Part 1 – Duke of Milan, The Wreck, and The Strangers
Once the prologue has ended, the game introduces us to the curator who essentially acts as the narrator in Man of Medan. He takes notes and records your choices in the game and you will be bouncing back and forth from him and the game once each chapter comes to a close.
After the short intro, the story transitions to present-day where we get introduced to our five main characters: Fliss, Conrad, Brad, Julia, and Alex. The latter four are preparing for a special diving trip to check out an unmarked shipwrecked plane that Brad managed to find online.
Conrad and Julia and siblings, Alex and Brad are siblings, and Julia just so happens to be dating Alex. And then you have Fliss is the qualified boat operator that they hired to take them to the shipwreck.
After some light conversation, some flirting, and a couple of beers, Alex and Julia get their oxygen tanks and gear ready for the initial dive. Conrad stays on the boat though and has a conversation with Fliss about how she managed to afford the boat and if you make the choice, he can flirt with her as well.
When Alex and Julia are underwater, exploring the plane wreck, they encounter some skeletons, but don’t think much of it. The big moment here is when Alex proposes to Julia while they’re both underwater and the player will be able to choose how Julia responds to that.
Suddenly, a smaller boat comes crashing towards Fliss’ Duke of Milan and it’s a couple of fishermen named Olsen, Danny, and Junior, who look a little bit “off.” They ask that Fliss and Conrad pay for the damages even though they were the ones who ran into Fliss’ boat. After Conrad flaunts his money and yells at them to go away, the fishermen leave the group.
The rest of the night goes on and Brad ends up telling the group a scary story before they all retire to their respective rooms for the night. But, believe it or not, those three fishermen end up coming back to the boat while they’re all sleeping and take them all captive.
