Meh, more trial & error gameplay, it seems. I'll pass this time. The first one was so dull with the pre-baked patrol routes, and you died so many times trying to figure the best route from A to B that it lost any sort of impact. I was best buddies with the fat and big guy by the end, it was a pity he died.
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Outlast 2 Review Thread
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Lanrutcon
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There were lots of dicks in this game. Dead dicks, live dicks, grey dicks. A menagerie of dick.
- Nemesis, 2017
Box quote!
Sounds like equality to me.
plasmawave
Banned
Thanks for the spoilers.
SonicVolcano
Member
No reason? Because you are a scared, plain cameraman?
Horror games without being able to defend yourself are the best, IMHO.
That all the more reason to fight for your live.
SonicVolcano
Member
thehillissilent
Member
For those that want a breakdown of the story, go here:
http://www.powerpyx.com/outlast-2-story-ending-explained/
MAJOR SPOILERS!!!!
http://www.powerpyx.com/outlast-2-story-ending-explained/
MAJOR SPOILERS!!!!
drotahorror
Member
What about t and a? (from women)
Brerlappin
Member
I honestly have no idea how the original seems so well regarded. It was so stupidly over the top, in the opening 2 minutes you're given a full on straight up view of a naked axe wielding psychopath but one that was so mishaped and lumpen the most terrifying thing about it was how bad the model design was. There's no subtlety, no horror, just endless tryhard jump scares, a terrible story, and boring one note gameplay. I gave up on it an hour or two in once i realized it was a one trick pony. 2 sounds like its just the same shit turned up to 11. Outlast is to horror games what The Conjuring series is to horror movies.Uninspired, jump scare laden, tripe.
Possumowner
Member
Enjoyed the 1st...in the dark,sound right up.Shall get this and buy several new pairs of undies aswell
Allnamestakenlol
Member
Yeesh, looking divisive.
Se_7_eN
Member
This is very well said and describes my view perfectly, on both Outlast and James Wan horror... Although, I will most likely buy Outlast 2.
Welcome to the horror genre in general.
luca_29_bg
Member
Totally unrealistic, every human with two brain cells will defend and will try to counter attack in a similar situation. it's tied to the insticnt of survival. it's totally, absolutely, ridiculous and unrealistc. And boring, at least for me. Same for the first Outlast after some time in the game. Too bad, a missed opportunity for second time.
thehillissilent
Member
After watching others play Outlast 2, I wish they would have made some defensive items that you could use. They are some QTEs where you can kick people off of you, but there needed to be some makeshift weapons that you could have used to defend yourself. There are some parts where he could have chocked people out by using stealth. It's a shame and a huge missed opportunity.
SlasherJPC
Banned
I know it might be hard to grasp but the reasons you listed are some of the things horror fans absolutely love. I appreciate slow burning, deep, horror films. Ones that stand out with horror happening more in your mind then on screen. Yet I also appreciate the intensity and vision something like Outlast or those movies do. Its all preference and its fine not to enjoy stuff like it. Though is it really hard to understand why people lile this style? I dont think so.
I feel this way too. Like you can enjoy great mexican food and also like taco bell. I love Jacob's Ladder but I also love Troma movies. If you don't like outlast thats fine, but getting pissed at it because it isn't doing things that it never was meant to do seems silly.
PooBone
Member
This is a bummer. The first game had a lot of elements I liked. This looked like it could be a good next step. This is not the sort of horror I'm interested in playing. I want more narrative, more subtext. I'll probably get it one day on sale.
EDIT: For example, this is more Texas Chainsaw Massacre than Session 9.
EDIT: For example, this is more Texas Chainsaw Massacre than Session 9.
Fancy Clown
Member
Texas Chain Saw Massacre is an infinitely better movie than Session 9 so I'm game with that, homie.
Nemesis_
Member
Yes, but definitely not as much.
This is the kind of game that will always get divisive scores. I can fully understand why these kind of hide and seek style games would put a lot of people off.
I find the mechanic itself a bit of a chore to engage with, I played the original for a few hours and I did enjoy the horror and tension, but after a while I just got burnt out on it.
Still, I can appreciate when they do it well and I'll probably give these one a shot in future. Some of the higher scoring reviews seem to justify why they like it well enough to make me curious.
I find the mechanic itself a bit of a chore to engage with, I played the original for a few hours and I did enjoy the horror and tension, but after a while I just got burnt out on it.
Still, I can appreciate when they do it well and I'll probably give these one a shot in future. Some of the higher scoring reviews seem to justify why they like it well enough to make me curious.
Badlucktroll
Member
I wish they included a weapon of some sort. Like that collapsable baton that Jeremy Blaire carries in Outlast Whistleblower. Maybe you could whap the enemies with it and they run off.
The end stretch should just have you wailing on enemies with the camera. It would kinda fit with the narrative.
Not so much. Seems pretty average by the looks
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