The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan

Lets think for a moment of the most horrific horror stories we’ve ever seen.. Ghost Ship, Jaws, Titanic (Somebody tell me why did Jack have to die.. Move over Rose, plenty of room on that door) Ok I kid, I kid, not many good Ghost stories movies have been told that involve ships.... The Dark Pictures - Man of Medan attempts to change the narrative and create a horror story that involves the Ocean, and a haunted ghost ship,, the question is was it successful....
Man of Medan is the first in a trilogy (maybe more) stories made by Supermassive Games (yes that Supermassive games, the creators of Until Dawn.... Speaking of Until Dawn, come on we want that game on PC... Give it to us and take our money) If you’ve played any of the other Supermassive games you should fully be aware of how the story telling works,, you play as a plethora of characters making choices, some big, some small, and try to guide your band of characters towards survival.. OR death if you so choose... The story switches between characters, weaving a narrative of suspense and wonder..
Man of Medan is about a group of four college students (maybe) and their trusty skipper who start off on a deep sea adventure of fun and relaxation filled with diving and exploring wrecks on the ocean floor.. Well the group gets more then they bargained for after finding and searching an undocumented plane wreck at the bottom of the ocean... One thing leads to another and the group finds themself held hostage on board an abandoned WW2 Warship.. Presumably haunted the group battles kidnappers, ghost, and themselves to try and survive,, but with any good ghost story many twist and turns can be had along the way..
Gameplay : Third person story driven narrative with a sprinkling of QTE’s and multiple branching paths and storylines based upon your choices.. Has moderate replay ability, some collectibles and Easter eggs..
Pro’s
Good Story
Numerous playthroughs are possible
Decent Audio and graphics
Fun
Con’s
Unskippable Cutscenese
Performance issues (I exceed the minimum specs but the game makes my gpu run hot and cause my internal cooling system to kick in repeadly.. So it sounds like a 747 Jet every 50 seconds while playing.. Might not be a game issue but no reason exist why a game from 2019 should be taxing my system this much.)
Achievement hunters will require 3 - 4 full playthroughs to unlock everything..
Recommendation -
I throughly enjoyed the game, I found the characters to be relatable, likeable and didn’t mind playing the game 4 times to unlock everything.. I didn’t even mind not being able to skip stuff I’d seen a bunch of times already.. While the game is a bit older right now, it’s still worth picking up at a sale price.. While the online is probably a bit lacking at the moment the single player content is excellent and outside of a single achievement you can get everything in Solo mode (thanks to curator mode) that you would need Multiplayer mode for.. Also it’s not that difficult to find someone to run through the game with you for said achievement.. So buy it, enjoy it and play the remaining games in the series.. BTW email Supermassive games and floor their facebook post asking for Until Dawn to be brought to steam.. WE WILL BE HEARD SUPERMASSIVE..

Excellent horror game from the makers of Until Dawn. Five friends go on a boat trip to dive for sunken ships, but end up on an abandoned ship haunted by some kind of mysterious evil. Most of the game is story-driven, with lots of jump scares and exciting encounters. Quick-time events decide the outcome of the action scenes, and at various times you'll have to choose between multiple options how to continue.
There's also a lot of exploring to do, which is exciting thanks to the amazing level design, but also annoying because of the fixed camera angles. This makes it often hard to see where you can go to, which is used to "hide" most of the secrets that can be discovered.
Despite this minor issue, this game is very recommended and it looks still amazing today thanks to the ray tracing.

---{Graphics}---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
☑ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ Free Fire
---{Gameplay}---
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☑ It‘s just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{Audio}---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{Audience}---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ All
---{PC Requirements}---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{Difficulty}---
☐ Just press 'W'
☑ Easy
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{Grind}---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You‘ll need a second live for grinding
---{Story}---
☐ No Story
☑ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It‘ll replace your life
---{Game Time}---
☐ Really short ( 0 - 2 hours)
☑ Short ( 2 - 8 hours)
☐ Few hours ( 8 - 12 hours)
☐ Long ( 12+ hours)
☐ Endless
---{Price}---
☐ It’s free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{Bugs}---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ Cyberpunk 2077
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
---{70/100}---

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan is an amazing Filmic story driven game. If you ever yelled at your tv screen seeing characters in movies makuig the wrong decisions according to you..
Well this game puts you in control which makes these type of games highly entertaining. But also not very forgiving.. the decisions you make to progress the story (like choosing answers that forms the characters personality, and testing your reflexes during certain scenes where for example you have to be all quiet to not get cuaght). will have influence for all the protagonists and it;s up to you if they happen to die or not. You also get to play all the main characters so you feel more involved. It's not just choosing an answer or depend on your reflexes. This makes the experience more real imo.
Man of Medan offers a great story which sucks you in from beginning to end when you board a ghostship. The ultra realistic graphics give it a true movie feel. And the eerie feeling and jumpscares were perfectly timed.
The only downside is you can complete the game in about 4 hours, so if you're hesitant get it while it's on sale.
Must be said it does have replay value to see if you can get to an entire different outcome (and maybe try to let everyone survive -note to self).

Thanks Bandai for this free game but why include a friend pass if it already expired?

- The story of this game is not bad for a "horror-teenager-adventure" and its fair with gaming hrs.
- the graphics are well wdone.
- The game runs smoothly 99% for me.
- QTE (Quick-Time-Events) inside that game. Its possible to change the time-events in settings
- All decisions are QTE (means you need to decide in time) - just take your time to do so can be a different outcome of course
- Gameplay can be weird sometimes with Stick or WASD but still running smooth
It was a Freebie to get so if you have it in library and or you like horror-adventure, I would recommend this game, give it a try. The first one in Anthology and always time to improve things.
Personally i dont know the other games by now but im sure playing in future and i like those games (not so much QTE hehe)
Its good to have the possibilty at end to go through scenes
@SupermassiveGames : Do NOT put trailer again for other games - just saves space and time - thx :o)

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