![]() ![]() The system of “Secrets” and clues littered throughout the town allow the player to uncover the puzzle on their own. Instead, Little Hope leads players to come up with their own conclusions of how the Witch Trials are taking place through multiple timelines. ![]() It never explicitly defines whether the plot is approaching the trials the way that the people of the 1600s experienced it-that witchcraft actually was transpiring-or in the way, we look back on the Witch Trials now-that the townsfolk of Little Hope were being influenced by insidious falsehoods. Little Hope plays with this idea in a very clever way. The social and political agendas that influenced the trials are clear in retrospect, but the notion that people could be driven to such extremes based on hearsay and lack of evidence has made them such an interesting topic in history. The actual Salem Witch Trials inherently hold a great deal of mystery that has made them so interesting to often reexamine. The stakes are high for the cast of characters-The Curator ominously warns that the choices players make will determine whether they escape the nightmare, or suffer a fate “worse than death.” Players are pressured to quickly jump to whichever conclusion will protect the characters, just as the troubled townsfolk of Little Hope try to find a solution to the perceived witchcraft taking place. Suddenly, the players are the paranoid townsfolk, uncertain of what is real and what isn’t. Why does the main cast of characters resemble the family killed during the house fire at the beginning of the game? Where is the bus driver? Is Mary evil or innocent? This element of uncertainty and fear of the unknown intertwines with the plot’s source material: The Witch Trials of the 1600s. Little Hope immediately encourages players to ask questions about what is actually happening. Regardless, many players reacted to this plot point with frustration: The element of choice is rendered pointless! Nothing that takes place is actually real! While I typically would agree with these sentiments (I’m not the biggest proponent of this particular trope and can see the glaring flaws that come with it), I couldn’t help but feel that the ending was actually the perfect narrative conclusion to Little Hope. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Perhaps the most contentious point of discussion regarding Little Hope, the latest installment of The Dark Pictures Anthology, is the trope that each of its endings falls under: “It Was All A Dream.” In this case, it may be more accurate to say, “It was all a product of psychosis” befalling the emotionally traumatized main character, Anthony. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.
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