Red Barrels·Released Apr 25, 2017·Single player
Outlast 2 is the sequel to the acclaimed survival horror game Outlast. Set in the same universe as the first game, but with different characters and a different setting, Outlast 2 is a twisted new journey into the depths of the human mind and its dark secrets. No conflict is ever black and white.
Eurogamer's verdict on Red Barrels' Outlast 2, a first-person "found footage" horror game set in an Arizona town overrun by religious fanatics.
The sequel to 2013's survival horror is even more relentless.
First-person horror makes up for frustrating trial-and-error stealth with brutality and beauty.
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Despite its hiccups, Outlast 2 is an intense ride that makes you question your sanity.
Outlast 2's scripted chases can grow frustrating, but its gripping atmosphere and unnerving sound design deliver unparalleled tension.
Outlast II significantly ups the ante in the production values stakes, but its biggest sin is relying a little too heavily on trial and error in the gameplay department. There's an unsettling story here that wanders into some quite shocking territory, but the writing doesn't always sing from the same hymn sheet, and some murderous moments are delivered a little too frantically for the fiction to fully marinate. Despite that, there's more than enough good on offer here to tempt you back to church. Pull up a pew and prepare for a psychological onslaught.
Outlast 2 made me feel terrible, but that's by design
Shock tactics so persistently silly that they become the equivalent of a flaming bag of poo on a doorstep. I will always defend the right of horror fiction to be horrible, but never excuse it for being so dull in its depravity.
