Outlast follows a journalist protagonist investigating an asylum who has gone bonkers without spoiling much and your only weapon is a video camera! This means that you won't be able to fight your enemies, you only have 3 options at your disposal, you either run for your life, you hide wherever you can, or you die and in Outlast you will die A LOT!
The FPS view serves as a very personal experience and thus the fear factor goes all the way up. Sometimes its' very dark to play without your night vision cam on, so maybe that can put off some players, but personally I think it adds up to the ridiculous amount of tension you experience when a bloody oversized man, dragging chains chases you along the dark and narrow corridors throughout the game, it can get pretty freaky and claustrophobic. I don't want to spoil much but, I played through the game after finishing Resident Evil 7, which is a more recent game (and a brilliant one too) and I must say you get scared much more in Outlast to tell you the truth, it's such a creepy game, you definitely will remember this game.
The graphics are quite good, I like the night vision effect, there are lots of bloody corpses, gore and guts all over the place so it's not for the faint of heart. The audio is top notch, I played through the whole game with my headphones on, volume turned up, and it's so bloody good, you can hear your character breathing heavily whenever there is a gruesome scene, or someone's chasing you, awesome sound effects.
Gameplay wise, when you think about it, there is not much to do except run for your life, hide, and find documents that serve as background story so you can MAYBE understand some of the craziness and the mentally ill beings that populate the game, and there's the occasional 'find the key' or 'turn the valve' puzzle in order for the player to proceed.
Overall I would recommend Outlast to all the gamers who enjoy a good scare, particularly the horror freaks and the 'adults' who think they don't fear anything or anyone. I'll bet they'll scream like little girls at one point or another.
The spooky season is at last upon us, making the next couple of weeks the perfect time for a healthy helping of horror. There's no shortage of options out there, so here are a few suggestions to get the ball rolling!
I remember the suffering and it was descent game. I always wanted to play Crimson but never got to it.
But honestly, I’ve never played a game that really scared me, like some movies from the past have.
I remember The Suffering 1 and 2. I haven't thought about those games in years. I still remember some parts of the level in the prison where a guy was sucked through a vent screaming. I don't know why that's stuck with me all of these years.
Released for the PC in 2013 and for consoles, the following year, Outlast by Red Barrels truly lives up to its name. Cramming pretty much every human fear into the walls of a single building, it’s the definitive survival horror experience to play. Perfect for Halloween.
Hmmm. I actually disagree with this opinion. I feel that the best Survival Horror games are more well balanced around the flight or fight response. Outlast is basically just flight, which can get frustrating and repetitive rather quickly. I feel that Alien Isolation (in the higher difficulty settings) is a good example. Also, I prefer third person horror games, but this is a very minor gripe.
Hide and seek games aren’t any fun to me. A segment like RE village is fine but a whole game? The baby scene lost its effect on the second playthrough. It gets old quick. SOMA is the only one I can think of playing more than a few hours.
"Welcome to my top 10 horror games which are made to keep you on the edge of your seat, get that heart rate up, and scare the pants off of you.
Some of these are not solely in the horror genre but are survival horror games. These are mostly modern games as I’ve only in recent times been playing horror games. Now let us get straight into the list of games." Martin @ Thumb Culture
I’m shocked to not see RE7 in here which is scarier than RE2 Remake in my opinion.
