Forum Overview :: Outcast :: Outlast

[quote name="fabio"]Sucks Condemned minus any ability to fight back meets Doom 3's lightning with a nightvision camera for a flashlight running on limited 30 second batteries. Enjoy the constant BEEP and static sound of the camera as you're constantly turning nightvision on and off because it's pitch black and you're sucking down batteries like an Apple product. Enemy encounters are constantly reloading from the last checkpoint until you figure out what the developers wanted you to do in the very scripted sequences. Fuck you if you think you're going to guess or observe the enemy pattern the first time, or find the right way to sprint through twisting corridors with nightvision while being chased, or manage to do it without sucking too much battery power, or do several tedious practice runs until you memorize where all the batteries and scripted enemies are. Not since Siren has a horror game forced you through frustrating repetition like that. It sucks because the technical aspects are good. Graphics, animation, motion, camera direction, and sound are all great. The game is at its best when there aren't any enemies and you're free to explore, soaking in all the atmosphere. The weaponless hiding mechanics could have worked if there was any kind of refined Thief stealth mechanics for feedback and it didn't force you to break immersion with the stupid fucking BEEP bzzzz BEEEP bzzzz BEEP bzzzz nightvision camera. [/quote]