When twilight fades. Where darkness reigns.
DreadOut is a third person supernatural horror game where you play as Linda, a high school student trapped in an old abandoned town. Equipped with her trusty smart-phone and an SLR camera, she will battle against terrifying encounters and solve myste...
DreadOut is a third person supernatural horror game where you play as Linda, a high school student trapped in an old abandoned town. Equipped with her trusty smart-phone and an SLR camera, she will battle against terrifying encounters and solve mysterious puzzles which will ultimately determine her fate.
Help her overcome the challenges that will stand before her. Survive the Dread!
When a group of high school students went astray from a field trip, they came across something totally unexpected. A town long forgotten trapped in a peaceful state of slumber. What they did not realize was what lurks within. And what seemed like an innocent stroll turns into disaster as the secluded town reveals its dark and terrible secrets. The presence of sinister forces from beyond their realm of existence.
It all comes down to Linda. She will experience stirrings of unfamiliar powers, emerging from within her. These new found abilities might just be the only way she can save her own life and those of her friends.
Explore a haunted environment in an Asian - Indonesian setting.
Battle against terrifying beings from a supernatural realm.
Solve mysterious puzzles that block your path.
Switch between first person and third person view.
Engage in a thrilling storyline.
Play Act 1 and 2 of Linda's terrifying journey along with Act 0 (previously released as DreadOut Demo).
DreadOut is a registered trademark of PT. Digital Semantika Indonesia.
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.
These are initial thoughts, not a full review. I have not played the Fatal Frame games myself, but I have wanted to. Also, I am a bit of a wuss when it comes to horror games. I enjoyed games like Resident Evil 4 and FEAR, but these are action games with horror elements. Horror games are another beast entirely.
People talk about how bad the controls are - and they are not wrong. Still, it is harkening back to games on the PS1 & PS2 that had janky controls. It could very well have been a deliberate choice to wrong-foot players and make them uncomfortable. After all, this isn't an action game; it is a horror game first and foremost. Having limited ability remap the controls (I can't use triggers? Really?) is surprisingly effective at wrong footing the player. Also the camera swings around a bit too freely, but this can also be a deliberate choice as it requires the player to maintain cool.
One thing this game nails, though, is atmosphere. Linda walks slowly but has a run function and cannot run while taking photos.
The first level's setting is unsettling. Everything looks dirty and cobbled together, like nature is encroaching on the location as it crumbles. Linda appears to wake up in this place without much more context than the player. It gives me the creeps to walk around this house that appears to have been recently abandoned.
All in all, I'm looking forward to spending more time in this world.
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.
