Outlast

[Damascus Rose]

I finished the game, here's my thoughts:

Spoiler below!

Damn it sucks. There was one part I liked (with Tragger), then it just went back to being garbage. The only redeeming quality is the graphics, which they also decided to screw up because most of the game was held in the same kind of setting. The monsters weren't scary, they were annoying. I constantly found myself running through levels with the chase music blaring not having any idea where the fk to go because I was just trying to get away from this annoying dude following me. Also it was riddled with painful jumpscares, they aren't scary, they're just annoying. The game was frightening because of the atmosphere in some places and the chases, but any good fright was ruined by how much i was frustrated. The puzzles were worse than Amfp. And nowhere in the game did I experience anything close to a good narrative or coherent story, I am very confused as to what happened at the end other than this reporter is stupid for going to this asylum with only the letter of someone who he doesn't know. The gameplay felt extremely clunky to me, although the parkour elements are cool. The batteries system wasn't very good because I never found myself running out or having to save my battery. You can't even save your battery because you can't see shit without the light on. The ending was bad, nothing was explained except for what a walrider is and then they introduce this weird Dr. Evil-like guy and I don't know where he even came from. Maybe I'm just too stupid to understand this story but I feel that it is very badly told. Nothing makes sense! Why were the two naked dudes there? Who the fuck is Father Martin? Why are they making a Walrider?? WHERE WERE THE MILITARY THIS WHOLE TIME I'M PLAYING THE GAME??? Overall, this is like 3 or 4 out of 10 for me. I tried to give this game a chance many times, but it never delivered. Very disappointing. At least I developed more respect for frictional for making horror games that are very good, because apparently it's difficult.