There will be two different multiplayer modes for The Dark Pictures Anthology - Man of Medan. This confirmation comes from publisher Bandai Namco and developer Supermassive Games today.
One of these modes, Shared Story Mode, is a more traditional online co-op for up to two players. The other mode, Movie Night Mode, is for local play where up to five players share one controller, making decisions and choices for one of the five main characters.
The Dark Pictures Anthology - Man of Medan will be released on August 30, 2019 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. If you missed our latest coverage, then you missed out on Shawn Ashmore, one of the stars in Man of Medan, getting his very own developer diary. You should check that out too!
Shared Story Mode
Movie Night Mode
- Share the story simultaneously with a friend in two-player online co-op
- Both players explore the world, make choices and perform actions that affect the outcome of the story and the fate of their respective characters
- Traverse scenes through a different perspective from the single-player experience—sometimes together, sometimes apart—in totally separate scenes revealing new information, locations and scares
Movie Night Mode
- Play locally in a group of up to five players with one controller, with each player taking charge of the movement, decisions and choices of one of the five main characters
- Players can choose between saving themselves, or trying to keep their friends’ characters alive
- At the end of each playthrough, actions and impacts will be judged – with achievements & rewards for each player
