The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me

 PlayStation 5
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6.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 79 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 31 out of 79
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 79
  3. Negative: 26 out of 79
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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. Disabling
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    The most boring game of all the series, absolutely disgusting characters...
  6. 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
  7. RainXI
    Dec 9, 2022
    0
    Worst game ever, in all aspects and the glitches are hard to count
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Kakish
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    it's a huge kakish, Me with my friend Slavik, restart this peace of **** about 20 times.
  11. Sasah766
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Сюжет не оправдал ожиданий Озвучка сырая, как и управление
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. seri0usguy
    Dec 31, 2022
    1
    I've been defending most of these games for years but this game is egregiously bad and a complete waste of time. There are no redeeming qualities, bad acting, characters, pacing, gameplay, story. Just everything is bottom of the barrel and a waste of time and money.
  17. CUPakaBRIK
    Feb 1, 2023
    1
    This is the worst game I've ever played. Absolutely everything is bad in it. Heroes die accidentally and there is no logic in the actions of the heroes and the consequences after the decisions made

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70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 48 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 48
  3. Negative: 2 out of 48
  1. 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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  2. Edge Magazine
    Dec 29, 2022
    60
    By tentatively introducing new concepts, The Devil In Me at least sets up an exciting cliffhanger for a second two, where we hope to see their potential fulfilled. [Issue#380, p.118]
  3. PLAY
    Dec 14, 2022
    80
    While there’s not enough here to convince QTE sceptics, there’s life in it yet thanks to a cast you’ll want to root for and some welcome gameplay additions. [Issue#22, p.82]
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