I personally don't like this one.
After playing the Cry of Fear I recommand it as the best horror game ever although it's a Half-Life mod. It's like the game version of Hell No: The Sensible Horror Film. It's scary but at the same time very logical.
And when going back to play Outlast 2, something will confuse me:
1. The battery drains too quickly. I have a Sony camera that one battery can last over 6-hour shooting. And in Cry of Fear the player only changes one or two batterries during the whole gameplay. Making battery a scarce resource won't make a horror game horror any more but instead making me unhappy with it.
2. The character, Blake, is a very strong man that can take nails in the hands and then with the wounded hands he pushes down a big tree. With such a super human ability he chooses not to pick up a knife and slash a better way out? He has the ability to kill all the monsters and he chose not to. Very un-logical. Maybe a Trump-hating leftist? Sorry if I provoke someone to anger. But I don't like the way he survive. Even the kid in Cry of Fear knows to pick up a gun to fight the super natural enemy. A man so strong as Blake on the contrary choose to run without holding a weapon? Un-logical.
These two points are about the basic logic I can't not agree with the game design. It's totally different with the previou Outlast situation.
Other aspects:
1. Much improved grapihcs. +
2. Voice acting out of the scene. -
3. Some bugs that will stuck player. -
4. Overall good atomosphere. +
5. Not very good story. -
While I give it more negative critics they are all personal preference. I still recommend it to any horror fans.