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i played this game immediately after finishing the original, and it was funny how i went from scared shitless and spending half of my time hiding in the locker in the first game to just being over it and speeding through the enemies in this one no problem. i highly recommend giving yourself time after playing the first so that you're actually able to get scared again by the second, because it plays the exact same tricks. don't get me wrong, i enjoyed playing, but yeah. not scary.
other than that, though, this game was great. i love how being in the same area as the previous one but playing as another character gave me an entirely new perspective on the situation. waylon is fleshed out and we know things about him beyond "desperate guy trying to escape asylum". that is one thing the outlast series does well: making you see these characters as actual people rather than a basic horror trope. and speaking of interesting characters...
EDDIE GLUSKIN. holy shit. okay, i know some are going to argue his entire existence is just for shock value, there to make players sick and want to put down the controller. maybe so, i don't know. but he worked SO WELL for me. as a woman whose favorite genre is horror, i've had to get used to constantly seeing female characters get sexually brutalized on screen for years. for men and women fans of horror alike, it's just something we've accepted as the norm. so for outlast to turn the tables and have the antagonist be a man targeting other men in that way? it was extremely refreshing to NOT be the target for once. i'm sure his actions made many male gamers squirm in their seats, and yes, i did that too, but what outlast dlc lacks in the scare-factor, it makes up for in the discomfort it invokes in players. it's a horror game, after all, and if it isn't going to scare me, it better make up for in another way. and that is does. eddie gluskin you will always be famous
anyways, end of review - i'd rate this game a 7.5/10. would i play it again? yes, but only for eddie.