It was pretty much a given that Supermassive Games’ upcoming The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan was going to be slapped with an M rating by the ESRB. Which is exactly what’s happened.
However, as with the usual submission for ratings, we’ve also been given privy to plot details that we wouldn’t normally have gotten at this point. With that in mind, *POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD*.
With the ESRB report, we learn that the only reason the group is there on the boat in the first place is because they’ve been kidnapped by someone. If you’ve been paying attention to the gameplay demos for Man of Medan, that shouldn’t come as a massive surprise. Those demos have shown at least two of the gang being ordered around the ship at gunpoint.
And as with Supermassive’s previous effort in Until Dawn, players are given choices which could lead to a character’s demise. These include characters being shot in the head, a man getting his ear cut off, a character stabbed in the chest with a knife, and a corpse’s body being eaten by rats.
And as with the usual horror tropes, there’s some nice innuendo and swearing by the characters. Not to mention some references to meth and other drugs.
In other words, fun for the whole family!
Man of Medan hits PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on August 30.