The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes has only just released, but in classic Supergiant Games style, the next game has also already been revealed. There’s always a teaser for the next game in the series at the end of the latest one, and the next one is very interesting. It’s going to be called The Devil In Me, and seems to be going down the Saw route. By this, I mean that the primary antagonist is a machine with bits of corpse all over it. This means that they’re not who you believe them to be. In fact, they’re clearly hiding behind something they consider to be a game. This will be the crux of the next game, and the way we explore how everything comes together for the finale of season one of these games.
The Dark Pictures Anthology is a fascinating series. Somehow, the games manage to iterate just enough that they don’t feel dull and provide a genuinely new experience each time. However, they never stray too far from the interactive movie experience. They rely on players being excited about the choices they’re making, and that’s why they’re so replayable. I think that this next entry will be the trickiest though, because there’s nothing simple about a game based on Saw.
The Devil In Me will most likely see a set of protagonists trapped inside a facility by puzzles that have been built around their vices or their crimes. The protagonists will need to escape by doing something that they have a fear of, or something related to their vices. For example, if they’re a drug user, they might need to search for a key in a bowl of razor blades, since those are used to cut certain drugs. However, I’d like to see something more original in The Devil In Me, and I think Supergiant Games is more than capable of doing that. The developer knows how to make a horror game with unexpected twists and turns, we just need to wait for them to come along and completely change how this familiar formula works to give us the shock of our lives.
