Outlast

When I first started up until the mid point, everything was good, in fact, I could even feel the tension and fear. However, around midway, they added more and more chase scenes...which if you end up dying a few times, it completely removes all tension. All of a sudden it's more about trying to figure out the correct path they're trying to make you go...fear leaves and is replaced by a tedious expedition of finding the single path to make it through. I wish they had of simply kept the atmosphere up...

ran smoothly, no technical problems. not much gameplay here really, linear maps where scripted bad guys drop in, there is a right way to run and a wrong way to run. trial and error until you get it. the standard insane asylum gone wrong... piles of body parts an blood everywhere. you get acclimated to it quickly and it looses its unsettling effect, just becomes silly. not so much horror as "startle"...things will jump out every now and then and make you jump. my cat jumped out from behind the couch and made me jump yesterday...I suppose he is a "horror" by that definition. if you really enjoyed amnesia this is worth a go when on sale. if you like games like the old thief and saw the "stealth" and were attracted (like I was), this will probably disappoint. there is nothing here that inspires the horror of the mechanist. if you have to scream "see how scary this is?! see all this blood! look at all these severed heads!"....you just not that scary to me.

I will keep it sweet and short. Good game overall, I enjoyed most of the game as it kept me on the edge of my seat. There were two main "goals" throughout the game. To collect files and to "record everything". Pretty disappointed with the end. I felt like all my work searching every corner for files and recording everything was almost for nothing. Recommend buying if you can get it for less than 20 bucks.

It's a great game that does horror well. It's up there with (if not surpassing) the Fatal Frames, Eternal Darkness, and Amnesia. The camera night-vision view is very reminiscent of the first two Spanish [Rec] films (awesome flicks). There are a lot of jump scares, which normally I hate in horror movies, but having the control as the player really adds to the tension. Knowing you're controlling the action and walking yourself into a situation where something will rattle the hell out of you makes for a very anxious and suspenseful experience. This game makes you feel everything good horror should make you feel.