<s>
The	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
Pictures	I-Application
Anthology	I-Application
:	I-Application
Little	I-Application
Hope	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2020	O
interactive	O
drama	O
and	O
survival	O
horror	O
video	O
game	O
with	O
psychological	O
and	O
folk	O
horror	O
elements	O
developed	O
by	O
Supermassive	O
Games	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Bandai	O
Namco	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
installment	O
in	O
The	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
Pictures	I-Application
Anthology	I-Application
,	O
Little	B-Application
Hope	I-Application
serves	O
as	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
anthology	O
's	O
season	O
premiere	O
,	O
Man	B-Application
of	I-Application
Medan	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
their	O
bus	O
crashes	O
by	O
the	O
area	O
,	O
the	O
group	O
finds	O
themselves	O
trapped	O
within	O
Little	B-Application
Hope	I-Application
by	O
an	O
impenetrable	O
fog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
they	O
explore	O
the	O
deserted	O
town	O
,	O
the	O
characters	O
are	O
pursued	O
by	O
demons	O
whose	O
appearances	O
are	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
the	O
ways	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
townspeople	O
of	O
Little	B-Application
Hope	I-Application
's	O
colonial	O
era	O
died	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Little	B-Application
Hope	I-Application
contains	O
many	O
decision-making	O
scenes	O
that	O
dictate	O
how	O
the	O
plot	O
will	O
progress	O
and	O
how	O
the	O
characters	O
will	O
develop	O
over	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
these	O
choices	O
,	O
which	O
players	O
make	O
on	O
behalf	O
of	O
the	O
characters	O
,	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
ensemble	O
cast	O
's	O
five	O
playable	O
protagonists	O
can	O
die	B-Application
permanently	I-Application
or	O
survive	O
the	O
night	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
,	O
Supermassive	O
Games	O
,	O
decided	O
to	O
tackle	O
the	O
topic	O
of	O
witch	O
trials	O
for	O
Little	B-Application
Hope	I-Application
's	O
story	O
and	O
explore	O
the	O
reasons	O
why	O
mass	O
paranoia	O
around	O
witchcraft	O
happened	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
on	O
30	O
October	O
2020	O
to	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
27	O
September	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
House	B-Application
of	I-Application
Ashes	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
2021	O
and	O
stars	O
Ashley	O
Tisdale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
Pictures	I-Application
Anthology	I-Application
:	I-Application
Little	I-Application
Hope	I-Application
is	O
a	O
survival	O
horror	O
video	O
game	O
played	O
from	O
a	O
third-person	O
perspective	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
assumes	O
control	O
of	O
five	O
characters	O
who	O
are	O
trapped	O
in	O
a	O
ghost	B-Application
town	I-Application
of	O
Little	B-Application
Hope	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
Man	B-Application
of	I-Application
Medan	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
features	O
two	O
multiplayer	O
modes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Little	B-Application
Hope	I-Application
is	O
presented	O
as	O
an	O
unfinished	O
story	O
in	O
the	O
possession	O
of	O
the	O
omnipresent	O
Curator	O
(	O
Pip	O
Torrens/Tony	O
Pankhurst	O
)	O
,	O
who	O
requests	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
assistance	O
in	O
completing	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
present	O
day	O
,	O
a	O
bus	O
driver	O
is	O
taking	O
four	O
students	O
,	O
Andrew	O
(	O
Will	O
Poulter	O
)	O
,	O
Angela	O
(	O
Ellen	O
David/Rachel	O
Dobell	O
)	O
,	O
Taylor	O
(	O
Caitlyn	O
Sponheimer/Eleni	O
Miariti	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Daniel	O
(	O
Kyle	O
Bailey/Jonathan	O
Burteaux	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
their	O
professor	O
,	O
John	O
(	O
Alex	O
Ivanovici/Sukesh	O
Khosla	O
)	O
,	O
on	O
a	O
class	O
trip	O
,	O
before	O
crashing	O
after	O
being	O
forced	O
to	O
take	O
a	O
detour	O
through	O
the	O
ghost	B-Application
town	I-Application
of	O
Little	B-Application
Hope	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Back	O
in	O
the	O
present	O
,	O
the	O
group	O
set	O
off	O
into	O
Little	B-Application
Hope	I-Application
to	O
search	O
for	O
help	O
as	O
the	O
bus	O
driver	O
goes	O
missing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
group	O
all	O
begin	O
to	O
collide	O
with	O
Mary	O
and	O
see	O
flashbacks	O
where	O
Reverend	O
Carver	O
(	O
David	O
Smith/Leonardo	O
Patane	O
)	O
is	O
blackmailing	O
Mary	O
into	O
helping	O
him	O
frame	O
residents	O
of	O
Little	B-Application
Hope	I-Application
(	O
doppelgängers	O
of	O
the	O
present-day	O
group	O
)	O
for	O
witchcraft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Returning	O
to	O
the	O
present	O
,	O
Andrew	O
is	O
revealed	O
to	O
have	O
actually	O
been	O
the	O
bus	O
driver	O
,	O
Anthony	O
,	O
who	O
hallucinated	O
the	O
present-day	O
group	O
and	O
the	O
residents	O
from	O
the	O
flashbacks	O
as	O
figures	O
from	O
his	O
past	O
,	O
including	O
his	O
family	O
,	O
after	O
being	O
forced	O
to	O
return	O
to	O
Little	B-Application
Hope	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Little	B-Application
Hope	I-Application
is	O
the	O
second	O
game	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
eight	O
planned	O
for	O
The	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
Pictures	I-Application
Anthology	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
revealed	O
as	O
a	O
post-credits	O
teaser	O
trailer	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
Man	B-Application
of	I-Application
Medan	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Man	B-Application
of	I-Application
Medan	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
modern-day	O
story	O
,	O
Little	B-Application
Hopes	I-Application
story	O
covers	O
multiple	O
timelines	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
narrative	O
jumping	O
back	O
and	O
forth	O
between	O
the	O
present	O
and	O
the	O
past	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
took	O
inspirations	O
from	O
both	O
the	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
series	O
and	O
The	O
Crucible	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
play	O
about	O
the	O
Salem	O
witch	O
trials	O
that	O
took	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
Massachusetts	O
Bay	O
Colony	O
during	O
1692	O
–	O
93	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Will	O
Poulter	O
was	O
hired	O
to	O
voice	O
and	O
provide	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
for	O
Andrew	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
lead	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
Pictures	I-Application
Anthology	I-Application
was	O
envisioned	O
by	O
Supermassive	O
Games	O
as	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
unrelated	O
games	O
which	O
explores	O
different	O
themes	O
and	O
horror	O
genres	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
revealed	O
when	O
Man	B-Application
of	I-Application
Medan	I-Application
launched	O
in	O
August	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
on	O
30	O
October	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
versions	O
were	O
later	O
released	O
on	O
27	O
September	O
2022	O
,	O
alongside	O
a	O
patch	O
for	O
all	O
versions	O
that	O
included	O
new	O
quality-of-life	O
features	O
and	O
accessibility	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
Pictures	I-Application
Anthology	I-Application
:	I-Application
Little	I-Application
Hope	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hardcore	O
Gamer	O
also	O
criticized	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
not	O
building	O
up	O
from	O
the	O
innovations	O
introduced	O
in	O
Man	B-Application
of	I-Application
Medan	I-Application
,	O
writing	O
,	O
"	O
Little	B-Application
Hope	I-Application
does	O
n't	O
exactly	O
succeed	O
on	O
the	O
innovation	O
front	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
You	O
can	O
feel	O
free	O
to	O
basically	O
just	O
copy/paste	O
everything	O
I	O
said	O
about	O
Man	B-Application
of	I-Application
Medan	I-Application
 [ ... ] 	O
it	O
was	O
foolish	O
to	O
expect	O
any	O
particularly	O
grand	O
advancements	O
,	O
since	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
in	O
this	O
series	O
would	O
preferably	O
want	O
a	O
consistent	O
feel	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
nice	O
to	O
have	O
even	O
a	O
little	O
more	O
variety.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
negative	O
review	O
from	O
IGN	O
's	O
Lucy	O
O'Brien	O
described	O
Little	B-Application
Hope	I-Application
as	O
"	O
an	O
odd	O
,	O
anemic	O
thriller	O
"	O
where	O
"	O
its	O
choice	O
and	O
consequence	O
system	O
feels	O
strangely	O
superficial	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
digital	O
download	O
version	O
of	O
Little	B-Application
Hope	I-Application
was	O
the	O
4th	O
most	O
downloaded	O
game	O
in	O
its	O
debut	O
week	O
,	O
and	O
ranked	O
9th	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
physical	O
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
third	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
Pictures	I-Application
Anthology	I-Application
:	I-Application
House	I-Application
of	I-Application
Ashes	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
22	O
October	O
2021	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
,	O
and	O
features	O
actress	O
Ashley	O
Tisdale	O
.	O
</s>
