Outlast

Fear and horror all around. The best horror game since Thief 3's Shalebridge cradle.

I own this on my Steam page. However, I wanted to drop a few lines of support for this game. It is easily the "scariest" game made to date. With absolutely no weapons and only a handheld cam to view "nightvision" through, you will run, and you will run a lot. The story is good even if a bit overused these days (mental asylum., etc, etc) however, the bits that make this game great is the sheer "fear" factor you will have involved in the gameplay. There's no run and gun, it's only run and hide. Much better than the Amnesia games as well, much more haunting and frightening. It will test you. Yes, yes it will. However, in the end, I was completely satisfied with every single penny I spent on this game. Easily a choice pick if you're looking for something better than the Amnesia games.

+ awesome graphics + interesting plot + intense gameplay - a bit short - puzzles somewhat repetitive - outrunning monsters make some parts trivial Definitely worth the money. Play it drunk with friends.

'Outlast' is a terrifying experience, moreso than any other game I've played. It has some moments so intense that it's barely playable without having someone in the seat beside you, no matter the time of day...or night. Because if playing it alone is a kinda feat in itself, playing it alone at night is something not many will pull off. I'm not making this stuff up, let's be clear about this, this game IS the king of scary. Going back to 'Amnesia' after playing it is more or less a piece of cake. 'Outlast' has a number of things it does really well: -good sound effects (basically you're gonna be in a constant panic mode because of them) -very good graphics, which really help the overall immersion -many dark areas (oh yeah!) -some moments that will make you hit Esc, take off your headphones and take a few steps around the room to calm down and stop the shaking in your fingers And it has a few things that could be better: -very few types of enemies. They are scary alright, but after a while it gets repetitive running into the same kind of nutheads. -it's a bit too easy. Batteries for the camera are scattered all over the place and you'll never feel like running out of your precious night vision is ever going to be a problem. -the supernatural element is actually less scary than everything else In conclusion, I absolutely recommend this game to anyone looking for an evening of thrills and shivers.

I played some hours yet and the game is a good horror survival, because I do not need any weapons. The only equipement is a camcorder, which is a good thing to have in dark rooms. Sometimes it is hard to survive, because the rooms are often dark and you have some corridors to choose. There are some scary moments and my heart beat goes up sometimes when I have to run, run, run :) I give four stars because I miss more complex key / switch puzzles, but the settings, sounds and visuals are good. I detected problems with the minimum CPU requirement, I got a CPU overheat. I have ordered better hardware to play more of it ...