The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan

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  • Summary: DON'T PLAY ALONE - From the developers of Until Dawn...Enter the world of The Dark Pictures - A series of standalone cinematic horror games. Players will be challenged to explore and uncover each story with the knowledge that all their choices have consequences and all playable charactersDON'T PLAY ALONE - From the developers of Until Dawn...Enter the world of The Dark Pictures - A series of standalone cinematic horror games. Players will be challenged to explore and uncover each story with the knowledge that all their choices have consequences and all playable characters can live, any and all can die... Man of Medan is the first game in The Dark Pictures anthology, bringing supernatural horror to the South Pacific. Five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip with a rumored WWII wreck to find. As the day unfolds and a storm rolls in, their trip soon changes into something much more sinister. Who will live? Who will die? It's down to you. Can you save them all?

    Features:

    A NEW TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE
    Supermassive Games delivers a new, horrific narrative journey where you will have to confront your deepest fears.

    CAN YOU SAVE THEM ALL?
    All payable characters can live and all can die. The choices you make will decide their fate. Death could be just around the corner...

    WHAT WILL YOU DO TO SURVIVE?
    Each choice you make has a consequence which can mean life or death for your character. Will you keep your head whilst struggling to survive? What decisions will you make?    … Expand

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 23
  3. Negative: 1 out of 23
  1. GameCritics
    Aug 28, 2019
    95
    When played the way the developers intended, Dark Pictures: Man of Medan is a one-of-a-kind triumph, and a shared horror experience unlike anything ever produced. It’s extremely presumptuous to ask players to buy two copies to get the full effect, but I can’t deny that it’s absolutely worth the time and expense for those who do. Dark Pictures: Man of Medan is a true evolution of the interactive movie genre, and horror fans owe it to themselves to climb aboard.
  2. COGconnected
    Aug 28, 2019
    90
    Supermassive’s back in full swing. In spite of a predictable plot and setting, I eventually grew somewhat tired of, I loved every aspect of Man of Medan. It’s a killer debut to a series I’m now eagerly anticipating. It has the spooks, fun cast, and unforgiving consequences I grew to love in Until Dawn. Horror fans rejoice, as Man of Medan’s a phenomenal introduction to a promising new interactive anthology series.
  3. MGG
    Aug 28, 2019
    82
    For this first episode in The Dark Pictures Anthology, Supermassive Games has fulfilled its mission — to provide us with a game that effectively reproduces horror movie tropes. The quality of the graphics and sound is undeniable, even it sometimes looks more like an interactive film than a game, and it gives little freedom. It achieves its goals by effectively and intelligently managing to frighten us — it's just a shame that the QTEs sometimes make us angry.
  4. GameCrate
    Aug 30, 2019
    80
    Man of Medan is a promising start to the Dark Pictures Anthology. I'd be happy to play more of these b-horror movie simulators, full of pretty people desperately trying to survive.
  5. GameStar
    Aug 28, 2019
    77
    The great horror atmosphere has created constant tension with me.
  6. Worth Playing
    Aug 28, 2019
    75
    Man of Medan is a worthy follow-up to Until Dawn. It hits a lot of the same notes, and it's clear the developers understood the group appeal of watching-slash-playing a cheesy horror film with friends. There are still some weak points, but Man of Medan shows a willingness to learn from the previous game's mistakes and leaves us curious to see the next part of the anthology.
  7. Jeuxvideo.com
    Aug 29, 2019
    45
    Man of Medan is quickly overtaken by a very average writing quality and an abominable technical level synonymous with jerks and other constant freezes.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 98
  2. Mixed: 36 out of 98
  3. Negative: 21 out of 98
  1. OnlyMad
    Aug 30, 2019
    10
    A great game that you definitely need to play in a cooperative in order to get positive emotions and have a good evening. I had no problemsA great game that you definitely need to play in a cooperative in order to get positive emotions and have a good evening. I had no problems with optimization, with the exception of rare FPS drawdowns, but this is when playing at high graphics settings. The plot is quite suitable for fun in the company of a friend. I liked the game, and I will gladly buy a sequel. Thanks to the authors for a great interactive movie on PC)
    P.S. For the cooperative to work, you must have nicknames in Steam in English.    … Expand
  2. Ray6701
    Sep 3, 2021
    10
    Awesome action and fun to play with friends and cool graphics and it's very good
  4. ulgrath
    Aug 30, 2019
    8
    I played through solo, not sure I will do the multiplayer to be honest. But I will say I enjoyed the game my wife and friend watched as II played through solo, not sure I will do the multiplayer to be honest. But I will say I enjoyed the game my wife and friend watched as I played and helped make the decisions. We will definitely play through a few more times.

    To be honest before reading the reviews we talked about the price at the end of the game and all felt is was well worth the price of admission.

    I have read the voice acting was horrible but we did not find it to be so. I will say however the controls are clunky and the movement does look funky like they dont have a care in the world.

    Overall well worth the 30$ price tag and with more of them to come over the next 5 years we will be getting them all.    … Expand
  5. george_bondo
    Jul 24, 2022
    7
    this game is just perfect with that beautiful music , characters and atmosphere
  6. Gyorgg
    Dec 29, 2022
    6
    Its a decent experience if you can get it for under 10 bucks but it doesnt warent anything more than a 6/10
  7. Grombl
    Oct 13, 2021
    5
    Perhaps it works better on PS4Pro or PS5 but on PS4 it works terrible. Several crashes, textures are loading on the go so first few seconds ofPerhaps it works better on PS4Pro or PS5 but on PS4 it works terrible. Several crashes, textures are loading on the go so first few seconds of the scene are some low poly meshes. The controls are horrible, everything is just so clumsy. I liked Until Dawn a lot, it had some problems as well but overall it was a great game But this one was simply poorly implemented and it does not work well. Too bad... I hope Little Hope works better… Expand
  8. getaf
    Mar 4, 2022
    0
    Insincere characters that you don't believe! In one of the endings, one of the characters did not even react in any way to the bloody death ofInsincere characters that you don't believe! In one of the endings, one of the characters did not even react in any way to the bloody death of her boyfriend. Many bugs and bad face animations.… Expand

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