![]() ![]() Silent protagonists are nothing new but in this case, it just feels bizarre with every other character may as well be speaking to themselves. Our character Linda is mute and never says a thing in stark contrast with each of her classmates, teacher and even some ghosts that all have voice actors. Dreadout doesn’t hold your hand which is always nice, more so for a horror game though it could have done with some more tightening. Puzzles, in general, are really hit and miss, not only due to some crazy logic but the previously mentioned finickiness of lining up a photograph just the right way. The solution to this being to line up a random photo on the second floor that somehow causes it to drop a key when you chase it off like you’ve previously done a thousand times. ![]() In one case one must find out how to get the keys off a boar before being allowed to progress. ![]() Some of them are quite memorable such as looking through a mirror in order to see what is hunting you, with others just being plain to obscure. The overall goal is to escape whatever messed up situation you now find yourself in and to do so one has to solve all matter of puzzles while fighting off random ghosts. Annoyingly enough, it is extremely picky about its angle, so one typically has to spam the snapshot key in order for the chance of getting the photo just as they want it. An example of this is to line up both wings and a statue to make them appear one in the same. Its last function has you lining up specific objects then taking a picture of it to progress. The world itself features some secrets that can only be seen through the eyes of a camera lens so in cases where you can not find an exit just point your camera in locations such as walls to reveal a way through. Some ghosts have weak-points, and brilliantly enough, a couple cannot be seen with the bare eye, making you constantly want to scan your environments through the camera in case you blindly bump into something you really shouldn’t be disturbing if at all possible. In a title where most enemies are very agile, it will constantly make you choose whether to hold your ground for a shot at them or lower your phone and put some distance between them. One doesn’t have to worry about battery or are limited to how many photographs you can take, your main drawback to having your face pressed up against your phone is that your movement speed is significantly reduced. Said cellphone can shed light in the thick darkness that you’ll frequently find yourself in as well as be able to destroy ghosts using its camera. We play as high school student Linda who wakes up in a creepy abandoned house and soon after finds a cell phone that will prove to be her lifeline. Dreadout is a Third Person Horror game that takes place in an abandoned Indonesian town. ![]()
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