The Devil in Me isn’t the best game in The Dark Pictures Anthology, but it isn’t bad at all. It’ll keep you entertained all the way through, and it's a brilliant laugh to play alongside others - the scares that play out when you have a room full of people are second to none.
So far, we’ve seen the horrors of the sea, witch trials and what lurks beneath the desert. But now, we are heading to the aptly named Murder Hotel. Sounds delightful. Find out what horrors await in this final instalment of Season One of The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me, out today on Xbox, PlayStation and PC.
If you have yet to play any of The Dark Pictures Anthology games, there is no better place to start than at the very beginning with Man of Medan; even more so now that it is optimised for Xbox Series X|S.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope is far from a misstep but, even with an Xbox Series X|S upgrade, it just isn’t able to hold its own against the others in this wonderful horror anthology series.
Despite the slow nature of the first half of House of Ashes, when it gets into its stride it is a homage to classic science-fiction action horror titles that will leave you on the edge of your seat. The scares may not be as obtrusive as the previous titles in the anthology, but this may then appeal to those that aren’t necessarily horror fanatics.
Early finishers of the third instalment of The Dark Pictures Anthology – House of Ashes – will have already been treated to a glimpse of The Devil in Me. However, the rest of us can now get a first look at the fourth and final instalment of season one of The Dark Pictures Anthology. The Devil in Me will be releasing on Xbox, PlayStation and PC. No release date is currently known.
So far in The Dark Pictures Anthology we have been hallucinating on ghost ships in Man of Medan and been accused of witchcraft in Little Hope. Today sees the third instalment release, House of Ashes on Xbox, PlayStation 4 and 5 and PC.
It feels like it released a lot longer ago than in 2020, but when The Dark Pictures Anthology continued on its way with the launch of Little Hope back in November, it gave players the opportunity to embrace a whole new tale, one full of mystery and intrigue. Now though with the addition of the free Curator's Cut, Little Hope provides even more playable scenes, with all new perspectives on offer.
It all kicked off with Man of Medan, before being followed up with Little Hope. Now though Bandai Namco and Supermassive Games are looking to push forward ever more with their narrative driven The Dark Pictures Anthology - detailing and dating the next chapter, House of Ashes.
Little Hope on the Xbox One is a substantially different horror game than Man of Medan, and that is one of the beauties of The Dark Pictures Anthology. However, that does mean that gone are the tight corridors of Man of Medan, replaced by a lot of walking on empty roads and dirt paths in Little Hope. It was a tale that I personally found a lot less scary, though this could be down to familiarity of the anthology starting to creep in. It is still more than capable of producing a decent amount of scares though as the nights start to draw in.