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[Mr. PlayStation]

So I missed playing this back on PS4 after hearing about uncapped frame rates being too jarring as it wasn't stable. On the PS5 the game ran at locked 60fps (thanks to PS4 code being uncapped). The characters, story and encounters were legit terrifying.

Spoiler

I was shocked to learn that some of the character who didn't make it out alive, could've if I'd taken different story beat related decisions

. Basically for anyone who hasn't played this game, it's Heavy Rain meets survival horror. Heavy Rain's interactive cinematic gameplay meets survival horror genre. You get to control all the characters during their story moments. Will definitely recommend this game!

 

[JimmyRustler]

Yep, I was also extremely surprised. Not at first but when it started to go beyond the simple teeny horror flick story I was hooked. Loved it to bits.

 

[Marcus Aurelius]

One of the best last gen games.

 

[Mista]

Good game. Played it with the lady and we had lots of fun

Now you go and play the two games that released already of The Dark Pictures Anthology

 

[EverythingsOverrated]

One of my favorite games of last gen, glad to hear you liked it.

I finished Man of Medan (still have to play little hope) a couple months back and would highly recommend buying it when it's on sale. Not as good, long, or polished as Until Dawn but it has a very similar vibe and execution.

 

[mcz117chief]

Definitely the best of the three but Little Hope comes close imo, I really enjoyed that one. Man of Medan is quite meh but ok for one playthrough I guess. Man of Medan suffers from one major flaw, it wants to explain everything.

 

[Terenty]

One of the few PS4 exclusives really worth playing.

 

[Chittagong]

Absolutely phenomenal game, one of my favourite games ever. Really feels like pkaying a horror film. The world is wonderfully done.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

loved this game, can not reccomend it enough! Only had two survive mind you, I truly tried too..

 

[sephiroth7x]

Yep, I was also extremely surprised. Not at first but when it started to go beyond the simple teeny horror flick story I was hooked. Loved it to bits.

This is the key part - it starts out as a really almost by the numbers teen horror movie but evolves into a lot more. Then as you say, characters surviving/dying and the choices you make are all part of it and change the game.

They have done two more of these since, Men of Medan and Little Hope as part of a Dark Pictures Anthology. Haven't played those two but have them on my shelf ready.

 

[Mr. PlayStation]

Holy shit some of the character models are too damn photorealistic even for a 6 year old game. If this is what Decima engine can put out in capable hands, I can't wait to see how Horizon Forbidden West of Kojima's next game would end up looking on PS5

 

[Mr. PlayStation]

loved this game, can not reccomend it enough! Only had two survive mind you, I truly tried too..

Spoiler

I had Sam, Em & the dude with glasses on made it out alive. I think i messed up the decision making in the last moment which ended up killing Mike & Ashley by the fire

 

[Mr. PlayStation]

Good game. Played it with the lady and we had lots of fun

Now you go and play the two games that released already of The Dark Pictures Anthology

Oh another thing I'd point out is this is certainly a game that can be enjoyed even when played with your significant other. So to those of you who have BF's or GF's or married, this is a fun horror game to experience together!

 

[Perrott]

Until Dawn it's great, definitely the best game by Supermassive. Sad to see that their following games went downhill in terms of production values and overall quality.

 

[DJTHEGREY]

I bought my ps4 before I was ready simply for this game (wanted to save the cheerleader )! Loved every minute of it!

 

[xrnzaaas]

The game was great, it's a shame that the studio didn't continue their partnership with Sony to release more horror games with the same budget. I still haven't played The Dark Pictures games, but I'm not really in a hurry after what I've seen in the gameplay videos and heard from friends.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Until Dawn is a fun one.

 

[Valonquar]

It feels like a playable Joss Wheadon movie. Amazing cast and smooth pacing. A few of the deaths are super cheap though.

 

[peronmls]

I liked it a lot. Though I'm not a fan of the decision/choices being the core game-play. I wish it had puzzles mixed in with it. Is this really considered to be Survival Horror with the absents of combat and enemies?

 

[evanft]

It's great. I played it on the PS4 Pro a few years ago and actually picked it up again for another play through on the PS5 after I got one last month. The increased FPS is, as usual, transformative and really makes the game feel much newer than it is.

If you like dumb horror movies or interactive narrative games (Telltale, Life is Strange, etc.), then this gets a STRONG recommend from me, especially if you own a PS5. It's usually on sale for $10 or less, so to me it's a no-brainer.

 

[Captain Toad]

One of the few PS4 exclusives really worth playing.

Yeah, PS4 was really starved for good exclusives. /s

 

[Trogdor1123]

I totally forgot about this game. Need to restart it on ps5. It supposedly really benefits from it.

 

[sublimit]

I really don't understand the boner so many people have with this game. I had it in my PS+ library for a while and i didn't want to play it because from what i had seen it looked very cliche to me. But so many people kept praising it to no end so i played it thinking that i could be wrong.
Well i wasn't.
Cliche story and characters and overall just an ok experience. I grew up with the films that the game is taking its inspiration but that time has long since passed and i wouldn't be able to watch those types of movies now. Don't get me wrong i had some fun with it for what it was but it was nothing special. I didn't even cared to come back to it to try different choices. I guess if i was 15 i might have liked it more?

 

[kretos]

One of the best horror games last gen, shame we didn't get a sequel

 

[Mr Hyde]

Played this during its release but didn't like it very much. Gonna take a new stab at it now that it's included in PS Plus Collection.

 

[SkylineRKR]

Its fun but the game does cheat a bit with plot armor and at the end its kind of rushed how you can lose characters.

 

[AJUMP23]

This was a surprise game for me as well. Really thought it was a lot of fun.

Sometimes I wish there was a rewind button to make a different decision.

 

[Spokker]

I replayed it on PS5 and I started with the intention of not caring who lives and who dies. But as the game progressed I equated losing any characters to losing the game, so I was like fuck that and tried to keep them all alive, and did.

A few of the deaths are super cheap though.

I appreciated that there was at least one part where you had to pay attention earlier to avoid a death. Otherwise, players who always want to be the hero get their cutie blown the fuck out.

 

[Trogdor1123]

I'm playing it now and wow is it good. I'm really enjoying it. I'm way off a perfect run though lol... I'll be happy if any make it out!

When I heard the number of people that can make it out changes I'm down for another play through once I'm done.

Can the bad guy change too?

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

So I missed playing this back on PS4 after hearing about uncapped frame rates being too jarring as it wasn't stable. On the PS5 the game ran at locked 60fps (thanks to PS4 code being uncapped). The characters, story and encounters were legit terrifying.

Spoiler

I was shocked to learn that some of the character who didn't make it out alive, could've if I'd taken different story beat related decisions

. Basically for anyone who hasn't played this game, it's Heavy Rain meets survival horror. Heavy Rain's interactive cinematic gameplay meets survival horror genre. You get to control all the characters during their story moments. Will definitely recommend this game!

I love until dawn series.

Actually I was playing the VR game and also is a fantástic experience

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

One of the few PS4 exclusives really worth playing.

Gravity Rush 1 and 2 are these exclusives

 

[Shmunter]

Good game. Played it with the lady and we had lots of fun

Now you go and play the two games that released already of The Dark Pictures Anthology

There’s also the PS4 exclusive. Hidden Agenda. Same genre, played using mobile app allowing for a watch party with fiends.

Hidden Agenda (2017 video game) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[turtlepowa]

There are 3 PS4 games i really like, this is one of them altough the Wendigos were absolutely not scary. The QTE are quite hard if you are used to the Xbox controller, only had one survivor.

 

[Balducci30]

wrong thread

 

[Cravis]

I’m playing it now due to it being free from ps+ and I really am not getting the hype at the moment. Like the story is really bad imo and the world itself fairly uninteresting. The zombie horde stuff is cool but I feel like unless you’re getting invested in the story of the game or just love zombies it’s hard to get into it. Like it doesn’t really have a great open world or combat gameplay to keep me hooked. Maybe it’ll click I have around 5 hours or so? The gas conserving and general time of traversing from area to area, the crafting, the moving cars around, fetch quests and the combat encounters so far hasn’t been amazing for me but possibly I need better weapons - it looks very similar to the last of us games too so it feels like it should feel as good as those games with melee and stuff but I get that’s a high bar

You sure you playing the same game as us, chief?

 

[Balducci30]

You sure you playing the same game as us, chief?

Def not lol - wrong thread

 

[Trogdor1123]

There are 3 PS4 games i really like, this is one of them altough the Wendigos were absolutely not scary. The QTE are quite hard if you are used to the Xbox controller, only had one survivor.

Just one? The dialogue would have been way different than mine I bet.

I had one death.

 

[DaGwaphics]

Just one? The dialogue would have been way different than mine I bet.

I had one death.

I think I only had three survivors on my first attempt, I had all but one that should have been saved but I failed one of the hold still things right at the end. LOL

I redid that last bit to get a better trophy though. LOL

 

[turtlepowa]

Just one? The dialogue would have been way different than mine I bet.

I had one death.

Yeah, i suck at Quick time events and i'm also not used to the PS controller.

 

[vodka-bull]

I thought it‘s more like Heavy Rain meets Indiana Jones 4 with every trash teenie horror movie cliché served well. In the end, i played through it just for funz & giggles, but I couldn‘t take it serious. Killing everyone was a relief.

 

[DustQueen]

How the standards have fallen...

 

[lh032]

well, it is the best horror game choice story driven game in terms of AAA quality

 

[skit_data]

”We’re freezing our bunsoffoutere!”

 

[MadYarpen]

Yeah, I also liked it a lot. Most of my guys didn't make it though

I would like to replay it when I think about it. Despite it being a horror, it wasn't very stresfull for me.

 

[Arachnid]

How the standards have fallen...

My exact thought. I remember being completely whelmed by Until Dawn. I definitely wouldn't call it one of last gens best horror titles. It's also one of the worst of the interactive Heavy Rain type games.

 

[Nyxir]

Great game. Really surprised me.

 

[Trogdor1123]

I think I only had three survivors on my first attempt, I had all but one that should have been saved but I failed one of the hold still things right at the end. LOL

I redid that last bit to get a better trophy though. LOL

Those are pretty neat!

I missed nearly every trophy somehow.

If you go back and redo chapters can you get more trophies and the collectables?

 

[DaGwaphics]

Those are pretty neat!

I missed nearly every trophy somehow.

If you go back and redo chapters can you get more trophies and the collectables?

Yeah. You can go back to whatever chapter you feel like you goofed in and as long as you play through the rest of the chapters afterwards you can get a different trophy. I almost think you have to do it in one sitting, if I'm remembering correctly. Luckily my screwups were late in the game. LOL

I was always going to do another run through and see what would happen if I had no survivors, but never got around to it.

 

[Eimran]

Yeah. You can go back to whatever chapter you feel like you goofed in and as long as you play through the rest of the chapters afterwards you can get a different trophy. I almost think you have to do it in one sitting, if I'm remembering correctly. Luckily my screwups were late in the game. LOL

I was always going to do another run through and see what would happen if I had no survivors, but never got around to it.

You don't need to do it in one sitting as in you can shut down the game. Only thing you can't do is restart another chapter.

The game saves all the data from your initial playthrough. You can restart from one of the chapters with the data from your first run and close the game and press continue later. If you however load another chapter every data from your first run is reloaded again.

 

[DaGwaphics]

You don't need to do it in one sitting as in you can shut down the game. Only thing you can't do is restart another chapter.

The game saves all the data from your initial playthrough. You can restart from one of the chapters with the data from your first run and close the game and press continue later. If you however load another chapter every data from your first run is reloaded again.

Ah, okay. I finished the game and only saved a few and then reloaded the chapter before the ending (I had lost the bitchy girl in a machinery accident ) I was thinking I couldn't use the continue.