House of Ashes was released in October 2021 as the third installment of The Dark Pictures Anthology and features a story based on the kingdom of Akkad and Sumerian mythology, specifically the legend of the Curse of Akkad. Platforms: Windows, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Little Hope was met with mixed to positive reception following its release, with critics praising the game’s atmosphere and sound design while taking issue with its linearity, plot twist, and several anticlimactic endings. Unable to leave the town due to a mysterious fog that shrouds every road, the group begins to search desperately for a means of escape while continually haunted by visions of Little Hope’s past.Īs the night progresses, the party stumbles upon increasingly harrowing discoveries tied that culminate in a grand reveal that links everything together while depicting the supposed origin of all evil.
In it, American college students Andrew, Angela, Daniel, Taylor, and their professor John, find themselves stranded in the small town of Little Hope after their bus crashes during a field trip. With the second installment, Little Hope, Supermassive decided to base the story on the Salem and Andover witch trials of 1692. Upon release, Man of Medan received fairly positive reviews, was the third best-selling physical game in the UK during its debut week, and a year later reportedly achieved one million copies sold worldwide.
Together, the five venture to the South Pacific with the intention of partying and scuba diving but as the day unfolds and a storm rolls in, they find themselves trapped aboard a ghost ship.įrom there, the group is eventually forced to split up and end up encountering a host of unimaginable stresses and terrors linked to the ship’s dark past with seemingly no way to escape. The story follows a group of four young Americans: brothers Alex and Brad, Alex’s girlfriend Julia, and Julia’s brother Conrad as they’re joined by Fliss, a French Polynesian and captain of the Duke of Milan.
Season One of The Dark Pictures Anthology kicks off with the first installment, Man of Medan, based on the legend of the SS Ourang Medan ghost ship whose crew died under mysterious circumstances.
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