Recent reviews by PepicWalrus

Been playing since launch over on the Microsoft store with over 28 days worth of play time. One of the best multiplayer games out there.

Time loop done badly, Where Deathloop holds your hand too much, this doesn't do it enough. On top of it the pay off reveal of the story is the exact opposite of rewarding, and just drags the game down even more. Pass it, play Outerwilds, then Deathloop, then never touch this.

A fun game, a great potential, but for me personally at this moment in time I refunded the game. Needs more to it. There isn't really any threats beyond environmental and the story is a bit thin at this moment in time.

I enjoyed the concept of building my airship and expanding it, that was the highlight but beyond that there isn't much else at this moment in time. Definitely something I'll check out once it is further along. If you want to buy the game now and support the development that's your choice.

It has been several years since I played Firewatch but it still enters my mind to this day. People tend to misunderstand the game and it's understandable. It builds up high in the middle of the game and by the end you feel like it comes to a hard stop.

But yet if you actually take a look at all you can find you'll find that what the game originally presents to you up front is all a misunderstanding by both you and the characters of Henry and Deliliah. I won't go into spoilers but just remember that the ultimate point of this game is that it's a game about having problems and choosing to either face them or ignore them and the hidden choice at the end cements this. It isn't obvious when you get there but there is indeed a choice you can take. Do you face your problems? Or do you turn your back on them and stay.

So right out I want to say, Yes there's a fair few problems here. But all fixable.

Servers and random things locking the game up are the major issues right now.

HOWEVER, When those issues aren't there which I had a good couple hours without bugs. You can tell there's something truly special here that you will want to keep playing.

This is the future of VR

As a long time Wurm player I can say the game is not for everyone, It's a lot slower then most games now a days and not everyone will be able to get over the steep learning curve. But trust me once you do it can be amazing. Sure not everything is constantly fun and somethings are truly work. But it'll be rewarding work when you set a goal and on a good server that work will last for possibly years.

My first ever life was
>Spawn in
>Mother is alone but fully decked out in fur, backpack bow, food.
>Think aweh yeah this is a good spawn
>Mother sets me down
>Picks up bow and arrow
>Shoots me in the head.
All within 5 seconds.

{EDITS MADE: Added link to bug video and some additions added.}

I am sad that I have to thumbs this down.. I've been longing for this game since the first. But I have too.. I have to say it outright. If you're going to have to get one horror game then get the first Outlast, If you've already played it then get Res7. Res7s pricetag is worth more then Outlast 2. Get Outlast 2 whenever it is on sale.

Now the gameplay... Is it scary? Very rarely and it's just minor jumpscapes that barely get any reaction. A lot of scares are super predicable. It's.. meh.. The video camera mechanics I had no personal problem with,, There are plenty of places to hide but you seldom use them. You use them only for Marta on occasion and it's not even the best tactic, Never for Nick/Lirad. Over all hiding in the barrels/closests/whatever else you can hide in is useless, better off just hiding against a wall waiting for them to walk past.

The biggest issue with this game is the Trial and Error it requires, Unless you know where exactly the devs want you to run then you're going to die. You're going to die again and again to the point where monster encounters become frustrating and annoying more then anything. Oh and for all the running you do and how linear they are you'd think the areas would be optimized for it.. they aren't. They're poorly designed with ZERO indeication on what the devs want you to do so you end up running around zerging the numerous chase scenes which is more then anything.

I ran into one game breaking bug during the Mines section where i'd jumped the wrong direction and hit a trigger leading into the school section having already gone through it, it got stuck on a black screen and I had to return to menu. {Note my recording software was on Push 2 talk so it only recorded my friends voice so you're hearing one side.}

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLO5D4VUEAM

Since the first Outlast ended I was asking if there'd be a second. I wanted to know more about Murkoff and more about what the unleashed Walrider would do now possesing Miles. But this was completely unrelated. The entire game I was waiting for the twist where the scientific side was revealed. Twist is there WAS NO TWIST. Yet they teased the twist, The talked about a factory during the Helicopter ride, When at the lake it talks of reeking of chemicals, At the lake you can even see the facility where the radio/microwave bursts are coming from, Which in the Note 'Old Travelers' expalins it's an experiment set up by the Murkoff Corperation controlling peoples mind with microwave bursts. SO IT'S THERE, If they'd tied it in directly then the ending would of made up for it as the story is all this game has going for it which it fails on that in the end. The least they could of done is throw in an end credit scene leading into the DLC.

They made a big mistake not using Murkoff more, They created an amazing evil corperation in the first one that has so much potential to be explroed. Not to say I didn't enjoy the crazy cultists I just wish they'd tied it in and gave even half an explanination.

People are praising the open ending WHEN IT'S TERRIBLE. It's LAZY! It's a blatant 'You'll get the explainaton in the DLC.'

The ending is a pile of garbage, I've no clue how people are praising it for how open ended it is when there's barely any conclusions one can come up with and those you can are boring and uncreative. They should of tied in the experiment directly instead of just one note.

I give this game a 5 out of 10. Graphics are beautiful apart from the animation, sound track is amazing, The curiousity to figure out what's going on is there but you'll ultimately be let down with the ending. Even collecting everything barely explains anything.

If you're craving horror Play Outlast and Whistleblower DLC and Res7 THEN play Outlast 2 after it goes on sale for at least half price. It's got some good potential but the lazy ending and trial and error issues bog it down.

Poor Deputy.