make some QTE's humanly possible
    I wish Supermassive Games would have put in the extra effort to make a    The game has a lot of potential but a lot of bugs and frame rate drops get in the way
    Walking around feels somewhat akward and not entirely responsive and the QTE's are ridiculously hard to nail which is a shame, feel like not enough testing was done to determine the right intervals to make some QTE's humanly possible
    I wish Supermassive Games would have put in the extra effort to make a truly unique game work flawlessly    … Expand
  21. Bolassen
    Nov 6, 2019
    5
    Some basic horror game with too little story and gameplay. Was expecting much after Until Dawn. This game was disappointing and only somewhat entertaining.
  22. Gamer1465
    Nov 30, 2019
    5
    This is a disappointing follow up to one of my favorite horror games, Until Dawn although they are not connected it is still developed by the same people.

    The game starts of quite well surprisingly I didn't mind the characters although they are quite shallow. The game also lets it known pretty early what the big evil is and I guessed it in the first 30 minutes and preyed that it would    This is a disappointing follow up to one of my favorite horror games, Until Dawn although they are not connected it is still developed by the same people.

    The game starts of quite well surprisingly I didn't mind the characters although they are quite shallow. The game also lets it known pretty early what the big evil is and I guessed it in the first 30 minutes and preyed that it would have some other twist but no, we are left with an awful evil that is eye rolling. Also all the endings and death scenes are extremely lackluster compared to the absolutely brutal deaths and interesting endings in Until Dawn and your character cannot die unless the game says so, this is also super disappointing. The faces on the characters are also quite bad compared to Until Dawn they look quite hilarious and unreal although the voice acting is top notch. This game also copies a big thing from Until Dawn which is the psychiatrist who talks to you in between chapters which now is sort of feeling old now and hope this psychiatrist is not in the next of the dark pictures games. This game is quite fun with friends who have no clue about the game and see there reactions to the scares or deaths, this will always be a strong point for these games and hope we get more unique experiences like this and until dawn.

    Although this first game in the anthology of dark pictures is disappointing I have much higher hopes for the second one which is going to be a campy slasher which always is a good time, lets hope they go uphill from here.    … Expand
  23. Crysouls
    Dec 23, 2022
    5
    Prós:
    - Gráficos
    - Razoavelmente divertido Contras: - Desenvolvimento fraco - Jogabilidade, a movimentação é bem ruim - Pouca liberdade de escolhas no cenário - Falta de consequência nas escolhas - Bugs: em certas partes as falas iniciavam antes das cenas começarem Conclusão: Game muito mediano, caso queira jogar já vá esperando algo simples pois o game não se propõe a    Prós:
    - Gráficos
    - Razoavelmente divertido

    Contras:
    - Desenvolvimento fraco
    - Jogabilidade, a movimentação é bem ruim
    - Pouca liberdade de escolhas no cenário
    - Falta de consequência nas escolhas
    - Bugs: em certas partes as falas iniciavam antes das cenas começarem

    Conclusão: Game muito mediano, caso queira jogar já vá esperando algo simples pois o game não se propõe a desenvolver uma história realmente interessante e personagens de carisma, da pra zerar num dia só sendo game super curto porém pra quem quer acompanhar a franquia Dark anthology talvez valha a pena dar uma olhada.    … Expand
  24. summerj
    Jan 3, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Overall I rate this game a 5 out of 10 . I am a youtuber ( ANON GAMES ) and I absolutely loved Until Dawn . The storyline for Until Dawn was absolutely amazing and had shocking endings . For Man Of Medan , the entire storyline was basically founded out by in the beginning of the game when Joe could "see" his son . At the moment , the audience knew that he was hallucinating . The game was very predictable and I thought it would have progressed while the storyline deepened, but neither of those things happened . Also , in my own opinion, you could not get easily attached to any character in the game . The deaths didn't really have a meaningful impact , unlike Until Dawn where you could easily get attached to a character . In the beginning of the game , you had very little small talk with different characters and that's basically all you ever got to know about them . They never gave the characters true meaning to the audience . I had so much potential because the creators are definitely talented, so this is definitely not a hate review . I did really enjoy some aspects of this game . The anxiety this game gives is definitely perfect because it makes the game more thrilling to play . I loved the idea of hallucinations and seeing false objects, that idea was so clever and they truly could have made that idea into something bigger and better . They should have added onto the hallucinations and made a deeper storyline for the game . I also love the new multiplayer option, it really added something new and fun that everyone should try out . I do recommend adding a "split screen" option into multiplayer though because when you play with someone else, you do not get to see the entire storyline because it only will show your own character's storyline , which can really be confusing . I will definitely be playing "Little Hope" and seeing how that game goes . Thank you .… Expand
  25. alexandrumna
    Jul 12, 2020
    5
    I have to say that I honestly expected a lot more from this game. Character development sucks, graphics are underwhelming and the controls are sluggish. Maybe they can improve on the next title, like try to make the game scary but cut the annoying jumpscares. You don't get scared by them because at this point, being so many, you already expect them. The most annoying thing about this gameI have to say that I honestly expected a lot more from this game. Character development sucks, graphics are underwhelming and the controls are sluggish. Maybe they can improve on the next title, like try to make the game scary but cut the annoying jumpscares. You don't get scared by them because at this point, being so many, you already expect them. The most annoying thing about this game is that you don't feel like your choices matter. If you make a mistake, character dies. No adding it to the plot like Until Dawn did or whatsoever. Oh and don't get me started on those annoying pulse QTEs. A very mediocre game overall.… Expand
  26. hindba
    Nov 29, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have played until down and enjoyed it and I was expecting that I will have the same experience with this game, unfortunately, I did not.

    I couldn't connect with any character and I simply didn't care if they lived or died. Furthermore, the game environments is interesting at the beginning by the further I go into the ship, the more I get bored with the repeated rooms.

    also, the game depends heavily on QTE and less on your dialogue choices. so, you need to be really careful on completing QTE if you want to have the best ending.

    I wish they had added more depth to the story and the characters, also the horror elements are not scary at all.

    I would not recommend this game unless you want to have a funny movies night with friend and just chill out while playing.    … Expand
  27. 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
  28. AndiGravity
    Aug 30, 2020
    5
    This is another game I wish I could like much more than I do.

    The premise seems fairly solid, if predictable, but the execution is so lacking, it ruins the experience. There are two primary issues when it comes to this game: 1) The controls are not consistent. I don't mean they're poorly programmed. I mean they're downright inconsistent. You can be faced with the same type of    This is another game I wish I could like much more than I do.

    The premise seems fairly solid, if predictable, but the execution is so lacking, it ruins the experience.

    There are two primary issues when it comes to this game:

    1) The controls are not consistent. I don't mean they're poorly programmed. I mean they're downright inconsistent. You can be faced with the same type of situation three different times, and the game will require you to use three entirely different control schemes to get through it. I'm sure the devs thought that was a novel concept, and it is... but it's a novel concept much in the same way getting in your car and finding out the manufacturer has programmed in multiple, random ways to steer the vehicle, and that today you'll be using the steering wheel, whereas tomorrow you'll be using the pedals to steer left and right and the handbrake to control acceleration, while the day after, you're going to have to control your car by rhythmically opening and closing your glove compartment.

    It's not good game design because it is in no way intuitive and requires the game to constantly break your immersion by prompting your every action, rather than doing what most games do, and explaining how to control your character in certain situations throughout the game so you consistently know how to manipulate the environment around you and can immerse yourself in the experience of the game. This brings me to the second problem this game has.

    2) You only get one chance to do anything. That's it. One. If you aren't able to get the game to do what you want because for some reason the devs decided the way you should maneuver through this particular series of events is through a rhythm event that psych! Just kidding! We're going to go ahead and abort that halfway through and then tell you to choose between two different things that will, nope! It's a quick-time event, and... quick, consult your moral compass to... another quick time event, quick time event, quick time ev... oh, too bad! You didn't get through the whole sequence!

    You want to go back and take a second crack at it? That's fine. Start the game again from scratch. That's the only way you're allowed to do it. If you make a single, solitary mistake you want to correct, the only way to go back and correct it is to start the game over from the beginning. And you can't skip anything. Not a single moment. You can't skip tutorials. You can't skip cutscenes you've already seen. You have to go through all of it from the beginning, at exactly the same relentlessly unedited pace. Every. Single. Last. Time.

    Otherwise, you're stuck with whatever screw-up happened for the rest of the game, and it's possible to screw this game up very early on so that it's simply not winnable. The game won't tell you it can't be won. It'll let you go on until the end of the game, and then spring it on you there that something you did way back at the beginning completely screwed you for the rest of the game.

    "But... but... that's how real life works!"

    Yeah, and you know what you don't see me doing in real life? Diving wrecks without properly logging my route, taking appropriate safety precautions, and keeping the authorities apprised of my actions. Taunting Somali pirates. Running around in an abandoned ship filled with hallucinogenic nerve gas.

    Know why? Because one mistake, and I'm stuck living with the consequences forever-- or even worse, not living with them-- because that's how *real life* works.

    The reason I'm playing a game isn't so I can be restricted to the rules of how life works; it's so I can enjoy figuring out how to solve the game, complete with some sort of method of correcting the occasional mistake in order to keep the action flowing so I don't have to stop, go all the way back to the beginning, and suffer the mind-numbing tedium of having to watch every tutorial and every cutscene and make every dialogue choice again, and so on, and so forth, and furthermore, etc.

    Honestly, I picked this game up because I saw an ad for Little Hope which looked amazing, and then found out it was the second game in an anthology, so I bought Man of Medan to catch up, and my experience so far has convinced me not only to stop playing Man of Medan, but to cancel my pre-order for Little Hope. I hope that's the goal the devs were aiming for, because I really can't fathom how they thought Man of Medan would be enjoyable as the experience they programmed it to be.    … Expand
  29. RiseofPalpatine
    Nov 17, 2021
    5
    When comparing it to Until Dawn, it’s a disappointment. It doesn’t have the interesting story, dialogue options and character dynamics that Until Dawn had. It’s nowhere near as scary and bone chilling as Until Dawn was. The story in this game was fairly bland and son were the characters. I don’t think it’s a bad game, but it should’ve been way better than it is. It’s okay to play once butWhen comparing it to Until Dawn, it’s a disappointment. It doesn’t have the interesting story, dialogue options and character dynamics that Until Dawn had. It’s nowhere near as scary and bone chilling as Until Dawn was. The story in this game was fairly bland and son were the characters. I don’t think it’s a bad game, but it should’ve been way better than it is. It’s okay to play once but you’re gonna forget about it not long after playing it.… Expand
  30. Warrior_of_Doom
    Jul 19, 2023
    5
    The overall score is based on how much fun I personally had with every component of the game
    and the overall experience.
  31. sylvioros
    Jun 19, 2022
    4
    Chato, história meio sem graça, mas que evolui até que bem. Mas é o pior jogo da Supermassive. Ao invés de seguirem a fórmula do Until Dawn, simplificaram o extremo e deixaram o jogo muito mais col cara de filme do que de jogo
  32. Ghoster
    Oct 28, 2019
    4
    Uhh.. Hmm... Don't know what to say. I was expecting masterpeace like Until Dawn, but this one is just not really good. Game last about 3-4 hours and probably point is to replay it numerous times to find all branches. Sadly, game is not really interesting enough to replay it even once, and specially few times. Ghost ship story is not really nothing special, not scary at all and gameplay isUhh.. Hmm... Don't know what to say. I was expecting masterpeace like Until Dawn, but this one is just not really good. Game last about 3-4 hours and probably point is to replay it numerous times to find all branches. Sadly, game is not really interesting enough to replay it even once, and specially few times. Ghost ship story is not really nothing special, not scary at all and gameplay is basically walking/talking simulator with annoying QTA!… Expand
  33. fabricioacm
    Aug 15, 2020
    4
    This game is literally the worst horror game in a long time, some good characters but with a terrible development and the story gets SO boring when you realize whats happening. A huge step back for Until Dawn's developer.
  34. stv363
    Sep 8, 2019
    4
    I was so disappointed by this game. I was a huge fan of Until Dawn, so when I heard this was from the creators I couldn't wait.

    This is everything until dawn wasn't. The dialogue was unnatural, the characters weren't interesting and the pacing of the story was terrible. It took the majority of the game walking incredibly slowly round boring scenes, to uncover little to no storyline    I was so disappointed by this game. I was a huge fan of Until Dawn, so when I heard this was from the creators I couldn't wait.

    This is everything until dawn wasn't. The dialogue was unnatural, the characters weren't interesting and the pacing of the story was terrible. It took the majority of the game walking incredibly slowly round boring scenes, to uncover little to no storyline (with a total lackluster 'twist' at the end) and all of the meaningful action taking place in the last 20-30 minutes.

    There are almost constant glitches, from the laggy cuts during dialogue, difficulty navigating characters, not to mention the infuriating gameplay. The terrible controls cost me every character I lost, from the annoying heartbeat sensor that's totally out of time with the graphics, to the unclear distinction between a spam button QTE and a button click. Given Until Dawn's gameplay was perfect and gave you a real sense you were frantically trying to save the characters life, this is just infuriatingly poor, with hours of gameplay wasted.

    Honestly, I've never been so let down by a game. Won't be buying the next instalment of what I had totally expected to be a fantastic series.    … Expand
  35. Larry-Poste
    Feb 19, 2021
    4
    Pretty bad, weird command, caraters are slow and story make no sense. I enjoyed the two others but this one is pretty bad
  36. GrimStomper
    Sep 1, 2019
    4
    Until Dawn had a promising style of interactive gaming. Man of Medan tries to improve upon it, but forgets why Until Dawn was liked in the first place.

    One of the main things I didn't like about the game was the characters. You need to have good characters that are fleshed out. They don't have to be likable, but you at least want to be able to see their motivations. The characters just    Until Dawn had a promising style of interactive gaming. Man of Medan tries to improve upon it, but forgets why Until Dawn was liked in the first place.

    One of the main things I didn't like about the game was the characters. You need to have good characters that are fleshed out. They don't have to be likable, but you at least want to be able to see their motivations. The characters just feel awkward in this game. One of the greatest things about Until Dawn is how your opinions of characters can change over time when you see more of actions they do; however in Man of Medan you feel none of that. It doesn't help that the voice acting is a downgrade from Until Dawn.

    The plot itself is very disappointing. I was hoping the game would go in a completely different direction, but I couldn't help but feel I was just playing Until Dawn: Sea Edition. As for the "horror" element, it's pretty much nonexistant (jump scares). You won't get scared of this game in the slightest.

    The "gameplay" is still mostly unchanged with the same quick time events and pointless intractable items (there are more of them in this game than in Until Dawn). For a game like this that relies heavily on story, you would want to have your gameplay, or in this case the choices you pick matter. However like Telltales: The Walking Dead only at certain decisions does the game change. For the most part, your decisions are worthless.

    Overall, this game is a step back from Until Dawn. The combination of awful characters, mediocre plot, and lackluster gameplay needs to ring clear with the developers that they really need to take their time on their next game.    … Expand
  37. ArcadeRice
    Sep 3, 2019
    4
    The game has so many flaws, I can't take the game seriously. the animations being one of the many issues. Some animations felt slow for no distinct reason, like the scene where Joe gets off his bunk bed after hearing gunshot sounds and screaming at the beginning of the game. Why does he sway and lean his head before getting up and why does he rise up from his bed so calmly? You could alsoThe game has so many flaws, I can't take the game seriously. the animations being one of the many issues. Some animations felt slow for no distinct reason, like the scene where Joe gets off his bunk bed after hearing gunshot sounds and screaming at the beginning of the game. Why does he sway and lean his head before getting up and why does he rise up from his bed so calmly? You could also hear the heavy breathing in that scene did not fit with the character's lips. There are so many more instances where the game felt like a **** anime that was dubbed over to English. The eyes as well, it was like staring at a dead fish. Some faces don't even change when they are supposed to express shocked emotion.
    The story and characters are far from great. It's predictable after getting one hint, and the characters, at first was interesting, turned completely bland. I could mix them around and their personalities wouldn't be much different during many situations.

    I am a person that get shocked easily. Not scared enough to bust a lung, but more of a person that would get scared for a longer time instead for the one instance. It would show obvious signs of jump scares, which are most likely intentional. It defeats the purpose of a jump scare, at least for me since I know it's coming. I really can't consider the game to be a horror game. It was more of an action game or a much less impressive game of Detroit: Become Human.

    If you're looking for a scary game, this is NOT it. I do like the voice acting a lot, but that is all the compliment I can come up with for this game. The animation and expressions of the characters are lifeless or just too behind of the voice actors, the story isn't really all that exciting nor scary and there is no hook for the characters. For God's sake, Fliss was basically wearing no clothing, yet she's unaffected, not even shaking from the rain in the middle of the night?    … Expand
  38. SilverJaye
    Sep 5, 2019
    4
    Played once through, it's a pretty slow game Not much payoff. I'm glad I played but wouldn't again
  39. Bruno2K
    Apr 19, 2020
    4
    Ótimos gráficos, porem alguns glitches, historia muito curta comparado a outros jogos com until dawnn, life is strange, o enredo é mal explicado e o final deixa muita coisa em aberto, sem falar no preço alto que não corresponde com o jogo
  40. Izzmoney
    Aug 21, 2021
    4
    Slow paced cheap scares and boring. Just going around just picking up objects could have been better.
  41. Redfloda
    Sep 14, 2020
    4
    Very poorly made! I did not like it at all. The idea is not bad but all is so slow and stiff
  42. WashedPotatoes
    Jul 10, 2022
    4
    great graphics but not great facial animation, level design is decent, characters are mostly not well written and the story is insanely bland and uninteresting. only 4 hours of content if you only do one playthrough, which based on the quality of the game, 95% of people are going to do
  43. Gonoru
    Mar 11, 2020
    3
    Weak story and the actors performances and dialogs are even worst. Lots of jump scares...too many
  44. Steyraus
    Jan 6, 2020
    3
    I really liked Super Massives last game Until dawn. Navigating a group of very attractive young people through a horror movie setting, the character were very likable and a couple not so likable, which Made trying to keep them alive or get them killed a really involving adventure..Man of Medan misses nearly every mark the Until dawn hit.. The characters are all unlikable and extremelyI really liked Super Massives last game Until dawn. Navigating a group of very attractive young people through a horror movie setting, the character were very likable and a couple not so likable, which Made trying to keep them alive or get them killed a really involving adventure..Man of Medan misses nearly every mark the Until dawn hit.. The characters are all unlikable and extremely either unattractive or straight up weird looking, meaning I didnt care about them , didnt care if they lived or died, didnt care about their story.
    Also the game is now nearly all cut scenes now, less exploring and player involvement, that coupled with the bad story , bad characters and muddled plot, made this fell like watching one of those horrible b grade horror movies, that somehow keep getting made. Its a grinding, grating experience, irritating characters, dumb jump scares, just stupid plot, no game play, ugos everywhere, it sux.
    Its not even so bad its good, its just dull, and the dialogue , man if how ugly these characters looked didn't make them hard enough to like, when they start talking , that will do it..
    After being completely blown away by how bad this game is, I looked at all the other games these guys have made, and pretty much every game is a stinker, even their VR games were not at all good. Untill Dawn was literally the only game they made that was good..They have been held up by Sony for all these years, and in their arrogance, they split from Sony after their first and only Hit, (Untill Dawn)..
    Now they are back to making stinkers and it makes you wonder how long they can stay a float without Sonys backing. Goes to show, dont get to cocky, and dont crap on a company that has been so good to you, they should have stayed at Sony and made Until Dawn 2, but they thought they had their Golden Goose formula and wanted all the cash to themselves.
    Apparently the want to do 8 of these crappy games over 2 years, so if that dosent break them, nothing will.. I think its time for this long running Studio to be put out to pasture, even when they do finally have a success they mess it up.. Now that takes talent... Anti-talent.    … Expand
  45. danield80
    Feb 27, 2023
    3
    Man of Mrdán is an interactive film that tries to convince you it's a story with several different walkthroughs and outcomes. This is not true of course since every possible playthrough consists of the same levels. The only difference is when you kill a character their scenes are cut out therefore, making the game an incoherent mess.
  46. Sathoreal
    Feb 18, 2020
    3
    Очень короткая игра и не страшная. Своих денег не стоит. Я ожидал от него большего, в некоторых сценах (во многих) локации прогружаются прямо на глазах, первая игра вышла намного интереснее и лучше.
  47. 613th
    Aug 15, 2022
    3
    It was horrible.

    it is not a good game, it is not a good movie, it is not an interesting story. It is bad technically (I don't remember worse optimisation than here), the characters are very very bad in all aspects.

    If you don't play it, you will not loss anything.
  48. vanvejar1
    Dec 11, 2019
    3
    pesim juego, disfruto mucho los juegos como peliculas interactivas, until dawn, detroit, heavy rain, y este es lejos el mas deficiente de todos, jugabilidad pesima, historia mediocre, traduccion lamentable, optimizacion horrible.
  49. Paulxavierfoste
    Sep 13, 2019
    3
    Man hat das Gefühl, zwei RTL Autoren haben Langeweile gehabt und haben sich gedacht, dass sie Mal ein Horrorspiel machen wollten.
  50. 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 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    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 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
  51. Azhael
    Oct 5, 2019
    3
    I think the game is short and weak. I do not recommend. Most of the time, the scenery is too dark and has (very) limited space, which drastically restricts the player's power of exploration. The "scare moments" were based on close-ups and trying to surprise the player. I think the old Until Dawn was much better than this game. Even the Wendigos were more effective at generating publicI think the game is short and weak. I do not recommend. Most of the time, the scenery is too dark and has (very) limited space, which drastically restricts the player's power of exploration. The "scare moments" were based on close-ups and trying to surprise the player. I think the old Until Dawn was much better than this game. Even the Wendigos were more effective at generating public anxiety and dread on their own merits. In fact, the characters themselves were more interesting and had a more believable personality. I did not feel "connected" to the protagonists. If you are struggling to keep them alive, this is a problem. In UD, it was only natural for you to sympathize with certain characters and hate Emily. Lol

    Technically, I also believe that the actors in this game performed worse and the animations - in some ways - seemed to be less "fluid". Some parts of the story / action struck me as strange or ridiculous. For example, instead of the group trying to act stealthy (for good reason), there are times when they talk loudly inside the ship and don't seem to mind making a noise (or getting attention). The story was not as interesting as in UD (I don't even feel there is chemistry and bonding in the current group). I was disappointed.

    I didn't think the idea of ​​the game offering a preview of the upcoming franchise in 2020 was cool. This suggests that they are investing more in quantity than quality because it takes time to make a good game. If i buy another game of the same genre, I'll wait for reviews first.

    In my opinion, buying this game would be justified at half the current price. And yet, I'd rather invest my money in other possibilities.    … Expand
  52. Skulky
    May 29, 2020
    3
    Man of Medan is a huge step backwards from the incredible experience that Until Dawn gave us. Until Dawn gave us characters we loved (and hated), a gripping and intense story with plenty of terror and suspense built in. Man of Medan gave us 2-3 hours of bland characters, basically no story, and cheesy jump scares. Not mention that the game was riddled with technical and graphical bugs atMan of Medan is a huge step backwards from the incredible experience that Until Dawn gave us. Until Dawn gave us characters we loved (and hated), a gripping and intense story with plenty of terror and suspense built in. Man of Medan gave us 2-3 hours of bland characters, basically no story, and cheesy jump scares. Not mention that the game was riddled with technical and graphical bugs at release. The only reason I gave this game a 3/10 is because of the co-op feature, which was genius.

    It seems appropriate that the second game in the Dark Pictures Anthology is called "Little Hope". Because that is what I have for this series after Man of Medan.    … Expand
  53. Zumbie101
    Oct 13, 2020
    3
    Game feels a bit too uncanny valley and seems way to focused on multiplayer. Playing singleplayer was pretty confusing. Story was all over the place however still predictable and there was multiple technical problems. Characters were uniteresting and unlikeable but not in a funny campy way just boring. Game was also very short
  54. SuperClaudio64
    Mar 6, 2021
    3
    La Supermassive Games non mi aveva colpito neanche con Until Dawn, ma Men of Medan è molto peggio. La struttura narrativa del gioco ha la stessa formula del predecessore e ho trovato solo la prima ora del gioco interessante, ma quando si passa alla parte horror il gioco diventa una sequenza di corridoi farciti di documenti e jumpscare per allungare il brodo. L'ho giocato insieme ad altriLa Supermassive Games non mi aveva colpito neanche con Until Dawn, ma Men of Medan è molto peggio. La struttura narrativa del gioco ha la stessa formula del predecessore e ho trovato solo la prima ora del gioco interessante, ma quando si passa alla parte horror il gioco diventa una sequenza di corridoi farciti di documenti e jumpscare per allungare il brodo. L'ho giocato insieme ad altri due amici e a nessuno è piaciuto, sopratutto per la sua linearità e la pessima trama.… Expand
  55. Simosonic
    Sep 29, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game doesn't last more than 4-5 hours and the endings don't make any sense to me, the choices aren't well explained and very often characters die for this, the game lag as hell during quick time event and freeze a lot.
    Needless to say graphics are really good but there's nothing else, i played this game in co-op as it was meant to be played, and still didn't like it, can't imagine in solo.
    Overall a very bad game.    … Expand
  56. AhmedMobis
    Sep 25, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. اوك ختمت اللعبه و الله أن تقييمات ميتا كريتك كثير عليها مره WTF ليش كدا يعني اللعبه التحكم فيها سي تعابير الوجوه مره سيئه أداء الصوتي للشخصيات أكثر من سي كثير من الخيارات يكونو الخيارين غير منطقين اللعبه رعب و ما في رعب بس چامب سكيرز رخيصه حتي مو چامب سكيرز متعوب عليها ادا تقني لك عليه كل هذا و قلنا ماشي هذه لعبه قصه المهم القصه نبغي نشوف القصه و نهايته و تنتهي القصه و ما تعرف في النهايه ايش كانت تريد نهايه غريبه و ما في منها أي هدف كل هذا بس علشان تقولي ايش هو الدهب المنشور هذا طيب ترا عرفت ايش هو من بعد ساعه او ساعه ونصف في القصه… Expand
  57. jimmylittle007
    Feb 28, 2020
    2
    Truly a terrible game. Very little actual gameplay, cliche characters with awful personalities that leave you wishing them dead rather than rooting for them to survive. The so called twist is, quite literally, revealed in the prologue about five minutes into the game. Avoid at all costs
  58. aioaugusto
    Sep 19, 2020
    2
    I love this kind of games. But Man of Medan is terrible. Characters, Story, Voice acting, movement. Really disapointed once Until Dawn was an amazing experience...this one was just the oposite. At least the torture is fast, once you can finish in 3-4 hours.
  59. Alphamike14
    Sep 1, 2019
    2
    This game had a LOT of potential that it totally wasted. The graphics are great, but thats the only good thing I can say about it. The "horror" element relies almost entirely on cheap jump scares. The relationship mechanic in the game is pointless and changes nothing. The voice acting is laughably bad. The story is less than 4 hours long. Almost none of the questions that you'll have areThis game had a LOT of potential that it totally wasted. The graphics are great, but thats the only good thing I can say about it. The "horror" element relies almost entirely on cheap jump scares. The relationship mechanic in the game is pointless and changes nothing. The voice acting is laughably bad. The story is less than 4 hours long. Almost none of the questions that you'll have are answered by the end of the game. The climax is abrupt, and the ending is totally unsatisfying. All in all, its not worth the 30 dollar price tag by a long shot. I sincerely hope SuperMassive gets there collectove crap together for future entires into this horror anthology, because this isn't a good start.… Expand
  60. OnyxX54
    Sep 7, 2019
    2
    Man of Medan may be one of the most unpolished games I have ever encountered on the PS4. Incredibly laggy, buggy and difficult to play as graphics are constantly shifting in and out of focus, which is not helped by the stiff facial animation and lacklustre voice acting. In terms of looks, Man of Medan does not come close to the near cinematic experience of Until Dawn.

    In terms of    Man of Medan may be one of the most unpolished games I have ever encountered on the PS4. Incredibly laggy, buggy and difficult to play as graphics are constantly shifting in and out of focus, which is not helped by the stiff facial animation and lacklustre voice acting. In terms of looks, Man of Medan does not come close to the near cinematic experience of Until Dawn.

    In terms of gameplay, Man of Medan is an abysmal wreck of occasional QTE's, awkward dialogue choices and picking up journals, diaries and notes that offer no value beyond extending the short length of the game. Their is such little 'gameplay' that I would strongly encourage anyone with an interest in this game to just watch a playthrough on YouTube - I guarantee you will have a less frustrating and more enjoyable experience than suffering through the game itself.

    When it game to the 'horror', Man of Medan was again let down by the incredibly poor performance of the game. Due to the lack of synchronisation between audio and visuals, and just general slowness, jump-scares were spoiled before they could actually occur. On several occasions you will SEE a jump-scare and then the sudden sharp sound will occur, making the scares way more goofy than they are actually scary. If you are hoping that this title replicates that invigorating edge-of-your-seat feeling that Until Dawn gave you, you are in for a very very big disappointment.

    If Man of Medan is Supermassive's best-foot-forward with the Dark Pictures Anthology, then Man of Medan's 'ghost ship' isn't going to be the only the sinking.    … Expand
  61. HisRoyalMajesty
    Oct 1, 2019
    2
    After playing Until Dawn, which gave me a lot of fun, I decided to go with the next production of the studio and must say... never have I been so disappointed and frustrated with a game. First of all, the characters are so dull, that at any point throughout the game they did not pick my interest nor I had the actual need to keep them alive. Speaking of which - mechanics! I don’t considerAfter playing Until Dawn, which gave me a lot of fun, I decided to go with the next production of the studio and must say... never have I been so disappointed and frustrated with a game. First of all, the characters are so dull, that at any point throughout the game they did not pick my interest nor I had the actual need to keep them alive. Speaking of which - mechanics! I don’t consider myself a poor player, actually played a lot of games with QTE but there is sth seriously wrong with Man of Medan. Especially Keep Calm sequences turned out to be my doom, as I’m certain there is some kind of bug with it. Shame most of them along with QTE lead to actual death or messing up the entire story.

    In the end, I abondoned this title by almost very end, mostly because of frustration and lack of interest to go on with the story. Now I also know, that any other title I will be taking with caution and for sure not buying it for the full price.    … Expand
  62. draxd2019
    Nov 9, 2019
    2
    I really did not like this game. Horror is based on anoying jumpscares that mostly happen when you try to explore envinroment. Gameplay is based on walking and QTE that really come from nowhere and request fast respond. Graphics and cinematics are really great but game need to have more than that.
  63. mateusbatatais
    Nov 23, 2020
    2
    A principal caracteristica desse tipo de game, é a história. Assim como os sensacionais beyond two soul... Heavy Rain (entre outros), este jogo tem muito mais cenas do que gameplay. Isso não é um problema pra mim. O problema é que man of medan tem uma história fraca. Acrédito que muitos matam a charada logo no inicio e isso faz com que as decisoes fiquem bobas. Manter os personagens vivosA principal caracteristica desse tipo de game, é a história. Assim como os sensacionais beyond two soul... Heavy Rain (entre outros), este jogo tem muito mais cenas do que gameplay. Isso não é um problema pra mim. O problema é que man of medan tem uma história fraca. Acrédito que muitos matam a charada logo no inicio e isso faz com que as decisoes fiquem bobas. Manter os personagens vivos é só questão de acertar os botões na hora que aparece. Personagens sem sal... O gameplay tem poucas inovações e realmente não da nem vontade de jogar novamente pra fazer algo diferente...

    História: 2
    Som: 9
    Jogabilidade: 4
    Gráficos:7
    Diversão: 1    … Expand
  64. SamTheMan123
    Jan 6, 2021
    2
    I made an account just for this game to warn people.

    2-PLAYER CO-OP IS BROKEN AND DOES NOT WORK. IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO GET THIS TO PLAY WITH YOUR FRIENDS, DON'T BUY IT, IT DOES NOT WORK. Single player is honestly a 5/10, its an average game. The editing is really wonky, with some scenes just shaky cam/cutting randomly to 20 different angles of the same shot so you don't know what's    I made an account just for this game to warn people.

    2-PLAYER CO-OP IS BROKEN AND DOES NOT WORK. IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO GET THIS TO PLAY WITH YOUR FRIENDS, DON'T BUY IT, IT DOES NOT WORK.

    Single player is honestly a 5/10, its an average game. The editing is really wonky, with some scenes just shaky cam/cutting randomly to 20 different angles of the same shot so you don't know what's going on. Othertimes the camera just lingers on a characters face for a good 10 seconds...no dialogue, the characters face doesn't change, it just lingers there. I presume this is to unsettle the player, except the animation is sometimes ME Andromeda levels of bad, so its unsettling in a, wow this is bad, kind of way. Some choices honestly don't matter, the dialogue options and relationships don't make too much of a difference in the outcome of whether your characters live or die. Its a huge step back from Until Dawn in all aspects. The "scares" are well...okay at best, laughable at worst. The story you can see from a mile away, they even spoil it to you (making it incredibly easy to understand what's going on and thus get all your characters out alive).

    Did I mention the 2-player Co-Op is absolutely BROKEN. The heart beat is so laggy (internet independent) that it just doesn't work, the QTEs will glitch on you, and the game will crash CONSTANTLY. I don't think me and my friend went an hour without it crashing. Certain sections of the game just won't work, and you'll have to start all over again to get through them. Movie night? Don't bother.

    Considering Movie night and co-op is 2/3 of the game experience, 2/3s of this game don't work, and the 1/3 that does isn't anything special. Hence a 2/10.    … Expand
  65. okayge
    Jul 8, 2022
    2
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  66. MaxieZeus
    Mar 25, 2023
    2
    Horrible acting predictable story and **** choices makes this game a boring D list horror movie.
  67. kuehnau
    Sep 1, 2019
    1
    While Man of Medan looks impressive, that's the only thing it has going for it. Man of Medan is essentially nothing more than a better looking Telltale Game's Walking Dead.The game has multiple paths and endings, which they also help you keep track of, but I don't really feel like it's a genuine experience due to the fact, there is a narration here and the writers for this game does notWhile Man of Medan looks impressive, that's the only thing it has going for it. Man of Medan is essentially nothing more than a better looking Telltale Game's Walking Dead.The game has multiple paths and endings, which they also help you keep track of, but I don't really feel like it's a genuine experience due to the fact, there is a narration here and the writers for this game does not allow you to work outside of that narration.

    I feel like every time a choice is presented, it should effectively fracture off in to it's own path. Yeah, I get it, that'd be a lot of extra work, but as it is right now, there's plenty of decisions to make that don't effect the story in any sort of meaningful manner and it feels like a cheat.

    TLDR: Nice looking point & click adventure game dressed up to look like a better game.    … Expand
  68. scorp332211
    Jan 25, 2021
    1
    This game doesn’t live up to Supermassive’s “Until Dawn”. This game is extremely boring and not scary at all. The few attempts it makes to scare you just aren’t scary. It all takes place mainly on an old WW2 ship. It could have been so much more scary. It doesn’t have nearly as good of a setting as Until Dawn. The game just doesn’t seem polished or maybe even finished. This game andThis game doesn’t live up to Supermassive’s “Until Dawn”. This game is extremely boring and not scary at all. The few attempts it makes to scare you just aren’t scary. It all takes place mainly on an old WW2 ship. It could have been so much more scary. It doesn’t have nearly as good of a setting as Until Dawn. The game just doesn’t seem polished or maybe even finished. This game and “Little Hope” are both this boring and not scary. Hope Supermassive takes a note from these bombs to create something much better the next time around. It’s also only 4 hours long and not worth the price. Definitely don’t recommend. There's just no way someone should give this a 10/10!… Expand
  69. Kannibal
    May 14, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Holy crap this is horrendous. From having trophy notifications pop up in the middle of QTEs numerous beginners traps that make no sense uncanny valley animations and They would have had a better vocal cast if they would have just asked random passers by to rid the lines. Irredeemable… Expand
  70. Liahari
    Sep 2, 2019
    1
    The game is mediocre, played it twice on my own then twice in "movie night" mode with a friend. Last coop we did was to try and have only Conrad survive, but from the looks of it, its not possible to have less than 2 people survive, unlike in Until Dawn, which was very dissapointing. And we also did our utmost to destroy Alex and Julia's relationship, but we went as far as we could and itThe game is mediocre, played it twice on my own then twice in "movie night" mode with a friend. Last coop we did was to try and have only Conrad survive, but from the looks of it, its not possible to have less than 2 people survive, unlike in Until Dawn, which was very dissapointing. And we also did our utmost to destroy Alex and Julia's relationship, but we went as far as we could and it literally has no effect on events, which is dumb. In Until Dawn Chris could be killed because Ashley was mad at him, there's nothing like that in Man of Medan. The relationship system was a waste of game development time. If they'd removed that and spent more time on the story, pacing, sequencing and controls maybe the game would be a bit better. (Side note, it felt like every 5 seconds I was getting a prompt telling me traits had updated, despite looking and seeing practically no change. Annoying to say the least)

    I somewhat enjoyed the game the first playthrough... however it has many issues that make it very "meh" compared to Until Dawn. The movement controls are clunky and slow, even when using the "walk fast" feature, which is almost just as slow and its barely a noticeable difference in speed at all, so steering and navigating around the environment is very difficult at times and the fixed camera angles make it very hard to see where you are supposed to go to progress the game or see collectables. Quick time events were clunky and not very responsive, making it very frustrating when that results in a "bad outcome" to a scene of the game. Pressing the button in time didn't always register and the "keep calm heartbeat" system was a bit difficult to figure out exactly when to press the button, but wasn't too bad compared to other quick times. There also isn't much visual difference to a button mash quick time and press quick time, which was very infuriating when you lose a character because there wasn't indication you had to mash a button instead of just pushing it. The mash system is also a bit clunky, you have to press the button a lot more than you normally do in order to fill it up in time.

    The characters are bland and largely uninteresting, their relationships sort of fleshed out at the beginning but then halting once the events of the game start. The dialogue choices, unless you chose to say nothing, make all the characters seem like a**holes the large majority of the time and it is very frustrating in a "choice" based game when that happens because it feels like the game is forcing you to make poor dialogue choices because it's somehow useful to the plot I guess? During the abandoned ship part of the story, characters are extremely passive and seemingly largely unbothered by what's happening around them unless it's a cut scene of sorts. They don't really talk about the events and seem very blase about the weird stuff happening to them. They basically have non reactions to events most of the time, unlike Until Dawn where the characters were sort of constantly expressing some worry/fear/whatever in some way to events.

    The scares were pretty good, and there were a few on the abandoned ship that got me or their appearance in a dark corner before moving away set a creepy vibe, which I liked, but the rest were cheap and frequent jump scares.

    End of game cutscenes were disjointed and a little out of place, especially the ones for the characters who survived.

    It's also very frustrating that even if you manage to find the Manchurian Gold, it doesn't effect the dialogue. The character who finds it just keeps acting like they don't know what's going on when they do, and they don't tell anyone until later and even then it's poorly scripted. Honestly not worth the $40 I paid for the game. They didnt even make use of the ps4 motion controls once! Not once! Literally all buttons and joysticks. No touchpad and no motion controls. What's the point? Until Dawn had the Don't move! thing, I wish they'd implemented something like that into Man of Medan.

    Story overall was a bit meh and not as interesting as I'd hoped. The Curator also gives out the biggest spoilers as to what's going on and basically kills a lot of the excitement for trying to figure it out. He tells you "its not at all what you think it might be, its this type of thing". And the fact that what's going on doesn't have the sameish kind of theme as with Until Dawn was disappointing. The story was also very often hard to follow and quickly got confusing. I imagine the game would be much better story wise in multiplayer, but as the only way to play is with someone on your friends list who has the game or having someone in the room with you, that's not possible for the majority of players, so playing solo it is.    … Expand
  71. apjs
    Feb 26, 2020
    1
    1 point for the general idea of the story. But unfortunately, there are many inconsistencies and plot holes that are not acceptable. Especially towards the end. Feels like the game had to be published in a rush and the story was finished in a hurry.

    But the worst part are the quick time events (QTE). They are ridiculously hard - beyond anything you would expect from Until Dawn for example    1 point for the general idea of the story. But unfortunately, there are many inconsistencies and plot holes that are not acceptable. Especially towards the end. Feels like the game had to be published in a rush and the story was finished in a hurry.

    But the worst part are the quick time events (QTE). They are ridiculously hard - beyond anything you would expect from Until Dawn for example - and failing even a single one can kill one of the characters. This is especially bad in a game that allows no manual saving. The game gives an option to „Disable QTE timeouts“ - which is randomly working for like 70% of them. This is extremely frustrating especially since you don’t know in advance which ones are affected and which ones are not.    … Expand
  72. Heirs
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    Trop de bugs, une histoire banale, des personnages énervants, des graphismes horribles. Ca n'en vaut pas la peine
  73. Vahradrim
    Oct 9, 2022
    1
    NOT WORTH $30 AT ALL!! That's the first game I ask a refund for. The game will literally bug in the middle of it with an infinite loading you can't do anything of. The story is so disappointed and finishes by an explanation that let's you wonder why you're playing to such an non-scary "scary game". All the characters are annoying and you play 40% of the game doing side tasks that don'tNOT WORTH $30 AT ALL!! That's the first game I ask a refund for. The game will literally bug in the middle of it with an infinite loading you can't do anything of. The story is so disappointed and finishes by an explanation that let's you wonder why you're playing to such an non-scary "scary game". All the characters are annoying and you play 40% of the game doing side tasks that don't even matter (why bothering about the radio when we just leave on the boat anyway?? So useless!!) 1/10 for the graphics, waste of timeeee!!!!… Expand
  74. Jujalag
    Jul 13, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Esta de pinga controles muy malos diálogos forzados y que no encajan tiene puntuación de 1 por el apartado gráfico todo lo demás es muy malo el juego va con lag y nisiquiera por jugar al online en el modo jugar a solas va con lag y en este tipo de juegos es imperdonable. Los personajes son horribles todos son imbéciles y lo mejor que puedes hacer es ver un recopilación de muertes para verlos morir, los finales todos son aburridos y predecibles una trama aburrida una perdida de dinero ydinertiempo prefiero cortarme partes de mi cuerpo a juzgarl… Expand
  75. Kesorevo
    Oct 18, 2022
    1
    Просто все зависло после второй главы, бесконечная загрузка на всех консолях нового поколения. Разработчикам настолько похер на игру, что после матча если игра не работает, их
    Это не особо интересует.
  76. DaveAus
    Jul 12, 2022
    0
    Good opening and premise. But it is soon ruined by horrible characters and cringe dialogue.
  77. TzzzT23
    Sep 11, 2019
    0
    I didn't finished the game yet and I probably don't want to, because this game is pure garbage. I can't believe the dev team behind this game was the one who made until dawn, compare to until dawn this game is sh*t. I regret that I buy this game.
  78. Hyde_333
    Jun 29, 2022
    0
    This game is not scary at all, not even slightly. The writing is tired and the plot devices feel forced and unnatural. The character development is slow and I found myself disliking all of them rather quickly. Quite the opposite to Until Dawn, I was hoping that all the characters would die so I could end this terrible game and forget that it had ever happened. Poorest excuse for a horrorThis game is not scary at all, not even slightly. The writing is tired and the plot devices feel forced and unnatural. The character development is slow and I found myself disliking all of them rather quickly. Quite the opposite to Until Dawn, I was hoping that all the characters would die so I could end this terrible game and forget that it had ever happened. Poorest excuse for a horror game I have ever seen. Don't buy into the hype.… Expand
  79. Bzone
    Jul 9, 2022
    0
    After carefully quitting the game, I somehow lost my save data. "Continue restarts the entire game".
  80. GrimmjowUK
    Oct 18, 2020
    0
    Lots of bugs and glitches. We were playing co-op with my friend, the game was %67 and I tried to open a door using candle stick with Conrad and the game stopped at that scene. Tried reloading many times but same glitch over and over again. Don't pay money for this game
  81. Deus667
    May 28, 2021
    0
    This is not Horrorgame!
    Its just a Teenie-Splatter and an action adventure. Dont buy it if you are a horror fan. You will be disappointed.
    This Kids with 10 rating also gave Last of Us 2 6 day after release a 0 Points. If TLOU2 is 0 points worth why did he play it until the end? He is just upset about the ending. He obviously didnt even play it. I would give this game a 3/10 But    This is not Horrorgame!
    Its just a Teenie-Splatter and an action adventure. Dont buy it if you are a horror fan. You will be disappointed.
    This Kids with 10 rating also gave Last of Us 2 6 day after release a 0 Points.
    If TLOU2 is 0 points worth why did he play it until the end?
    He is just upset about the ending. He obviously didnt even play it.

    I would give this game a 3/10
    But with Fanboy correction for a more realistic end value, i corrected it with -5
    But i cant give this game a -2/10

    I just bought it because the German Wikipedia said it is a survival-horror game. The English wiki said its a "interactive drama" which is a bit more correct.
    Such games are called action adventure!
    It is a kind of horror but only the subgenre Splatter.

    Even most action games are brutal than this., so it doesnt deserve the title horror, not even Splatter

    Dont let kids define whats real horror is. If you usually dont play horror games it could be a bit creepy, but this only horror for kids or cowards.    … Expand
  82. Arrc84
    Oct 19, 2020
    0
    Very short and very underwhelming for the money.
    Also not particularly good - this game is a cash grab
  83. eimf
    Aug 4, 2020
    0
    I'm a Until Dawn fan. I was excited for this new one from the same studio. But they don't repeat the same work. They relaxed and made a garbage. Plot, characters and gameplay are trash! Worst PS4 game I've ever played. And a lot of glitches. I had to delete and install again the game because of a glitch.
  84. Nico99
    Aug 31, 2019
    0
    After playing Until Dawn and Detroit: Become Human I was really hyped for this even though the critics were mixed.

    **** The characters are all just annoying and you never ever have the feeling like OH YEAH I gotta save them. Then the quick time events are just a shame, after playing through the games I named above with hardly any mistake, I messed up like 50% of them in this trash. And    After playing Until Dawn and Detroit: Become Human I was really hyped for this even though the critics were mixed.

    **** The characters are all just annoying and you never ever have the feeling like OH YEAH I gotta save them. Then the quick time events are just a shame, after playing through the games I named above with hardly any mistake, I messed up like 50% of them in this trash. And not because I was to slow or something, the mechanics didn't work properly... Then just freezed Tv's and laggy and bad cuts. This game doesn't deserve anything but hate!    … Expand
  85. unap0logetic
    Sep 1, 2019
    0
    awfuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuulllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
  86. simcriss
    Sep 13, 2019
    0
    The cutscene were **** at the end. It was like they put them up together without checking if they were making any sense and they didnt. That game was botched and this is why the game is **** in my opinion
  87. Prismagic
    Feb 2, 2020
    0
    No juegues esta cosa, esta de hueva... Personajes e historias super chafa....
  88. razoom
    Apr 4, 2021
    0
    Until dawn with very low level of story will seem like a masterpiece, this qte game is total rubbish. The story is on level of 1.5 on imdb movies, i bought only because it cost, with "little hope" included, 15 $, even beyond two souls is much more intersting, totally the worst interactive movie i had played, and i played them all.
  89. Al3xcooki3
    Sep 11, 2022
    0
    Orribile, uno dei giochi peggiori che abbia mai giocato, non sono riuscito nemmeno a finirlo, fa acqua da tutte le parti, scrittura PESSIMA (sembra fatto da un bambino di 7 anni), Personaggi completamente anonimi, tutto quello che accade all'interno del gioco è fatto malissimo. Non lo consiglierei a nessuno.
  90. 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 not linear and meaningless phrases that makes killing great characters for it
  91. LukaszZab
    Oct 21, 2020
    0
    It was and is a neat Horror Games!
    -pro
    You can play with friends(How i played)
    The Story was very godd!
    -cons
    Not scary at all.
    The ending could be better
  92. Gosticouilles
    Oct 2, 2022
    0
    I was enjoying this game, I get a black screen everytime I try to load my file after the storm chapter. I litteraly can't progress any further and this game have been out for years...?
  93. johnnypiede
    Oct 18, 2022
    0
    Random, really random i think they had a bucket and picked what was going to happen. The game is just terrible. It's like a movie but it's supposed to be a videogame.
  94. xShoalKing
    Dec 1, 2022
    0
    The game can't be completed in the "Movie night" mode after the "Storm" chapter and the Curator scene, indeed, it keeps loading forever, this problem has been encountered by various players and it's well documented on Reddit, the Man of Medan developers, Supermassive, answered on Reddit that they are working for a fix 8 days ago, even if the problem is around from much more time,The game can't be completed in the "Movie night" mode after the "Storm" chapter and the Curator scene, indeed, it keeps loading forever, this problem has been encountered by various players and it's well documented on Reddit, the Man of Medan developers, Supermassive, answered on Reddit that they are working for a fix 8 days ago, even if the problem is around from much more time, nowadays, the game is still not playable.

    You can also see how many players completed it in "Movie Night" mode by checking the trophy section, where only the 0.3% of players achieved that Bronze common trophy    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 70 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 70
  2. Mixed: 38 out of 70
  3. Negative: 3 out of 70
  1. Carole Quintaine
    Jan 29, 2020
    75
    Even though Man of Medan is far less inspired than its studio predecessor Until Dawn, it offers an enjoyable horrific atmosphere, with good ideas and well thought out sequences. Unfortunately we would have appreciated more surprises and an extended lifespan, which would have given us the time to be really afraid. Everything is going too fast and we have the feeling that the story is sloppy. Too bad because this first chapter of The Dark Pictures has a good potential, but all it does is just scratch the surface.
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  2. CD-Action
    Oct 25, 2019
    60
    Supermassive’s newest work is a step back from Until Dawn on every level – including visual design which, though solid, ends up monotonous in comparison. [12/2019, p.58]
  3. Gaming Nexus
    Oct 11, 2019
    70
    Man of Medan starts out well enough but just falls apart towards the end leading up to a pretty anti-climatic ending thanks to a twist that was given away at the very beginning of the story. It's not terrible but it's not nearly as good as Until Dawn. Still, as a fan of Until Dawn, I still enjoyed the story for what it was but I didn't really have a desire to go back and play through it again after finishing it the first time.
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