Outlast 2

 Xbox One
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Digital Chumps
    May 1, 2017
    90
    This game was so much fun to play. Something about being scared and literally running for your life makes for such a good game. With plot twists along the way that keep the story fresh there is no lack of entertainment within the game. Red Barrels really knows how to get under your skin. Play the game, you will understand. The dark undertones of the game set up the story throughout and constantly make you think wtf, yet you still want more. Buy Outlast 2, be scared, you won’t be disappointed.
  2. GameSpew
    Apr 24, 2017
    90
    The production values of Outlast 2 are head and shoulders above those of its predecessor and the gameplay has been developed and refined to near perfection. Only the odd frustrating moment of trial and error sours the experience, but the rest of the game is so engrossing that you won’t let the thought of them linger in your mind.
  3. SomosXbox
    May 12, 2017
    88
    Outlast 2 takes back the very best from Red Barrels: tension, slaughter and pure survival. It brings us a well-drawn and complex script, starred by Blake Langermann, a character to empathize with. Despite its few playable errors, Outlast 2 and Sullivan Knoth’s sect will manage to sneak into our darkest nightmares.
  5. MondoXbox
    Apr 29, 2017
    88
    An incredibly tense horror game, with adult themes and great graphics. Sometimes it can be a bit too frustrating, but you'll be rewarded by a memorable ending. One of the best horror experiences ever.
  6. Generación Xbox
    May 9, 2017
    85
    Outlast 2 delivers a technically flawless horror experience in all aspects. Few games can give us such terrifying experiences. However, it is a single-use game because the mechanics inevitably fall into trial-and-error. Anyway, Outlast 2 is the perfect game to give us goosebumps.
  7. XboxAddict
    May 15, 2017
    80
    Outlast 2 successfully places you in the boots of an average Joe. As much as we all would like to think that we’d rise to the occasion and be a hero with great evil-killing potential, I think this game most accurately portrays how we’d actually have to cope with such incredible and horrific situations. In this regard the game succeeds one hundred percent - and its infuriating, but in a strangely captivating and "want to play more" manner! Well done.
  8. TheXboxHub
    Apr 29, 2017
    80
    Outlast 2 isn’t a bad game, sure it has its moments that can feel terribly unfair, but in this day and age, that’s something you should expect from a horror game. The story on offer is fantastic and any fan of horror would be kicking themselves if they didn’t try out the gritty and thrilling experience that is found within Outlast 2. From the enemies, to the environment, to the blood and guts and to the scares, everything in Outlast 2 adds to the unique experience that this game brings.
  9. TrueAchievements
    Apr 26, 2017
    80
    Controversially written and unflinchingly scary, Outlast 2 is a remarkable game that solidifies itself and its franchise as one of the greats in the genre. Although it gets slowed down by infrequent issues with AI and sequences that will feel familiar to series veterans, the end result is an atmospheric, dread-inducing, and contentiously biting narrative horror. Even more, above all of those attributes it needed to be terrifying, and holy hell is it terrifying.
  10. Windows Central
    Apr 25, 2017
    80
    A truly frightening game that has surpassed Outlast in its graphic content and heart-stopping action, I can safely say I'm never leaving the house again.
  11. ICXM
    Apr 24, 2017
    75
    Outlast 2 is one of the darkest games I’ve ever played and it goes to some very unexpected places…but I can’t help but think the first game was better. The sequel does little to distinguish itself from its predecessor aside from the setting and plot. This makes Outlast 2 feel too safe and not risky enough in terms of gameplay. If you’ve never played the first game, you’ll probably really love Outlast 2, but for fans of the original, it’ll feel like the sequel is treading old ground.
  12. Xbox Achievements
    Apr 26, 2017
    65
    Outlast II should have been everything that the first game wasn't. Instead, it's a bloated, overwrought, and incredibly frustrating survival horror game. Not terrible by any means, but not all that great either. Shame.
  13. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Jun 18, 2017
    60
    Glimpses of horrors can't save this horrifically frustrating experience. [July 2017, p.88]
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  14. XBLA Fans
    Apr 28, 2017
    60
    Outlast 2 has some problems that left me frustrated for most of the first half of the game, as well as some questionable segments later in the game. Even with that said, it also offers a gripping story revolving around the main character and religion, that left much to be interpreted and theorized, yet kept me interested throughout the game. The gameplay won't wow you, but it can offer some solid scares, and will definitely provide players with some disturbing scenery. If you enjoy the horror genre or liked the first Outlast, then you most likely will like Outlast 2. If not, then you may easily get frustrated or turned off by the experience.

Awards & Rankings

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#70 Best Xbox One Game of 2017
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#39 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2017
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#73 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2017

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User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 160 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 107 out of 160
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 160
  3. Negative: 30 out of 160
  1. GMRlife
    May 15, 2017
    4
    The original Outlast and it's DLC, Whistleblower, were works of art, so Outlast 2 was ripe with potential from the start. Outlast 2 leaves theThe original Outlast and it's DLC, Whistleblower, were works of art, so Outlast 2 was ripe with potential from the start. Outlast 2 leaves the confines of the Mount Massive Asylum for a backwoods, religious complex in Northern Arizona and starts out with a bang.

    The immediate setting is eerie and surreal. The player is left with a real sense of anxiety which is heightened by the macabre setting. WIthin minutes of the game starting, the setting of a horrific tale begins to unfold in front of you. Unfortunately, that narrative never pans out... at all. The story itself goes from one setting to another without rhyme or reason. The ending makes no sense with the events that unfold just prior. Leaving the player to guess... or with an unfinished game that will try to tie up the loose ends in a piece (or pieces) of DLC.

    The gameplay is the familiar Outlast formula. You run and hide, using a video camera's night vision to see what is lurking in the dark and to record certain events to unveil Langermann's thoughts of the scene unfolding before him. There is no offensive action the player can take at all. Red Barrels explains that Blake and his wife, Lynn, "are not fighters, leaving Blake to simply run headlong into dangerous situations filled with murderous zealots, looking only for bandages and batteries while ignoring the plethora of weapons or tools lying around. While this may not seem like a big problem, it does break the immersion.

    The game does have it's disturbing moments, but they are few and far between. Nothing is terrifying or scary, and even the few jump scares are predictable enough to be more of an annoyance than anything else. Gore is not necessarily horror, and while Outlast 2 has barrels of gore, the horror (and any replayability) just isn't there.    … Full Review »
  2. SuperkenGaming
    Apr 26, 2017
    8
    Outlast 2
    More anxiety than Horror
    In Outlast 2 you play as a cameraman working with your wife doing your investigative journalism thing,    Outlast 2
    More anxiety than Horror
    In Outlast 2 you play as a cameraman working with your wife doing your investigative journalism thing, getting to the bottom of the possible murder of a pregnant woman
    And then your helicopter crashes, you can’t find your wife, and you spend the rest of the game trying to find her…
    Outlast 2 is more open feeling than the claustrophobic original…
    While at the same time much more linear feeling
    But I found it to be a lot more stressful…
    Instead of 4 hours, Outlast 2 clocks in at a little less than 7…
    Which felt to be a bit of a mistake...
    It feels like it drags on forever, mostly thanks to the games awful pacing…
    This is still la survival horror game, collect batteries for your camera, use that camera to record things and as a light source, collect bandages to heal yourself when you’re hurt and get through everything the game throws at you..
    Hide under beds, and in barrels and lockers...
    But the game is missing those tense moments the original had…
    I feel outlast 2 throws way too many enemies at your way too often…
    This is where the pacing issue comes in...
    You never have down time, you never have time to soak in the environment and let it creep you out… because beyond the first chapter the game is throwing multiple enemies for you to deal with around every corner... and it isn’t tense or scary, it’s annoying...
    Getting through sections of the game is frustrating...
    You never feel like stealth is a real option...
    It never really feels like it works…
    Enemey detection is way too sensitive and I felt like they always knew where I was
    and I felt like I had to trigger enemies, make them chase me, and run around the map to get past sections…
    And some points in the game you’re forced to deal with situations like this
    and it just never stops, making the game feel like a chore, especially in the final few chapters..
    The game is gorgeous though, and creepy
    it’s full of jump scares and surprises, especially with the random transitions between your location in this religious cult and a catholic school…
    The game never becomes predictable.
    And is definitely worth seeing through to the end,
    I don’t want to set any expectations, but I’ll just say it’s better than the original outlasts ending.
    Outlast 2 has a lot going for it, as does the series in general...
    I just wish it stuck to the one enemy at a time formula the original had... it made moments tense...
    instead of throwing multiple enemies at you that you cant deal with and never letting you breathe…
    Again, I was more annoyed by outlast 2 than I was scared by it…
    The Demo was a more enjoyable experience for me than the actual game
    I give Outlast 2
    a 7.5/10    … Full Review »
  3. YaKumaaRD
    Mar 24, 2023
    10
    En general, un juego muy aterrador de un pequeño CREADORES escenas aterradoras muy únicas con monstruos repugnantes en nuestro cam
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