Outlast
Outlast, a jump out of the chair horror game, has plenty of moments when you feel like you have begun your descent into the bowels of hell. An intense game that does not leave you with much to defend yourself, your best defense will be to run and hide most of the time. You start the game as the investigative journalist Miles Upshur, who decides to check out the abandoned asylum. It sounds like a great idea because it does not seem like much could possibly go wrong. The environments of Outlast are quite impressive, and you have one of the best looking and sounding games that has been seen in a long time.
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This game does a good job at building dread when you enter new areas or closed doors. Like a lot of great games, the richness of the game lies in the smaller details that have made it feel like a real world. Besides running for your life throughout the game, you search for notes that build the back story. Some of the enemies in the game, however, look petrifying from afar, but once you see them up close and personal, they look kind of silly and harmless. Considering that you will be running much of the time, it does not matter much because you will rarely get close enough to get a good look.
You are largely left powerless in Outlast. You have no weapons to defend yourself with, and your only guardian angel takes the form of a video camera that has night vision. Unfortunately, you only get so much battery life, and that can heighten the tension as you have to plan your battery use correctly if it will last. The game has some terribly banal objectives like getting three generators to work for an area. Similar to other games, it relies on three-collection objectives which can start to feel tedious and uninspiring. After you die a couple times, and you WILL die a few times, you start to memorize the layout. In this game, the scares do not always come from the ghouls, but it takes place based on the real world spooks.
A lot of the game has you dart from sewers to lockers to under beds. Throughout the game, you have a sustained dread, and the horrifying music adds to the effects. When one of the patients comes closer, you will start to hear your heartbeat, which delivers an intense effect. The graphics in the game make it wonderful to the eyes, and when you step in a pool of blood, you will see a trail of bloody foot prints. A visit to the sewers will have the water splash in a realistic way. You never completely let your guard down in Outlast and that makes it an excellent game for the horror genre.
Pros
- Bloody, violent and terrifying all at once
- The controls have a realistic feel
Cons
- You run out of resources fast
- The storyline could be improved a bit
Outlast is one of the scariest games I have played in quite some time. If you are a fan of horror games and especially horror games where you are kind of helpless. Outlast is exactly the kind of game that you need to sink your teeth into. Just be warned, this is the kind of game that can bite back!
I Am Just Doing My Job
I actually found the story of Outlast on PC to be very, very interesting. You play the role of an investigative journalist called, Miles Upshur and he has been given a tip that there is something bad going on in this secluded mental institution. He heads there with his camera to find out what is happening, but nothing can prepare him for the horror inside.There are mutilated bodies, the place is a mess, there is some kind of cult leader, a messed-up doctor and a strange thing called The Walrider that everyone is scared of. Outlast tells a very interesting story and one that keeps you on the edge the whole time. It does not quite stick the landing, but even with the not so hot ending, it is a great story.
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Run, Hide or Die!
These are the three choices that you have in Outlast. This is a first-person horror game, but you are not some kind of powerful character. Miles is just a regular dude and he cannot fight the evil that is in this place. He is only armed with his camera and this is what you need to use for most of the game. Outlast has many areas without lights so you have to use night vision on your camera. This eats the batteries so you have to be on the lookout for them and decide when you really need to use your night vision.
The mental institution is pretty large and you will be doing a lot of exploring as you uncover what went on here. Miles cannot fight back! When an enemy sees you, you need to run, hide and pray that they will walk on by. There is nothing more terrifying than when you run away into a room, try and hide under a bed or somewhere like that and for your chaser to actually find you! The gameplay of Outlast is simple, but also a lot of fun.
Dark and Gloomy
The presentation of Outlast is great. I love how messed up this mental institution is and I feel they have done a great job in making different parts of the institution look different. The character models are decent enough and the whole game just makes you feel uneasy when you play it.
The sound design is also fantastic. The creepy sound effects and the voice acting do a great job in making your skin crawl and worried about anyone you encounter in this crazy place.
I would say that the first Outlast game is the best. It is a very scary and jumpy kind of game and it is well worth playing through. While I am not a huge fan of the ending, I would not say it is “bad” still, Outlast is a game that once you play through it you will never forget.
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8.5/10
Pros:
- The story is great
- You will be scared many times as you play
- Lots of “interesting” characters to deal with
- The voice acting and sound are great
- The dark!
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Cons:
- The ending is not that great
- You will get very scared!
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