In the remote mountains of Colorado, horrors wait inside Mount Massive Asylum. A long-abandoned home for the mentally ill, recently re-opened by the “research and charity” branch of the transnational Murkoff Corporation, the asylum has been operating in strict secrecy… until now.
Acting on a tip fr...
In the remote mountains of Colorado, horrors wait inside Mount Massive Asylum. A long-abandoned home for the mentally ill, recently re-opened by the “research and charity” branch of the transnational Murkoff Corporation, the asylum has been operating in strict secrecy… until now.
Acting on a tip from an anonymous source, independent journalist Miles Upshur breaks into the facility, and what he discovers walks a terrifying line between science and religion, nature and something else entirely. Once inside, his only hope of escape lies with the terrible truth at the heart of Mount Massive.
Stealth-based gameplay, with parkour-inspired platforming elements.
You are no fighter - if you want to survive the horrors of the asylum, your only chance is to run... or hide.
Outlast’s setting and characters are inspired by real asylums and cases of criminal insanity.
... and while the original didn't overstay its welcome and ended on a nice touch in the last part of it, this DLC pushes again on what's worst in Outlast: repetitiveness, linearity while having a level design that is sometimes to convoluted for the player to navigate easily.
And the story added isn't even that interesting.
If you played the original and didn't like it, you will hate this dlc.
If you played the original and thought it was a nice little survival walking simulator, you will not like this.
If you want more of the same, this DLC could be up your alley.
But in the end, it is quite unmemorable for everyone.
This is one of the scariest games currently available on GOG and it's currently the highest rated horror game on Steam. The game is very simple and yet it has the atmosphere and jump scares horror fans love. This is a game that will make you feel like someone will jump out and scare you, those games are extremely terrifying. I should warn that this game is extremely violent and shouldn't be played by any child because it will give your kids nightmares. It could just as easily give an adult nightmares. This game really pushed the limits as to how violent a game can get, I'm quite surprised it didn't get an Adults Only rating from the ESRB. If you're looking for a game to scare you s*itless, this is the game for you. I highly recommend it if you are a horror fan like me.
This is just a warning, the DRM-Free Mac and Linux versions are on the Humble Store, gog doesn't have those version yet, for some reason. Otherwise, great game.
Helpless victim simulator doesn't make it a good Horror game. Navigating through the dark with a camera's nightvision and occasional scare jumps doesn't make it a good Horror game either. Being unarmed, helpless victim doesn't make it a good game at all. It only makes it a frustrating experience overall. Protagonist can't take a single bat in order to defend himself. Games like this need weapons, and with an atmosphere like this it could build up the tension to add more to the overall experience. Add to that limited ammo resources, and that would make things a lot more engaging. Playing game for hours with a camera in the hand is so boring. Oh, but the environment provides a plenty of the batteries specifically for the protagonist's camera model. How convenient. Games like The Suffering, The Suffering - Ties That Bind and Half-Life allow the use of weapons, and do not lose quality horror experience. Heck, The Whistleblower DLC has a ghost as the enemy, which insta-killed me. Developers should know by now that ghost that are not of solid matter should not be featured in games like these. Especially if they insta-kill the player. It is a game over. There is no win against such types of the enemies. No storyline can justify it. It totally breaks the immersion to have an enemy like that in a Horror game, where the protagonist enters experimental laboratories and similar facilites. This is not the ARPG like Titan Quest - Anniversary Edition, Grim Dawn or Torchlight, where a ghost is nothing more than another enemy type. And no, playing it with the lights switched off, being alone in a room, and with the headphones on doesn't make it any better.
Avoid it. Try out The Suffering, The Suffering - Ties That Bind and Half-Life instead. Those are the real Horror games.
This game is highly recommended by a gamer like myself, tired of today's mainstream-focused "Horror" games (Dead Space etc).
First of all. YOU CAN SEE YOUR FEET. This adds an amazing feel the First-Person style of games that I personally wish more games would have. It makes you feel as you're in the game yourself, this is a very important point in horror. Placing you in the uncomfortable situations that occur.
Secondly, It's linear. I like it. Today a lot of games feel the need to have "many options" in the way a game progresses, but I often feel they lose focus / track. Since this is a linear storydriven horror game, you never feel lost for too long before you're on the right path.
Third: No weapons. This in itself adds to a tremendous feeling of being alone and helpless in the midst of the craziness that endures around you, no spoilers, though. :)
- TLDR; If you like horror games that actually can 100% be classified as HORROR, you are going to WANT to play this game. Get going! I Heartily recommend it.
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