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The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes

The horror adventure game, which is the second part of The Dark Pictures anthology. Little Hope tells the story of several characters trying to survive the confrontation with the evil forces, and the gameplay is mainly about exploring and making decisions.

Adventure | TPP | horror | for 2 people | co-op | splitscreen | PS Plus Premium | PS Plus Extra

The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes Release Date

22Oct2021

PC PS4 XONE PS5 XSX

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House of Ashes is the subtitle of the third instalment of The Dark Pictures Anthology series. Like the two previous parts of the series, Man of Medan and Little Hope, this is a horror adventure game. The game was developed by Supermassive Games studio and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.

Plot

The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes takes us to the Middle East, to be precise, to a region reminiscent of the Afghan Hindu Kush. In the course of the game, we are following the fate of American soldiers who, while exploring the ancient undergrounds, awakened the ancient evil.

Mechanics

Just like in the two previous parts of the series, in The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes we observe the action from cinematic shots. During the game, we can take control of several characters who travel through various locations, solve environmental puzzles and face various challenges - from arcade to battles and escape from adversaries. How their fate will turn out, and which protagonists will survive or how (and when) they will die, depends on what we do and what choices we make.

Game modes

The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes allows you to play alone, in online co-op mode or as part of the Movie Night, where players in front of one screen control selected characters.

Technical aspects

The Dark Pictures: Little Hope has high quality graphics. The appearance and voices of the characters were given by real actors, including Ashley Tisdale.

Last updated on 19 October 2021

Game mode: single / multiplayer   Multiplayer mode: Internet   Player counter: 1-5  

User score: 8.4 / 10 based on 103 votes.

Pre-release expectations: 7.9 / 10 based on 115 votes.

PEGI rating The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes

Age rating. The PEGI rating considers the age suitability of a game, not the level of difficulty. Game contains bad language. Game contains depictions of violence.

The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes System requirements

PC / Windows

PC / Windows

  • Minimum:
  • Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5 GHz / AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz
  • 8 GB RAM
  • graphic card 4 GB GeForce GTX 960 / Radeon R9 390 or better
  • 65 GB HDD
  • Windows 10 64-bit
  • Recommended:
  • Intel Core i5-8400 2.8 GHz / AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz
  • 12 GB RAM
  • graphic card 6 GB GeForce RTX 2060 / 8 GB Radeon RX Vega 56 or better
  • 65 GB HDD
  • Windows 10 64-bit
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