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That balance felt good, although I have to question if the batteries need to be a little scarcer. Playing on normal difficulty, I only ran out of camera batteries once in what was a terrifying scramble in the dark. The camera mechanic is better than ever, even the somewhat laggy zoom from the first game is improved. Luckily, what the violent locals lack in a varied gene pool they make up for with a love of disposable energy sources, oddly leaving enough scattered batteries around to power an army of Duracell bunnies. The batteries get drained in mere minutes so you will be constantly hunting for more. Like the first game, you need to utilize the handycam’s night vision function in order to progress, as some areas are completely pitch black. Quaint, rustic renovator’s dream, with great scenic views of the sacrificial death pit.Įverything feels more developed, from tighter controls to a realistic menu on your handycam where you can review the horrific scenes previously captured. The general graphic detail level, lighting and texturing has vastly improved.

While the visuals of Outlast were clean, simple and functional, Outlast 2 features breathtaking vistas great lighting. Outlast 2 takes the gut churning fear and gory set-pieces of the original and elevates everything to another level. I genuinely cared for the characters and putting together the fragments of memory was satisfying. I liked the story and felt emotionally engaged. Blake is a man haunted by his past, the game seamlessly switching from the present desert horror, to a pristine catholic school from Blake’s childhood.

OUTLAST 2 REVIEW FULL

While investigating the mysterious death of a pregnant woman found deep in the Arizona desert, you are soon both dragged into a nightmare full of mutilated corpses, satanic cults, murderous rednecks and conveniently scattered AA batteries. You play as Blake Langermann, a cameraman working with your reporter wife, Lynn. All you can do is capture the events on your battery-eating handycam or run like hell. Outlast 2 takes that fear to the next level– you have no weapons at all. Just thinking about walking into another room of Resident Evil’s Spencer Mansion with two bullets in the chamber, just to be confronted with another nigh-unkillable zombie, still makes me sweat. Scarcity was the driving force behind the tension of early survival horror. It manages to evoke the same sense of dread while giving gamers a somewhat different experience. The sequel to the 2013 breakout survival horror classic, Outlast 2 is just as terrifying and a vastly more polished game, moving the proceedings from a mental asylum to the desert. No, I wasn’t taking public transport but playing an average session of OUTLAST 2. I’ve been stabbed, impaled, nailed to things, drowned, electrocuted, strangled, slashed, licked, bludgeoned, buried alive, filled with arrows and had diseased blood poured in my face. To avoid fainting, keep repeating… it’s only a game… it’s only a game… it’s only a game.

Outlast 2 review