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Man of Medan Review Thread
- Thread starter KoolAid
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So I didn't write up a review, but:
This is one of the most empty, boring and all around nothing games I have ever played. There is little to no story being told. The characters have no progression or development. The few significant decisions there are sometimes lead to direct contradictions in the following scenes (Once, I saved a dude who could have died, but somehow he joined the group along with 2 people he never met in my playthrough). The writing is abysmal, the directing amateur hour and the game is rife with technical problems on the PS4 Pro, with constant framerate dips and freezes. A focus on multiplayer leads to you missing out on seemingly important scenes in single player sometimes and having to walk through the same drab, samey ship hallways other times.
It's only about 5 or 6 hours (I should add that I'm purely guessing here) but it felt like 20 playing through it, because so little of note happens.
This is one of the most empty, boring and all around nothing games I have ever played. There is little to no story being told. The characters have no progression or development. The few significant decisions there are sometimes lead to direct contradictions in the following scenes (Once, I saved a dude who could have died, but somehow he joined the group along with 2 people he never met in my playthrough). The writing is abysmal, the directing amateur hour and the game is rife with technical problems on the PS4 Pro, with constant framerate dips and freezes. A focus on multiplayer leads to you missing out on seemingly important scenes in single player sometimes and having to walk through the same drab, samey ship hallways other times.
It's only about 5 or 6 hours (I should add that I'm purely guessing here) but it felt like 20 playing through it, because so little of note happens.
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More like Man of Meh, amirite?!?
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I loved Until Dawn, so I'll try this. On sale. Hope they get another big gig with Sony again, though. Until Dawn 2 (new cast? new horror tropes?) needs to happen on PS5.
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I loved Until Dawn, so I'll try this. On sale. Hope they get another big gig with Sony again, though. Until Dawn 2 (new cast? new horror tropes?) needs to happen on PS5.
Lol damn. I was kinda looking forward to this. Hopefully their next iteration from this anthology is better.
I've finished this game three times now. In all three of my playthroughs I experienced tons of frame drops, out of sync animations/dialogue, a couple of crashes and other technical issues.
It really sucked the fun out of this game.
It really sucked the fun out of this game.
MSPoweruser review here: https://mspoweruser.com/man-of-medan-review/
Happy to answer any questions.
Happy to answer any questions.
I'm not surprised, trailers were bad and plenty of people that tried it were anticipating it to be very flawed.
If it can get just one more point on Metacritic, it'll be as good as Days Gone!
Shame it's not another home run like Until Dawn. Wish we got a sequel to that with the same writing team.
Shame it's not another home run like Until Dawn. Wish we got a sequel to that with the same writing team.
Our review:
PC Port Impressions:
Edit: Overall, I enjoyed this more than Until Dawn, although it seems as though a lot of people disagree. I didn't have any major issues with the PC version of the game and really appreciate it supporting high framerates and ultrawide.
PC Port Impressions:
Edit: Overall, I enjoyed this more than Until Dawn, although it seems as though a lot of people disagree. I didn't have any major issues with the PC version of the game and really appreciate it supporting high framerates and ultrawide.
I don't think Sony will give them a bigger budget after the mediocre VR games they released.
No, having an AAA budget made Until Dawn good.
They worked on VR with Sony and they released a 45 Metacritic title.
Bummer.
I did preorder, my wife and I loved Until Dawn, so hopefully we will get some fun out of this.
At least it's only $30, so I'm a bit less upset.
I did preorder, my wife and I loved Until Dawn, so hopefully we will get some fun out of this.
At least it's only $30, so I'm a bit less upset.
I'm a huge HUGE fan of Until Dawn but the more followup output I see from them, the more I'm convinced that an essential part of what made UD work was Larry Fessenden and Graham Reznick's screenplay which allowed the perfect survey of a whole collection of horror movie tropes and then solved elegantly how they could all be packed together into one game as it unfolded.
oh man, this is disappointing. kinda' glad it's only costing me £22 now...
Another one for the basket. As people are saying, they just didn't have the resources to replicate Until Dawn, but there are moments when it gets close.
The string of unremarkable, mediocre games continues for Supermassive, sadly. The Inpatient was a massive disappointment. Hidden Agenda was no good. The problem has been poor writing, which is essentially in a narrative game such as Until Dawn.
Yep.
Namco Bandai is pretty cheap and the game was also priced at $30
I expected this to be a return to form after all those bad titles. What happened to supermassive? Maybe important talent left the studio after Until Dawn?
Yeah slightly tough reviews so far.
For some reason the concept and footage released never grabbed me like Until Dawn; plus the game seemed a bit of a technical mess with lip syncing and framerate.
I'll probably play this in a year once all the stories are released and the game is hopefully fixed up.
For some reason the concept and footage released never grabbed me like Until Dawn; plus the game seemed a bit of a technical mess with lip syncing and framerate.
I'll probably play this in a year once all the stories are released and the game is hopefully fixed up.
Reviews seem pretty mixed but I already got it preloaded on my PS4 pro. $30 for something I can enjoy with friends as a group isn't bad imo
Was expecting cheese but the tech issues do bum me out. Another game not running well even on the refreshed consoles - yikes
Was expecting cheese but the tech issues do bum me out. Another game not running well even on the refreshed consoles - yikes
Wish I hadn't clicked on this thread. Especially the stuff about technical issues on the Pro as I only have the regular.
I already pre-ordered the game digitally though, so I'll be playing it regardless. I'm not expecting Until Dawn but I hope I like it regardless.
I already pre-ordered the game digitally though, so I'll be playing it regardless. I'm not expecting Until Dawn but I hope I like it regardless.
Bummer...reviews not as good as I was hoping, but still not bad? My girlfriend and I loved Until Dawn and we'll play through this new one together as well.
Had no idea it has online co-op, could be a blast to pick up on a sale and play after a few beers. Shame it doesn't reach the greatness of Until Dawn though.
Hmm, was hoping for more, but I preordered as Until Dawn was one of the only games my wife has played through with me and I could probably get her to sit down for another horror adventure, so I'm in for the haul I guess. Granted I got it pretty cheap on PC, so if I'm out like $24 then so be it. Hopefully tech issues are either resolved eventually, or are not present on PC?
Also Until Dawn was not some highly praised work of art either like some seem to be suggesting, so I'm interested in forming my own take on this one anyway lol. Still, was hoping to see reviews grounded a little higher than they are currently.
Also Until Dawn was not some highly praised work of art either like some seem to be suggesting, so I'm interested in forming my own take on this one anyway lol. Still, was hoping to see reviews grounded a little higher than they are currently.