Hiding is a game mechanic exclusive to The Dark Pictures Anthology's fourth installment, The Devil in Me.
Overview[]
Hiding is necessary when the protagonist must find somewhere to stay out of sight and avoid a threat. The segments appear with a timer correlating to how much time the character has to hide. Hiding spots are marked with large white arrows, and some segments require the character to continue holding the button to hide until the threat leaves.
If the player fails to get into a hiding spot or lets go of the button before the threat is gone, their character fails the segment and is spotted. In Shared Story, both players must hide if the characters they are controlling are with each other. If one of the players fail to do hide, the failure counts for both players.
The time the player has to hide is determined by the difficulty setting.
The Devil in Me[]
| Chapter | Characters | Conditions | Keep Holding? | Hiding Spots | Success | Failure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opportunity | Charlie Mark |
Always happens | Yes | Two | No consequences | |
| Island | Kate Jamie |
No relationship change | Kate and Charlie's relationship decreases (only applies if the characters did not hide in time) | |||
| No | The groundskeeper opens the locked gate, giving access to the Chemical Invoice | The groundskeeper does not open the locked gate | ||||
| Workshop | Mark | Yes | Mark can continue exploring the workshop | Mark is caught by Du'Met, ending the chapter | ||
| Mark completed the previous hiding segment | No | One | Mark must do a Keep Calm segment | |||
| Mark completed the previous hiding and Keep Calm segment | Yes | Mark can continue exploring the workshop | ||||
Trivia[]
- Hiding segments are similar to Keep Calm segments, except Keep Calm segments take place during cutscenes while hiding segments take place while the player is exploring.
- Erin is the only protagonist who never has to hide.
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