There may be real elements and even real danger, but most of what happened was an illusion.
These shocking moments have left an impact on video game history.
The illusion can be created in multiple different ways.
Magic or hallucinogens are often involved.
Sometimes, your character is unknowingly placed into a simulation.
Whatever way it’s done, these are all games that include significant illusions.
Kidnapped by pirates, a group of friends must survive an encounter with a ghost ship.
Then, they force the protagonists to help them find some treasure they’re looking for.
This search leads them to a mysterious and seemingly empty ship, and they all get aboard.
However, the game is more about her struggling with psychosis.
This is a condition where it’s difficult to decipher what is or isn’t real.
So, it makes sense that the entire game works the same way.
Unlike other games with illusions, there is never a true reveal of what’s real.
After this, the game changes a bit.
Walker begins to see and hear things that aren’t really there.
The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan is the first in the anthology of interactive survival horror games from Supermassive. Kidnapped by pirates, a group of friends must survive an encounter with a ghost ship.
Konrad had been dead a long time.
This goal takes them to the town of Folsense, which is incredibly bright and filled with color.
While there, they meet a man named Anton, who lives in a castle.
He’s supposed to have been around for a long time, but he still looks very young.
This made everyone see the town as a bright, vibrant place and Anton as a young man.
Neither of those things was true, though.
The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan is the first in the anthology of interactive survival horror games from Supermassive. Kidnapped by pirates, a group of friends must survive an encounter with a ghost ship.
Folsense is actually a desolate place, and Anton is elderly.
It’s up to you to stop them.
Or at least, that’s what you think you’re doing.
Some of the best heroes and villains from another planet in space.
Whether you pass or not depends on how you treated human survivors during the game.
2Twelve Minutes
Few games are as dark or strange as Twelve Minutes.
In the true ending of the game, though, you discover that what’s happening isn’t real.
It’s the protagonist imaging what his future life could be if he married his half-sister.
The fact that his wife is supposed to be dead immediately tells you weird things are going on.
Once he gets there, he finds the town mostly empty.
You later find out that these creatures aren’t real.
They’re the manifestations of James' psyche intended to punish him for killing his wife.
Some other things he witnesses throughout the game are illusions, too.
So, how much of the whole experience is real is hard to figure out.
In video games, your goal is usually to save the world.
But what happens if that world is destroyed?
