This is exactly how survival horror should be

[Purgatorian]

Not since the days of being chased by scissorman in clock tower and the bad guys in clock tower 3 have I been so scared playing a game. Over the last decade or so I thought I had grown immune to games being able to scare me but bloody hell was I wrong. I am not that far into the game yet as I just wanted to try it before going to bed and will admit I thought it would be a game that promised a good scare but would not deliver... I was wrong again. The very second I opened the library door I thought my heart was going to give in then and there and now I am walking as slowly as I possibly can down every corridor, afraid to look around the next corner or doorway lol.

This is the scariest game I have ever played and I have very rarely said any game has scared me in my entire life... 34 now so been around since the atari.

My advice to anyone thinking about buying this is if you definately want to be scared buy it, if you have a weak heart or suffer bad anxiety attacks stay away.

Best game I have bought so far this year and I really hope with this and the new amnesia coming out survival horror developers take note of how it should be done... I hope this is a new trend starting.

I really can't thank you enough for creating this

[Randorian]

Sounds great. The question I have - how does it stack up against Amnesia: The Dark Descent?

[Purgatorian]

I only played that for a short time, never made it to the thing that chases you but this game scares you almost the first moment you step into the asylum and that fear sticks with you. I had amnesia from gamersgate but have just bought it again on steam as well as the pre order for the second one... Once I complete this I shall then move onto them.

[LegendaryKira]

i just started it my self and it seems like its gonna be better then amnesia: the dark decent. worth the time and price in my opinion

[Randorian]

I'm going to get Outlast, for sure. Amnesia scares me a lot, so I was wondering if Outlast is even scarier.... :)

[Purgatorian]

I am not bothered if it is only a 5 hour game or something like that. As someone on another thread said, try getting a movie of the same caliber as this. Not even a movie has scared me in years... This game is the first one in ages and it is extremely difficult to scare me.

[Dune Tiger]

Originally posted by RainMan:

Sounds great. The question I have - how does it stack up against Amnesia: The Dark Descent?

It's extra creepy given that your toolset is a camcorder with an IR view which is essentially how you see in the dark, only turning on IR kills your depth of field and everything is blurry and has that trademark green glow.

I find that with Amnesia, while it is intense, it's a lot easier to write off since it's almost in that realm of fantasy. This game is harder to dismiss if only because it is instantly familiar because of its setting, yet equally strange.

[Indiana]

outlast is worst (scarier) than Amnesia. i just finished amnesia yesterday and the first 15 min of this game has me more scared than i ever was in Amnesia

[Grogo]

Totally agree

[Cenobite]

Yup I agree....really smart delivery on the scares too....keeps you guessing...genuinely so terrifying its hard to play.

[Carmine]

I get scared easily to be honest, I love scary games, the thrills and chills, I love it all, Amnesia is one of my favorite games because it scared me to death, and I loved it, but with Outlast... I gotta be honest, the first hour gave such a great and strong impression of fear and terror, but I've been playing for a few hours, and I can't believe I'm saying this,, but it seems the game is getting less and less scary, once I got into the prison, it hasn't really scared me, made me anxious, or anything since, I'm just worried It's going to be a disapointment the rest way through, but I may be wrong, maybe someone who's already beaten it, or at least past the seweres, does it bring back the chills again?

[Wildsleven]

i love both outlast and amnesia

outlast is a scary creepy game but it has more "cheap" scares than amnesia if you know what i mean. Stuff like: sudden scares like something loud and crazy happens out at your face, im quite far in the game and this happens way too often

the game is really linear and scripted too!

if i have to compare the two amnesia is the better game imo, still outlast is great!

[simple cat]

This is a good game for a screamer. Too bad i grew up out of this age. Just managed to complete it and i have to say that "screamers" are the only things this game good at. Storyline is not either good or bad but rather weird. Reminds me a lot about F.E.A.R. and overall related to dead girls (dead boy in this case). Both - crazy preacher and doctor were unnecessary as this game is too short. What i'm trying to say is that storyline could be told from another perspective. Reading all these documents was not really fun.
As your statement about this game being most scariest you've ever played. Well, that good, hope you enjoyed it. As for me most scariest game ever was Silent Hill 2 and next to it is a...
Nightmare House 2, yep, a simple HL2 modiffication based on dead girl themed tittles. Why? Because overall suspense kicks screamer' ass and that's for sure :)