Overall I enjoyed my time with Man of Medan. I am glad I played it. What is holding it back is that it's so very much on the nose. There is little to no mystery, because before your mind starts filling in the gaps in the story, everything has already been "hinted" at, or even shown to you.
The game has some cool moments where Player 1 can directly influence Player 2, without knowing that the other person they see is the second player, and you won't know before it is too late and all choices have been made.
Moments like these stick out as memorable, and is easily the game's biggest strength.
However, for every cool part, there is an equally lame moment where the characters in the game act like complete idiots. If the characters in the game actually acted like people, so much of the story would not work. It is driven by a complete cast of dumbasses making dumbass decisions, and you as the player has no way of influencing these choices, because if you did, the story would not move forward.
In the beginning of the game, you get captured by pirates, but one of your crew is able to hide and not get noticed by the pirates. Great. LET US TALK ABOUT THIS PERSON LOUDLY IN FRONT OF THE PIRATES. Oh no they found him :(
Writing like this makes you question the team's capabilities. No one picked up on this before release?
Overall, the game is a story game that has some cool moments, and does co-op in a way other studios haven't really tried before. There are cool visuals for some of the spooky areas, and the voice acting is pretty good. That said, this is a story game that does not tell a particularly good story. If you specifically look for a co-op horror themed action-movie game, I recommend this one, mostly because there aren't other options. If that idea is not appealing to you, there are many better horror games out there.
The game has some cool moments where Player 1 can directly influence Player 2, without knowing that the other person they see is the second player, and you won't know before it is too late and all choices have been made.
Moments like these stick out as memorable, and is easily the game's biggest strength.
However, for every cool part, there is an equally lame moment where the characters in the game act like complete idiots. If the characters in the game actually acted like people, so much of the story would not work. It is driven by a complete cast of dumbasses making dumbass decisions, and you as the player has no way of influencing these choices, because if you did, the story would not move forward.
In the beginning of the game, you get captured by pirates, but one of your crew is able to hide and not get noticed by the pirates. Great. LET US TALK ABOUT THIS PERSON LOUDLY IN FRONT OF THE PIRATES. Oh no they found him :(
Writing like this makes you question the team's capabilities. No one picked up on this before release?
Overall, the game is a story game that has some cool moments, and does co-op in a way other studios haven't really tried before. There are cool visuals for some of the spooky areas, and the voice acting is pretty good. That said, this is a story game that does not tell a particularly good story. If you specifically look for a co-op horror themed action-movie game, I recommend this one, mostly because there aren't other options. If that idea is not appealing to you, there are many better horror games out there.