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Outlast - GR Review

Added: 04.02.2014 19:03 | 4 views | 0 comments

Because you enjoy being chased by two nude guys with machetes. Fear is a strange emotion to manipulate with a video game. It requires setting up the right environment and the right gameplay to best immerse the player in the spooks. We speak of immersion for all kinds of games, but for the horror genre, itÄ‚ËĂ˘â€šÂ¬Ă˘â€žËs an absolute necessity. Otherwise, like many of the shoddy horror movies that hit major theaters, you end up with an inane plot that doesnÄ‚ËĂ˘â€šÂ¬Ă˘â€žËt bode well under scrutiny. Outlast manages to straddle that immersion line often successfully, but when it doesnÄ‚ËĂ˘â€šÂ¬Ă˘â€žËt, you're totally dropped out of the experience. Enter Miles Upshur, an investigative reporter who receives an anonymous tip about the objectionable practices at Mount Massive Asylum. Once closed down by the government, it reopened in recent years thanks to the supposedly charitable efforts of an organization, Murkoff. Miles finds himself navigating the asylum armed only with a camcorder, unaware of the grave danger heÄ‚ËĂ˘â€šÂ¬Ă˘â€žËs in. He really should have turned back at the first sign of a problem.