The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan

Five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip with a rumoured 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?

Man of Medan kicks off The Dark Pictures Anthology elegantly and subtly chilling with a solid, entertaining horror experience from Supermassive Games. Whilst the game isn't as emotionally impactful as Until Dawn, and the characters not nearly as interesting and fleshed-out the game makes up for with gripping, beautiful, and giddily silly horror. Technical issues, a rushed story, and a confusing approach to player choices halt the game from reaching the same levels as Until Dawn. Overall, Man of Medan is a fun, entertaining horror experience but I'm hoping Supermassive Games can scare up something a little more substantial for future The Dark Pictures titles.

If you are a fan of horror movies and games with a story ... well you are in the right place then. Now I understand that some people do not consider this a game. Pushing buttons to progress the story and walking from time to time (finding clues of the story along the way). But at least here you can walk around, there are FMV games that are just video after video (I like them too, just saying).

The story is rich and complex and to actually understand all of it, a number of playthroughs have to be made! And I made more than just a number of ... although that doesn't make much sense I reckon ... what would be more than a number of playthroughs? Anyway, the game is rich and detailed and gives you moral choices and lets you be whoever you want to be. You can play all the characters at one point or another ... and you really are the mastermind of the story that is evolving in front of you.

After Until Dawn and the success of it, this is a beginning of stories that are connected through a story teller. Until Dawn had the psychologist to guide you through ... this has a mysterious figure talking to you from time to time ... I can't wait for the next games this has to offer ... love it to say the least. Great acting, script and editing.

I first played the game by myself and I thought it was ok, but super short. Then I got a group of my friends together and we played it and we had a great time. Playing with friends you can either see them fail or have a great time yelling at each other to press buttons faster and make different choices. After Until Dawn it's definitely a let down but I don't mind that this is becoming an anthology series.

I was VERY skeptical about this game! Kind of like when I played Until Dawn for the first time (and ended up loving it!) Medan Of Man wasn't perfect or anything THAT DEEP but it won me over in the end! It was fun, had some good scares and some subtle choices that had MAJOR consequences! Looking foward to the next one! Wow!

While it is not clear from one playthrough, the plot uses the gameplay to involve the player in the story and its consequences in a remarkable way. I found it moderately enjoyable the first time through the story, and found it to be much better than I initially thought after seeing clearly how the pieces fit together.