man of medan review

Man of Medan Review | Scary stories to tell with some dorks

By Michael Leri

From Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque to Orson Welles’ The Mercury Theater On Air to The Twilight Zone, horror anthologies have been successful in almost every medium for nearly 200 years. Supermassive Games wants to make video games part of that illustrious club with its Dark Pictures Anthology series. MAN OF MEDAN is the first foray into that…

  • Tense, spooky atmosphere.
  • Multiple branching paths add a ton of replayability.
  • Well-paced, intriguing mystery with a satisfying explanation.
  • Cast is initially pretty cringeworthy.
  • Stuttery frame rate and noticeable texture pop-in.
  • A ton of rapid-fire jump scares that can desensitize the player.

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Michael Leri
Michael Leri

Michael Leri is Evolve's senior gaming editor. He prides himself on playing and finishing as many video games as he can in all sorts of genres from shooters to platformers to weird indie experiments. There's always something to learn from rolling credits and that thirst for experience and knowledge is mostly what drives him. You can find him on Twitter, Backloggd, Bluesky, and Letterboxd as @OrangeFlavored.

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