The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

1. EllanyBarnes

   Jan 8, 2022

   10

   This one is definitely the best of the series. Each game is getting better and better and I cannot wait until the next installment!

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2. ILYAUKRAINE

   Jan 2, 2022

   10

   Потрясающая игра, с каждой частью все лучше и лучше.

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4. DmitryKochurov

   Oct 25, 2021

   10

   This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Это самая лучшая часть в серии. Интересный сюжет и самое главное полностью непредсказуемый, если опираться на стиль предыдущих частей. После добавления фантастики игра преобразилась и стала интереснее и неожиданной. Я сначала подумал, что опять какой-то газ или грибы или ещё что-то психотропное, а не тут то было) и за это сценаристам огромный плюс. Система выбора и последствий порадовала: приятно было думать о том, что мои решения приводили к тому, что персонажи оставались живы на протяжение всей игры и осознание того, что они могли погибнуть десятки раз в течение игры. В предыдущих частях было как-то не так. Игра очень кинематографична с неплохой графикой, но немного "деревянными" лицами)). Сами персонажи интересные. Интересно было наблюдать и принимать участие в их отношениях. В игре хорошая оптимизация. Огромный плюс за русскую локализацию и за привычные маты в разговоре, что придаёт диалогу между персонажами натуральности и реалистичности. Трейлер в конце игры к четвёртой части интригует, мне показалось, что будет что-то в стиле фильма "пилы" ) Спасибо за отличную игру. С нетерпением жду следующих частей. Вы сделали мои выходные ;)
   P.S. Критики в своём репертуаре. Поставить абсолютно субъективную оценку (69-74 балла) весьма неплохой игре и не побоюсь даже сказать, что одной из лучших игр этого года. Это далеко не проходняк. Поиграйте для начала и прочувствуйте игру, прежде чем ставить такие плохие оценки.… Expand

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5. Daniel2009

   Jan 6, 2022

   10

   Awesome graphics incredible graphics interesting characters and story and great graphics

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6. slaine130177

   Dec 14, 2021

   8

   3 ème épisode de la saga "The Dark Pictures", the house of ashes ne change que très peu la formule de base. On est face à un jeu purement3 ème épisode de la saga "The Dark Pictures", the house of ashes ne change que très peu la formule de base. On est face à un jeu purement narratif avec un gameplay limité, souvent synonyme de QTE. Les choix cruciaux sont toujours de la partie avec la possibilité de réussir le jeu avec tous les protagonistes en vie, ou aucun...
   Dans ce 3ème opus, on constate que la technique s'améliore avec des décors plus "grandioses" et des textures plus travaillées même si tout n'est pas parfait.
   Niveau scénario, il est meilleur que le 2ème (little hope), mais je garde tout de même ma préférence pour le 1er pour le moment. Le doublage français est pas mal par contre la synchro labiale est souvent aux fraises.
   J'espère juste que pour la saison 2 (il reste encore 1 épisode à venir pour la saison 1), ils iront plus loin dans le gameplay et revenir à des titres plus jouables comme Until Dawn.
   Cela reste un très bon jeu pour ceux qui aiment le genre, ce qui est mon cas.… Expand

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7. Filmanwalt

   Oct 25, 2021

   8

   This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It took me almost 5 1/2 hours in co-op for this interactive survival action "horror". I also played the predecessors in co-op and overall House of Ashes is the best part for me. In retrospect, part 1 was rather weak, part 2 does it better and part 3 ultimately the strongest.
   
   Nevertheless, you don't get your money's worth in terms of horror, House of Ashes is much more geared towards action. But that doesn't really bother me, for me personally there isn't much good horror anyway (regardless of whether it is a film or a game).
   
   the atmosphere
   
   We liked the setting very much, the narrow streets in this outdated system of ruins created an oppressive effect and made the demonic beings more threatening. The game has a fabulous staging that is graphically pretty, but has to deal with bugs and texture errors. The reloading of textures in cutscenes was already done in a very high density (Series X). The facial expressions were also a bit bumpy in places, which is a shame, especially with such a game that is more of a film than a game.
   
   But I found the presentation itself outstanding, because a lot is staged by numerous video sequences. The cut scenes in particular were pretty good.
   
   story
   
   It's just more action than horror. The Iraq war had to serve as the starting point for the setting, but the whole thing then turns into very exciting and sometimes surprising twists and turns. I hadn't really expected to explain where the "demons" come from, even if you probably know it from well-known film adaptations. I just didn't think about it and was then all the more surprised and, above all, positively surprised how the game was developing. Even at this junction in the story relatively at the end, the scenery is really good again and grows beyond itself.
   
   I basically all liked the characters, even if some of them were very questionable characterizations, but that's part of the character. Otherwise, in terms of dialogue, it is not the yellow of the egg, to put it cautiously, but there are really worse things. I found the conversation with the two "warring" soldiers' factions at the end very strong.
   
   For me a significant increase in story building, but also nothing special here. To be honest, I never approached the Dark Pictures Anthology with the expectation of experiencing the finest storytelling. It just goes with everything in the background.
   
   Gameplay
   
   Well, you know what to expect in terms of gameplay. That is not much. It's just more of an interactive film without great gameplay. Sometimes a Quicktime event here to explore something in the form of a walking simulator. It's banal and suggests a little more freedom in exploring, especially in the catacombs or the temple area, but it's still very, very limited. Here the game could have offered a little more gameplay sections, which does not mean that the cutscenes should be shortened.
   
   The co-op worked very well for the most part and is divided up in an interesting way. My colleague could then make a comparison in the stream from time to time and there were clear differences until the characters were brought back together or not (4/5 or 4/6 survived with us, I don't even know how much those were). These differences existed right at the beginning of the tutorial, where everyone had completely different video sequences.
   
   SORRY, we had desynchronizations from time to time, so that sometimes it did not go on because one of them had reached progress faster or connection errors (despite a two-sided perfect connection). Fortunately, this only led to going into the main menu for a short time and accepting loading times because the co-op partner was still playing on a One X. Annoying and definitely open to criticism, but not a complete break because the save points were set well.
   
   Conclusion
   
   So far the best part of the series for us and very fun, exciting and also surprising. Unfortunately, the horror is neglected again. 8/10 demons.… Expand

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8. M-Reviews

   Nov 7, 2021

   5

   "The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes" is indeed a game full of horrors - unfortunately, you may just not find it where you´d really"The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes" is indeed a game full of horrors - unfortunately, you may just not find it where you´d really expect it. Mostly uninteresting characters and a boring story without any notable scares make the third entry in the series the weakest to date. It´s really hard to imagine how the franchise is attempting to survive another five years of sequels when it´s already suffering from a complete lack of new ideas right now.… Expand

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