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The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan

Aug 29, 2019

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2.99 average rating based on 805 ratings

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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...
Release Dates
Aug 29, 2019 (Worldwide)
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Aug 30, 2019 (Worldwide)
PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Sep 28, 2022 (Worldwide)
PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
May 04, 2023 (Worldwide)
Nintendo Switch
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User Stats
2545
In Collection
263
Wish Listed
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Playing
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How Long Is The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan?
Main story: 5.1 hours
Main + extras: 5.9 hours
Total completions: 37
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huskey
huskey gave Apr 3, 2020
huskey gave Apr 3, 2020
Meets expectation but doesn't exceed them
This review is for the PlayStation 4 version

I enjoyed Until Dawn. The characters here are slightly more interesting but the plot is less varied. It seems like the divergent narrative paths don't really reveal different aspects of the backstory. The gameplay is serviceable from a mechanical perspective (I enjoy the fixed camera angles, which contribute to the cinematic tone) and there are plenty of jump scares; I also appreciate the fact that the developers included a couch co-op mode. It's fine for what it is but doesn't expand on the Until Dawn interactive film formula so much as it just recasts it with adult characters and something of a frame narrative. I'm looking forward to seeing how the developers continue to explore this framework and hope they can build something truly great.

Played a physical copy on PlayStation 4 at a friend's house with 3 other players.

AJkingston
AJkingston gave Aug 31, 2022
AJkingston gave Aug 31, 2022
AJkingston's review of The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan

I love every game supermassive has made. I love the formula. This was no different. The only negative I can say about it is that I didn't know any of the actors, but that's personal to my experience.

gkel
gkel gave Feb 19, 2022
gkel gave Feb 19, 2022
gkel's review of The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan

I LOVE CHOICE GAMES I... nah this mediocre as hell. i'm seeing a pattern here with dark pictures anthology games. their stories aren't good, but the choice aspect is really good.

LCSnoogs
LCSnoogs gave Nov 30, 2020
LCSnoogs gave Nov 30, 2020
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan Review
This review is for the Xbox One version

Choice and consequence games will always be tense and anxiety-inducing which is why it works perfectly with horror. Even when the story is weak, it's still fun, and Man of Medan's story is weak. Their approach to horror is so lazy. They just throw in several pointless jump scares that don't have any affect on the characters.

I almost made it out with all the characters, but I lost a character because of a cheap QTE event.

Duskwind
Duskwind gave Mar 27, 2020
Duskwind gave Mar 27, 2020
General Review
This review is for the PlayStation 4 version

Gameplay= Mechanics, gameplay options (freedom), repetition, goals, difficulty

Story= plot, engagement, characters, world-building

Presentation= graphics, animation, environment/character design, Art direction, Script, music

Gameplay: 3/5

Story: 3.5/5

Presentation: 3/5

Rokal
Rokal gave Dec 30, 2019
Rokal gave Dec 30, 2019
Until the Next Dawn

I’m a big fan of Until Dawn but have not been impressed by any of Supermassive’s follow-up work. Hidden Agenda & Inpatient both felt like short and underbaked side projects and not successful iteration on the things I liked about Until Dawn: the branching narratives, the creative and tense QTEs, the psychological profiling the game does on you the player, and the great mesh between a watchable a playable game for groups. Man of Medan wears its lower budget on its sleeve compared to Until Dawn but I’m happy to say that it feels like a solid follow-up. Passing a controller and playing with a small group was my favorite way to play Until Dawn and Man of Medan fully embraces that with two entirely different ways to play co-op. The QTEs aren’t quite as creative this time around as the game is not exclusive to one platform and cannot lean into unique controller features like the light strip on PS4. The branching isn’t nearly as robust this time around and the game is a much shorter experience overall but this is matched by a lower price-tag. I hope the game does well enough to make more “Dark Pictures Anthology” …

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I’m a big fan of Until Dawn but have not been impressed by any of Supermassive’s follow-up work. Hidden Agenda & Inpatient both felt like short and underbaked side projects and not successful iteration on the things I liked about Until Dawn: the branching narratives, the creative and tense QTEs, the psychological profiling the game does on you the player, and the great mesh between a watchable a playable game for groups. Man of Medan wears its lower budget on its sleeve compared to Until Dawn but I’m happy to say that it feels like a solid follow-up. Passing a controller and playing with a small group was my favorite way to play Until Dawn and Man of Medan fully embraces that with two entirely different ways to play co-op. The QTEs aren’t quite as creative this time around as the game is not exclusive to one platform and cannot lean into unique controller features like the light strip on PS4. The branching isn’t nearly as robust this time around and the game is a much shorter experience overall but this is matched by a lower price-tag. I hope the game does well enough to make more “Dark Pictures Anthology” series games beyond the already-announced sequel and that we continue to get more games in this unique style.

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Novastar
Novastar gave Dec 23, 2019
Novastar gave Dec 23, 2019
Quite fun but way too short!
This review is for the PlayStation 4 version

Enjoyable enough, tho the game is very short...! Still prefer Until Dawn....! Excited for Little Hope.

solarplums
solarplums updated their status Aug 7, 2024
solarplums updated their status Aug 7, 2024

story: 1/5 gameplay 2/5 dialogue 2/5 graphics 2/5 atmospheric/immersive: no surpassed expectations: no

Rubisan
Rubisan updated their status Jun 7, 2020
Rubisan updated their status Jun 7, 2020

Quite disappointing. Short and without a very surprising plot. To replay in the future to get more of it.

MyChaos
MyChaos updated their status Jan 14, 2020
MyChaos updated their status Jan 14, 2020

It's a short game, but with an interesting storyline, with many jumpscars along the way and many choices to make in each action has a consequence, which makes you want to play again to see a different path after completing the game for the first time. My only downside to this game is the speed with which the buttons appear and the amount of time left to the player to perform the action.

AbroadKew
AbroadKew updated their status Dec 2, 2019
AbroadKew updated their status Dec 2, 2019

I downloaded and beat in coop on 02DEC19. It only took 4 hours but it was an enjoyable experience. I am going to replay it again with my buddy and try to do better next time.

Saiyajin
Saiyajin updated their status Sep 12, 2019
Saiyajin updated their status Sep 12, 2019

Finished the Theatrical Cut last night, fun game however the cast are largely forgettable and the controls feel real stiff. Still got some good scares in with a few creepy twists, i'll give the Curator's Cut a crack tonight.

BMO
BMO updated their status Sep 6, 2019
BMO updated their status Sep 6, 2019

The last time I put together an Extra Life group, our pillar game was Until Dawn. We played a host of party and co-op games leading to that, but then we played Until Dawn, well, until dawn.

Needless to say, it was fun. And in addition to all the titles people are recommending to me in the forums, we are looking for another game that gives us a similar experience. What was fun about Until Dawn was the sometimes absurd acting and story lines, the general mayhem of that type of horror and the fact that we could make decisions together.

Our first candidate obviously needs to be Man of Medan, especially now that Supermassive allows each player to contribute to the decision process directly. If it has the same mix of horror, camp and absurdity as Until Dawn, we will thoroughly enjoy ourselves.

Another candidate is Detroit Become Human. It probably won't contain quite as much intentional humour as Until Dawn, but it might be fun to collectively take the piss out of the writing and absurd choices that David Cage believes makes for quality storytelling.

I am open to other suggestions if anyone has any, but it might …

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The last time I put together an Extra Life group, our pillar game was Until Dawn. We played a host of party and co-op games leading to that, but then we played Until Dawn, well, until dawn.

Needless to say, it was fun. And in addition to all the titles people are recommending to me in the forums, we are looking for another game that gives us a similar experience. What was fun about Until Dawn was the sometimes absurd acting and story lines, the general mayhem of that type of horror and the fact that we could make decisions together.

Our first candidate obviously needs to be Man of Medan, especially now that Supermassive allows each player to contribute to the decision process directly. If it has the same mix of horror, camp and absurdity as Until Dawn, we will thoroughly enjoy ourselves.

Another candidate is Detroit Become Human. It probably won't contain quite as much intentional humour as Until Dawn, but it might be fun to collectively take the piss out of the writing and absurd choices that David Cage believes makes for quality storytelling.

I am open to other suggestions if anyone has any, but it might come down to campy ghost ship horror that allows for collective decision making versus a bad game masquerading as high art that we can enjoy tearing into, while also collectively making decisions. The latter might be hilarious if we intentionally make all the worst possible divisions. Well, to be fair, that probably applies to both.

P.S. we will definitely be playing at least one so bad it's good games in the form of Night Trap ;-) It takes about an hour to play so we will probably play that as a lead in to one of the games above.

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Hades
Hades updated their status Aug 31, 2019
Hades updated their status Aug 31, 2019

Oh yeah this was supposed to be scary. I was only scared of doing the QTEs wrong...LOL

Hades
Hades updated their status Aug 31, 2019
Hades updated their status Aug 31, 2019

So I'm about 3 hours into Man of Medan on PC. Just want to warn everyone that the keyboard controls kind of suck. So if you can play with a controller do so. Also, I had a really hard to getting into the game due to some kind of problem with Windows Defender. I went into my settings and everything seemed fine. The game finally booted up and played with no issue after around 3 tries. Still don't know what was REALLY wrong... Finally, I've experienced a few audio desync issues I'm guessing due to some assets streaming. But they did fix themselves. So I'm guessing the game is best played on an SSD if you are going to play it in 4K as I was. Also, there was a little texture pop in during some cinematics, which was annoying but that also fixed itself. All of this happened after the first 1 and a half or so. So it doesn't happen right off the bat. There are some strange "jump cut" style scene transitions that I wasn't a fan of. I'm guessing these had something to do with dialogue or quicktime event choices. Don't know, but they are jarring. …

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So I'm about 3 hours into Man of Medan on PC. Just want to warn everyone that the keyboard controls kind of suck. So if you can play with a controller do so. Also, I had a really hard to getting into the game due to some kind of problem with Windows Defender. I went into my settings and everything seemed fine. The game finally booted up and played with no issue after around 3 tries. Still don't know what was REALLY wrong... Finally, I've experienced a few audio desync issues I'm guessing due to some assets streaming. But they did fix themselves. So I'm guessing the game is best played on an SSD if you are going to play it in 4K as I was. Also, there was a little texture pop in during some cinematics, which was annoying but that also fixed itself. All of this happened after the first 1 and a half or so. So it doesn't happen right off the bat. There are some strange "jump cut" style scene transitions that I wasn't a fan of. I'm guessing these had something to do with dialogue or quicktime event choices. Don't know, but they are jarring. I've enjoyed most of my time with the game, I just wish some of the animations were better. ALOT of characters look and act like robots ALOT of the time. Also, some of the texture models, especially on faces seem a little poor. I'm not sure what native resolution they intended people to play on, but I'm guessing it wasn't 4K.

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Hades
Hades updated their status Aug 30, 2019
Hades updated their status Aug 30, 2019

I pre-ordered this game for $20 like three months ago or something. I booted it up and just setup the settings. I will let you guys know what I think maybe tomorrow or the next day. I got Control to play. Lol!

Please...callmeYork
Please...callmeYork updated their status Aug 29, 2019
Please...callmeYork updated their status Aug 29, 2019

I am going to buy this and Control today. I will convince my wife to play it with me. She will reluctantly agree, but then enjoy it immensely for about an hour. She'll never want to play it again, so it will sit on my shelf for 6 months until I have forgotten enough about it to want to do a solo run. I know all this, yet I will buy it anyway because sharing that first hour will be a lot of fun. This is generally my co-op experience. I would really like to finish Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light one day.