Outlast

[Wooderson]

I'm about an hour and a half into it and I feel the exact opposite I hate to shit on anyone's hard work, but I'm not feeling this game at all. I mean, I'm having fun with it, but I feel almost nothing in terms of atmosphere, fear, stress, intensity, etc.

I'm not sure if the masses of harmless NPCs are a good idea; their presence seems to further diminish any feeling of dread which might have been there otherwise and simply present more opportunities for the hackneyed "crazy guy" animations to become noticeable.

Ahhh I know it's too early to write the game off but I can't help feeling disappointed by it.

I'm also an infinitesimally, tiny, wee, little bit annoyed by the tag line; "based on real cases of mental illness!". Besides the fact that it puts me in mind of the tag line for The Human Centipede ("100% medically accurate!") it feels tactless. It's not an exploration of mental illness or a story about mental illness or anything of the sort, it's a statement which has no purpose other than to make the characters seem scary in and of themselves. I suffer from mental illness, which is stigmatised enough, but this is...I dunno how to explain it, but it makes me feel like I need to take a shower. Again, I'm honestly only a tiny bit annoyed by it, but just wanted to mention it. There, I feel better now.

Are you really Travis Bickle? Because i'm David Wooderson nice to meet you.