The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me Review
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The Dark Pictures Anthology from Supermassive Games feels like a roller coaster now that there have been four parts. Man of Medan was a disappointing start to the horror series, but Little Hope and House of Ashes were much better. But it looks like the second one may have been the best of the series, at least as the first season comes to a close. The Devil in Me doesn't do justice to either its setting or its ideas, with a plot that sometimes feels slow and way too safe.
A TV documentary team is invited to utilise a remote home that claims to be an identical replica of H.H. Holmes' "Murder Castle" as the basis for their own season finale. This invitation is based on the murders committed by America's first serial killer, H.H. Holmes, who claimed his victims through ingenious traps set up. Since it doesn't look like there will be enough money for a second season, the crew sees this as a lucky break. They gladly get into a blacked-out limo, hand over their cell phones, and drive to the house.
The team quickly finds out that the copies of H.H. Holmes's devices are much more dangerous than they thought. There are trap doors that separate team members and devices that are ready to kill them. The team has to leave the mansion because a killer is loose inside.
What comes next is a standard Dark Pictures story. You'll be in charge of every member of the crew, making choices for them and telling them what to do when their lives are on the line. You'll know exactly what to expect if you've played any of the previous games or Until Dawn or The Quarry. Explore the environments, collecting files and lore along the way.Cutscenes will take you from one situation to the next, giving you choices to make and quick-time events to master. It's a game loop that hasn't changed much in eight years, and while The Devil in Me adds a few new features, they don't make much of a difference.
The characters now have a bit more to them. They can interact with more things and use a simple inventory system to help them get past puzzles and problems. You'll have to push and pull crates to get to new areas, solve environmental puzzles to turn on the lights, and use tools to open locked drawers and cabinets. Using L2, you can also shimmy across narrow ledges, jump from one platform to another, and hide from other characters.
This doesn't change how you play the game, but it gives you more things to do and things to think about. As we explored the creepy manor, the puzzles were a nice change of pace, and hiding from enemies worked well with other parts of the game, like the mini-game where you try to keep your heartbeat steady. Even though Supermassive Games has been using the same formula for nearly a decade, The Devil in Me is still a fun game to play.
But the worst thing about the game is what it doesn't do. The seven-hour experience is based on both the murders of H.H. Holmes and the SAW movie series, but the moving walls and hallways of the hotel and the deadly traps at the end aren't explored nearly as much as we would have liked. Given that they're pretty much the whole point of the game, it's a shame that the elaborate traps hidden in the walls of the bed and breakfast don't get much screen time.
It feels like a missed chance because the idea behind The Devil in Me is better than anything Dark Pictures has done before. The only time the moving walls are used is when the killer quickly moves from one part of the hotel to another. The traps are also not used very often. The latter are also annoyingly simple. Even though puzzles are a part of the game, they have never been a part of these life-or-death situations that we've seen.
You only have one choice, and one of them is likely to kill your character, while the other will get them to safety. It's a shame to see so much potential wasted on simple judgement calls when, for example, traps could have been much more complicated by having a puzzle to solve in a certain amount of time.
At least they were easy to understand, which helped us keep (most of) our favourite characters alive until the end. Erin, the intern, is our clear favourite. She and Kate, the host, give great performances. Jessie Buckley plays her, and her acting has a wide range because she has to deal with a past relationship, a feud with lighting expert Jamie, and the events of the night. Charlie, who is in charge of the TV crew, has a character with a lot of depth that will likely make you like him as the story goes on. Even though he seems mean and cold at first, you may come to like him.
In true Supermassive Games style, their models look like they were made years before most other developers because their faces and clothes are so well done. But some places, especially outside, aren't as good, especially when it's cold. The gardens around the hotel don't look very nice. They have dull plants and dull scenery. The characters in the foreground are very well done, but the rest of the picture isn't as good. This makes the picture look pretty uneven.
Worse still are the many strange and awkward changes from one scene to the next. The game has fade-to-blacks, short load times, glitchy load-ins, and breaks that don't seem like they should be there. This makes it hard to connect one scene to the next. This leads to textures that aren't fully loaded when the action starts and animations and lighting that don't work right. It's a bad look that, as far as we know, hasn't been a problem in previous Dark Pictures games, so it's a little disappointing to see problems crop up as the season comes to a close.
The Devil in Me is another good story in The Dark Pictures Anthology. It's not as good as House of Ashes or even Little Hope, though. A lot of the game's potential was wasted, so it's up to the familiar gameplay loop from previous games to make it a good one. With a few new things, the season one finale of "Deadliest Catch" gives fans just enough to make the trip worth it.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
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