The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me

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  1. MaorGadol
    Nov 25, 2022
    7
    Second half of the game was definitely better, more interesting and more engaging. Overall I liked it. Slow start, some very minor bugs and not enough surprises in my opinion. Other than that, it was a good game.
  2. Dstamps
    Nov 20, 2022
    10
    This game was a massive improvement over the previous games and took it in different direction and it pulled off
  3. Dyyuuki
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    A complete mess. Many game breaking bugs that require you to restart the game. A lot of slow crawling and climbing in an attempt to make the playtime longer. The story itself is really boring and predictable, and many things remain unanswered. I’ve played the entire dark pictures series and can say that this one is the worst of them all.
  4. nandika
    Dec 17, 2022
    4
    i swear these games are getting worse and worse. writing, facial animations and graphics depth of field - all jarringly bad. voices - mediocre. art direction - not bad.
  5. Daniel2009
    Nov 20, 2022
    10
    What a great rap up of season 1 in this anthology and is so far the best one
  6. Ludo69
    Nov 20, 2022
    9
    In my opinion the best Dark Pictures game to date. Game has good jumpscares and a compelling story. Characters are a bit blended but the murder castle really makes up for it. Fantastic game!
  7. Yourmumsbills
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    Surprise surprise, another broken mess from supermassive. The same old janky controls and overuse of QTEs that don't even work properly and their now signature, terrifying and weird facial animations that seem to get worse with each game despite thousands of players and reviewers pointing out the blank stares, crossed eyes and gurning. On top of that the co-op in The Devil In Me isSurprise surprise, another broken mess from supermassive. The same old janky controls and overuse of QTEs that don't even work properly and their now signature, terrifying and weird facial animations that seem to get worse with each game despite thousands of players and reviewers pointing out the blank stares, crossed eyes and gurning. On top of that the co-op in The Devil In Me is completely broken. Supermassive needs to spend more time making a one good quality game that is a worthy successor to the brilliant Until Dawn, rather than rushing all these mediocre to poor games.… Expand
  8. Ray6701
    Nov 20, 2022
    10
    This game is so far the best game in the dark pictures anthology amazing visuals
  9. benjamin666
    Dec 6, 2022
    6
    It was an average game. Low excitement. A bit long and boring. Better action and horror numbers should be made
  10. Manc_Prophecy
    Nov 22, 2022
    4
    The Devil In Me is probably one of the worse games in the Dark Pictures Anthology, from the introduction of the main characters, to the very first death scene, the structure just falls completely flat.
    Never in a DPA game have I been so underwhelmed and uninterested in a single character that I even feel compelled to at least save a single person.
    The Story is as bland as the    The Devil In Me is probably one of the worse games in the Dark Pictures Anthology, from the introduction of the main characters, to the very first death scene, the structure just falls completely flat.
    Never in a DPA game have I been so underwhelmed and uninterested in a single character that I even feel compelled to at least save a single person.

    The Story is as bland as the characters, and the voice acting is so, so bad.... I didn't think it was possible for the VA to get worse in a Supermassive Games project, but low and behold they managed to find a group of uninspired voice actors along with directors and writers less uninspired.

    I normally long for the goofy "doesn't take itself too serious" Supermassive Games titles in the Dark Pictures Anthology such as Man of Medan, Little Hope and House of Ashes all which I enjoyed playfully.... Even The Quarry with it's goofy dialogue and bad voice acting had a bit of "so bad, it's good" charm to it.

    I'm currently about 3 hours into the game and literally from the first hour, every time I pick it up I find myself thinking about putting it back down again almost 5 minutes later.    … Expand
  11. Disabling
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    The most boring game of all the series, absolutely disgusting characters...
  12. ParanoydAndroyd
    Nov 23, 2022
    10
    Avoiding all spoilers as these games are always fun to explore yourself. It's your typical run of the mill Supermassive game that got pumped out quickly. It's not the strongest in the series, but it's definitely a worthy entry that keeps you guessing. Can't wait for more games like this to come from them!
  13. ram_1941REG77
    Nov 29, 2022
    2
    A movie with pre-set angles and minimal gameplay turned out to be so broken and buggy on the PS5 that you can go nuts!
    Thanks for the localization, for this pr balls
  14. RainXI
    Dec 9, 2022
    0
    Worst game ever, in all aspects and the glitches are hard to count
  15. Exc-Enthusiast
    Nov 19, 2022
    6
    I finished the game and 3 people survived. But I didn't enjoy the game at all. But before that I played The Quarry and enjoyed it. The problem is that if you want to get the "best ending" the game will become boring. But once you get the "worst ending", there you will experience some exciting moments. So I couldn't finish the game at the best end, but it's still not bad. However, as in allI finished the game and 3 people survived. But I didn't enjoy the game at all. But before that I played The Quarry and enjoyed it. The problem is that if you want to get the "best ending" the game will become boring. But once you get the "worst ending", there you will experience some exciting moments. So I couldn't finish the game at the best end, but it's still not bad. However, as in all other horror games, a man follows you and you resist him. And man doesn't care and is approaching you with calm steps. Very boring. Because we had the opportunity to attack this man at least 3 times, but the game did not offer it to us.… Expand
  16. pr0st04uvak
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Another **** game from supermassive, who would've thought that rushing games doesn't deliver success. But anyways, to the points.
    Good things:
    -The idea of moving walls is great, but you aren't actually in control of anything so the concept isn't played out really. Seeing that in cutscenes only doesn't really add anything to the feeling, game still feels the same as there weren't any moving walls and you were just running along the same hallways.
    Bad things:
    -Character models are awful, even worse than in The Quarry, bad lipsync, neck just turns 180 degrees, terrible animations, etc.
    -Breathing mechanic, it's so cheap
    -Lack of gameplay. Walking the only way there is isn't really gameplay, but that's the most you'll get. A couple random boxes you can move around to reach one place, again not really gameplay. Tried to implement the puzzles, but if they were made for 5 year olds. Up to 5 times per game you'll get a control your character while crossing something on a log or plank, 25 times you'll climb some object and you'll just pickup random items revealing you the story, to which I'll get later. Oh and the leaning mechanic, which you'll encounter like 10 times per game. Other than that just walking and doing pointless QTEs.
    -QTEs. As an example, an episode where Jamie and Charlie are in a room with an animatronic in yellow suit and with head covered, when Charlie unknowingly steps on the pressure plate, he's approached by the killer with a knife and you are given 2 options: stay on the plate or step back. If you stay on the plate the killer cuts your nostril with the knife and as a result Charlie screams and steps away from the plate. And then the cutscene plays and his nostril isn't cut and stays normal for the rest of the game. Literally the same would happen if I chose the option of stepping back, they even use 1 cutscene for either choice because this choice in particular doesn't matter. Given the fact this game is so bad I haven't replayed it to check other choices, but it should be pretty obvious that they didn't put much effort into them. As another prime example is Erin's death in the dark room. I was shown the premonition of her dying in that room, so when killer showed up I chose to stab him, but of course the character stabs into the shoulder and eventually I die. Hmm, surely if I choose to take the inhaler from his hands he won't kill me.
    -Writing
    -Dialogues are so cringe, like they were written by 12 year olds for 12 year olds. All while all the
    characters look adult.
    -The title of the game says "The devli in me", but the only time the devil is mentioned is in the very
    beginning of the game, in the intro to the whole story. Might've called it the murder house or
    offbrand Saw, because devil is nowhere to be seen.
    -The story. Never got to understand it fully, the game leaves so many questions unanswered, am I
    really supposed to understand the whole ****show only from random pictures in the hallways and
    a couple of random audio biographies or whatever they are. Is the killer Agent Munday or
    Du'Met? I don't know. Game constantly points to Agent Munday, even showing FBI uniform and
    badge in the basement somewhere, but the characters only talk about Du'Met. So many
    questions, yet no answers.
    -Killer. Is he superhero or what? How can he just teleport from 1 character to another and survive
    everything? But the most bizarre thing is in the last scene, assuming there is only one good
    ending and the only difference is how many people survived. I am escaping on a boat going solid
    30 kmph on water, and this prick just jumps out of water with an axe and starts his usual killing. Is
    this Friday 13th ripoff? Very much looks like it. Has dead mother sitting with audio tapes replaying
    some lines, invencible, wears mask, walks exactly the same way. So **** lame.
    The game really goes downhill as you progress through the story. Starts off solid in the prologue, and ends up as a ****ty indie ripoff with no story integrity, no character likeability and no logical explanations to anything.

    When I myself was playing the game most of the time I was like shocked by what in the actual **** just happened, the devs can't be serious, this is so bad. However that's an amazing game to watch somebody play it, because then it's not you who have spent 40 euros on this **** and not you who have to play that **** Laughed my ass off watching the game on stream, was dissapointed playing it myself. Solid 0/10 game, following The Quarry steps as I see.    … Expand
  17. Madbert
    Dec 5, 2022
    3
    La saga siempre me ha gustado bastante, pero el juego ha salido con una cantidad de problemas brutales, las animaciones son toscas y malas, hay cien mil problemas de sonido y glitches visuales, pero lo peor es que no pude terminar el juego debido a un bug lo cual me parece algo gravísimo. Con este título0 han pinchado fuerte, no se lo puedo recomendar a nadie
  18. Kakish
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    it's a huge kakish, Me with my friend Slavik, restart this peace of **** about 20 times.
  19. Sasah766
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Сюжет не оправдал ожиданий Озвучка сырая, как и управление
  20. Speckdrum919
    Nov 25, 2022
    2
    Hiho, ansich ist das Spiel ganz okay von der Story. Finde es gelungener als den Vorgänger.

    Das Problem ist nur seit Man of Medan ziehen sich ein und die selben Bugs durch die Reihe. Gekauft hab ich es diesmal da ich es im Coop spielen wollte. Das ging bis zum Patch überhaupt nicht. Immer wieder konnte bzw kann keine Verbindung hergestellt werden trotz offenen ports Zusehens    Hiho, ansich ist das Spiel ganz okay von der Story. Finde es gelungener als den Vorgänger.

    Das Problem ist nur seit Man of Medan ziehen sich ein und die selben Bugs durch die Reihe. Gekauft hab ich es diesmal da ich es im Coop spielen wollte. Das ging bis zum Patch überhaupt nicht. Immer wieder konnte bzw kann keine Verbindung hergestellt werden trotz offenen ports Zusehens Animationsfehler stimm bzw Sprachprobleme, immer wieder kommt die Englische Syncro durch. Belichtungsfehler usw.

    Im coop konnte mein Mitspieler seinen Charakter nicht mehr steuern nichts aufheben und noch viel mehr.

    Absolut enttäuschend Stand 25.11.2022    … Expand
  21. MMDalma
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Why is it necessary to include a scene in any story of a game where you can abuse an animal with broken glass??? Outrageous and disgusting!!… Expand
  22. latedentarthurd
    Nov 30, 2022
    2
    Unplayable. There are so many glitches. Visual glitches. Gameplay glitches. It broke so hard that we couldn't progress the game any further. The screen just does black. I'm completely disappointed.
  23. reavers89
    Dec 4, 2022
    5
    The worst, buggiest release in the series, I do not recommend it full price, played it co-op and it was a fun breaker right now. Cinematics going suddenly with chars teleporting in other areas. It's just a bad experience.
  24. WintherMan
    Dec 4, 2022
    0
    It wont let me write a long review, and gives me 404 error.. Game sucks, dont play its, its not horror.
  25. Matius98
    Apr 30, 2023
    1
    The game is terrible. Graphics are terrible, the plot doesn't make sense. It's just isn't worth the time.
  26. Jim222001
    Feb 6, 2023
    8
    Though the audio for the voice overs wasn’t that great. The same for the facial expressions at times. With that said, I enjoyed this Dark Pictures game the most. Since the ending feels more finished, even more so than Until Dawn or the Quarry.
    An actual killer is what I have been waiting for. This game delivered that. Even if what I want is more slasher and less Saw.
  27. Rousmorgoth
    Nov 23, 2022
    10
    I’m really enjoying every game from this series. Every story is different. Games have good length and amazing visuals. It’s like watching a good movie every year.
  28. obzhora69
    Jan 17, 2023
    8
    Another solid game from supermassive games. As a fan of these series, I recommend to play it. It’s not as good as House of Ashes to me , but still it is really good and we enjoyed our playthrough
  29. Rysak23
    Nov 20, 2022
    5
    This game is a perfect example of how a good, frightening storyline can be ruined by just disgusting technical part and stupid idiotic gameplay. **** developers, don't listen to the idiots whining about weak gameplay. The most important thing in interactive cinema is the plot and the atmosphere. Work on the technical part so that in your ****ing game there is no such thing that theThis game is a perfect example of how a good, frightening storyline can be ruined by just disgusting technical part and stupid idiotic gameplay. **** developers, don't listen to the idiots whining about weak gameplay. The most important thing in interactive cinema is the plot and the atmosphere. Work on the technical part so that in your ****ing game there is no such thing that the translation constantly disappears, the characters constantly keep back words. Make sure that the textures do not pass through each other, so that there are characters in the mirror, but no ****ing soap. Because of this ****ing gameplay, you constantly do not understand where to go, what to press. This is the difference between interactive cinema and action-adventure - in interactive cinema there should be a MINIMUM of gameplay and a maximum of plot and choices.


    And, yes, the ending and explanation of the plot were not part of the deal, which is why you need to deduct 5 points as well    … Expand
  30. GretchenGrinch4
    Nov 27, 2022
    7
    the Dark Pictures best game to date. An excellent story .with some good jump scares. i personally didnt experience any bugs on ps5. the only negatives i can say are that the new tool mechanics are just sort of gimmiks that really serve no purpose, they really just complicate redundant tasks, but the sprint feature is nice, Lets see skippable cutscenes in the next game, for those who havethe Dark Pictures best game to date. An excellent story .with some good jump scares. i personally didnt experience any bugs on ps5. the only negatives i can say are that the new tool mechanics are just sort of gimmiks that really serve no purpose, they really just complicate redundant tasks, but the sprint feature is nice, Lets see skippable cutscenes in the next game, for those who have completed it a few times, listening to the same dialogs over and over is unnecessary, oh, and it was a pretty low blow to gamers that didnt pre order to include trophies only available in co-op or curators cut mode.… Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 50 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 50
  3. Negative: 3 out of 50
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 24, 2024
    40
    The story is shallow, the finale unsatisfying, and aside from about four instances, your choices have absolutely no impact on the story. The constantly escalating music runs on a loop and is rather distracting. The last part of the tetralogy is simply stupid. [Issue#324]
  2. Adventure Game Hotspot
    May 12, 2023
    67
    While Supermassive’s formula is starting to need a bit of a punch-up, and the H. H. Holmes Murder Castle is surprisingly less compelling than the earlier anthology settings, The Devil in Me is still a solid slasher story for horror fans to enjoy.
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  3. TierraGamer
    Jan 5, 2023
    68
    The Devil in Me gives us more of the compilation's typical gameplay. However, its visual aspect feels neglected, and its story takes several hours to start.
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