When Supermassive Games‘ formally introduced Directive 8020, it seemed extra than simply one other entry in The Dark Pictures Anthology. With its official title deviating from the collection’ typical naming conference, it appeared the developer was stepping into a brand new course for the collection. This seems to be the case in line with an announcement from the developer.
Does Directive 8020 tie in to earlier Darkish Photos video games?
Directive 8020 seems to be a brand new starting for the collection. In a latest Eurogamer interview with the sport’s inventive director Will Doyle, he explains that they don’t wish to be contained to the anthology format, or yearly releases.
“There’s a mythology right here [with The Dark Pictures] that this recreation expands upon, however we don’t wish to include ourselves to this being, essentially, half 5 of the anthology,” Doyle says. “We don’t wish to be tied all the way down to a recreation each six months or one yearly or something like that. This recreation’s large, and we wish it to be handled as such.”
Whereas every of the earlier Darkish Photos video games have standalone tales, there at all times appears to be small story beats or Easter eggs that connects every entry. In addition they launched yearly, starting with Man of Medan in 2019. The interval between Directive 8020 and the earlier Darkish Photos recreation The Satan In Me (2022) can be its longest with no launch.
Probably the most outstanding connection between Darkish Photos video games is the Curator, voiced by Pip Torrens and modeled after the late Tony Pankhurst. The host can be in Directive 8020, however presumably otherwise as Doyle teases the character’s return.
“He’s a mysterious man, and we’re gonna have to stay mysterious about him for the second,” Doyle says. “There may be extra to come back on that.”
Doyle additionally talked about there are Easter eggs in Directive 8020 that reference earlier Darkish Photos video games. Nevertheless, he assures gamers don’t have to play any of these video games to benefit from the upcoming sci-fi horror recreation.
(Supply: Eurogamer)
