The Dark Pictures Anthology

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The Dark Pictures Anthology
The Dark Pictures Anthology logo (text only).png
Genre(s)
Developer(s) Supermassive Games
Publisher(s)
Artist(s)
  • Robert Craig (MoM, LH, HoA)
  • David Hirst (HoA, TDiM)
Writer(s)
  • Larry Fessenden (MoM)
  • Graham Reznick (MoM)
  • Andrew Ewington (LH, HoA, TDiM)
  • Dario Poloni (LH)
  • Khurrum Rahman (HoA)
  • Paul Martin (TDiM)
  • Alex Farnham (TDiM)
  • Seth M. Sherwood (TDiM)
Composer(s) Jason Graves
Platform(s) Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
First release Man of Medan
30 August 2019
Latest release The Devil in Me
18 November 2022

The Dark Pictures Anthology is an anthology series of interactive drama and survival horror video games developed and published by Supermassive Games (first season published by Bandai Namco Entertainment). The anthology is planned to consist of eight games, with each game inspired by a different horror genre. Each game features five main characters whose survival depends on the choices made by the player. While each character only appears in one game, face models are often reused in other games, except those of the leading actors. The games use a third-person perspective and the ability to choose from various dialogue options and courses of action.

Contents

The series began its first season with Man of Medan (2019), which is followed by Little Hope (2020), House of Ashes (2021), and The Devil in Me (2022). The upcoming Directive 8020 will kick off the anthology's second season in 2025. A spin-off video game, The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR, was released by Supermassive Games for the PlayStation VR2 on 16 March 2023.

Games

Release timeline
      Season one       Spin-off       Season two
Main instalments in bold text
2019 Man of Medan
2020 Little Hope
2021 House of Ashes
2022 The Devil in Me
2023 Switchback VR
2024
2025 Directive 8020

The series is planned to consist of eight games, of which four have been released; Man of Medan (2019), Little Hope (2020), House of Ashes (2021), and the season one finale, The Devil in Me (2022). [1] The initial plan was for a game to release every six months. [2] A spin-off game title Switchback VR (2023) was released for PlayStation VR2. [3] The upcoming Directive 8020 is set to be the season two premiere. [4]

Season One (2019–2022)

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Shawn Ashmore
Will Poulter SDCC 2014.jpg
Will Poulter
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Jessie Buckley
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Lashana Lynch
Ashmore (Man of Medan), Poulter (Little Hope), Tisdale (House of Ashes), and Buckley (The Devil in Me) are the leading actors for the first season, and Lynch (Directive 8020) is the first leading actor of the second season, with each of their characters appearing on the cover art and their names listed first in the credits of their respective games.

Man of Medan was revealed on 21 August 2018 [5] and released worldwide for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on 30 August 2019. [6] PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions with enhanced visuals were released as a free upgrade on 27 September 2022, alongside an update for all platforms which included a new chapter, improved U.I., new difficulty and QTE settings, and other tweaks and features. [7] A Nintendo Switch version was released on 4 May 2023. [8] The game is inspired by the myth of the Ourang Medan , a suspected ghost ship from the 1940s, that wrecked after the crew all died under suspicious circumstances. [9] The game is also inspired by the horror movies: Ghost Ship (2002), Triangle (2009), [10] [11] [12] Insidious (2010) and The Shining (1980). [13]

During World War II, a storm causes a biochemical weapon onboard the American freighter SS Ourang Medan, known as Manchurian Gold, to leak from its crates. The resulting gas causes the crew to see ghostly figures, causing all of the crew to die either from heart attacks or accidentally being attacked by their fellow crewmates. In the present day, Alex and his girlfriend Julia, as well as their respective brothers, Brad and Conrad, and their dive boat captain, Fliss are boarded by pirates. They eventually find and board the Ourang Medan, thinking that the Manchurian Gold is actually gold, although who boards the ghost ship and when depends on player choices. For the rest of the story, choices by the player determines who lives and dies, and if anyone is able to escape the ship after being exposed to the Manchurian Gold. [14]

Little Hope was revealed as a post-credits trailer at the end of Man of Medan [15] and released worldwide for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on 30 October 2020. [16] A free upgrade for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S was released on 27 September 2022. [7] The upgrade included enhanced visuals, improved U.I., new difficulty and QTE settings, amongst other tweaks and features. The game is inspired by the Salem witch trials of 1692, but also takes inspiration from a variety of films and games. Film inspirations include The Blair Witch Project (1999) and The Omen (1976), while the Silent Hill franchise is a key video game inspiration. [17]

House of Ashes was first revealed in a post-credits teaser trailer at the end of Little Hope [18] and released worldwide for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on 22 October 2021. [19] The game is inspired by the films Aliens (1986), Predator (1987), and The Descent (2005); the book At the Mountains of Madness ; and the myth of the Curse of Akkad. [20]

The Devil in Me was revealed in a post-credits teaser trailer at the end of House of Ashes [21] and released worldwide for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on 18 November 2022 as the season one finale of the anthology. [22] The game is inspired by H. H. Holmes, America's first serial killer, and his "Murder Castle", as well as various slasher films including Psycho (1960), The Shining (1980), the Saw franchise, the Halloween franchise, and the Friday the 13th franchise. [23] [24]

Season Two (2025–)

Directive 8020 was revealed in a post-credits teaser trailer at the end of The Devil in Me. It will be the season two premiere of the anthology. [25] As of mid-October 2022, Directive 8020 was entering production with a lot of data already shot. [26] On 31 December 2023, a short video teaser for the game was posted to celebrate New Year's Eve. [27] The game will be released in 2025 for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. [28] The game takes main inspiration from The Thing (1982) [29] the developers have even described Directive 8020 as "The Thing in deep space". [30] [31] Will Doyle, the game's creative director, stated that it also takes inspiration from other outer space themed horror movies such as Solaris (1972), [32] Alien (1979), Event Horizon (1997), Prometheus (2012), [29] Life (2017), [32] Pandorum (2009), and Sputnik (2020) as well as H. P. Lovecraft's cosmic horror influences. [29]

In November 2022, Studio Director Dan McDonald also said "game number 6 is in its early design phase. Game number 7, you know, we just started that as of yesterday [October 17], in fact. But we've known for a long time what that's going to be, we just started kicking off with the game director working on it." [26]

Spin-off

Switchback VR was announced on 2 November 2022 and was referred to as PlayStation VR2 launch window title. [3] However, in January 2023 Supermassive Games announced that the game would be slightly delayed leading to it being released on 16 March 2023 on PlayStation VR2. [33] It is a spiritual successor to Until Dawn: Rush of Blood . [34]

Cast and characters

CharacterSeason OneSpin-offSeason Two
Man of Medan
(2019)		 Little Hope
(2020)		 House of Ashes
(2021)		 The Devil in Me
(2022)		 Switchback VR
(2023)		 Directive 8020
(2025)
The Curator Pip Torrens [35] [36] [37] [38] Non-speaking cameo [39] [40]
Charlie AndersonSean Colby [35]
Conrad Shawn Ashmore [35]
DannyRussell Yuen [35]
Fliss DuBois Ayisha Issa [35]
JuliaArielle Palik [35]
JuniorChimwemwe Miller [35]
Olson Kwasi Songui [35]
Joe RobertsAdrian Burhop [35]
Alex SmithKareem Alleyne [35]
Brad Smith Chris Sandiford [35]
Andrew / Anthony Clarke / Abraham Alastor Will Poulter [36]
Angela / Anne Clarke Ellen David [36]
Vince Barnes Kevin Hanchard [36]
Leonard CarsonGeorge Weightman [36]
Simon CarverDavid Smith [36]
Megan ClarkeElla Rose Coderre [36]
Daniel / Dennis ClarkeKyle Bailey [36]
Amy LambertLouise Atkins [36]
Joseph LambertMartin Walsh [36]
John / James Clarke Alex Ivanovici [36]
David MiltonScott Haining [36]
Mary MiltonHolly Smith [36]
Tabitha MiltonRebecca Brierley [36]
Taylor / Tanya ClarkeCaitlyn Sponheimer [36]
Isaac WorelFreddie Bolt [36]
Thomas WymanAdam Jowett [36]
BalathuZaydun Khalaf [37]
Dar BasriNabeel El Khafif [37]
BrooksBrittany Drisdelle [37]
Joey GomezSammy Azero [37]
Nick KayMoe Jeudy-Lamour [37]
Eric KingAlex Gravenstein [37]
Rachel King Ashley Tisdale [37]
Jason KolchekPaul Zinno [37]
KurumWaleed Hammad [37]
Naram-Sin Sami Karim [37]
Nathan Merwin Alex Mallari Jr. [37]
MillerMarcel Jeannin [37]
Salim Othman Nick E. Tarabay [37]
Clarice Stokes Clare McConnell [37]
H. H. Holmes John Dagleish [38]
Erin Keenan Nikki Patel [38]
Charlie Lonnit Paul Kaye [38]
Joseph Morello Abdul Salis [38]
Mark NestorFehinti Balogun [38]
Jamie TierganGloria Obianyo [38]
Jeff Whitman Edward Bluemel [38]
Marie WhitmanKitty Archer [38]
Kate Wilder Jessie Buckley [38]
AnthonyMilton L. [41]
Belial / LailaAmelia Tyler [41]
Charlotte Clare Foster [41]
ClaudiaAngeline F. [41]
FiremanEd Ashe [41]
RobertJohn Moraitis [41]
ScarlettAnne Wittman [41]
Brianna Young Lashana Lynch [42]
Stafford Danny Sapani [43]

Common elements

The series is themed around popular horror fiction, with each game acting as a tribute to a different subgenre or trope. Players make decisions on behalf of individual characters before watching their consequences play out. As discussed in Until Dawn , these games rely heavily on the butterfly effect,[ citation needed ] and every decision the player makes can affect the ending the player can achieve. The games have support for co-operative multiplayer play, where each player controls one character. [44]

Each game is a standalone narrative linked to the wider series through The Curator (Pip Torrens (voice), Tony Pankhurst (model)), a mysterious narrator who addresses the player directly to introduce gameplay mechanics and discuss key choices. The games are further bridged by the Curator's personal haunt, a large library called the Repository, where he presents each game's story as an embedded narrative on the shelves of his study. The Curator is further characterized as an external, supernatural force, who describes himself as somehow barred from interfering directly but nonetheless appears in the background of certain character deaths. Some reviewers have speculated him to be a personification of Death bound to help the player against his will. [45]

The Curator is a continuation of Supermassive Games' tradition of having "narrators" who appear in brief intermissions to give hints or cryptic clues, starting with Dr Hill the psychiatrist in Until Dawn and also later continuing with Eliza the fortune teller in The Quarry . [46]

"O Death", an Appalachian folk song originally featured in Until Dawn, returns as the theme song of the anthology. A doom metal recording by the band Khemmis accompanies each of the Curator's entrances as both a series intro and a personal motif, [45] alongside a unique recording featured over the end credits of each title.

Art design

The skull logo is used in the official logo of the anthology, as well as variations of it on the cover art of all the main series games. The Dark Pictures Anthology skull logo.png
The skull logo is used in the official logo of the anthology, as well as variations of it on the cover art of all the main series games.

The series' main logo and all the games contain a skull prominently featured in their cover art. For the games, the skull contains teases for what is in the game, while also featuring the leading actor's character. Man of Medan's skull features a compass dial around the upper edge. Inside the skull features Conrad with the Ourang Medan in a greenish colorway next to him. Behind the skull is a map. [47] Little Hope features Andrew in the foreground, with Mary near a fire and a hanging stick figure. Behind the skull is a burned map. [48] House of Ashes features a skull with fangs as well as Rachel and a statue of Pazuzu. Behind the skull is a sandstone wall with various images including part of a map. [49] The Devil in Me's skull has a piece of metal attached to the mouth with blood. Kate is featured, along with Du'Met and the World's Fair Hotel replica. A map of the area is featured in the background. [50]

Development

After favourable reception of their 2015 title Until Dawn , developer Supermassive Games realized that there was a market for interactive drama horror games, and wanted to expand the concept to a larger audience. [51] By 2018, Konami began soliciting pitches for future Silent Hill titles, including for an episodic series. Supermassive Games was among of those developers to pitch such title, but Konami ultimately turned them down in favor of collaborating with different developers. Their Silent Hill proposal was repurposed as the framework for the anthology series. [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] Thus, The Dark Pictures Anthology series was created, with Man of Medan being the first of eight planned installments in the series. Supermassive Games stated that they plan on releasing the subsequent seven games every six months in the anthology, with each game based on a horror trope that will feature a unique story with no correlation to the other entries in the series.

In 2020, publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment described it as difficult to market as a series, as it was called an "anthology" while only having one entry; they considered it a long-term investment, that they thought would make more sense to players and would get a larger audience as more games become available. [57]

Music

The music for the series is composed by Jason Graves, [58] while the opening theme is a rendition of Conversations with Death, which was recorded in 2017 by American metal bands Khemmis and Spirit Adrift. [59] [60]

Reception

Aggregate review scores
Game Metacritic
Man of Medan (PC) 75/100 [61]
(PS4) 69/100 [62]
(XONE) 69/100 [63]
Little Hope (PC) 73/100 [64]
(PS4) 71/100 [65]
(XONE) 65/100 [66]
House of Ashes (PC) 73/100 [67]
(PS4) 74/100 [68]
(PS5) 72/100 [69]
(XSXS) 74/100 [70]
The Devil in Me (PC) 69/100 [71]
(PS5) 69/100 [72]
(XSXS) 79/100 [73]
Switchback VR (PS5) 64/100 [74]

Sales

During its debut week, Man of Medan was the third best-selling physical game in the UK, [75] and the best-selling in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia [76] and reached one million copies sold worldwide after a year on sale. [57] Little Hope's physical sales for its first week in the UK were 47% lower than Man of Medan's; GamesIndustry.biz commented that this may in part be due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to a larger number of players buying digital versions of video games than in previous years. [77]

Future

In February 2022, Supermassive Games filed trademarks for six potential future entries. Five featured the standard The Dark Pictures branding, subtitled The Craven Man, Directive 8020, Intercession, Winterfold, and Switchback. The sixth potential title, subtitled O Death, is instead branded The Dark Pictures Presents. [78] [79] Of these potential titles, so far Switchback VR [3] and Directive 8020 [25] have been officially announced. Studio Director of the Anthology, Dan McDonald stated in a November 2022 interview that "we're having conversations about what's beyond [Game #8]", while adding that "ideas for a potential season three have already been kicking around for a while". [26]

Notes

  1. ↑ first season only

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