Dark Pictures: The Devil in Me
 

I never knew about the Dark Pictures games until I saw a recommendation on Amazon. I bought "The Devil in me" not knowing it was in this series but thankfully, there is no reason to play these games in any sort of order.

This game takes its sweet ass time to get going, and I mean it really takes its time, but once it gets going, it doesn't stop.

The creator of this made Until Dawn and the Quarry. I recently started playing the Quarry as well/at the same time and I can tell you it's MUCH better than this game BUT, this game is still definitely worth a playthrough.

Oddly enough, the games graphics start out only decent but then get excellent later on and stay that way. It also borrows HEAVILY from the Shining (in many areas, ridiculously so) but I'm not going to hate on it for that. The game is based off the real life and bat shit crazy H.H. Holmes.

The gore is nice as well as the design, but the characters can be beyond annoying at times - they may be annoying in The Quarry as well but at least they have some decent personality - here, these people are either annoying or just lame, but it does get a little less tiresome putting up with them as the game moves on.

I saw here in the forum that there is a thread for the "Man of Medan" title in this series but I don't know if I can play through another of these but gain, I do highly suggest you play this game - I've never really played anything quiite like it - even though it's a times sequence game (which, I never thought I'd like these types of games but I do) they still have you hide in the nick of time and sometimes it's not always obvious where you have to go (not immediately so).

Have any of you played any of these? What do you think?

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Re: Dark Pictures: The Devil in Me
 

They're included in the Playstation Plus Extra tier., most of them anyway. I have been meaning to check this one out.

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Didn't find another thread for these games, so I'll assume this is it. I've been playing The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan. I don't get all the hate for this one. So far it's been a lot of fun, even if the QTEs are punishing (really hate the ones). It's been a nice follow up to Until Dawn. I managed to get Season One for $40 on the PlayStation store, so I look forward to tackling all the games (minus the VR title) available so far.

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Well, since I managed to figure out what was really going on, I managed to save all the leads of Man of Medan. That said, the ending felt somewhat abrupt. A fun ride, nonetheless.

EDIT: I saw that there was

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Since I played through Man of Medan and Little Hope, I decided to keep going and play House Of Ashes next. I am early into it but enjoying myself so far, as I get to know the characters. I am having everyone play nice with each other, but can't shake the feeling that's gonna bite me in the ass down the road.

You can tell that, unlike the previous two games (despite playing their PS5 versions), this one was made with the PS5 and Xbox Series X in mind. There is a bit more polish to the overall look (although there are quite a few dead eyed stares). I also notice that the brightness adjustment actually works as intended. In the previous games, if I followed the instructions, the image was practically unwatchable. This time around it looks just right.

If I have one gripe early on, however, it's the prologue. Not that I disliked it but that all three games seem to rely on the same exact story structure, giving it all a wash, rinse, repeat feeling. Assuming The Devil In Me follows suit, I hope season two (starting with Directive 8020) mixes things up.