These set pieces signal Outlast at its very best and I am happy to see that they are given a greater focus in this content. There are also still plenty of documents scattered around the place and monster encounters are more enjoyable due to less predictable paths and actions. You can walk, run, hide, jump and mantle and you still have the camera to look around in the dark and make reports on particular events. In terms of gameplay, this is exactly like the first game. The voice acting is also a whole let better in this add on, with Destin being a particular standout due to his joyously creepy performance. The score is key to building up the horror and the ambient effects are so creepy that I was more scared of heavy breathing and bumps in the darkness than I was of any on screen monster.

Sound is a bigger part of this experience though. A sharp violin twang can still fray my nerves when I am already so on edge, but if Red Barrels is going to do jump scares it is best to get them perfect. Of course there are still a lot of jump scares and these get me 90% of the time, but I noticed that there was more audio within these moments- sometimes without a visual atrocity to accompany it. This game is still ridiculously scary though, with a feeling of tension pervading throughout the 2 hour run time. There are some new places to explore (such as a cluttered hideout for new creature Destin), but they are few and far between, with assets being obviously reused to avoid high production costs. While you make a reverse route from the laboratory to the exit, there is a lot of familiarity as you trek back through these places. The only real problem is that a lot of the first game is repeated through familiar areas. The gore is highly detailed as ever, the environments are diverse and well animated and the character models have received a few touches, with the new monsters looking nastier than anything previously seen. Graphics wise this retains the same unsettling atmosphere of the base game. It also adds more depth to the story, with the player taking on the role of new character, Waylon Parks, who is the titular whisteblower who leaks the horrible goings on of Mount Massive Asylum to reporter Miles Upshur.

Whistleblower- the sole add on for this adventure- plays as a sort of prequel/epilogue to the main game and fills in the gaps between the first game and the upcoming second.

Outlast was an incredibly scary game and was one of the most riveting horror experiences of 2014. This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.Ĩ.5 out of 10 (rounded up to 9).

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