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RE: Outlast

(10-03-2013, 04:47 AM)Alardem Wrote: Again, Outlast fails to do anything scary with its audio. I think sound is really underrated when it comes to horror - that's what distinguishes Silent Hill and the older Resident Evils from the overly-orchestrated, raucous swells and booms of modern "scary" music. (See: Dead Space series, Resident Evil 5-6, FEAR 3.)

A Machine For Pigs does have its share of bombastic moments, but that's balanced out by plenty of unnerving and memorable sounds.

Highly debatable. First of all, you assume that modern scary music is only "overly-orchestrated, raucous swells and booms". Dead Space has a fantastic score and while Outlast's is not amazing I think it is pretty decent and I strongly disagree that the game doesn't do anything scary with its audio. I think it is quite well designed. You can have the voice acting, even the chase music if you wish, but you can't be serious in saying there is nothing scary at all audio-wise in Outlast.

It's your opinion of course, but I really get the impression that you guys simply hate the game and use that as an excuse to turn it into a punching bag. Disregarding what I thought about the game itself, I think the lighting is amazingly designed (yes, even the green light you seem to despise), I think the audio is mostly good and I think the visual design is great. Honestly the best way I can describe Outlast is that it's pure aesthetics. There really is almost no substance regarding the story and gameplay for the most part but for some reason it just makes everything work. It's kind of like a template that was only partially filled out. It just paces everything so well and does amazing things with the visuals and audio and manages to create a gameplay scheme that - in my opinion, obviously you disagree - while scarce is surprisingly not boring.

(10-03-2013, 01:40 AM)Damascus Rose Wrote: Then they don't disappear.

Do enemies in real life disappear?

Damascus Rose Wrote:I always ran past them when I could so that I could get through it faster, and because hiding is boring and didn't seem to accomplish anything for me.

Which tells me you weren't even close to being immersed in the game. Your fault or the game's? Who knows, but I was. Thoughts like this didn't even cross my mind.

I could address a few of your other points but there is just too much. Basically you disagree with almost everything I say and it's exhausting to try to formulate such a huge argument in a coherent way. Not that it would really accomplish anything. It doesn't seem like you guys understand me and it doesn't seem like I understand you at all.
(This post was last modified: 10-03-2013, 06:53 PM by Bridge.)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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RE: Outlast - by Alex Ros - 05-09-2014, 04:38 PM
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RE: Outlast - by Kreekakon - 05-10-2014, 01:12 AM
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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
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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
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RE: AAMFP in Outlast - by Derxor - 09-05-2013, 03:45 PM
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RE: AAMFP in Outlast - by Cuyir - 09-05-2013, 03:49 PM
RE: AAMFP in Outlast - by Derxor - 09-05-2013, 03:51 PM
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