So, when a mysterious benefactor gets in touch and offers the team a chance to skulk around a replica of real-life serial killer H. Tensions are high, the crew are at each other’s throats, and there’s the hope that if they can film one cracking episode they might be able to sell the show and make enough money to keep the lights on. The Devil In Me plays out like a serial killer mystery, with you controlling members of a small production crew filming a true crime documentary series that has run out of money. The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me. It all comes from a sequence involving a directional microphone and a dark corridor.

Worse, somehow I have spent the entire month attending previews and writing about them – but The Devil In Me is the first that’s made me actively not want to play it. I was so spooked by the demo that I’m not sure I ever want to go back to it, but the universe it sets out and the characters within it are so rich that I’m sure I want to find out more about it, even though I’m only going to be able to play it myself if I find a friend willing to play co-op with me, and also sing ABBA‘s greatest hits whenever the going gets tough.

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The latest in The Dark Pictures Anthology, The Devil In Me has everything you would expect: the performances are brilliant, the world is fascinating and the tension just keeps ratcheting with every clue you find, with the player having context the characters don’t.

The Devil In Me scared the shit out of me.

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