Usually, it’s nice to see older games get updates, especially when we don’t expect it. Think of it as a good dance scare. Supermassive Games gave their first two The Dark Pictures Anthology movies some extra care and attention today, reduced difficulty settings and new accessibility options, a redesigned user interface. tweaks and even faster walking for the characters. There is also an expansion chapter for Man Of Medan. I don’t think the updated trailers are a thing but there is one for this, which you can see below.
The sub-chapter of Man Of Medan is called Flooded. The sound is watery enough for that Dark Pictures part. Supermassive states that the chapter “introduces new gameplay and new deaths to the game’s climactic ending”. Both Man Of Medan and its sequel Little Hope have also been given new difficulty settings and QTE alerts, an improved user interface, refreshed event triggers, and additional accessibility options. includes the option to resize subtitles. The important thing is that you can now walk faster in both games.
Fighting, though, because tweet from the account Dark Pictures said there was a problem with the update and that both games were rolled back to their previous versions. A hotfix from Supermassive that resolves the issue has been submitted.
The next game in The Dark Pictures Anthology is Devil Inside me. It happens in a spooky murder mansion, but it’s not as supernatural as other entries in the series so far. Alice Bees Interview with game director of The Devil In Me Tom Heaton last month, who told her it was the most terrible Dark Pictures game ever.
While The Devil In Me ended the first season, the other five Dark Pictures seasons are disclosure passed trademark filings in February. These are called Directive 8020, The Craven Man, Intercession, Winterfold and Presents O Death. That last one seems like an odd one. The first season only had four games, so expect something a little different for any O Death ending.
Sin enjoys time on Supermassive’s ghost ship for her Reviews of Man Of Medan back in 2019, but wish there was an option to skip scenes. “Replay value is the strong point of the game, which is why it can do with the fast-forward option, like visual novels often have,” she said. “Without such things, the major obstacle to experimental replays is having to trudge through dark and largely uninteresting corridors, rereading memos and ‘secret’ entries. ‘ because some of them affect the plot.” I guess the increased walking speed would help?
The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me just wrapped up Halloween for release on November 18. You can get it later on Steam for £35/$40/€40.
