The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

 PlayStation 5
Metascore
72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 58 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 58
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 58
  3. Negative: 1 out of 58
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  1. VideoGamer
    Oct 22, 2021
    40
    If only House of Ashes were possessed with something malevolent enough to actually scare us; sadly, it commits a litany of sins, none of them original.
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  1. 3DJuegos
    Oct 22, 2021
    An interactive horror film from the creators of Until Dawn. A great plan for Halloween night, trying to discover the mysteries from the hell itself. [Recommended]
  2. Eurogamer
    Oct 21, 2021
    Knife-edge thrills delivered by a compelling cast for a truly impressive horror. [Eurogamer Recommended]
  3. Kotaku
    Oct 26, 2021
    Tonally, it feels more like the kind of rah-rah, imperialist propaganda that was so common in the early 2000s than a work that’s trying to leverage its concept and setting to speak to the true nature of the horrors of the Iraq War. While Iraq isn’t stockpiling warheads in House of Ashes, what they’ve got are functionally WMDs: a colony of murderous vampire spawn. The vampire nest is a feel-good justification for horror movie violence, one that undermines the game’s half-hearted suggestions of war remorse.

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#80 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2021
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#40 Most Discussed PlayStation 5 Game of 2021

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 188 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 142 out of 188
  2. Mixed: 26 out of 188
  3. Negative: 20 out of 188
  1. NevWave
    Oct 23, 2021
    10
    Great game with great story. I love it. It so much better than overrated gta games with nothing special. But specially everybody ignored it. Very sad.
  2. kadet50874
    Oct 24, 2021
    2
    the problem with this game is that it is not a game. There is no playability, there is no gameplay. It's just a boring movie where you have tothe problem with this game is that it is not a game. There is no playability, there is no gameplay. It's just a boring movie where you have to sit and watch. You can do nothing more, just press left mouse button when suggested on screen or some other button and that's all. Very very boring. Watching a real movie is way better than this fake video game… Full Review »
  3. ghosttoyou
    Feb 5, 2022
    8
    узнал для себя сегодня окончательно, что я все таки фанат этой серии. Каждая игра это как по мне уникальная и нетипичная история, оченьузнал для себя сегодня окончательно, что я все таки фанат этой серии. Каждая игра это как по мне уникальная и нетипичная история, очень интересная получилась часть, 6 часов напряга без особо очевидных развитий сюжета, за исключением некоторых маленьких моментов , например выживание некоторых персонажей. По минусам - скипались диалоги когда поднимал какой нибудь предмет и кто-то в этот момент начинал с тобой разговаривать, ну и не было стабильных 60 фпс на пс5 в обоих режимах графики, но это мб уже больше доёб к пс5 а не к самой игре , хз.… Full Review »
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