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The newest entry in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Supermassive Games' The Dark Picture Anthology, is now available to the masses. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:House Of Ashes, which follows a group of unfortunate souls that find themselves trapped in an underground temple full of vampiric creatures from outer space, from the community at large, who were honestly just stoked to have the inhuman threat be real this time.But, for the fans that delved a little deeper into the entire series, the ones that spent hours colဣlecting all the secrets and reading all the wikis and building intricate lore theories, there was a great deal more to enjoy. Here are just a few of the interesting things that meant more to diehard fans than to the populace as a whole.This article contains spoilers
7 Quality Of Li♛fe Changes Mꦚake The Experience So Much Better
Long-time fans of Supermassive Games' horror franchise will appreciate the quality of life changes that were put into effect for House Of Ashes. Firstly, it features a tiered difficulty system (Forgiving, Challenging, andಞ Lethal), one that the player may set at their leisure. The Quick Tim🤪e Events (QTEs) that required aiming have been altered, as well. Once, they demanded intense precision, but now they allow for a larger margin of error.
The most significant change is to the camera. In previous titles, the camera functioned from a⛄ fixed point; no matter what occurred in-game, the angles were predetermined, but House Of Ashes provides its players with a more standard, maneuverable third-person camera, which helps a great 🔯deal with the exploration segments.
6 Repeated Character Models: Laz๊y...𒆙 Or Clever?
The Dark Pictures Anthology has been quietly reusing character models in every single game. For instance, Dr. Clarice Stokes, the unfortunate technician in House Of Ashes, shares a face with a sailor from 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Man Of Medan and Taylor from 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Little Hope. Lance Corporal Joey Gomez, another victim of the vampires in House Of Ashes, shares a face with Private Charles Ande💎rson from Ma🎀n Of Medan and Daniel from Little Hope.
Both of these character models appeared in Supermassive Games' Hidden Agenda and The Inpatient, as well. And these are only two examples, in fact, most of the characters are seen across multiple games. It's unclear as to why they've been doing this. Perhaps it's a nod to a connected universe, something they seem to enjoy hinting at, or maybe it's ju𒊎st an easy way to save a little time and money.
5 The Curator's Creepy Observer-Style Appearances Are Everywhe💎re
The primary connective tissue shared between all the games in The Dark Pictures Anthology is that of The Curator Of Stories, a seemingly human figure who shares the stories from his Repository with the player. He broods and muses and quotes a lot of Shakespeare, but most interestingly, he watches.
Somehow, he follows the player into the story and observes their progress. He's never in the forefront, but with careful attention paid, he can be spotted lurking in the background of multiple scenes in every game. It harkens back to G-Man's delꦏightfully creepy behavior in the Half-Life serie💙s and serves as an engaging basket of easter eggs for d🍃edica♚ted fans.
4 ও The Crow Effect Harkens Back To Until Daw♋n
Separate ౠfrom the Quality Of Life ch🌞anges are a few aesthetic refreshers that brought House Of Ashes back towards Supermassive Games' roots. The menu that collates the choices and effects selected by the player, which was once shaped like a literal "moral" compass, now appears as the two wings of a crow.
While the crow has never appeared in any ve🌃rsion of this menu before, not even in the games prior to The Dark Pictures Anthology, it's reminiscent of the butterfly that was so vitally symbolic to Until Dawn's menu and🃏 ideology.
3 Some♏ Of The Deaths Are Inspired By Until Dawn, Too
It's clear that Supermassive Games' wanted to bring back some of that sweet, sweet fan fervor that Until Dawn manifested, and they did so by molding House Of Ashes in their biggest game's image. Several of the potential death animations in House Of Ashes mirror possible endings featured in Until Dawn. Both games feature fatal eye-gouging, death by explosions, decapit𒈔ation, and characters meeting their demise at the hand of a steep cliff.
While granted, there are only so many ways that developers can off their characters, the sheer number of parallels between the꧋ two games feels intenﷺtional.
2 Man Of Medan And Little Hope Hinted At House Of Ashes Forever Ago 💮
Remember how, once upon a time, everyone and their dog were talking about that ? Supermassive Games sort of did that, probably. We know that there was at least a foggy shape of💟 what was to come because the🌄y've been planting seeds to their future games in every single title.
For instance, In Man Of Medan, there was a discoverable newspaper from 1947 that covered a story about a group of archeologists that went mysteriously missing in Iraq... exactly like the (skeletal remains of the) group that players of House Of Ashes stu♉mble across. Fast forward to the present, and there are references to Devil In Me, their next title, in House Of Ashes, where players can find newspaper clippings and hidden books about a serial killer.
1 A Secret Ending Ties House Of Ashes Back T෴o Li🐭ttle Hope
Near the beginning of the story, it's revealed that Lieutenant Corporal Eric Ki🎃♈ng, has a prosthetic leg. It's a souvenir from a car crash, but in terms of further detail, nothing is really given... not unless the player completes the game with every single character alive. If this lofty condition is met, then a special cutscene is unlocked that shows the day of the incident.
On its own, this wouldn't be a particularly interesting reward for all of the player's hard work, however, it's revealed that the car crash took place near a certain diner... the diner at the end of Little Hope. It's a strange reference because the timeline clearly indicates that it can't be the same crash at the beginning of Little Hope, but it's rewarding to realize that something truly ethereal e✱xists in a game that took a disappointing twist away from the extraordinary.