You’re required to keep snapping pictures of the top half whilst dodging attacks from both the top and bottom half except, it’s like the “sweet spot” for the camera to attack is far too sweet and just boils down to pure luck rather than skill or practice. The neck down is a slow zombie like enemy whilst the head is an annoyingly fast flying enemy. SPOILER WarningĮx: One of the boss fights in the later half of the game is an enemy who has separated it’s head from its body yet both parts come after you. The majority of boss fights rely on a janky camera mechanic that doesn’t work, making the build up to the next boss a more worried time, than an excited one. The camera is the biggest disappointment here, as the game relies heavily on it.
How this camera mechanic works (or how it’s supposed to work should I say) is that enemies get within a certain range and the phone screen starts to look like it’s going blurry/fuzzy and this is when you’re supposed to “attack.” Your next move will either just be the correct one, or you could end up spending ages walking around without a clue of what the game actually wants you to do, in order to progress, and these moments repeat throughout the game unfortunately.Ĭouple this with one of the main ways of dealing with enemies being a camera mechanic that doesn’t want to work most of the time, you are left feeling frustrating and in for a tedious time with a few decent scares thrown in. Conveniently, a classmate holds the key in his possession and is hiding in a classroom cupboard from a “white figure.” Right from the get go, you’re dropped into the school late at night, with not much explanation of where to go or what to do, other than to “find a key” to get out of the school. It’s especially handy in the case of Dreadout 2 as the first game only launched on PC, with the sequel launching on consoles too.
There is however a “Story Before” button located on the main menu which recaps the story from the first Dreadout game and subsequent DLC which is a very nice touch and I wish more games utilised this feature.
In Dreadout 2, you take the role of 17 year old Linda Melinda, following on from the events of the first game – which, if there were any key points in Dreadout 2 that harked back to the previous title, I wouldn’t be able to tell you as I found the story quite confusing to be honest. If you know me on Twitter or even IRL, you will know I jump at the chance to experience a new horror video game, and after a recent slew of great smaller horror titles these last couple of months, I went into Dreadout 2 optimistic, but disappointed by the time the credits rolled.
3rd person, DreadOut 2, Survival Horror, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
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