The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me Review

The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me, is a very interesting game, we played it before and we told you about our first impressions, now we will see the complete game.

In The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me, as I mentioned in the first impressions, he puts us in the shoes of a group of poor wretches who will need to survive a very, very complicated and horrifying experience in order to save their lives. . Although after this, they are not the same as before.

It’s very curious and that’s why I want to highlight it, which is that, in this series of games, each entry is based on a true story. The Devil in Me brings us the story of HH Holmes, who was the first serial killer in United States history. This was a doctor, in charge of a hotel, in which guests entered. But no one saw them leave.

The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me is also not as good as Until Dawn, but without fear of being wrong, I can say that it is the strongest of the four episodes. It could be just as good as The Quarry, it’s certainly more creative with its horror.

The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me is really haunting most of the time. I love supernatural horror, but it comes with a comfortable damper of fantasy along with chilling human sadism. It’s like a combination, which you don’t see very often, because in horror you usually choose sadism or the supernatural, they are different sides, they don’t usually go together.

Instead, thumbscrew duty is entrusted to The Shining-inspired atmosphere, and is bolstered by impressively taut audio design and visual trickery. In terms of the movie night ghost factor, this is easily the most effective chapter yet. And it is no coincidence that it is also the simplest.

Here you will have a huge amount of things to do, many of them we have seen before in similar horror games, but I am not complaining about having them, since it adds variety to the game.

This added level of player control, along with new inventory, was something the studio wanted to push for in marketing. From the way it was sold, I assumed you’d be able to find alternate routes out of dangerous situations. It’s actually something of the sort: slightly more interesting exploration, tainted by the hex of making navigation a real chore in certain areas in repeat playthroughs, due to the aforementioned monotony.

Now, let’s talk inventory, you can always have the characters pick up, say, flares, and then maybe use them later to get out of a bad situation. One thing I don’t like is that you can only use inventory items on scheduled opportunities, so there’s little difference in how things play out. The same goes for unique character items. It’s like with Charley you can force some closed drawers, but you’ll only find closed drawers with him, so this doesn’t add as much value to the game as such, it doesn’t make it more complex, it doesn’t make you think.

The performances of the characters, and the dubbing of voices, is definitely excellent, this is something to highlight, since, in this type of game, it is one of the most important aspects and one that transmits the most emotions to us, I can say that, in This aspect, the game does wonders. I don’t have any kind of complaints.

The game definitely has replay value, this game will get you to replay the game, at least a second time, in order to have a slightly different outcome.

The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me on PS5 I feel that it does not convincingly exploit all the benefits of the console. Loading times are very good, but could be better. The graphics are pretty good, but nothing over the top, so I’d say the graphics hold up, just a bit better than average.

In conclusion

The formula used in The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me has clearly not yet reached its final development. It feels like they filled this one with new ideas without developing them properly, just to see what resonates with players the most to move forward. But, these games are definitely on the right track, resulting in a fairly entertaining game that really horrified me at times and has a fairly high replay value.

This review was made thanks to a copy for PS5 provided by Bandai Namco Entertainment.