The Casting of Frank Stone Reviews
In the end, The Casting of Frank Stone wasn't the best experience for a game with a cinematic narrative. Of course, its problems took me out of that universe a few times, but I still managed to enjoy the story, and the replayability factor was something that made me want to play it again. In other words, it's interesting, but it has its caveats. We don't know if Supermassive Games and Behaviour Interactive have plans to continue their partnership and create a new story set in the Dead By Daylight universe. However, if that happens, it's important that there's a focus on creating more interesting characters and an atmosphere of terror that brings true moments of tension to players.
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Compared to other games, Supermassive Games made The Casting of Frank Stone is surprisingly light on gameplay and heavily disappointing on delivering a frightful story. I know these games aren’t usually gameplay heavy, but this nearly made it feel like a seven hour long movie. The game started strong, but once I had reached chapter seven, I was disappointed. It felt as though nothing interesting had really happened. I was also upset to find out that from chapter two all the way to chapter thirteen, nothing major story-wise had happened. What I mean by this, is there is no real character development from any of our protagonists. Nor any real times of danger from the main villain until near the last two chapters. The game had me thinking the whole time, where the hell is Frank? I found the dialogue from the characters to be cringy, random and sometimes added nothing to the plot. I enjoyed Officer Green and Robert as characters as brief as they were. The whole game feels like filler and at lacks actual suspense. If you’re looking for a good horror game, I’d either pick up the currently released, Until Dawn (or wait for its remaster) or play The Quarry.
The Casting of Frank Stone may introduce interesting new mechanics and tons of references that’ll delight DbD fans but is light on actual horror and other flaws that leave this horror game lacking.
As the Entity looms overhead, The Casting Of Frank Stone is a cinematic run at an IP begging for further exploration. But with a strong set-up, the film reel birth of a killer lacks the flesh of a real rampage let alone multiverse caper. Thankfully though, this is still a decent game that is able to stand on its own. The Cutting Room Floor is a welcome addition to the Supermassive cinematic horror formula that needs to return in their other games. This is a love letter to Dead By Daylight fans but those outside the game's grasp might be a little bit harder to hook. I strongly believe we'll be seeing more from this partnership in due time.
The Casting of Frank Stone doesn't really deviate from well-known Supermassive titles, but offers an interesting setting with the established world of Dead by Daylight. The visuals and sound design are really great and the story also manages to maintain the tension, but unfortunately ends a little too soon. If you can overlook the very simple puzzles and a few clichés, you'll have some very entertaining evenings here, whether alone or in co-op.
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As much as it seems weird that a studio would release a single-player game based on their multiplayer IP, The Casting of Frank Stone makes that premise work. Will it draw player interest enough that they’ll want to play Dead by Daylight after playing this? Probably not, but taken on its own, The Casting of Frank Stone is a solid horror game, and could very well be Supermassive’s finest work to date.