The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan is an adventure developed by Supermassive Games, released 29 August 2019 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. The main story takes about 5.5 hrs to finish.
What The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan is
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan is an adventure game developed by Supermassive Games and released in 2019. It was published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4. It carries an ESRB M age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Man of Medan is the first game in The Dark Pictures anthology, bringing supernatural horror to the South Pacific. Five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip with a rumored WWII wreck to find. As the day unfolds and a storm rolls in, their trip soon changes into something much more sinister. Who will live? Who will die? It’s down to you. Can you save them all?
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are horror, mystery and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 30 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 41% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 2 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 70, across 301 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 5.5 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-3470 or AMD FX-8350, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti or AMD Radeon HD 7870. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 80GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan launched on 29 August 2019, within three weeks of Control, Borderlands 3, GreedFall and Gears 5. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Control, Borderlands 3, GreedFall, Gears 5.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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