NEED TO KNOW
WHAT IS IT? A cooperative slasher movie where anyone can die
EXPECT TO PAY $30
DEVELOPER Supermassive Games
PUBLISHER Bandai Namco
REVIEWED ON RTX 2080, i9-9900k, 32 GB RAM, SSD Multiplayer: Two-player co-op
MULTIPLAYER Two-player co-op
LINK bandainamcoent.com
Man of Medan isn’t particularly scary. If it were a movie, it’d be the kind that releases direct-to-video, one of those schlocky DVDs lining the convenience store displays. The usual character archetypes are there: The nerd, the hunk, the blonde, the stranger, the horny creep that no one should put up with but do because at least one death should be cathartic. Queue up the ghost ship, pirates, and cheap jump scares galore.
As a film, it would be fun, but familiar and forgettable. But as co-op adventure game,…