Though the suspense ensured through the use of camera, language and pacing lends itself more generously to the Horror genre, Outcry is intelligent enough to rarely reveal anything beyond spookyness. Most of the tension in drawn in the players' own head, and Outcry delivers a very cerebral experience while actually presenting very little. There are problems that appear more in form than function, as with Outcry being a first-person presentation, panning the camera to a chosen point at a fixed and height and speed can be irksome, and moving in itself is an ordeal, a visual balance that looks good on paper but certainly doesn't lend itself to a bright monitor in a dimly lit room – as the game is best played.
Jason Codd: "Then obviously we've moved into our first console products as well which, I think for an independent publisher to have their first [Xbox] 360 product 14 months after first set-up is pretty efficient. We've got our own IP being developed on [Nintendo] DS and Wii as well at the moment, so we're very very excited about where we're going."
Resolution writes: "Outcry is a gorgeously stylised, hugely atmospheric and occasionally thought-provoking game. But it's too clumsy in its design, so teeth-grindingly, wall-punchingly difficult, to properly recommend. It breaks just about every rule of adventure game design that you can think of. But there's the odd moment where you kind of understand why it's doing so. It thrives through its obscurity. It gains respect for that.
As is the case with many games from weirdest Mother Russia, it's plainly obvious why this found popularity in its homeland. Equally, as is the case with many games from weirdest Mother Russia, it's pretty hard to stomach if you're not."
Mamba games are continuing to build retail support for their catalogue within the UK gaming market by making sure all retail avenues within the UK are established. Following the recent launch of their official website, Mamba has signed up Advantage Distribution to help them sell into independent retailers and online stores within the UK.
