| The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan | |
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 Box art featuring Conrad, one of the game's five protagonists | |
| Developer(s) | Supermassive Games |
| Publisher(s) | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| Director(s) | Tom Heaton |
| Producer(s) | Dan McDonald |
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| Programmer(s) | Prasanna Jeganathan |
| Artist(s) | Robert Craig |
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| Composer(s) | Jason Graves |
| Series | The Dark Pictures Anthology |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 4[1] |
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| Release | PS4, Win, XBO 30 August 2019 PS5, Xbox Series X/S 27 September 2022 Nintendo Switch 4 May 2023 |
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| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan is a 2019 interactive drama and survival horror video game with paranormal horror elements developed by Supermassive Games and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is the first game of the first season of The Dark Pictures Anthology, a series of standalone horror video games. Man of Medan features a cast of five playable protagonists and a multilinear narrative influenced by player choice. The game's decision-making scenes, of which there are several, can significantly alter the trajectory of the plot and change the relationships between the main characters. Due to these choices, any of the five protagonists can die permanently.
Shawn Ashmore stars as the game's leading actor, playing one of the diving squad's members named Conrad. Taking place in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean near French Polynesia, Man of Medan focuses on four college students and the captain of the boat, Duke of Milan, who embark on a diving trip in pursuit of the remains of a WWII-era plane. After a hostile encounter with a group of modern day pirates, the five protagonists are forced by said pirates to sail the seas and search for something called the "Manchurian Gold", subsequently coming across what seems to be a ghost ship where they encounter visions of phantom creatures.
Man of Medan was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on 30 August 2019, for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on 27 September 2022, and for Nintendo Switch on 4 May 2023. A second game in the anthology, Little Hope, was released on 30 October 2020.
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