3.5/5

Probably my favorite game out of the Dark Pictures Anthology. It's definitely not as scary as others and the jump scares are much less frequent. However, the game is significantly better compared to others when it comes to the characters and the writing overall, with a pretty interesting plot. It's still pretty bland, but at least the second half escalates a bit and is actually exciting to play. The time and place setting is good, and even though the characters are very dislikeable at first, their stories improve amusingly and they do end up as some of the most memorable characters out of the series. The same quality is put in setting up and explaining the story of the evil enemies. Their reveal is very "classic horror"-esque, showing only glimpses of the creature and building the suspense and tension. QTE's are pretty classic and there are some harder sequences but nothing worth bashing your head over it, even though later towards the end a death could come with each failed QTE.

The graphics are very good and the mocap animations are solid, with some visual bugs that happen unoften.

Camera movement is still kinda wonky on keyboard/mouse but it works.

It takes about 5 hours to fully complete the game so I really recommend it if you're in for an interesting horror experience.

3.5/5 Probably my favorite game out of the Dark Pictures Anthology. It's definitely not as scary as others and the jump scares are much less frequent. However, the game is significantly better compared to others when it comes to the characters and the writing overall, with a pretty interesting plot. It's still pretty bland, but at least the second half escalates a bit and is actually exciting to play. The time and place setting is good, and even though the characters are very dislikeable at first, their stories improve amusingly and they do end up as some of the most memorable characters out of the series. The same quality is put in setting up and explaining the story of the evil enemies. Their reveal is very "classic horror"-esque, showing only glimpses of the creature and building the suspense and tension. QTE's are pretty classic and there are some harder sequences but nothing worth bashing your head over it, even though later towards the end a death could come with each failed QTE. The graphics are very good and the mocap animations are solid, with some visual bugs that happen unoften. Camera movement is still kinda wonky on keyboard/mouse but it works. It takes about 5 hours to fully complete the game so I really recommend it if you're in for an interesting horror experience.