35User Rating: 3 out of 5

Review title of mattsamuel94 The Horror is you banging your head against the wall

Firstly let me just say that this game is beautiful to look at, the attention to detail is stunning. The sound is wonderfully done and there are moments, particularly during the flashback school sections where you feel genuine fear. However, and this is a big however. This game will frustrate the hell out of you. Unlike the first, Outlast 2 places you in vast areas for you to explore giving it a more open world feel, the game however is extremely linear and if you do not know exactly where to go when you're being chased then you will die...a lot. The enimies seem to kill you almost instantly resulting in you playing the same sequence over and over until you figure out where to go. The hiding is pretty much useless now as enimies find you with ease, rather you'll be running around aimlessly with no clue where you're meant to be going. Outlast 2 shows glimpses of what it could have been...but ultimately all it made me want to do is play the first game again, pick it up when it's on sale.