Outlast 2

Outlast 2 serves up an expertly crafted horror experience that will likely find itself burrowing into you even after your time in the Sonoran desert has come to an end.

Outlast II creates a level of tension that has been very uncommon to see in a recent videogame. With great gameplay, amazing sound quality and outstanding setting, it has become one of the best titles of 2017.

This is survival horror at its most base level, where you are a mostly defenseless layperson caught up in a horrifying ordeal, who would feel lucky just to escape with your life. The wait was indeed worth it, and Outlast 2 should be on the must-play list of horror fans everywhere.

Outlast 2 made me jump and cower more than any other game or movie has in the past year. If Red Barrels’ main goal was to make me want to hug my loved ones the moment the credits rolled then they succeeded with flying colors. Outlast 2 is a delightfully nerve-racking horror experience that serves up some of the most horrific and unsettling images you’ll likely see in a video game in 2017. Please enjoy.

Outlast 2 is a good horror experience, but feels frustrating and too linear in some gameplay moments.

Despite spending a majority of the game running for your life, the atmosphere, enemies and environments contain some of the most eerily disturbing assets I’ve seen in a game. As a horror movie buff, you get a real sense of appreciation and inspiration for some classic horror movies. While clearly not for everyone, Outlast 2 is a memorable fright fest that packs the appropriate types of jump scares and gore galore. If you haven’t tried, make sure to play the original first. I will be going back to the first games DLC entitled The Whistleblower in the near future.

Dripping with Christian lore and barrels worth of red blood, Outlast II is a gruesome horror experience that never lets up.

It's often unbearably cruel and yell-at-your-screen frustrating, but if you look beyond that, this is one relentless horror experience that crawls under your skin.

It’s definitely an improvement over the original Outlast. We are not especially fans of the methods by which it achieves the sense of terror, mainly by throwing you in one shocking situation after another, but nevertheless, we can’t deny that Red Barrels achieves its goals of creating an improved sequel and one of the scariest experiences out there.

Even after 13 hours of gameplay Outlast 2 continues to be a frightening experience. The game has some design problems, of course, but the flaws are forgiven when you get a true survival horror atmosphere all the way to the end.

Obscure, blasphemous, creepy. Outlast 2 is the gamification of the most pure evil terror. You can't fight, only run and hide, hoping that the things outside don't hear your breath. A must-have for every horror addicted.

Outlast 2 is a great sequel to the game that started this series. Awesome atmosphere, a scary setting, good game mechanics and an interesting story, are some of the elements that makes this game a must have for survival horror fans.

With a compelling story, strong graphics, and some genuine scares, Outlast 2 is one of the better horror games to come around in recent years. Some aspects of its gameplay may fall short and the first half of the game is a bit of a bore, but overall, it’s an experience worth having, especially for fans of the genre.

Outlast 2 takes its original idea and builds on it very well to create a sequel that’s straight up terrifying. A must for those who love nothing more than feeling the fear.

In an age with survival horror plagued with jumpscares and defenseless main characters, Outlast 2 doesn't surprise as much as the first one. It's obvious that this second entry improves in every aspect. Lengthier, more variety and balanced gameplay, in a new, country and terrifying atmosphere. But Red Barrels Studio keeps aiming for stealth and fast movement with a camera as only source of light, with some unfair or limited situations that doesn't make it a game for every player.

Outlast 2 is pure narrative horror. Great atmosphere, storyline and enemies. Improves mechanics relative to the first game, but feels simple and too linear in some gameplay moments.

I’ve never played a game that made me cringe and squirm as much as Outlast 2. Outlast 2 builds the type of tension and fear that I haven’t experienced in a game for a very long time. If you enjoy horror, Outlast 2 will definitely leave an impression on you. Outlast 2 doesn’t necessarily change the formula established in the first game but improves on the formula as best it can.

It delivers at making us enjoy while we suffer torture and it keeps the spirit of the franchise alive, although it can't help repeating the same mistakes the previous games had.

Uncomfortable, unsettling, and truly unpleasant. A ferociously effective horror game, then. [June 2017, p.68]