Outlast

Outlast is a game where you are trapped within a mental facility for the criminally insane as all hell breaks loose around you and the only thing you can use for survival is a camcorder with a night vision attachment to navigate the darkness.

Outlast is a completely original concept that works AMAZINGLY. It can really terrify you when you are in the darkest room in your house and have the volume in your headphones turned all the way up. believe me, there are tons of Jumpscares in here. at times I see this as the perfect combination of V/H/S, REC, and Paranormal Activity.

The game is fun, nerve racking, and consistent all the same time. when you actually look deeper in the story, it will all make sense in the end. especially when you actually look deeper at it and listen to quotes that foreshadow the game's finale and aftermath. all in all, I HIGHLY recommend you play this game

Rating: 9.4/10

Outlast is a game that opens with a warning of horrifying content, it lives up to such expectations. Scenes of gore, torture, nudity and madness await those who wish to be horrified.

The story concerns a freelance journalist, Miles Upshur investigating an anonymous tip from an employee at Mount Massive Asylum in Leapville, Colorado. As with most horror stories he is foolish enough to go alone without weapons or forward planning, he is soon thrust into an experience of the worst of the human mind, fleeing from deformed patients.

It's been a while since a game has made me feel genuine terror, I've played it a number of times now and there are key moments that still leave my heart thumping, this was particularly true during my run of the insane difficulty.

This is another one of my favorite survival horror games, it's a first-person perspective game but it's not an actioner, here you really have no weapons (which makes sense since you character is a reporter so he probably had no combat training not that it would do any good against what you face) of any kind at all your only weapon is your wits and evasion from the mutants.

I really like the plotline which is intriguing and sort of like the 80's horror film "The Dead Pit" as it's about an asylum that harbors a deadly secret of evil experimentation. And as you get further in the game you begin to uncover a lot more as we see things get stranger and deadlier.

The graphical detail from the character animation of the experimented mutants whom are just menacing, ugly, and creepy with those glowing eyes you see, well okay I know that just the night vision light reflection but all the same it really ads to how creepy they are. And there not totally stupid they have sharp hearing and sight, if you make too much noise they'll hear and if you're not far enough away or hidden well enough then they come toward you. There are some gore effects as well, though the game isn't too bloody nor does it really on it more on atmosphere and suspense which to me is where the game truly excels.

The asylum looks great it's one of the best arenas for survival horror games, the grit and grime which remind me of some of the scenery from the horror film "Session 9". I've always found asylum creepy as their not always the friendliest environments as their really confining, oppressive combined with the psychological sickness going around just spells unfriendliness all around. Though it's those ones that are shut down that really give me the creeps as you see the amount of decay and grime, it sorts of makes me wonder how the heck this asylum in the game passed the health inspections. But the dark dank gritty environment around you just reeks of oppression, evil, and death everywhere you turn.

The gameplay is great it's a little similar toward "Alien Isolation" (which that's a different story and one I already reviewed) along with "Clock Tower" where in those games you have the rely on your wits to win.

You are just constantly tense and on your toes from beginning to end, it's literally a deadly game of cat and mouse. As I was walking I was afraid that in the next corner I'd see another mutant along the way or maybe in the next dark corridor. You just never truly know when those mutants will pop out or are stationed, which caused me to think of the best places to hide as well as the best route in case I needed to run. There were even moments I jumped, and I like that I don't get that feeling often.

There are plenty of places to hide, the best one no doubt is the locker which effectively works so long as they don't hear or see you enter. It's one of the best places to hide as you keep hidden till you don't see and hear it anymore. However, it's the not the most reliable, if you hide in the same place too long the mutants will find you, so make sure alternatives are available.

I like that you have a camera that has a night vision light which is very useful for lighting up the dark places. However, the batteries on that light drain quickly, and once their out your pretty much fraked so make sure you find plenty of batteries and use the night vision sparingly.

The chase sequences are thrilling and really exciting almost reminds me a little of the chases from the game "Mirror's Edge" as I am getting chased either by one big mutant or even a group of them I'm just hoping I can get far enough away from them on time. And with obstacles in the way be able to think and react quick enough on my feet.

So, check into this asylum if you dare.

Rating: 3 and a half stars

This game scared the living hell out of me. It's a wonder I managed to get as far as I did, though I never managed to beat it. This is for the really seasoned survival-horror fans out there.

Everything you're looking at of perfection from the storyline, atmosphere, characters, gameplay, voice acting, music, graphics and visuals is in this game. Don't miss this amazing experience, cause you'll never find anything like it.

(Moment of silent to people who didn't play this game)