Played about two hours last night. I think its ok so far the jumps are legit the story is ham fisted to say the least. Played with headphones in bed via remote play unfortunately the graphics are disappointing as the artifacing is quite noticeable also the game requires you to use the back touch which I hate.
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CouchMaster
Member
Just booted the game with headset on, heard the menu music while bunch of logos flashed on the screen, immediately pressed the PS button. Don't think I have what it takes to play the game, RE4 is the limit of my horror game tolerance.
the_batman
Banned
try playing on a tv with the ps4. the graphics looked great to me, of course it looks grainy and stuff when you're looking through the camera.
lol seriously? the game does use a lot of loud noises and music to try and scare you but most of the time nothing happens.
i found Mile's footsteps to be kind of annoying though hah.
The Praiseworthy
Member
I swear my heart doesn't feels right cause I've never had this many jumps before... I keep playing an hour and then take several off to rest my nerves.
Fried Food
Banned
The sound mix is too high. I had to crank it down to less than half for it to be tolerable. the guys gasps when grabbing ledges was almost clipping with my HD600 cans
sechsterangriff
Member
OK, after the first 20 minutes and first scare i had to stop playing. NOPE.
Mocca-Bear
Neo Member
My body is not ready for this, it was a personal accomplishment to finish Alan Wake and that's kiddy stuff compared to this haha.
CouchMaster
Member
Like I said, I have very very low tolerance for horror elements in games. I can sit through the worst (best?) of horror movies/shows without flinching a muscle, but in games where YOU have to do something to escape and survive, when its up to YOU to enter or avoid that dark spooky room, it becomes a completely different thing. Maybe one of these days..
LilWayneSuckz
Member
I thought the game would follow the video game trope of
big monster smashes glass and realizes it can't get through and walks away, I was literally shocked and had to pause the game
Haha, same here. I genuinely really like some horror movies but goddamn, horror games. Especially these, where you don't have a machine gun with infinite ammo, I hate these so much.
Still, it's free so I'll try to get as far as possible.
I love this kind of stuff, me and my wife went on a tour of a shut down mental institution a few years ago and it was pretty awesome. The game has some really great atmosphere, and I like the fact that they turn enemies into puzzle like elements that you can't just straight fight.
Game is great, this is going to be a superior year for horror gaming. I just wish we had dates for daylight, dying light, Soma, and I wish Routine were coming to PS4
Game is great, this is going to be a superior year for horror gaming. I just wish we had dates for daylight, dying light, Soma, and I wish Routine were coming to PS4
if you don't want the camera effects on screen all the time. Otherwise really is no reason. Battery gets only drained with night vision.
Daylight should be soon right? Pretty sure I saw something about it already getting a rating in Australia.
gift of 100 gab
Member
Well, it drains battery right? Even when not in night vision mode.
^edit: alright, i thought i noticed it drained a bit in regular mode as well but I'm probably mistaken then
I'm not sure, I know they said it would be "early 2014" but nothing beyond that. I think it's going to be interesting though as it was written by Jessica Chobot, so it's either going to be surprisingly good....or not so much.
Played it for a little more than an hour yesterday and I don't think I was ever so uncomfortable in all my life.
The game really has this unease feeling going for it. The soundtrack is top-notch and I was constantly scared of what might pop up in the corner.
Some jump scares were a little cheap but those were the minority so far, the game really builds towards the more scary moments by constantly having you on your feet.
It's good but maybe a little to scary, I'll go back to it I think but I don't know if I'll finish it.
The game really has this unease feeling going for it. The soundtrack is top-notch and I was constantly scared of what might pop up in the corner.
Some jump scares were a little cheap but those were the minority so far, the game really builds towards the more scary moments by constantly having you on your feet.
It's good but maybe a little to scary, I'll go back to it I think but I don't know if I'll finish it.
SneakySneaks
Member
I had the same feeling when I played for this on the PC. It's a great game and I was startled a bunch, but it wasn't a lasting scare. It's a haunted house, and that's just fine when done right (it was here). But it wasn't something that lasts like Silent Hill 2, which had almost no startle scares, but an oppressive atmosphere, themes and story.
It's much worse in movies now where scaring seems to have taken a backseat to startling, movies no longer seem to try to get under your skin as much as make you jump as much as possible.
schwabdizzle
Banned
This game is hard. I cant get past the dude who guards the generators in the basement. Is there something I am missing here to sneak past him?
awilliams213
Member
I am a couple of hours in at this point only had one HOLY CRAP jump scare. I really like the concept of a first person game w/o any way to kill every attacker.
Also playing this game during the snow storm with headphones on was a fantastic experience.
Also playing this game during the snow storm with headphones on was a fantastic experience.
Super_Chicken
Member
Having it up is required for you to take notes. So it's actually worse having it down.
All you can do is run and hide little pig...
Seriously, that's how I got through that part.
NEOPARADIGM
Banned
The music that plays when you die is sooooo cheesy. If it were up to me I'd have selected something much darker and morbid to play in that slot.
pokeystaples
Banned
Played with my gf for about 20 minutes last night. We both screamed like children. It was awesome!
schwabdizzle
Banned
its super frustrating. I cant outrun the dude or hide in the electrical room cause there is no place to hide.
eXistor
Member
I have to say I was very entertained by the entire experience (save for the last bit) but my main issue is that the game is completely transparant with its mechanics. Within the hour you'll have seen every trick in the book and that effectively kills any tension the game had. It really is like a haunted house attraction. Still fun though.
My thoughts exactly.
schwabdizzle
Banned
Stealth is key to that section lol.
Try not to get seen. Be sneaky
Am is supposed to crouch in the water to make less noise. The game really doesn't explain shit.
casnix
Member
Hahaha that's great.OP forgot this gif.
Here is how I did it
When you enter the room with the generator switch open both doors to the rooms with the water pump switches but don't turn on either switch yet. After that go to the switch furthest from the locked door that the psycho breaks thorough, hit that switch and then quickly run to the the switch in the other room hit it, and then hide under the bed in that room.
The psycho will come in snoop around, and then walk out. Wait a for a second and then exit from under the bed and run through the door he came out of and run all the way to the main breaker,flip the breaker. Hide in the locker in that room, then after he comes into that room to snoop around and leaves move out of that room and then after you make a left there will be a room right around the corner, hide under the bed.
If he comes into the room wait for him to leave, if he does not you should see him pass by the door. Once he does make a beeline for the main generator switch, press it and then exit the way you came in from Tue beginning.
You have to be patient and wait for your openings though. Hope this helps.
The psycho will come in snoop around, and then walk out. Wait a for a second and then exit from under the bed and run through the door he came out of and run all the way to the main breaker,flip the breaker. Hide in the locker in that room, then after he comes into that room to snoop around and leaves move out of that room and then after you make a left there will be a room right around the corner, hide under the bed.
If he comes into the room wait for him to leave, if he does not you should see him pass by the door. Once he does make a beeline for the main generator switch, press it and then exit the way you came in from Tue beginning.
You have to be patient and wait for your openings though. Hope this helps.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
Hide, sneak, peak and LUCK. I started with the door on the right, pressed the button and hid in the locker. I waited for him to leave and sneaked out after him. When he went round the corner to climb up to the button on the plinth, I snook into the door on the left. I pressed that and hid under the bed. Again I waited for him to leave and headed for the door he bashed open. From there it was chaos. After running around in there like a headless chicken I eventually found a locker and hid, rolled a cigarette and took a breath or two. I eventually pulled the lever and snook out again. He saw me so I ran back to where you first begin the level which calms the situation down again. Once I'd waited a moment it was just a matter of going straight to the button.
FairXchange
Member
you can do the two pumps back to back before he comes looking, then sneak to the breaker switch in the area opposite you came from, hide again until he's gone, try and sneak back to the illuminated panel you first see and turn the lights back on. When I did this, he killed me right after, but I completed the objective when I respawned.
Yah agreed. I think it's a great game for what it is but the mechanics/scenarios they came up with do get stretched thin by the end and the final section nose-dives from a gameplay perspective.
Plot is more than a bit bonkers/cliched too.
Loved the way they approached your sense of presence in the game though - even better than Mirrors Edge. The sense of being in the game was superb and the interaction fantastic.
I'd love to see them take this core and build something far more ambitious and deeper (and also allow for some limited combat as particularly in context in Outlast it becomes obvious very quickly in reality you would easily fight back against the majority of foes presented even if it was as a "last resort").
Still and all worth every penny IMHO and a nice first release from a small new studio.
I just ran and flipped the switches then ran out of there.
I would say though there are a pair of characters in there that are intriguing just from their dialogue with each other.
Acquiescence
Member
I just completed the part where
How far am I in? Because quite honestly that part was super intense and I don't know how much more of this I can take lol.
the psycho doctor was squashed by the elevator.
Conrad Link
Member
Had my first scary-scare, as in actual fright in the
.
Few other tense moments but not an actual oh that gave me a fright bits before that.
kitchen bit
Few other tense moments but not an actual oh that gave me a fright bits before that.