Or Project Zero, depending on where you live. This game takes the basic premise (Asian teenager surrounded by ghosts and armed with a camera capable of getting rid of them) and strips away all the RPG elements. You can't power up your camera or anything like that. The atmosphere is also lacking compared to the Fatal Frame series. It's just not as scary. Now, this isn't to say DreadOut isn't fun. Just if you were hoping for a spiritual successsor to Fatal Frame, you're not going to find it here.
The controls are lousy and the difficulty is too high.
The puzzles were difficult and required memorizing (or writing down) a code system for some of them, the humor not on par with other Sierra titles, and while it seems you cannot soft lock yourself, it's very easy to get a bad (or at least not as good) ending. On the positive sides, the graphics are fine for the time and used well. The music fits the era portrayed perfectly. If you don't mind needing a walkthrough, it's not a bad way to spend day.
Pib the cat demands better food. Also, you can fly a carrot.
