Outlast 2

好，但太费眼了

Played this several times, and it's definitely not deserving of the hate it gets. I love it.

Es simplemente una obra maestra

Ho finito il gioco, e devo dire che è stato davvero pazzesco. Ci mette un po' ad ingranare con la storia e anche con la tensione del momento, ma dopo un po' inizia a diventare veramente bello. Sicuramente l'idea di essere in un villaggio e non in un manicomio, da una sensazione di paura leggermente minore visto e considerando che in un'ambiente aperto si tende a fuggire subito dagli abitanti di quel posto. Meccaniche di gioco esattamente identiche a quelli degli outlast precedenti, con qualche piccola aggiunta in più per aumentare la componente survival. La trama è stata davvero bella, sicuramente contorta e difficile, ma che col tempo si inizia a comprendere nel migliore dei modi, con un finale ar dir poco terrificante e commovente. Voto: 9/10

Вот я и закончил эти побегушки в “страшном острове дебилов 2”. И, честно, меня не пугали скримеры — меня пугали мёртвые дети, и в огромном количестве. Я сначала прифигел, но потом чуть‑чуть привык. В общем, геймплейно — это ужас: просто убегалки от страшных монстров, хотя их можно спокойно молотком забить до смерти. Но нет — наш Блэйк, главный герой, немощь с камерой. И это скорее напряжённый раннер с средним и не раскрытым сюжетом, а геймплей — как в мобилках типа Subway Surfers, и это скука полная. Но вот припадки Блэйка — отдельный вид искусства: лезешь в лестницу — воспоминания, плаваешь в озере — воспоминания… ну короче, прикол. Но в общем и целом — мне не зашло. 4/10. Я ожидал чего‑то лучшего и хотелось бы разнообразия.

I feel like a horror game should be more scary than frustrating. A glorified chase simulator where not running and actually deciding to hide leads to dying and having to restart a checkpoint. The game kills all atmosphere and build up just to show you a half assed jumpscare or force you to die to an enemy that spawned right infront of you. The game is also filled with gratuitous gore and shock content. While I have no qualms with shocking content, the game is so filled with it that by the first 30 minutes you'll be desensitised to it so it has no effect on the player the 20th time around. The basic plot of the game is pretty boring and just used as a vehicle to drive the game forward but I also believe that the underlying themes and the writing found in the games notes are very interesting. It's just a shame that the makers decided that jumpscares and chases were more interesting. While I have very strongly negative feeling for this game, it mostly stems from the fact that I was just very dissapointed that one of the most promising horror game series fell with its second release. I believe that it comes from the fact that the game followed its predecessors wrong footsteps. The original Outlast wasn't really a masterpiece but the game had a great atmosphere, music and graphics/design especially for a game with its budget and development team. What is mostly lacking in these games is a sense of contrast from all the horror and gore and varying gameplay from just running and flipping switches. I feel like the games are trying to make the player feel like they're being chased at all times. I guess the game succeeded because I'm tired of Outlast and the games that try to follow it's formula.