The Dark Pictures Anthology series in general has partly won the hearts of horror gamers, so people have high expectations for The Devil In Me when this is the final chapter of part 1. But the higher the hope, the higher the disappointment.
Introduced with words like a plot based on a true story, much improved in terms of gameplay and graphics, but when I touched The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me I thought the machine or the eye of the player. i have a problem. Normally I leave the review of the image at the end because I always enjoy the Gameplay first and then pay attention to the other details but as soon as I enter the game I feel like I am playing a game of a new Dev. into the profession, not from an old studio. It is not uncommon for you to encounter many errors in textures on the model both in the game and in the cutscene, causing me to immediately run to google to see if my computer is faulty or not, but knowing this is the game’s problem makes me angry. I feel somewhat annoyed. After the image, the next problem that I see very clearly is the dialogue. Indeed, this is a huge step backwards if the previous games are not with sublime words, but at least they show very closely their situation, their feelings at that time. But in The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me they are like a developer who just writes a sentence or two and then puts it into the game without arranging anything, making them sound very lifeless, emotionless and many times you will witness Normally, they don’t ask questions when being chased by a serial killer, they get excited. Then the plot of the game must be said is the flood of Plot Hole that when you play the game without using your brain, you will also see it clearly. The game’s characters as well as the immortals were burned, strangled, thrown from above, etc. They were completely normal when changing scenes, which made me feel that the game maker was very underinvested in terms of minors. details. The sound is also not very good when the sound in the game is sometimes interrupted, causing many uncomfortable feelings.
The plot, the image, the sound is so bad, is the gameplay part of the game good? The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me promises to give players a better experience, mastering more situations. But if a good experience means more frustration, then they probably succeeded. Something as simple as aiming a light source in a position is extremely difficult because it swings back and forth (is this because our character is losing his temper? is also acceptable). The movement speed of the characters in the game is so slow that it’s sleepy, and when running, it gives a feeling of flying, much more agile with an easy speed that makes the chase scenes drop the mood (maybe. Due to the first time giving the character to the player to control, the studio is still confused in customizing the speed), in some cases you even see the killer in the game walking faster than when he runs or teleports in front of you. as a supernatural being. The game also lacks clear instructions for gamers to easily get acquainted with, for example: the character picked up a book and what do you do next? Many of you will answer to flip the books to see or put them away but do them with any button when the game does not show any notifications at all. Quick Time Event in the game is equally confusing, especially when the operation is related to the trigger buttons because the two left and right trigger buttons are designed to be no different at all. The pace and distribution of the game is also a big question mark when most games like walking simulators when you go from AB wait for the animation to play and then continue the journey over and over, leading to a feeling of boredom. unutterable.
Really, I can hardly recommend you to try The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me because I can’t find a single interesting detail in this game, especially with the price and the game errors that are encountered. . Maybe in the future when the game is better I will change my opinion later but from now on, please stay away from this game.