Outlast (PC, PS4)

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Originally Posted by Joystiq

Outlast is a survival-horror game built on Unreal Engine coming from new studio Red Barrels. The Montreal-based studio was founded by industry veterans from Ubisoft and Naughty Dog, with Outlast being the newly formed outfit's first game. Outlast is set to debut in 2013 for the PC through digital distribution channels.

Outlast stars journalist Miles Upshur, who breaks into Mount Massive Asylum, located in the isolated mountains of Colorado. The long-abandoned asylum has been recently re-opened by the "research and charity" branch of the Murkoff Corporation and, acting on a tip, Upshur breaks in to ascertain exactly what the corporation is up to. If there's one thing we're certain of, it's that Upshur will probably come to regret that decision.

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September 4

I'm in.

9/10 from Edge

I'm getting this, I just need to decide PC or PS4. It'd be nice to play this with surround sound in my game room though. In before move your PC in there.

I have my PC in the same room as my consoles, but it's not hooked up to the TV, so I get it. I'll just use surround head phones for this.

See, I have those too, but my PC is in a den with no doors so I can't get the PITCH BLACK experience unless everybody is asleep.

Amnesia am cry

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Originally Posted by Chux

I'm getting this, I just need to decide PC or PS4. It'd be nice to play this with surround sound in my game room though. In before move your PC in there.

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It's not going to be $20 on PS4, is it?

It might? If it's a PSN game.

So this is free on PS4 with Playstation Plus and having not known anything about the game before I downloaded it, holy shit is it scary. I don't think I've ever really jumped at a game, or been scared in the least, but this game has me at the edge of my seat at every second I have played so far, and as far as a game goes, is absolutely terrifying.

Turn the lights off, put some good loud headphones on, and shit your pants. Or at least that's what I've done so far.

I plan on continuing this over the weekend. I only play these kinda games at night with headphones on. It's pretty cool so far.

I mean it's pretty much the only way this game should be played. This is what I wanted Gone Home to actually be like, except that bored me to tears.

I played up to where you turn the power on in the basement and now I can't figure out where to go next. What did I miss?

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Originally Posted by Brand X

This is what I wanted Gone Home to actually be like

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Yeah, I was pretty disappointed when Myst didn't play like Doom.

I thought Gone Home would be a horror title as well.

I'd rather play through a real horror game than Gone Home.

I didn't expect it to be anything. Worked out for me, I guess.

i heard this is too scary

is this too scary

I am too scared to play it.

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Originally Posted by MechDeus

Yeah, I was pretty disappointed when Myst didn't play like Doom.

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Both are dark atmospheric non action and story driven first person games, it's not hard to find similarities between the two when you don't know much about either game. Gone Home was a fine game, and I enjoyed it, but it's not what I was expecting when I finally got into it.

I have been playing through Outlast in about 20 minute increments, beating a single section and turning it off. It's just too high intensity for me to play through at bigger intervals than that. So fantastic though, it's an absolute must play as far as I'm concerned.

I started this up over the weekend and really like it. I get a Silent Hill vibe from it, despite the fact that it's in no way supernatural (at least so far). The achievements are brutal though. Beat the game on the highest difficulty without dying? Yikes. Even finding all the files without cheating might be tough. Balancing exploration with fear of what else might be in a seemingly optional area is tough.

I don't like all these crafting games and running away from everything games

I do have this though and should give it a shot

This is totally a run away from everything game, but I found it to be on the lesser annoying running away from everything style games because the atmosphere was done so well. Definitely looking forward to the DLC when it comes out.