The first Resident Evil was a grander realization of Alone in the Dark Silent Hill pretty shamelessly riffed on Resi Dead Space took RE4's now ubiquitous over-the-shoulder camera to outer space and The Callisto Protocol was Dead Space 4 in all but name, to name just some of the notable swapping and sharing we've seen over the last few decades. There is no such thing as a new idea, though, right? Even within the bounds of the survival horror genre, just about every game since the early '90s has borrowed something from its predecessor. Remember how it was with our Outlast review After all, this is a concept that borrowed so much from elsewhere in the horror genre 10 years ago, and yet has managed to stay relevant and appealing to this day.
But as I prepare to down tools in another no-weapons tale of terror, I can't help but applaud Outlast's staying power. Due to launch tomorrow, May 18, via Steam's Early Access initiative, I'm looking forward to my next stint with Red Barrels' latest, somehow even more distilled take on wanton violence, jump scares and blood-curdling horror.
Now, almost a decade on since intrepid investigative journalist Miles Upshur first infiltrated the Bedlam-esque Mount Massive Asylum, Outlast is on-course to launch its third series entry: The Outlast Trials.Īfter a brief hands-on with an early build last year, I wrote about how The Outlast Trials has more gore than a slasher film and the potential to change the horror genre. But it was Red Barrels' first-person action-survival horror adventure that sunk its mind-warped teeth into me and didn't let go.
The likes of Killzone: Shadow Fall, Battlefield 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts, and Blacklight Retribution were all great games for showcasing the power of Sony's then cutting-edge hardware, sure.
Outlast was the first game to blow me away on PS4.
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