The Hanged Man

As someone who has completed most of this series (out of order, like a dummy) I have to say that this one stands out as one of my favorites. Some of the reoccuring characters weren't as appreciated (or recognized at the time), but the story itself was nothing less than endearing. I, myself, have found myself lost in an abandoned compound looking for my talking rat, so I find it heavily relatable, which is always a positive when you're playing a game; relatability.

Удивительно, что 2я хорошая концовка переменила моё мнение об игре. Хотел не рекомендовать, но всё же она поставила некую точку в истории. Я не знал о чём игра. Трейлер меняя обманул: снега и леса занимают 5% игры. По своей сути это история как в The Crooked Man, но не с несколькими локациями, а одной, но разделённой на корпуса. Также это закольцованная история - если без спойлеров, то у протагониста этой игры много схожего с Дэвидом, протагонистом первой игры. Атмосфера и идея хороши, но головоломки, скрипты и прочее не пугают. Психбольница или убежище для бездомных могло дать такой психологический прессинг, что The Hanged Man стала бы любимой игрой серии у многих. Но автор не дожал, увы. Также не понятно зачем важные сюжетные катсцены убрали во второе прохождение. Одна катсцена действительно немного портит одну плохую концовку, но можно было улучшить мотивацию героя и оставить все катсцены для одного прохождения. Повешенный... этим символом сквозит вся игра, но выглядит как притягивание за уши, чтобы был странный человек по канону серии. Влияние его так мало, что не понимаешь зачем оно нужно. Истории пациентов тоже не восхитили: они воспринимаются как загадки, которые лишь бы решить поскорее и всё. Здесь не хватило эмоционального вовлечения как хотя бы в Mad Father с мини-историями умерших жертв отца-психопата. Но за этим я не понимаю гонений на озвучку. Да, не профессионалы и да, у кого-то микрофон из самых дешёвых, но по большей части голоса хороши, да и делалось это на энтузиазме! Всегда можно играть без озвучки, если режет слух. И по итогу мне грустно прощаться с серией. Даже Boogie Man мне попал в сердце тем, каким бесчеловечным может быть протагонист. Заметно как повествование просело, но есть и хорошее, которое не смогли развить. Я буду скучать по серии, хочется думать, что ремейки возможны и они будут тогда, когда будет возможно им стать окупаемыми. Спасибо Uri, это было чудесно. Мне всё ещё не хватает чего-то, подобного Paranoic. THM должна была стать продолжателем её, как я видел в процессе и вижу сейчас эту игру. Но спасибо, всё равно эти игры часть меня. Боль, которую нужно нести.

Objectively, I think I'd say this is as good as The Crooked Man, which is the best game in the saga. So right off the bat we've already improved on the last two games and got back to where we started, which is nice. Not to diss the other two games, they're still good, but this was an improvement. The gameplay is...nothing special. It's the same as the last few, walk around, watch cutscenes, solve puzzles, maybe get into a chase or two...you know the drill, but that's not why we're here. The story on the other hand is quite beautiful. I like how they incorporated the past protagonists into this game, it feels very smoothly done. I also like all the new characters they've added as well. It's quite touching, and feels just as cheesy as TCM (which is a good thing imo, I like that these games feel like an anime movie). I'd also recommend playing with VAs on, as while they aren't professionals, they do add a lot to the story. The only reason I'd put TCM above this game is that it connected with me more. TCM moved me to tears, this story was just an overall great story. But comparison is the thief of joy, so forget I ever said anything. But yeah, recommended.

一直以为这个系列很火，没想到评论那么少，还有好多差评，但是我真的感觉特别好玩啊啊啊！是我四部曲中玩的第一部，也是最喜欢的！（以下可能涉及剧透） 首先，游戏一开始就引入悬念，刚开始真的不知道要干啥，就一直盲目地走，主人公要干啥背景是什么不知道，主人公为啥要这样做，他的身份是什么，让我有一直继续探究下去的欲望。然后随着主人公的行动以及和老鼠的对话，才让我们知道发生了什么事情。紧接着又来一个离奇新闻渲染恐怖气氛，层层递进，剩下的剧情基本围绕着主角找他的小伙伴——波普展开，一环接一环，节奏控制得很好，逻辑性强。角色的配音到位，情感丰富，玩完有种看完了一个电影的感觉，作者甚至会给玩家留白。设定有趣，内含会说话的老鼠，废弃多年的精神病院，宗教，塔罗牌等元素，虽然在rpg里面挺常见的，但每一个都给故事赋能。 除了某些场景，存档都是即时存档。大多数物品都可以点触，互动感强。多结局分支。 有些人说作品引导性差，但是我不认为这是个缺点啊，要允许某些游戏简单，允许某些游戏难，虽然有时候我也会晕头转向不知道下一步怎么做，但引导性太好反而会失去自由探索和自主发现的乐趣吧。 总结：追求恐怖感的可以试试，追求剧情的可以试试（建议先玩前作），rpg解密游戏老手可以试试，追求沉浸感的可以试试

Os puzzles são bem pouco intuitivos, sendo que eu tive que olhar um guia pra maioria deles e mesmo assim raramente conseguia ver qual era o sentido pra tentar resolver sozinha (como eu ia adivinhar que precisava olhar pra foto de uma moça aleatória umas 4 vezes pra progredir no jogo???), isso deixa o jogo extremamente entediante, principalmente se levar em conta que a maioria das salas não tem nada de útil então você precisaria entrar sala por sala na esperança de achar alguma coisa que te ajude a avançar no jogo (e o hospital é enorme, o que deixa a tarefa mais maçante ainda), e então quando acha alguma coisa, dá toda a volta e chega no problema dos puzzles serem bem... nada ver. Sinceramente, larguei, não deu vontade de jogar até o final, até estava achando interessante alguns pontos da história, mas num geral é tudo pouco cativante então me faz sentir que eu não tô perdendo muito por não finalizar o jogo.

I have mixed opinions about this game, but overall I recommend it. I think it is a good way to wrap up the series, and that it tied everything well together, especially with the direct correlations to things important in the first game's plot. I really enjoyed Will's character and I think he is well though off and written. I enjoyed the feature to skip longer scenes when replaying (this feature was added in the previous game) and I think the bonus stuff this time around was great. NOW, however, what bothered me the most is the gameplay. The puzzles are not intuitive at all and have you walking around all the time, triggering scenes and trying to progress. At certain points you may even have to really backtrack because you missed something that you need. I fail to understand why you would make essential things for progress so missable. The gameplay felt like a drag and at some point I just wanted to drop the game. It was not enjoyable at all. I had to check the guide all the time, and that is no way to enjoy a game. I think it is worth it because of the setting, the characters and the plot, but gameplay was really bad in my opinion. If this was a game on its own, and not the ending to a longer series, I probably would not recommend it. I also struggled to really understand who exactly The Hanged Man really is, because the story does not focus too much on him exactly but rather on the idea of him.

Повешенный чел

I was little hesitant to buy this game because of the mixed opinions in the comment/review. After I've played this game i gotta say, this is a fantastic game. Will's story is every similar to David's, i really liked that. The Crooked Man and The Hanged Man, very fitting when you have played through this game :)) My main problem with the game is that sometime the puzzle is really confusing. The tarot puzzle is a perfect example, because of the area the puzzle is in I'd assume that the puzzle would have something to do with The Boy who cried wolf story; or the alternative version of the story. But no, the tarot reading is based on the dusty notebook you found sometime in the early part of the game?? (maybe i just sucks at puzzle, i'm not sure lol) The voice acting is fine, it's not very well acted though. But you can just choose to not have the voice acting on. Will the main character is a perfect representation of a disturbed teenager. Will is a good kid who just being through a lot, and when paired with being a teenager. It make sense why he so angsty, and I really like Pop, Pop's cute :>