The Blackout Club

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  • Summary: The Blackout Club is a first-person co-op horror game centered around a group of teenage friends investigating a monstrous secret beneath the skin of their small town. Every night, everyone in town gets out of bed and sleepwalks. In the morning, they wake up with no recollection of whatThe Blackout Club is a first-person co-op horror game centered around a group of teenage friends investigating a monstrous secret beneath the skin of their small town. Every night, everyone in town gets out of bed and sleepwalks. In the morning, they wake up with no recollection of what happened or where they were…… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. COGconnected
    Jul 29, 2019
    88
    With a few small hiccups along the road that can probably be easily ironed out, and as long as you have patience in abundance, The Blackout Club is a good time. With never ending levels and missions to complete, and the interesting Stalker mode, the replay potential is sky high. If you have a small group of friends to play it with, it makes things that much better. Overall The Blackout Club offers a genuinely scary experience that is not only intense, but equally fun. Honestly, this is cooperative gameplay, with a dash of horror, at its absolute finest.
  2. PlayStation LifeStyle
    Aug 5, 2019
    85
    If you’re an avid of Dead by Daylight or Friday the 13th player looking for a new challenge, you might want to spend the $30 and take this game for a spin yourself.
  3. DarkStation
    Aug 23, 2019
    80
    If you love the thrill and tension of stealth-based gameplay and going up against ever-increasing threats the longer you stay engaged, I think you’re really going to like what The Blackout Club has to offer. It took me a bit of time to warm up to the game and when it all eventually clicked, I started thinking that this might be the sleeper hit of the year.
  4. Digital Chumps
    Aug 29, 2019
    73
    The Blackout Club manages to wedge itself into a crowded cooperative space with the use of clever tricks and an approachable atmosphere. But unless the developers build off this initial offering with new content to slice through repetition, it will soon get lost in the dark.
  5. Gaming Nexus
    Sep 17, 2019
    70
    The Blackout Club is ambitious, but it doesn't have enough variety to make me care for that ambition. Thankfully, there are ways that players can make the game better on their own, filling in what the game lacks, but the game needs to back it up a little more.
  6. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Aug 27, 2019
    70
    With up to four players, it’s a unique structure for multiplayer action. As it’s a stealth horror game communication is key, and it’s best played with people you know. [Issue#166, p.89]
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  7. PlayStation Universe
    Jul 30, 2019
    45
    The Blackout Club is what happens when a concept isn't executed well. Everything about the setting and lore should lead the game to be a surefire hit. But, with the lack of a main story path, painfully repetitive levels, and a torturously grindy progression system, The Blackout Club feels unbalanced, unpolished, and immensely unrewarding. The only thing saving it from being a complete waste of time is that communicating and working as a team, planning out your strategy can be enjoyable, although only in short bursts.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 2 out of 7
  1. Justzajda
    May 8, 2020
    10
    I like the game I just played a few hours but it is fun, but you have to be patient and extremely careful + quiet.
  2. VeryEveryCool
    Jul 4, 2020
    10
    урааа ребята, я за ауе движение молодого поклдения, кто прочёл, тот умрёт, xDD
  4. GamingWestern1
    Jul 7, 2020
    10
    Overall, this game is worth the money and it’s a fun game as well but you need to be careful when playing. The game is about stealth but atOverall, this game is worth the money and it’s a fun game as well but you need to be careful when playing. The game is about stealth but at the same time, it has horror elements as well in it. I do recommend getting this game if you’re interested in getting this game.… Expand
  5. Patrolek333
    Aug 22, 2023
    8
    I played this game for 200h and i can say that this game is truly best game if you want to play some non popular game with your friends.I played this game for 200h and i can say that this game is truly best game if you want to play some non popular game with your friends.

    Beautiful lore, really nice looking graphics, very interesting mechanics, hard 2 master parkour and different play styles is the very first things which game presents to you.

    The game is guarantee for having lots of fun, the only con is that the game got abandoned, now they're working on south park game.    … Expand
  6. TheMessiahhx
    Mar 24, 2020
    6
    The Blackout Club has its heart in the right place but unfortunately is not pumping properly. This ultimately should have been a single playerThe Blackout Club has its heart in the right place but unfortunately is not pumping properly. This ultimately should have been a single player game, then maybe the concept of horror would’ve stuck around. The first 30 minutes (if you decide to play it) was probably the most tense is terms of true horror.
    If this concept was carried on throughout the game as a SP campaign only, I can see this being a real hit in the genre.

    Sadly, it tries too hard to push for multiplayer and if you decide to play it solo, it takes the fun factor from it.    … Expand
  7. LightskinWasp
    Aug 21, 2019
    3
    This game has a lot of potential, and that's just it. The stalker feature is unique. The character models look more deformed than they doThis game has a lot of potential, and that's just it. The stalker feature is unique. The character models look more deformed than they do teenagers. The missions are randomized, but were excessively repetitive during my 3-day session with a friend. There was nothing that drew me back to the game, and within my community if they aren't playing with a friend, they aren't playing at all.

    The gameplay, if not repetitive is enjoyable. It elicited several jump scares out of us.

    It is easy for others to sabotage the game for everyone due to pure ignorance, as we're all learning (the Shape pursues everyone, even if others were non-violent and didn't commit sins). There are no checkpoints offered during missions, and when there are 3 separate tasks, it is frustrating to have to restart from the beginning. Would revisit with some polishing.    … Expand
  8. Avey123Avey
    Mar 19, 2023
    3
    The core of this game is fun and has a lot of potential. Sadly this game just feels way too unfinished and needlessly repetitive. The attemptThe core of this game is fun and has a lot of potential. Sadly this game just feels way too unfinished and needlessly repetitive. The attempt at a live service game with so little content actually on offer is terrible. The game would have been much better with a handful of custom designed maps to create a fun campaign style experience. In the end it's a very weak attempt at a Dead By Daylight style live service game… Expand

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#92 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2019