The other one is fighting supernatural entities using melee weapons, usually an ax. The first one is to banish ghosts by snapping pictures of them using Linda's phone. There are two types of missions in the game. Luckily, DreadOut 2 managed to counterbalance its poorly-written storyline with an enjoyable mix of action and adventure. The game-descriptive text and dialogues-is riddled with jarring grammatical errors and poorly-worded sentences, effectively robbing the story and character any sort of potential charm. While the plot is serviceable enough, the quality of the writing is subpar. I'll also look into reaching out to previous runners and see if we can get their input.However, prepare to be frustrated as storytelling isn't the strongest suit of this game. I'm half inclined to buy them a copy if they don't have it already.Īnywho, let's get to discussing. I can probably check with a few other horror game runners I know or follow and see if they'd be interested running in the game. I know Starwin's reputation as a runner (and from the fighting game community) and I'm looking forward to seeing what other parts of the game get broken wide open. My role here is to do what the community wants. I should note here that I'm not the sole person to decide what is changed, but rather the person who will implement and enforce them. Current timing rules is that the timer starts upon save name confirmation and ends at the start of the credits.ģ) Rewrite rules to remove confusion from new runners.Ĥ) Retime/recategorize existing runs after any category changes. I'm also in favor of this.Ģ) Determine a concrete timing for stop/start times. Starwin suggested categories for Bad/Good/True endings. This has led to complications with existing categories and start/stop times. It was known for a while that there are actually THREE endings (two good, one bad), and it was later discovered there's a set trigger to decide which good ending the player gets (which is whether Ira's neck is snapped or not). Proposed ideas/changes (aka 'To Do List'):ġ) Determine if category changes are necessary.

Removed 'full game' from existing category titles.

Two years later, veteran speedrunner Starwin came along and proposed some changes to help gain attention for the game, and this is a thread to collect his ideas and flesh them out in their own thread.

It doesn't help that the starting community didn't flesh out the rules very well (myself included in that, even though I came in a year later it was the first game I moderated). Despite that, not a lot of people run this game. Here's the quick and dirty: Dreadout is a fun game with a lot of personality.

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