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.