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  1. 09-Sep-2013 #1
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    Outlast [video game] - Survival horror

    Seems to be getting good reviews - http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/09/04/outlast-review

    Outlast can stand proudly as a unique and terrifying survival horror game. Unlike many modern horror games, it remembers that the most frightening monsters are those that you can't kill, but have to flee from, and it creates an outstandingly creepy atmosphere that rendered me defenseless against its many well-paced jump scares. Annoying design choices and forced moments of repetition have a bad habit of spoiling the mood, but between them is an experience that's scary as all hell.
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    Action Trip loves it - http://www.actiontrip.com/reviews/outlast.phtml

    At any rate, Outlast is a game designed to frighten even those who deem themselves hard to scare. What we have here is a proper survival-horror game that thankfully doesn’t make the transition to the action genre like so many other horror-themed games these days.
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