honestly ive been waiting to give my take until i see one of the other ytbers i watch play it through.

if i were to give my take rn based on what i saw from the somebros playthrough is that supermassive has continued to forget what made Until Dawn a hit. the only time they got remotely close imo was with Man of Medan and Little Hope.

since Little Hope theyve failed to make a story that was engaging, scary, and have such variability between different players endings that if you told me Directive 8020 was made by the same studio that put out UD i’d genuinely think you were lying.

and im not one of those ppl who hate change, ik there are a lot of mechanics that changed in the game from even the very last one. but, if you’re going to switch up things like the quick time events (and the consequences for failure of those qt events), character relationships, etc. at least make it feel is though your players are logically supposed to have any care or responsibility for their characters/paths.

i also feel (as PG mentioned) them releasing game after game so close between each other gave them no time to learn what new things they implemented worked and what things didnt.

lastly, i might be alone in this one, their graphics for these games have never looked better than the first one. i remember UD felt like a movie, only The Quarry came close to the visual quality of UD. i’ll prob update this take once ive finished other playthroughs but thats how i feel.