Outlast and Whistleblower DLC opinion

I played Outlast and the whistleblower DLC over the span of about a week. The only thing I had known about the game was what I had seen on 15 minutes of a lets play. The game itself is beautiful graphics wise and the story is very straight and to the point. You are a journalist who gets an e-mail saying to check out an asylum for its treatment of patients. the game has a style that it sticks to and it works as a one play through game. Both in the main story and DLC the game is filled with moments that will make you jump. With the right audio setting (headphones or suround sound) and a dark environment to play in. You may actually end up screaming. The one thing that can be said about this game is that where it is meant to be dark, you have to use your camera which has a night vision setting in order to even have a clue as to where you need to be going. While the game does have its moments, it almost can get frustrating depending on the difficulty level you are playing on. while dying is something that can happen on normal it will just reload you back a few minutes. The true terror of this game is Insane mode which will not care how close you are to the end of the game. Death in this mode means starting back at the beginning and getting to experience it all over again especially if you want those achievements. Overall, this game is amazing on the first play through. you spend time not wanting to turn every corner as you are unsure what is going to be there. The fear is real when you start out. however on other playthroughs it becomes less so as most scare moments in game are scripted and easy to see coming after one playthrough. overall the game by itself will take possibly 6-10 hours depending on how thorough you are. While the DLC which can be described the same way just with creepier antagonists and even creepier moments rounds out at about 2-3 hours to finish. I still say for the price which is 20 for the main game and 8 for the DLC I consider this a game you can enjoy and go after achievements in

Achievements
I can say I have the full 1500/1500 available for this game and its DLC. While the game as said before will take time on the first playthrough to enjoy the scares and the story. A second playthrough on normal may be needed to pick up all collectibles, which are moments you have to record with your camcorder and documents you need to find and pick up.  Big achievements in both parts require you to run through the game on insane mode. The easiest way to help with this is to take the Gamma all the way up in the options for the game. This will help you with running around in the game and seeing enemies. This will also help with the Energiser achievement which is not reloading your camcorders batteries at all on insane mode. This is when you will find out how much of the game you can safely run through. researching on youtube can also help you by finding videos for speed runs on both the main game and DLC. These runs take a little over an hour a piece but are the best possible ways to help in perfecting this amazing game.

Valiant Hearts opinion

I wanted to play this game the moment I watched the trailer at E3. The thought of a plat former that covers World War 1 sounded like a great idea to me and I wanted to see where this game went. The game covers the lives of 4 people and how they intertwined during the war. The game overall is much more like a piece of art. It is beautiful in the style it is made and it sends the message that  lots of people died needlessly during this war. Not to give spoilers, but the one proof of that is how most of the people fighting were neighbors and then due to a lot of treaties they got thrown into a War. Just as how I handle most of my games, I did a run through for the story and a second run through to get all of the collectibles. The collectibles are what get you in taking the longest amount of time in this game. There are over 100 collectibles but they are evenly placed out between the levels and thankfully the game is nice enough to show you what collectibles you have from each level. The one thing I truly loved about this game is the information it has. The game covers parts of World War 1 that happen before the United States entered the conflict. With all that being said the game itself is amazing but really only lives up through the 2 play throughs you need for all the collectibles. It is an incredibly informative game as each level comes with facts about the war and each collectible you pick up is something of information about the war. I believe the game is worth its current price and continue to recommend it to people who are looking for a filler game in between the bigger company games.

Achievements
Overall the game is an easy 1000/1000 and should only take the 2 play throughs to gather all or any collectibles you may have missed during the first play through. Only a few achievements are missable based away from the games storyline but are easy to get. overall the game may take possibly 8 hours to a few more to finish up for the full 100%  overall this game was amazing and made for a fun 100% on the Xbox one