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RE: Outlast

Perhaps, after giving this more thought, I think the reason I wasn't as scared was maybe because I was already too used to Amnesia's style of sneaking, and hiding from enemies that anything too similar was not going to be able to scare me without enough of a twist because I had gotten too used to it/good at it.

Something I do think Outlast may be lacking in penetrating my hardened horror soul is that I think its build-up, and atmosphere could've been done better. There are quite a few areas in this game where atmosphere was done very good, but not so much. In my opinion monster encounters work the best when they are led up to by an array of very subtle mood-building.

I do definitely agree that making the monsters never disappear definitely benefits the game, forcing you to have to confront the horror that is outside instead of waiting for it to go away.

Chases also flowed extremely well, but again...it wasn't particularly scary but rather more "thrilling" not that it's a bad thing though.

EDIT: As for predictable monsters while I won't deny that Amnesia also has somewhat predictable ones to a degree, the main thing that kills it for me in Outlast is that the ones guarding puzzle areas follow a very strict spawning rule which is: If there is a puzzle where you get multiple things there will be a monster 100%.

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(This post was last modified: 09-11-2013, 10:38 AM by Kreekakon.)
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Outlast - by Deep One - 10-18-2012, 09:39 AM
RE: Outlast - by Chap - 10-18-2012, 10:01 AM
RE: Outlast - by Deep One - 10-18-2012, 10:07 AM
RE: Outlast - by xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - 10-18-2012, 10:24 AM
RE: Outlast - by Robby - 10-18-2012, 06:47 PM
RE: Outlast - by Deep One - 10-31-2012, 07:53 PM
RE: Outlast - by Zaffre - 11-01-2012, 01:13 AM
RE: Outlast - by plutomaniac - 04-25-2013, 01:39 PM
RE: Outlast - by PutraenusAlivius - 04-27-2013, 10:31 AM
RE: Outlast - by Slanderous - 04-29-2013, 08:27 PM
RE: Outlast - by Plectrum61 - 08-15-2013, 09:26 AM
RE: Outlast - by eliasfrost - 04-29-2013, 11:15 PM
RE: Outlast - by DavidS - 08-15-2013, 02:05 PM
RE: Outlast - by Kreekakon - 08-15-2013, 02:08 PM
RE: Outlast - by Draug - 08-15-2013, 02:19 PM
RE: Outlast - by DavidS - 08-15-2013, 09:23 PM
RE: Outlast - by Adrianis - 08-16-2013, 11:09 AM
RE: Outlast - by Plectrum61 - 08-15-2013, 07:53 PM
RE: Outlast - by Draug - 08-16-2013, 08:11 AM
RE: Outlast - by Plectrum61 - 08-16-2013, 10:29 AM
RE: Outlast - by Draug - 08-16-2013, 10:38 AM
RE: Outlast - by Draug - 09-03-2013, 08:09 PM
RE: Outlast - by Zgroktar - 09-03-2013, 08:12 PM
RE: Outlast - by Draug - 09-03-2013, 08:21 PM
RE: Outlast - by Ossie - 09-04-2013, 03:17 PM
RE: Outlast - by Wooderson - 09-04-2013, 03:42 PM
RE: Outlast - by Rapture - 09-04-2013, 03:59 PM
RE: Outlast - by Kreekakon - 09-04-2013, 04:47 PM
RE: Outlast - by Adrianis - 09-04-2013, 06:15 PM
RE: Outlast - by Bridge - 09-04-2013, 09:10 PM
RE: Outlast - by DnALANGE - 09-04-2013, 09:17 PM
RE: Outlast - by Derxor - 09-04-2013, 11:36 PM
RE: Outlast - by Alex Ros - 09-05-2013, 12:09 AM
RE: Outlast - by Wooderson - 09-05-2013, 12:50 AM
RE: Outlast - by Cuyir - 09-05-2013, 12:57 AM
RE: Outlast - by Alex Ros - 09-05-2013, 10:46 AM
RE: Outlast - by Cuyir - 09-05-2013, 03:45 PM
RE: Outlast - by felixmole - 09-05-2013, 09:33 AM
RE: Outlast - by Derxor - 09-05-2013, 10:49 AM
RE: Outlast - by Derxor - 09-05-2013, 09:25 PM
RE: Outlast - by Chrysler - 09-06-2013, 12:17 AM
RE: Outlast - by Paddy™ - 09-06-2013, 01:08 AM
RE: Outlast - by Wooderson - 09-06-2013, 05:33 PM
RE: Outlast - by Paddy™ - 09-07-2013, 12:28 AM
RE: Outlast - by Cuyir - 09-07-2013, 12:52 AM
RE: Outlast - by Wooderson - 09-07-2013, 12:56 AM
RE: Outlast - by Cuyir - 09-06-2013, 01:12 AM
RE: Outlast - by Froge - 09-06-2013, 01:54 AM
RE: Outlast - by Alex Ros - 09-06-2013, 01:54 AM
RE: Outlast - by Adrianis - 09-06-2013, 10:01 AM
RE: Outlast - by Tesseract - 09-07-2013, 03:06 AM
RE: Outlast - by Wooderson - 09-07-2013, 03:13 AM
RE: Outlast - by PutraenusAlivius - 09-07-2013, 03:20 AM
RE: Outlast - by Lleviathyn - 09-07-2013, 04:41 AM
RE: Outlast - by Streetboat - 09-07-2013, 05:09 AM
RE: Outlast - by Lleviathyn - 09-07-2013, 07:05 PM
RE: Outlast - by cantremember - 09-07-2013, 12:27 PM
RE: Outlast - by Alex Ros - 09-07-2013, 01:03 PM
RE: Outlast - by cantremember - 09-07-2013, 02:38 PM
RE: Outlast - by Kreekakon - 09-07-2013, 02:52 PM
RE: Outlast - by The Raining Brains - 09-07-2013, 03:18 PM
RE: Outlast - by Plectrum61 - 09-07-2013, 03:57 PM
RE: Outlast - by Scarypigthing - 09-07-2013, 04:42 PM
RE: Outlast - by Alardem - 09-07-2013, 04:59 PM
RE: Outlast - by Zgroktar - 09-08-2013, 07:23 PM
RE: Outlast - by Paddy™ - 09-08-2013, 10:35 PM
RE: Outlast - by Paddy™ - 09-09-2013, 07:45 AM
RE: Outlast - by felixmole - 09-09-2013, 09:17 AM
RE: Outlast - by Alex Ros - 09-09-2013, 09:41 AM
RE: Outlast - by felixmole - 09-09-2013, 09:51 AM
RE: Outlast - by Kreekakon - 09-09-2013, 08:53 AM
RE: Outlast - by Kreekakon - 09-09-2013, 09:43 AM
RE: Outlast - by Kreekakon - 09-09-2013, 03:26 PM
RE: Outlast - by Damascus Rose - 09-09-2013, 09:13 PM
RE: Outlast - by joru100 - 09-10-2013, 12:53 AM
RE: Outlast - by Zgroktar - 09-09-2013, 09:19 PM
RE: Outlast - by Damascus Rose - 09-10-2013, 02:14 AM
RE: Outlast - by PutraenusAlivius - 09-10-2013, 07:56 AM
RE: Outlast - by ExpectedIdentifier - 09-10-2013, 12:28 PM
RE: Outlast - by PutraenusAlivius - 09-10-2013, 12:35 PM
RE: Outlast - by ExpectedIdentifier - 09-10-2013, 12:38 PM
RE: Outlast - by Bridge - 09-10-2013, 07:35 PM
RE: Outlast - by Kreekakon - 09-11-2013, 06:58 AM
RE: Outlast - by Bridge - 09-11-2013, 05:01 PM
RE: Outlast - by JonnyAnomaly - 09-14-2013, 01:19 AM
RE: Outlast - by Bridge - 09-21-2013, 12:56 AM
RE: Outlast - by Kreekakon - 09-21-2013, 07:06 AM
RE: Outlast - by Bridge - 09-21-2013, 11:29 AM
RE: Outlast - by LazyGunn - 09-21-2013, 10:43 AM
RE: Outlast - by captain1337 - 09-21-2013, 05:05 PM
RE: Outlast - by ryabuz - 09-25-2013, 09:58 AM
RE: Outlast - by Kreekakon - 09-25-2013, 10:00 AM
RE: Outlast - by Paddy™ - 09-26-2013, 05:28 AM
RE: Outlast - by Damascus Rose - 09-27-2013, 01:24 AM
RE: Outlast - by Bridge - 09-27-2013, 04:18 PM
RE: Outlast - by Kreekakon - 09-27-2013, 04:22 PM
RE: Outlast - by Damascus Rose - 09-28-2013, 03:18 AM
RE: Outlast - by ExpectedIdentifier - 09-27-2013, 04:32 PM
RE: Outlast - by TheWalshinator - 09-27-2013, 08:08 PM
RE: Outlast - by Damascus Rose - 10-02-2013, 11:14 PM
RE: Outlast - by Bridge - 10-03-2013, 12:05 AM
RE: Outlast - by Damascus Rose - 10-03-2013, 01:40 AM
RE: Outlast - by Mechavomit - 10-03-2013, 12:36 AM
RE: Outlast - by Alardem - 10-03-2013, 04:47 AM
RE: Outlast - by Bridge - 10-03-2013, 06:48 PM
RE: Outlast - by Alardem - 10-03-2013, 07:18 PM
RE: Outlast - by Bridge - 10-03-2013, 07:47 PM
RE: Outlast - by Damascus Rose - 10-03-2013, 08:30 PM
RE: Outlast - by Bridge - 10-03-2013, 09:20 PM
RE: Outlast - by Damascus Rose - 10-03-2013, 11:52 PM
RE: Outlast - by Rya.Reisender - 10-04-2013, 12:25 PM
RE: Outlast - by Kreekakon - 10-04-2013, 12:35 PM
RE: Outlast - by TheWalshinator - 10-05-2013, 10:55 AM
RE: Outlast - by Zgroktar - 10-05-2013, 09:32 AM
RE: Outlast - by Alex Ros - 05-09-2014, 04:38 PM
RE: Outlast - by Googolplex - 05-09-2014, 10:26 PM
RE: Outlast - by Kreekakon - 05-10-2014, 01:12 AM
RE: Outlast - by Rapture - 05-10-2014, 07:24 PM
RE: Outlast - by TheWalshinator - 05-11-2014, 04:59 AM
RE: Outlast - by Googolplex - 05-12-2014, 07:25 PM
RE: Outlast - by Paddy™ - 01-29-2015, 03:44 PM
RE: Outlast - by MrBehemoth - 01-29-2015, 08:29 PM
Outlast Horror Game - by Googolplex - 10-18-2012, 05:09 PM
RE: Outlast - by TwiK999 - 08-16-2013, 10:24 AM
RE: Outlast - by Cuyir - 09-04-2013, 01:16 AM
RE: Outlast - by Adrianis - 09-04-2013, 12:38 PM
RE: Outlast - by Cuyir - 09-04-2013, 05:43 PM
Outlast... Again - by bluel0bster - 04-23-2013, 11:46 PM
RE: Outlast... Again - by felixmole - 04-27-2013, 09:12 AM
RE: Outlast... Again - by Froge - 04-24-2013, 12:09 AM
RE: Outlast... Again - by RawkBandMan - 04-24-2013, 11:49 PM
RE: Outlast... Again - by Rapture - 04-25-2013, 12:07 AM
RE: Outlast... Again - by bluel0bster - 04-25-2013, 03:53 AM
RE: Outlast... Again - by Statyk - 04-25-2013, 04:45 AM
RE: Outlast... Again - by WALP - 04-25-2013, 05:54 AM
RE: Outlast... Again - by Kreekakon - 04-25-2013, 05:55 AM
RE: Outlast... Again - by xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - 04-25-2013, 10:35 AM
RE: Outlast... Again - by Adny - 04-25-2013, 11:03 AM
RE: Outlast... Again - by Nice - 04-25-2013, 11:17 AM
AAMFP in Outlast - by summit - 09-05-2013, 03:21 PM
RE: AAMFP in Outlast - by Oscar House - 09-05-2013, 03:39 PM
RE: AAMFP in Outlast - by summit - 09-05-2013, 03:40 PM
RE: AAMFP in Outlast - by Derxor - 09-05-2013, 03:45 PM
RE: AAMFP in Outlast - by Traggey - 09-05-2013, 03:46 PM
RE: AAMFP in Outlast - by Draug - 09-05-2013, 03:48 PM
RE: AAMFP in Outlast - by Cuyir - 09-05-2013, 03:49 PM
RE: AAMFP in Outlast - by Derxor - 09-05-2013, 03:51 PM
Streaming! - by closetgamer0302 - 09-06-2013, 11:58 PM



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