There's just so much wrong with this title I don't even know where to begin... The voice acting is so bland and soulless they might as well not even bothered with putting in any voices. The so called main protagonists are just bland characters which consists of a try hard emo loser who says "Babe" all the time who acts like a fucking high school freshmen trying to be all edgy. While the female character is just a cardboard cutout with no memorable qaulities whatsoever. They try to have these two characters as some sort of love/hate relationship but it fails miserably. The worst of all that's the most offensive is the horrific combat. This is not a skill issue. This is not a matter of anything other than the fact that the devs can't develop a decent fighting game. This is so bad....damn as bad as Blades of Time bad except worse in a lot ways. The control is so shit. Not to mention that the enemies just instant attack you every chance you get. The game could be best desrcibed as a fucking projectile spammer. It's ridiculous! No matter how much you react as fast as you can, you're always knocked back right on your ass in every single hit! The leveling up process is awful as you never feel like you're progrssing. I hate the way they make you assign attacks too. It's very unintuitive. All in all. Bland, broken, waste of time title that's getting the reception of negativity it deserves. I'm literally writing this I've decided to rage quit this game due to being literally unplayable. The final level is so bad you can't even pass it. So I've had a lot of time with this game and can safely say it's garbage and don't buy it at all! My final score? 3/10. While it did have some interesting themes and cool concepts the execution of it was terrible. Everything about this feels like a broken soulless bland shell of something that shouldn't exist. Ignore the positive reviews! They're all blind and lying. You'll waste your time on something that can't even function properly!
Honestly, I figured I would ignore the negative reviews to make my own judgement. This game should be called "Dreadful" instead of "Dreadout" because of how god awful this is! I know I'm basically reviewing this game prematurely as I've only played a few hours. However, I've been playing this garbage experience fumbling around for what feels like forever trying to figure out what to do! There is absolutely no real guidance for the player to progress. You'll be searching around these huge areas for a LOOOONG time just trying to figure out what you need to find and do. The game tells you to pay attention to the blue aura that surrounds your camera for indication that something important is in that area, but the game is so broken that it indicates on the wrong level, when it could be indicating below you or above you! I swear this game is like a walking simulator. Plus this game is WAY TOO DARK! Seriously, what is with these cheap games having pitch black darkness!? The phone light doesn't even help much. Characters, plot, VAs, and the overall experience is horrible! It truly does feels like one of those cheap Unity engine flash horror games where everything feels so awkward and out of place. The voice acting is so bland, and the interactions are cringy. It's never explained why Lin is completely silent and somehow has the ability to kill ghost with her cell phone. Everything happens without reason and explanation. Maybe I'm just reviewing too early....but honestly this is beyond disappointing for a horror game. Nothing is scary! I was hoping that maybe this game wouldn't bore me to death so quickly, especially since I got this on sale after waiting a long time for it! Honestly, what little bit of money I paid for this trash wasn't worth it. I even had issues just trying to install the damn thing on my computer! Do yourself a favor and don't listen to positive reviews! This game might be inspired by fatal frame but quality-wise it's just garbage compared to it.
Harsh thing to say but it's true. Before I go into why this game is terrible and why nobody should buy it. Don't believe the positive reviews because they're a bunch of fanboys stroking this games ego. There's nothing here that's redeemable. If I can save anyone their precious time and money I suggest you read my review and the others. Ignore the shitty 5 star reviews. I know it's a cliche to say the 5 star reviews are lying, but I'm honestly starting to believe these positive reviews are just paid shills. PROS: -Art: I absolutely love it! I think it's such a great aesthetic that makes the game feel unique and quite charming. The cartoony dark style helps create a nice cryptic, and creepy atmosphere. Unfortunately, the art is only good part about this tedious monstrousity that has the audacity to call itself a game. So while you may think this game looks good, it plays like a boring walking simulator. CONS: -Story and the lame environment There's no story whatsoever involved. The reason I'm listing this as a con is because I believe there was so much potential for lets say idk....caves? Houses to explore, mountains, ocean, lakes, etc. Hate to say this, but even a mobile game called "The Blockheads" which is a 2d sidescroller is far better at having different places, and even though there's no story it feels like what an open world should feel like. Not to mention the gaemplay was far better there! -Gamplay Dear god! How the hell can anyone play this garbage!? It's the most tedious, boring, repitive, and unintuitive thing I've played yet. The first hour seems fun until you realize you have no reason to upgrade or create anything new because you can't get the resources needed. You'll be grinding the same exact trees, rocks, fireplaces for no reward. the design of this game fucking sucks because the logic of survival is backwards. I had no reason to create anything because everything would just be the same boring bs. Don't buy this game! You'll regret it!
