The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan Reviews

The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan is ranked in the 44th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
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Top Critic
Aug 28, 2019

At its best Man of Medan delivers a confident and well crafted horror experience with a genuinely clever two player mode. But it's unbalanced pacing has a little too much opening filler and an unsatisfying conclusion.

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7 / 10.0
Aug 28, 2019

The uninteresting story has plenty of dull moments, but isn't enough to kill the thrill of trying to keep all of the characters alive, especially when played with friends

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8.5 / 10.0
Aug 29, 2019

Man of Medan is a great first entry in what looks to be a very engaging and spooky anthology series. I loved it’s spooky setting, it’s environmental storytelling and the vastly different ways it’s story could play out. Whether you choose to play it alone or with others, you’re in for a really fun and tight horror experience. I’m really looking forward to what’s to come in The Dark Pictures anthology.

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Aug 29, 2019

Supermassive Game's high concept - an anthology of horror stories - is off to a great start with Man of Medan. We don't get nearly enough horror that aims to be thoughtful like this. The challenge will be to make sure that each game in the series is different enough to reflect a different approach to horror, but things are off to a good start.

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Ben Salter
Top Critic
6.5 / 10.0
Aug 29, 2019

While the story didn’t live up to expectations, the actors’ performances are fantastic as Man of Medan delivers its quota of horror tropes in chapter one of The Dark Pictures Anthology.

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GamingTrend
David Flynn
Top Critic
45 / 100
Aug 29, 2019

A great game held back by numerous technical problems. The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan promises another great experience in the vein of Until Dawn, but at least on the standard console is too stuttery to play. Much of the content will be inaccessible due to these performance issues. If you have an enhanced console definitely check it out, but unless it receives a patch it can scarcely be considered playable.

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TrueGaming
Top Critic
7 / 10.0
Aug 29, 2019

Although Man of Medan isn't exactly scary, its Co-op mode provides a nice twist to the experience besides the replayability presented by the alternative scenarios and it shows some potential to do better in the next episode.

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9 / 10.0
Aug 29, 2019

While there are a few notable flaws, Man of Medan encapsulates the thrills and scares of the horror genre while offering numerous branching choices for the narrative. It's the perfect way to set the tone for the rest of The Dark Pictures Anthology series.

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2.5 / 5.0
Aug 29, 2019

Shallow story, repetitive jump scares, unbalanced QTE, annoying camera angles... all saved by the online co-op mode.

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IGN
By Lucy O'Brien
Top Critic
7 / 10.0
Aug 29, 2019

It's not easy to keep everyone alive in Man of Medan, and you won't necessarily want to, especially in 2-player co-op.

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Meh
Aug 29, 2019

I’m not entirely sure Man of Medan is the absolute strongest example they could have put forward to launch what they hope to be an ongoing successful series.

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8 / 10.0
Aug 30, 2019

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan tells a spooky tale sure to unnerve most players and although it has some issues it does so while offering plenty of unique paths that makes the game perfect for more than one playthrough.

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6 / 10
Aug 30, 2019

Man of Medan is a thinner, flawed follow-up to Until Dawn that is saved by its online co-op mode.

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Aug 30, 2019

While Until Dawn was a serving of shlocky horror served up with a self-referential grin, Man of Medan has less personality, in part because it's a smaller slice of story. That said, its online modes will be game-changers for the rest of the series.

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Justin Woo
Top Critic
8 / 10.0
Aug 30, 2019

Man of Medan is a promising start to the Dark Pictures Anthology. I'd be happy to play more of these b-horror movie simulators, full of pretty people desperately trying to survive.

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8.5 / 10.0
Aug 30, 2019

Fun to play alone or share, Man of Medan extends the history of the horror anthology to a new medium for a younger generation.

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8.3 / 10.0
Aug 31, 2019

Man of Medan Shows a different beauty of fixed cameras, it's an overall short game but highly replayable with some great voice acting and not a bad multiplayer mode. seems a good pick for any player who enjoys a good and slightly scary Interactive experience with no combat mechanics.

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80 / 100
Aug 31, 2019

After the release of Until Dawn, many were excited for what Supermassive would tackle next. The first installment in The Dark Pictures Anthology called Man of Medan won't appeal to everyone. It still has believable and realistic characters attempting to survive a horrible situation. With multiple avenues of success and failure. But the narrative takes a while to get started and the movement of the characters when exploring can feel like they have a force field around them. Regardless, Man of Medan excels at delivering an uneasy and tension-filled horror adventure.

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8 / 10.0
Aug 31, 2019

The first chapter of "The Dark Pictures Anthology" feels a little bit unpolished and rough around the edges, but it is a nice interactive movie with interesting characters and story branching.

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Aug 31, 2019

Man of Medan brings a strong multiplayer focus to the cinematic horror of Until Dawn.

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