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Outlast's Whistleblower DLC Looks Appropriately Unnerving

After the disappointment of Daylight, maybe Outlast can remind us why wandering in the dark can be so "fun."

Apr. 30 2014

Posted by: Patrick

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Please be just as scary. Also a little less dongs....or more? Surprise me.

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Already looking forward to the Spookin' with Scoops, if Patrick is willing to stream it that is.

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Hm, I was expecting this to be a little cheaper than $9.

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Patrick will you live stream you playing the whole thing?

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Maybe don't stream a HORROR game, making it entirely impossible to be immersed in the game, then straight up call it a disappointment. Daylight is exactly what it claims to be, a horror GAME.

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@crazedjoker91 said:

Maybe don't stream a HORROR game, making it entirely impossible to be immersed in the game, then straight up call it a disappointment. Daylight is exactly what it claims to be, a horror GAME.

I'm not going to disagree with the notion that streaming a game to an audience makes it more difficult for the game to get under a player's skin, but plenty of games have managed to do that--Outlast is one, in fact. Plus, I didn't stream Daylight! I recorded the game offline and in the dark, exactly the way I usually would play a horror game. There are structure problems with Daylight that cheapen its ability to scare. But I'm curious to hear what you like about it. Can you elaborate?

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Ahhh, this must be the horror game everyone was talking about that was made with the Unreal 4 engine!

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I thought that was a poor trailer, maybe it did something for people who have played 'Outlast'.

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I have played about 40 minutes of Daylight and I find it extremely scary. Although I do agree that it's kinda repetetive. But I like it so far. The writing is very well done.

Also looking forward to Whistleblower like crazy.

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So far I think Outlast was more enjoyable for me than either of the Amnesia games.

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Please be just as scary. Also a little less dongs....or more? Surprise me.

More. It unnerves people, it's great.

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The ending to Outlast left me pretty cool. It was the least creepy or scary part of the entire game. Hopefully this shies away from that quite a bit.

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I didn't mind the ending. I wasn't a big fan of the more paranormal stuff, but I thought the sleek hallways covered in viscera were just as unsettling as the filthy asylum rooms.

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I liked Outlast. Perhaps not as unnerving as Amnesia, but still a pretty fun(?) game. Had a problem with basically covering every single hallway with blood and viscera though. It definitely looks the part, has one of the best night-vision filters I've seen in a game, and there was a really nice 'physicality' to the main character; it really felt like the player character occupied a space in the game world.

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I'm glad to see it's still got a nudity warning. While I telegraphed just about everything in the original and felt kinda bored, the nude men wanting me and my delicious fresh parts was something new and kinda cool. At least in a gaming sense.

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Outlast will forever hold a rotten, decaying, place in my heart for the fun times it gave me and a couple buddies one weekend. Running around yelling and hollering in the dark asylum was fun as hell... After the fact!

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Doesn't this whistleblower know that snitches get stitches.

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Shit, I really need to go back and play though Outlast. One of those games I picked-up and didn't really give a chance. This DLC looks just as appealing as the original game, so maybe I can get through it before this hits.

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@crazedjoker91: No, Daylight is Slender: Hallways.

EDIT: Or maybe Hallways: Lovely Lighting.

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I hope this will scare me more than the main game. I mean Outlast had its moments, but overall I felt it paled in comparison to the likes of Amnesia: The Dark Descent which had me stressed and on edge almost the whole way through despite the fact that I was simultaneously streaming it. Loved the atmosphere though, so I'll probably pick it up just for more of that.