The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope Reviews
While Little Hope may not be the fright fest some wanted, it's still a fascinating game that's well worth playing once or twice, if you can get over the nonsensical ending.
Dark Pictures: Little Hope offers a chilling experience that makes good use out of its tried and true formula.
The Dark Pictures: Little Hope makes an earnest attempt to build upon the formula established by Man of Medan in many ways. It offers an engaging and well-paced story, great characters, and an intriguing yet typical twist that genre fans will no doubt appreciate. Despite numerous improvements to the underlying gameplay and excellent production values, incessant jump scares prevent Little Hope from standing on the shoulders of Man of Medan, instead merely beside it.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope isn't a long game by any measure, but what it delivers in its time is used effectively enough to purvey a sense of dread. While not necessarily a traditional horror game full of jump scares or horrific machinations, Little Hope attempts to deliver nuance in the style of an arthouse horror film. It mostly gets there depending on a player's choice, but overall it doesn't completely stick the landing. Little Hope's themes put in a 2020-context make it stand out as a horror title but otherwise, it offers very little in terms of true horror.
Supermassive's next installment in their scary anthology series Little Hope is a short but spooky tale. It's a step up from its previous title but still has yet to reach the level that Until Dawn set. With a cast of five characters to play from, co-op is the best way to play. It excels at telling an interesting narrative but after 4 short hours it doesn't stand out in much else.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope has a history and mechanics superior to its predecessor. However, there is a "pattern" in the plot that must be broken, as well as the way they build the characters. If the mechanics remain the same in the future, chances are its successors will fall into sameness.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Great Expectations with Little Hope. This story is better than Man of Medan, but still has some limitations.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
The Dark Pictures: Little Hope is a satisfying follow-up to Man of Medan. It capitalizes on its co-op focus to elevate its standard story-telling into something special.
Though it has some problems with pacing and minor bugs, Little Hope is a brilliant Halloween pick thanks to its over the top narrative and gruesome deaths, making it hard to say no to another visit.
Man of Medan was a mostly mediocre start to The Dark Pictures Anthology as it focused less on the supernatural and more on loosely connected events with some chemistry. It had a lot of flaws and just didn't have the same impact as Until Dawn but Little Hope is a step in the right direction. Offering a complex and layered story with scares and hidden details required to get the full picture of this tragic story.
Apart from the horrendous ending, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope is great fun. The couch co-op movie night mode returns and gives players a reason to play the game with friends and the game's setting is chilling in all the right ways. I cannot wait to see where the studio goes with next year's House of Ashes.
If you love horror games, you don't want to miss this game. Although Supermassive Games did a great job, they couldn't add much innovation to Man of Medan.
Review in Turkish | Read full review
There are plenty of jump scares to be had and a good, varied number of interesting interactions to be made, but the question I always find myself going back to is “but does it surpass Until Dawn?” and the answer to that is no. However, it succeeds in delivering yet another chilling experience that’ll keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish and remains to be an absolute pleasure to play.
Little Hope isn't any worse than the first The Dark Pictures title. Once again, it's a solid horror title with a robust choice and consequence system.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Not quite as novel as its predecessor, but the co-op is still bewitching.
A decent horror adventure, entirely based on narration, able to give you a couple of thrilling afternoons (and a little more).
Review in Italian | Read full review
It’s not a perfect game by any means, but it’s great for a quick scare over an evening or two.
While there are some problems with the design, narrative, and dialogue, overall, the story and experience offered in Little Hope left me rather impressed.
Little Hope delivers solid scares and weaves a clever tale that, unfortunately, collapses in on itself.