The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man Of Medan

As I (and many others apparently) find seeing the heart and brain symbols near impossible on some decisions (generally the ACTION ones), I did a bit of searching and came across this post on Reddit that steps through all the decisions:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ManOfMedan/comments/d1hrq0/go_with_...

However I found even this missed a couple of things, and did some unnecessary actions - in a lot of scenes, they will proceed automatically after a certain amount of time, so talking to people more often than you need just increases the risk you'll choose the wrong thing.

So I just did a run using the above as a basis and made some corrections and notes. Generally, other than where noted, choices and quicktime events do not matter, and in fact it's probably quicker for your playthrough to simply fail them when you can. Often there is no actual consequence, or it leads to a character death which is quicker than trying to continue. All of the "hold your breath" QTEs can be failed, and I recommend doing this.

IMPORTANT:

* When this says "Say Nothing" it means to CHOOSE TO SAY NOTHING. Do not let the conversation time out. You must specifically choose to say nothing.

* When it says "ACTION: Do Nothing", this means you have an action choice, and you MUST let it time out. Do not choose anything.

I hope it helps.

Joe: Dockside Market, Manchuria - 9:12 P.M. (Post World War II)

Curious: Tell me about my son
ACTION: Choose Dragon Tile

Brad: Duke of Milan, French Polynesia - 8:30 A.M. (Present Day)

Insecure: It’s embarrassing
Accusatory: I was invited
Empathetic: Must be tough
Sentimental: Go with your gut
Relaxed: Yeah, cool!
Gloomy: Never

Alex: Duke of Milan, Offshore North French Polynesia - 5:30 P.M. (June 20)

Say nothing
Annoyed: Who cares?
-> Wait for scene to time out (don't speak to anyone until Julia says she's ready then talk to her)
Playful: Lookin’ good J!
ACTION: Do nothing
Bitter: Fliss’ attitude

Fliss: Duke of Milan - 6:15 P.M. (June 20)

Relaxed: Sure, why not
Self-assured: Don’t ask a lady about her money
Uninterested: Sorry, got enough on my plate
-> Wait for scene to time out
Uneasy: That’s not the coastguard...
Confident: Be quiet and let me handle it
Worried: We’ve got divers in the water!

Julia: South Pacific Wreck Site - 6:12 P.M. (June 20)

-> forward to far door, open it, trigger fish jump scare, interact with yoke, wait
Astounded: We almost died!
Loving: Yes!
Frightened: My brother’s up there!
Panicked: Fuck it, I’m going
Bewildered: Why are you paying the ocean...?

Julia: Duke of Milan - 10:07 P.M. (June 20)

Cheerful: It does have a nice ring
Provocative: Dad can foot the bill
Apologetic: Money’s not a big deal
Adoring: I love you
Say nothing
-> Go and fetch map from case (speeds up scene)
Relaxed: Beer o’clock!
Apologetic: Okay, maybe
Supportive: Let’s hear it
Annoyed: Shush!
Disgusted: So gross!
Disappointed: Wasn’t scary

Conrad: Duke of Milan - 11:22 P.M. (June 20)

ACTION: Do nothing
ACTION: Do nothing
ACTION: Do nothing
Serious: What do you want?
Agitated: Please just stop!
Say nothing
Uneasy: No. I hope he’s okay
Say nothing
-> Break window on count of 6 (not sure if this actually matters, there is an achievement for this though)
-> Fail breathing QTE
Say nothing

Fliss: Duke of Milan - 12:12 A.M. (June 21)

Reassuring: We were only talking
Enraged: How dare you
Defiant: Ask for help
Threatening: You’ll be caught
ACTION: Help
Optimistic: He could help

Interlude:The Curator

Curious: Forewarned is forearmed

Conrad: Abandoned WW2 Freighter - 1:01 A.M. (June 21)

Say nothing
Say nothing
Curious: What is a distributor cap?
-> Reveal vent, wait until Alex calls for you, then speak to him
Anxious: Can’t be worse
ACTION: Distract
ACTION: Replace

Conrad: Upper Deck - 1:43 A.M. (June 21)

Say nothing
ACTION: Warn Fliss

Alex: Main Deck - 2:18 A.M. (June 21)

Worried: It’s probably just rats
Supportive: It is crappy
Anxious: Hey Conrad!

Doesn't matter what you do with Brad and Fliss, I just rushed through Brad's bit and let Fliss' scene time out. UPDATE: There have been a few comments saying that this isn't actually true and what you do here matters. Alternative: "...for the Brad and Fliss part, let Brad grab the mask and leave Fliss in the ballroom for about 7 mins to trigger the cutscenes, the rest will match...". Thanks 青岛丶OGGamer and sorry for the problems people had with this part.

Julia: Cargo Hold 1 - 2:52 A.M. (June 21)

Frantic: Stop, he’ll drown!

Conrad: Officers’ Quarters - 2:44 A.M. (June 21)

Fail QTEs (death)

Julia: Lower Deck - 3:11 A.M. (June 21)

ACTION: Jump
ACTION: Keep going

Interlude: The Curator

Curious: I need some help

Julia: Weather Deck - 3:32 A.M. (June 21)

Baffled: Where’s the gold?
Probing: What happened on this ship?
Suspicious: This place is weird
Say nothing

Alex: Weather Deck - 3:43 A.M. (June 21)

Frantic: This is an emergency!
Say nothing
Say nothing

Brad: Lower Deck - 4:05 A.M. (June 21)

Hopeful: We’re okay
Compliant: Leave it

Brad: Lower Deck - 4:19 A.M. (June 21)

Say nothing
Say nothing
Say nothing

Alex: Radio Room - 4:44 A.M. (June 21)

Aggressive: Get away from me!

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Achievement will pop during credits.

I did this on curator mode so that works as well, I messed up on intrusion, after finishing the game I just reloaded that chapter. I kept choosing heart if there wasnt any then say nothing. YOU DO NOT NEED TO START OVER. If you mess up, make a note of the chapter, which if you quit after should say when u go to continue. Finish game then chapter select from there until end and you will get it

For this achievement you must complete the game with only heart decisions. Start a new game and make sure that you choose the one that has a heart symbol in each decision.
It is sometimes difficult to see.
Sometimes there are situations where you have two head options. If you have this situation you must say nothing. If you just let the time run out, you can start over the game. Whenever you have the opportunity, you must select the heart symbol.
If you don't say anything even though you have a heart symbol, the achievement is also gone and you can start again. As soon as the advertising for Little Hope starts, the achievement should come.

I saw so many people doing a lot of playthroughs and not getting the achievement, unfortunately some of them are hard to see sometimes (this happened for me first time after Julia prepared the tank on the boat, had a heart choice while talking to Alex after he forget about the CO2 thing there’s a heart choice and is "Playful" the left one choice)

You can get this achievement by choosing only the heart option, if there's no heart option pick "Say Nothing" This happen even when youre picking something (or ungag someone on the intrusion chapter), they have brain and heart options too so if there's only brain options let the time run out

If you chose the wrong option (by letting the timer run out or chosen a brain option) REMEMBER there's no way back because the game save after every single choice you make in the game, since you started a new game you can't open the chapter select. you have to end the game to use it. So pay attention on the game and be careful

You have to chose all heart options, so you must reach at the end of the game to chose all avaliable choices

You dont need to succeed all Heartbeat QTE (in my run when i got this i failed all them, so its fair to fail them)

succeed all QTE (the X, Y, A, B ones) to avoid some character of dying
I suggest to turn on the Quick Time Event Infinite Timer on accessibility
I failed only the QTE to pick the distributor cap when the rats try to jump on you

If you followed all correctly you should end the game with Alex and Fliss alive
- Julia dying by decompression sickness
- Brad dying by not answering Julio’s questions
- Conrad dying by jumping the edge of a metal plank after running out the "Sailor Lady"

You should get the achievement after the credits when the "Little Hope" trailer starts