During the mid 2010s, the 'playable film' style of game was still a tempting quirk for many. Stemming from the success of the original Until Dawn on PlayStation, players were quickly drawn to the style of choice-based, playable horror movies, attempting to get every member of the teenage cast through the night one way or another.
Continuing the trend with their Dark Pictures anthology, Supermassive Games threw in multiplayer as a wildcard, allowing friends to work together with different information to solve mysteries and see the variant casts through to the other end. The latest entry in the Dark Pictures Anthology, Directive 8020, was decried for launching without multiplayer play, but this is finally changing on October 19th.
Everything is Better With a Friend
Many entries of the Dark Pictures Anthology were released to mixed critical reception, but are remembered somewhat fondly for the unique ways they challenge two players to share information and use their combined knowledge to deduce the true nature of whatever each game's threat is. Supermassive used each entry to explore bite-sized supernatural themes, adding twists to help them stand out.
Some of these twists completely overtook the rest of the plot,...
