DreadOut 2 Review (GRRRR)
Potentially great horror romp dragged down by the parts where it tries to do videogame things
Good:
- graphics very much improved from Dreadout 1
- sorta open world with some neat environments and sidequests
- still pretty spooky despite being more action oriented
Meh:
- you occasionally get weapons and run around places killing nondescript zombies. Not terrible but not terribly original, could be any other western Silent Hilly game
Bad:
Its all pretty enjoyable until Chapter 3 where ya first get splattered in the face with a succession of not so great design choices.
- A sorta irritating mini boss which spins around you, clips into and can attack from within walls and has to be defeated by snapping a picture of it. The game repeats that kinda boss and it always has the same problems, namely you can get chain hit and the camera is really finicky if it wants to hit the boss or not
- then a somewhat unclear stealth section where the baddie can bug out
- then a section in which you gotta camerakill a boss in a kinda narrow maze, with the previously mentioned camera problems. First time i played this section it irritated the f*ck outta me because i just got hit repeatedly without any clue what was even goin on. After thats done theres a second part where the boss slowly circles you and has to be camkilled again. If you dont know you gotta specifically target the face (this is not very clear) youll die and get sent back to redo the maze because theres no checkpoint because for some reason thats necessary
I dont know what happened to make this chapter such a concentrated dumpster fire, theres occasionally somewhat similar problems (not that great bossfights, finicky camera, stunlocking) later but nothing as egregious.
My suggestion for Dreadout 3 would be to concentrate on the indonesian style horror and less on trying to be Silent Hill or have Dark Souls style combat or whatever the hell that was supposed to be. And no stealth please.
Still a thumbs up because theres alot of fun stuff here but brace yourself for Chapter 3, potentially