Lightout offers the user a first-person view to explore an abandoned apartment. You will have to take part in a heavy psychological horror game that begins with the main character hearing a noise in the room. It seemed suspicious to him, so he decided to go inside. As it turns out, the protagonist will meet a maniac killer. Horrible events begin to happen in the apartment. Now the main character wants to leave the inhospitable building, but it will be very difficult to do so.Lightout offers the user to explore everything he can. This allows the main character to survive. As soon as the electric light goes out in the apartment, the protagonist immediately finds himself in mortal danger. At such a time, you need to do everything possible to avoid meeting the killer face to face. There are no extraneous sounds in the game, so the gamer can fully immerse himself in the gameplay. You can only hear the clicking of the camera shutter or approaching footsteps. You need to pay special attention to them. Therefore, extraneous sounds help the hero navigate the space and hide.The gameplay has the following characteristics:
- there are puzzles that are quite interesting;
- Some items that need to be found are small in size. Therefore, a lot of time can be spent searching for them;
- a maniac can be hiding around any corner or turn. This forces the protagonist to be very careful;
- events that cannot be explained using a scientific approach suddenly begin to occur;
- before such events begin, the main character needs to find out as much information as possible. This will help to find and expose the maniac.