Better or worse?

[Lasmiranda]

Hey,
im asking myself... Is DreadOut better or worse than Project Zero?

I'm a huge fan of Project Zero, and I'm looking for a game on PC that's like Project Zero
but i don't want to waste my money..

[AestheticGamer aka Dusk Golem]

It's not quite as good as Project Zero, but it's not bad either in my opinion. The first Project Zero had flaws though, with unbalanced ghost difficulty (some being pretty cheap), the re-use of the same tile puzzle several times through the course of the game, and honestly maybe a little too much backtracking. However, it still had fantastic atmosphere and felt rather novel with a lot of its mechanics.

DreadOut is episodic, so one cannot compare the full experience yet (Act 2 releases later as a free update for purchasers), but its a lot lower budget than FF, with a lower staff count and far lower budget. The atmosphere is very good in DreadOut I feel, and helped by a fairly unique audio design element, but compared to FF there's a few things it does worse. The snapping shots of ghosts is a bit weaker, as there's no charging shots or damaging an enemy more if you shoot them right before they attack you, or any sort of real point or upgrade system. So the combat feels a bit-more Fatal Frame-lite as it is. And they manage to feel fairly different, as Fatal Frame pulls a lot from Japanese folklore and myths while DreadOut pulls a lot from Indonesian ones.

So I would say not as good, but still good, and I think if you liked the FF series there's a far higher chance this sort of title may be more in-line for you. But it's first act is on the shorter side (though secrets aplenty), and a bit low-budget, but has a lot of heart in it. I don't think it reaches the highs or lows of FF personally, but I also feel it has its own rather good, and somewhat unique highs and lows.

[ArefinweIngalaure]

I love the game, but the it's made by a small indonesian studo while Project Zero has been made by a whole team of Tecmo who was already had two succeful studios, Team Ninja (Ninja Gaiden and Dead Or Alive) and Zero (Deception, etc...). They had more ressources and experience to develop on Playstation 2, but ti was their first try in Survival Horror game.

DreadOut is really good and different enough. Maybe if the game is successfull, they could release an upgraded pack of textures to make it look better. But they sais act 2 will have different game mechanics. so it could only improve. I remember seeing a demo where Lina has a video came and she still has 2 empty slots beside her cellphone,

For the price, it's a must own if you have a 14.99 USD to spend.

[SenorKaffee]

I like it very much, but it is no Project Zero / Fatal Frame, not yet. You shouldn't forget that the big names of Survival Horror like Fatal Frame, Resident Evil, Silent Hill were AAA-titles or at least A-titles in their time. Polished games with healthy budgets crafted by experienced storytellers.

At the moment you get a good game that is a little short and could use a little more polish here and there. If you are a fan of Project Zero, you won't mind the backtracking, there is less of it in it than in Project Zero.

It's not wasted money, but it is a bet on the developers growing with the project.

[Ravagexe]

Seriously dude, are you actually comparing a full company scale game like FF4 to this indie crap? I mean look at the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fu***ing store and you will see the same boss as FF4 Sakuya wearing the same red dress all over again.

[SleepyPicszZz]

This is a good game for me. At first do not compare with all famous publisher in the world like EA / Techmo / Capcom / etc. Because this is a game from indy developer.

[Pinkelf [Ryshai]]

Originally posted by Ravagexe:

Seriously dude, are you actually comparing a full company scale game like FF4 to this indie crap? I mean look at the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fu***ing store and you will see the same boss as FF4 Sakuya wearing the same red dress all over again.

If you're here to be a jerk, leave. The color red isn't specific to any game. Both of their outfits are of Eastern cultures.

[Ravagexe]

Originally posted by PinkelfRyshai, Holo's Daughter:

Originally posted by Ravagexe:

Seriously dude, are you actually comparing a full company scale game like FF4 to this indie crap? I mean look at the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fu***ing store and you will see the same boss as FF4 Sakuya wearing the same red dress all over again.

If you're here to be a jerk, leave. The color red isn't specific to any game. Both of their outfits are of Eastern cultures.

Yea right, thats the official asian end-game boss dress according to your flawless logic. Too bad no one else wears it in other japanese games. Besides why are you so obsessed with dress anyway? What Im telling you is that character is just a rip off from FF4's Sakuya Haibara, you have to be blind not to realize the rip-off. Just as expected from a FF clone that can barely get into best seeling list as 70th.

[SenorKaffee]

Calm down man, there are a lot of FF / PZ fans in here backing this games that will see the similarity with Sakuya (http://fatalframe.wikia.com/wiki/Sakuya_Haibara).

We know nothing about the woman in red, yet and it is just as likely that the designers just used red as a signal color, especially since all other colors are pretty washed out in the game.

You can ride the hate train again when Act 2 comes out.

[Ada Wong lUCl™]

Originally posted by Ravagexe:

Originally posted by PinkelfRyshai, Holo's Daughter:

If you're here to be a jerk, leave. The color red isn't specific to any game. Both of their outfits are of Eastern cultures.

Yea right, thats the official asian end-game boss dress according to your flawless logic. Too bad no one else wears it in other japanese games. Besides why are you so obsessed with dress anyway? What Im telling you is that character is just a rip off from FF4's Sakuya Haibara, you have to be blind not to realize the rip-off. Just as expected from a FF clone that can barely get into best seeling list as 70th.

yada yada yada rip off rip off rip off, just say all games rip off from other games. Old news pal nothing new, move along

[ArefinweIngalaure]

I don't see anything in comon between Sakuya and the lady in Red except for the red color. Where is the Red lady's mask ? Where are the five kanaeds ? Have you seen the red lady dancing in a ceremony ?

Plus maybe the lady in red is base on an actual indonesian ghost story ? Who knows ?

[Pinkelf [Ryshai]]

Originally posted by ChaeLynne:

I don't see anything in comon between Sakuya and the lady in Red except for the red color. Where is the Red lady's mask ? Where are the five kanaeds ? Have you seen the red lady dancing in a ceremony ?

Plus maybe the lady in red is base on an actual indonesian ghost story ? Who knows ?

The only connection I could make, is that they're wearing dresses, are asian, are antagonists(sorta). Also we haven't seen act 2.

Originally posted by Ravagexe:

Originally posted by PinkelfRyshai, Holo's Daughter:

If you're here to be a jerk, leave. The color red isn't specific to any game. Both of their outfits are of Eastern cultures.

Yea right, thats the official asian end-game boss dress according to your flawless logic. Too bad no one else wears it in other japanese games. Besides why are you so obsessed with dress anyway? What Im telling you is that character is just a rip off from FF4's Sakuya Haibara, you have to be blind not to realize the rip-off. Just as expected from a FF clone that can barely get into best seeling list as 70th.

Your logic, since Halo is a FPS, it must be a CoD clone.

Also, Alma Wade wears a red dress thing...I honestly am not sure what it is..but quite a lot of girls in horror games wear red dresses. Ada Wong wears red too.

[ArefinweIngalaure]

They are completly different. It's clear to me.

[Skankle]

Fatal Frame is my favourite series ever, and although the games sound very similar on paper, they honestly don't feel or function very similarly. I think it should really be judged on its own merits.

The woman in red is nothing like Sakuya, besides both wearing red.

[AwesamLinux]

If you are a huge fan of Project Zero, you would most likely enjoy this game too as the formula is pretty similar.

As for better or worse it's difficult to judge on a whole, because so far we only have chapter one of DreadOut. But from what we have, I would say Project Zero is probably a better game from a gameplay perspective, as it's a more intuitive game with puzzles that made more sense. But DreadOut is not far behind.

DreadOut does however have better graphics. The sound design is excellent and the ghosts are very creative (at least not the typical Japanese ones we are used to). Anyway if you are a fan of Project Zero, you would be crazy to miss out on this game (as it's the closest thing there is to it).

You should also try the demo and judge for yourself, in fact even if you buy the game you should try the demo first anyway. Because the part in the demo, is not actually in the game

[kiteless 凧無し]

considerable worst

fatal frame games are way better