"Outlast 2" is still scheduled to release around fall 2016, but the final date is yet unknown. However, during PAX East 2016, the developers of this game, Red Barrels, let some of the more intrepid players play a 15-minute demo version of the game.
It might be unlikely for anyone to find this ambience-reliant game a scare, given the fact that there was so many people around making various sounds, but the booth set up by the developers made sure that the game's fear-inducing atmosphere would prevail through the vivacious crowd.
According to a report made by IGN, "Outlast 2" capitalizes a lot from the original elements of the game, especially the atmospheric tension, claustrophobic vents, and other environmental effects that would surely send chills to even the bravest person's spine. This is especially enhanced by the fact that the textures are realistic--in a horrifying sense, as seen in the video footage included in the report.
In any case, the gameplay is still the same--the player is equipped by a video camera that runs on batteries that drain when the nightvision functionality is used. However, while its predecessor's setting is in a stereotypical insane asylum with murderous inmates and staff, "Outlast 2", within the demo, has taken the player off in different localities, which includes a seemingly abandoned rural village, an abandoned modern high school with poltergeist activity, and finally, a corn field where crazed villagers have pitchforks and other improvised weapons drawn and ready to murder the player once caught.
With all these, a lot of players actually consider "Outlast 2" as one of the top horror games in 2016, and a lot of reaction videos for the demo gameplay footage can be seen in YouTube. The palpable terror these people feel is just but a testament to the game's effectiveness in playing with the people's fears, regardless of whatever it may be.
