The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

Overall the best of the 3 I will agree, with a number of welcome improvements like individual difficulty. I also liked how they made it soOverall the best of the 3 I will agree, with a number of welcome improvements like individual difficulty. I also liked how they made it so that some characters choices could negatively impact other characters rather than themselves in this one which I don’t believe was ever the case previously, your choices generally only applied to your own survival. I also liked how they included some narration via documents in this one kinda similar to the narration you got as you found clues in until dawn, it really makes it a lot nicer than reading paragraphs of text that for the most part isn’t that interesting. Where it kinda disappointed for me was the scare value, this is definitely the least creepy of the bunch at least in the playthrough we did. Movies like the decent were able to deliver some really tense and creepy moments but this one unfortunately seemed a bit more of an adventure game than the kind of creepiness im used to from the previous entries which is a part of why I chose these. I’m hoping the next one which seems to involve a modern day seriel killer isnt similar in style to hidden agenda. I like hidden agenda quite a bit despite its flaws and would be interested in trying an improved version but if I want that style of game I’ll play it, I play the dark pictures anthology for scares. Overall though as many have said they’re going in the right direction, I feel like with more funding they could really expand it out to until dawn levels. Hopefully the next few will get there as popularity grows. Also it would be nice if they threw in a new mechanic at some point. The types of things the game asks you have been pretty much the same for 3 games now. Experienced players likely have it down fairly well which is why increased difficulty is a nice option but it would still be nice to see something fresh thrown in occasionally.… Expand