Played from – to: (2022-12-06 – 2022-12-23) – PC controller.
‣ 8/10 – “Do you believe in God?”
‣ Thoughts: House of Ashes surprised me, because I found it to be not only interesting but enjoyable on top. From the three games in the Dark Pictures anthology that we have played I finally felt like I played a game. Sure, there were still plenty of cutscenes, but the contextual combat gave us more control. Also, the choices we made lead to character fates that made sense and did not force us to question certain deaths, which is a step-up form Little Hope. Overall, I found this games story to be the most interesting out of the three we played and most involving. All this to say, I crown House of Ashes to be the best game in this franchise so far. The characters were distinct enough and enjoyable to make me care. The story sure had its lowlights but kept me engaged and overall gave us a conclusive ending. Of course, there were definite miss steps in story telling here and there and some conversations made little to no sense, but again this was the most enjoyable game out of the bunch. If I had to sum it up, I’d call it: One of those silly horror movies that you will love watching with some friends and beer.
‣ 8/10 – “Do you believe in God?”
‣ Thoughts: House of Ashes surprised me, because I found it to be not only interesting but enjoyable on top. From the three games in the Dark Pictures anthology that we have played I finally felt like I played a game. Sure, there were still plenty of cutscenes, but the contextual combat gave us more control. Also, the choices we made lead to character fates that made sense and did not force us to question certain deaths, which is a step-up form Little Hope. Overall, I found this games story to be the most interesting out of the three we played and most involving. All this to say, I crown House of Ashes to be the best game in this franchise so far. The characters were distinct enough and enjoyable to make me care. The story sure had its lowlights but kept me engaged and overall gave us a conclusive ending. Of course, there were definite miss steps in story telling here and there and some conversations made little to no sense, but again this was the most enjoyable game out of the bunch. If I had to sum it up, I’d call it: One of those silly horror movies that you will love watching with some friends and beer.