Perhaps one of the game’s gravest flaws is just how short its main plot is. If you can tolerate walking around in circles and characters that look straight out from Haunting Ground, then DreadOut is the game for you. The dated visuals and obscure puzzles truly make DreadOut feel like a much older horror game. From time to time, the camera seems to be possessed by one of the game’s ghosts, as players lose any form of control over it, and it just bolts from one wall to another. There’s also an issue with camera movement. Thankfully, shadows and the overall atmosphere have a gloomy feeling that works just right for a horror game. Character models look blocky, and the rest of the environments don’t look much better. Let’s address the elephant in the room: the game’s visuals look, for lack of a better word, dated. Unlike Fatal Frame, however, your combat abilities are more limited here, with stealth and running being your best allies during most encounters. This is no common smartphone, however, as it has the ability to reveal the spirits, much like the Camera Obscura from Fatal Frame. To fight the ghosts lingering in this haunted place, Linda has access to her trusty cellphone.
However, that’s where DreadOut’s first twist comes: the game takes place in Indonesia. When we hear a plot like that, the first thing that might spring to mind is Japanese horror, complete with the usual black-haired female ghosts. There, Linda, a high school student, must do everything to survive the horrors that haunt the village. The game’s story takes place in an old abandoned town. You never know what might be lurking in the shadows – and, to be honest, sometimes it’s better not to know. Fans of scary games who aren’t expecting some impressive visuals will undoubtedly be satisfied with DreadOut, and its undeniably gloomy atmosphere doesn’t need extraordinary graphics to be effective.ĭespite its short length, the game’s effective use of jump scares and the atmosphere is superb.
Play Act 1 and 2 of Linda's terrifying journey along with Act 0 (previously released as DreadOut Demo).DreadOut makes use of an underutilized setting in horror games and delivers a satisfyingly scary – albeit short – experience.Switch between first person and third person view.Solve mysterious puzzles that block your path.Battle against terrifying beings from a supernatural realm.Explore a haunted environment in an Asian - Indonesian setting.These new found abilities might just be the only way she can save her own life and those of her friends.
She will experience stirrings of unfamiliar powers, emerging from within her. The presence of sinister forces from beyond their realm of existence. And what seemed like an innocent stroll turns into disaster as the secluded town reveals its dark and terrible secrets. What they did not realize was what lurks within. A town long forgotten trapped in a peaceful state of slumber.
Survive the Dread! When a group of high school students went astray from a field trip, they came across something totally unexpected. Help her overcome the challenges that will stand before her. Equipped with her trusty smart-phone and an SLR camera, she will battle against terrifying encounters and solve mysterious puzzles which will ultimately determine her fate. DreadOut is a third person supernatural horror game where you play as Linda, a high school student trapped in an old abandoned town.