The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

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Dobra pozycja z udaną historią. 9/10.

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Until Dawn, Alien, The Cave & The Descent love child. Best Dark Pictures entry to date. Real monsters, action-packed yet still plenty dialogue, relationships matter and change behaviors, so many deaths and scene variations, helluva 3rd act (you'd think endgame screenshots are from directive 8020), replayability, some hard-carry cast. Shared universe & connections between Dark Pictures titles are fun, but games have to stand on their own as worthy interactive stories, and only HoA succeeds. Remarks: Deaths are only ending variety except Salim's homecoming that can be locked out with no upsides in chapter 2 out of 24 - same frustrating practice as in Man of Medan - one choice at the start irreversibly determines ending for a character yet brings no benefit ([spoiler] Julia & decompression sickness[/spoiler]).     Some rare outcomes are difficult to replicate by yourself yet are easy in Shared Story, and there's decent amount of those that most players will never even know existed.     Curator's Cut's disappointing, barely any new perspectives; if you only aim to try different choices can be frustrating due to some AI decision causations. 'Tripwire spot' & 'spot to send team to' is a choice I want to see more of: one where you must pay attention to much earlier choice, or pay the price.     Known cut content would've elevated the story. Hallucinations work when there's a real threat too so you can get confused and make mistakes. Considering amount of monsters here, it would've fit well in intended segment and made more players aware of connection to MoM's plot. Checkpoint flashback and a few other scenes should've been kept too.     Some traits matter exclusively in Curator's Cut for vital AI decisions, which's another frustrating part, as you wouldn't guess every choice to gain those and where they come into play.     Only Jacob & Salim can have proper character development; their duo hard carries which made them fan favorites. Meanwhile, love triangle is a detrimental addition that's unenjoyable, shallow; makes involved cast (3/5) corny, flat or even irritating instead of expanding their presence outside of it; not with failed attempts like Nick's civilian death trauma that actually only affects Jason's depth.

игра пик, даже самый маленький выбор влияет на самый дальний конец, СПОЙЛЕР ----- жаль не смог в конце спасти джейсона от копья, хотя возможно салим прикрыл бы его своим телом, а с самого начала хотелось чтобы он вернулся к сыну. 9/10 но иногда видно моменты где сэкономили на анимациях, кстати неплохие 90-100 кадров на высоких с рыксой 580 и i3 6100

Third game of the series. Story is much better than the first two as well as the controls are much improved in my oponion then the first two games.