Outlast 2

The story isnt very good and a lot isnt really explained, there is very little mention of Murkoff even in documents and one said documents is placed in the stupidest place they could have came up with. The game was, in my experience, very janky. I turned on a generator and a woman spawned behind me, blocking my exit and then killed me and then upon reloading she was gone I had this happen another time elsewhere and while this wasnt a big deal due to me playing on hard, if this was Insanity difficulty I would have lost my whole run to what I assume is a glitch or I've had times where I just.....couldnt crouch or crawl under passages for no reason, or this one time an ennemy broke a door and I couldnt go through the doorway because the broken door thats on the ground somehow blocked me The game design is questionable, the hallucinations segments are in my opinion quite boring as I feel the game doesnt make me care for what is happening during them and they feel very on rails with little happening Some NPCs have a weapon and seem hostile yet you can walk by them with no issues (like the praying lady) yet I found that sometimes they are hostile? I've had a sick lady attack me when I walked in front of her yet upon restarting she ignored me? a sitting man yelled and alerted the others of my presence when before another sitting man did not care? One time an ennemy one shots me, another time it takes 3 hits? and yes, I was fully healed thus this isnt me being hurt and not noticing it, I checked. So overall, it feels very inconsistent The audio design as well, I once had a "track" that was basically just non stop creaking in my ear and I find that its hard to hear where the ennemies are even with the camera's microphone Recording documents gets an upgrade from Outlast 1 with a "recording" indicator but it also made a little frustrating by the fact it often takes 13 whole seconds to record a thing. 13 seconds isnt long sure, but when it constantly happens? its 13 of a standstill looking at the same unmoving thing and then getting very little commentary about it from Blake Overall, the hiding system feels pointless as running is often a better strategy and they often found where I was hiding when I did Dying in this game is easy which means the chases lose their scare factor and become, quite honestly, frustrating Ultimately, the game isnt terrible, it's not an absolutely broken mess (despite the jank I experienced) and I could see why someone else likes it I could go on about other things but I believe I made my dislike of it clear enough As it stands, its a 5/10 tops for me