Because It's Scary: An Outlast 2 Analysis

[@victorvilorn5964]

That loosing your glasses for a level woulda' been scary. It's like every glasses wearer's worse nightmare!

[@Ajehy]

IKR? I can barely navigate my HOUSE without them, let alone a dark, cult-filled murder forest! It could’ve been like that time in MGS3 when Naked Snake loses one eye. The rest of the game you lose a chunk of your right side vision in first-person mode, which isn’t crippling but definitely makes you feel the hero’s impairment. Hell, that torture scene got me more than all the brutality in Outlast 2 combined! Followed by a creepy dream sequence targeting the hero’s guilt and having to manually heal your own injuries (including digging a tracker out of your flesh)? It was agonizing and exciting and... I shouldn’t expect every game to be as creative as a Hideo Kojima game, but Outlast 1 came close.

[@seraslain962]

Having a section where you drop your glasses and can't find them with a dark environment and a series of unknown threats that leave you to your imagination while you look for your glasses would have been better.

[@fredo_credo5689]

its like when Miles lost his camera in outlast one for quite sometime! it really worked because you had the camera from the start and got used to night vision.

[@hugdeeznuttz3458]

Can confirm

[@Nobody-sh4pu]

i have a glass grade of 600/650 and this is true. losing glasses would be terrifying in a horror scenario

[@jovanaavramovic2485]

"God wants me dead? Okay" Come on. That one's good

[@nolanwazni3758]

like number check

[@carlossalinas7829]

Why does this have two comments

[@asovietplaytpus5828]

Make it three

[@jovanaavramovic2485]

@@carlossalinas7829 probably a glitch or something, youtube tends to do that

[@brexy9984]

@@carlossalinas7829 make it five

[@Elmo9001]

I never really realised it until you mentioned it early on but it is crazy how Miles Upshur and Waylon Park, if anything, manage to have stronger characterization through their notes that Blake does, despite Blake being fully voiced.

[@somedudewhodraws9377]

But see the problem is BLAKE NEVER SHUTS THE FUCK UP!

[@ptr_does_music7042]

I don't really get that argument. If you get past all the "fuck"'s and "shit"'s (which I'm pretty sure most people in his place would say, if anything), Blake's voice helps sprinkle some humour ("should have prayed for refrigeration") throughout the game, and vividly describe Blake's descent into madness just as effectively as in Outlast 1, if not more. Hence the way he starts messing up the names, and slowly mixing reality with the dream state he enters.

[@grigori5532]

@@ptr_does_music7042 The way I see it is that it was better in the first games because you felt like you were alone, you felt like you were there. In Outlast 2, since Blake is quite the talker (to say the least), tension is hardly ever built. Automatically, your brain makes you feel like "hey, me no worry, fuck man say fuck, so everything be fine". You didn't need Blake's lines to figure out he was going insane, or that he was being chased, or that this is a scary moment, or that "oh fuck, OH FUCK". Well, you get my point. They could've made the voiced protagonist something actually meaningful, but failed at it.

[@monochromedream-eatingbaku]

Honestly all the notes you need to understand Miles on a spiritual level is his note about Trager's death and another note of your choice, preferably one about another character's death. The contrast of the notes kills me every time. Miles when any character other than Trager dies: "This bitch tried to kill me but I still feel kinda bad tbh, maybe they're at least at peace now". Miles when Trager dies: "Haha fucker's dead, elevator go brrr brrrm"

[@bakerzane3055]

Monochrome Dream-Eating Baku Richard Trager can go f@&$ himself

[@tokutickler]

It's odd that Outlast 2 feels like a side story spin-off while Outlast Whistleblower feels more like a sequel.

[@badreedinedjellali1328]

a prequel dlc

[@JayRedGear]

@@badreedinedjellali1328 Technically, it would be a prequel, midquel and somewhat sequel

[@neoaguirre141]

@@JayRedGear quelception

[@badreedinedjellali1328]

or you kould play the dlc first and the game

[@TarwTarw]

@@badreedinedjellali1328 The DLC spoils a lot of the main game

[@laneylion]

Outlast 2 shows the most realistic representation of a school layout that I've seen in a horror game so far, that's all I like about the school parts.

[@house_cocoon]

You know your game's bad when the only complement you get on it is "the school looked like a school :/"

[@SnoopEastwood]

@@house_cocoon it isn't terrible

[@danielfenton1686]

Nah I saw a better one in an indie game but I forget the name of it

[@danielfenton1686]

Might have been Left Alone

[@house_cocoon]

@@danielfenton1686 It probably was, Left Alone was fucking insane with it's environments

[@VersusAlles]

You should make Because It's Scary into a series where you tear apart bad (and sometimes good) horror games

[@berniebroig8745]

Preach

[@Fundipped13]

And horror movies!

[@WTFisTingispingis]

Actually not a bad idea!

[@chedsalvia6270]

Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde nes game

[@thatmotivatedchris6749]

Agree

[@WithLoveDay]

Can't believe they based an entire game off of 5G towers...

[@SuperGoldShard]

But it’s fast tho

[@hajinka98_]

huh?

[@badreedinedjellali1328]

hopefully the new outlast game have nothing to do with relgien

[@funnyfella7463]

that 5G do be fast as fuck doe!!!!!!!!!

[@squegebol9016]

💀😆

[@Poggy]

A protagonist swearing in a horror game is like a laugh track in a sitcom.

[@danielford8373]

Never have I had such a revelation you are so right wtf

[@skuggikuwa8989]

The only reason the protag should swear (in a horror context here) in a game is when like a door closes behind them blocking them from where they came as a secondary audio cue. But then again laugh tracks serve some shows better

[@bigmiki2620]

So you're telling me, you would never curse when some scary shit is happening?

[@TheLcplBurkett]

Doesn’t narrating the blatantly obvious and swearing add realism? I can only speak for myself but when something startles me or whenever I get injured I audibly swear or scream. I also don’t think you have to be white protagonist male to make these reactions as they seem quite universal.

[@skuggikuwa8989]

@@bigmiki2620 Yeah "I" would if "I" was scared. Having the character do it for you is like the developer telling me I'm supposed to be scared right then and there. If it was scary then I'd be scared. Just like laugh tracks in sitcoms. You don't need to be told when to laugh, right?

[@leontrotsky9268]

As soon as I saw the catholic school bits I knew that it would definitely have a molesting plot line

[@DatcleanMochaJo]

It's funny how you say that but then people bitch that portraying the villain as trans is actually offensive to them.

[@badreedinedjellali1328]

that's because the are

[@kanjakan]

@@Kirgaby Basically, those dudes bad

[@Slendermən]

@@Kirgaby He probably isn't gay considering he solely raped women until he was caught.

[@Kirgaby]

@@Slendermən Oh, well. I don't know if I just wasn't aware of that detail or I forgot it, either way you have a point.

[@nicholaspeters1400]

So basically adding a voice to an Outlast character turns him into my Roomate when he plays any non single player game? Got it.

[@Mumstheturd]

LMFAOO

[@fussyharp9834]

funny guy...

[@domicide9598]

A funny original comment.

[@cr1mz075]

Your friend isn't playing the right single player games then

[@fossilgaming65]

Dark souls play through be like

[@dylanrichard747]

If only this game took place in the school the whole time with the colt taking over the school and you were sent to investigate and were trapped in the school and had to escape

[@PurposelessRabbitholes]

Holy fuck, I never thought about that, but man, that idea has some heavy potential. Blake's a journalistic investigator, and his small home town has been taken over by a local religious cult he was a part of as a young boy; he takes this opportunity to go back to the origin place of his trauma and confront the people who ruined his life and killed his innocent friend. But he soon discovers that this cult has gotten much, MUCH more extreme in the decades since he's been gone. You dig deeper, find the Murkoff connection, shit starts to unravel. Maybe Loutermilch is even still there and a part of the cult, having never been prosecuted for his crimes due to Blake's childhood fear and silence, as well as the religious cult's control over the town (they had influence, even back then before they became ravenous, insane, criminal zealots due to the influence of the radio towers). You make your way through this decrepit town throughout the game, heading towards the school the whole time, and the climax/final hour or two takes place in the cult-overtaken school where the twists are revealed... Damn. DAMN. WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T THEY DO THAT?!

[@Sm0k3turt]

Chainedlight 95 better game

[@JTtheMid]

I would've loved this. Wasted potential

[@kamikaxedashinigami4937]

@@PurposelessRabbitholes both of you have outlined a way better game

[@yerboytoad6458]

Loutermilch could be the head of the cult/final boss

[@burntastic7547]

My favorite miles note is when you kill trager and film it. "How to make trager juice: Step 1: squeeze"

[@Trickpants]

hahaha I never knew this, that's brilliant

[@OleksiyAntonkin]

Miles' humor is the best

[@badreedinedjellali1328]

this is the only part that let you kill same one

[@monochromedream-eatingbaku]

It never fails to make me laugh cuz it's the only note where he's Like That. Like sure, he still makes those kind of remarks and jokes ("Can't believe father Martin managed to one-up Jesus in shitty ways to die") but usually he follows up with something akin to feeling sorry or at least starts being serious.

[@burntastic7547]

@@monochromedream-eatingbaku ikr

[@trollzland1337]

Outlast: The Protagonist, after getting his fingers cut off by a psychopath scissor-wielding doctor, proceeds to kill said doctor with an elevator. Outlast Whistleblower: The Protagonist, shortly after nearly being castrated, is almost hung to death by some psycho groom guy before managing to break the scrap-built pully by struggling enough and managed to make an impaled mess of said groom Outlast 2: The Protagonist curses more than a socially inept middle schooler and flails his arms around until someone accidentally dies.

[@somedudewhodraws9377]

Proving the 1st one is surperior!

[@flarrythe1st624]

Not really standing up for outlast 2 since all I don't like any of them but tbh all of them just flail they're arms till something dies by pure circumstance and all of them easily get taken out by some skinny hobo who probably hasn't eaten in weeks and has like 12 diseases making it so that they couldn't be stronger then a rat that got trapped in a washing machine

[@mrreyes5004]

Outlast: Protagonist battles psycho doctor, giant man too big for any shirt, and demon ghost cloud after losing two fingers. Finally kills man controlling the ghost and becomes one with the ghost, killing the crazy German doctor that started this shit in the first place. Outlast Whistleblower: Protagonist squares off against crazy man with serious sexuality issues after nearly losing his balls (literally) and government jackass who gets torn apart by said demon ghost cloud. In the end, he impales the psycho groom, escapes and exposes the company that put him and the inmates through literal hell. Outlast 2: Protagonist tries to escape weird cult while swearing like a little bitch and ultimately failing to save his wife who he keeps mistaking for his childhood friend and amicably sees the leader of the cult kill himself despite said cult leader torturing his wife and only walking away with his wife's baby that may or may not even exist. Gets nothing done and doesn't contribute anything. Yeah... don't see how the hell Red Barrels thought Outlast 2 was going to be an upgrade to the originals, or how it got 9 out of 10 on Steam.

[@benfos8109]

They should call him Nathan Blake. Dude is fortunate as hell. Shit just kinda happens for him

[@MementoMori7777]

@@benfos8109 yeah, getting crucified, buried alive, attacked by people with syphilis and a nightmare monster hallucination sounds incredibly lucky.

[@JustGotHeated]

I think Outlast: Whistleblower was the series at its best. Best horror, scary ass villain, and a decent story.

[@Ruvikon]

NotBizzy which one? The cannibal or the Groom?

[@brendanobrien8380]

@@Ruvikon Groom

[@nabilbensafi]

Imo the main story was better than the dlc

[@jimmybuffettsr1157]

Nabil Bensafi I’d agree if it wasn’t for that ending. It left me so dissatisfied.

[@nabilbensafi]

@Chad Malto to me that ending was great ! The cliffhanger pushed me to the dlc ... smart move by Redbarells

[@Mondy667]

I'm a Catholic and even I saw that school twist a mile away

[@mint5438]

Same,but even without being a Calothic,just buy the guy's demeanor it's obvious he did that. Or... Is going *to* do that

[@forestgreengloves]

You being catholic would mean you’re more likely to know about that😂

[@hrodvithit]

As a Catholic shouldn't you be more aware than most?

[@johnriordan9083]

same lol "le very scary upside down crosses everywhere" ok beast settle down chief

[@themrfives]

Honestly you would have to be a really devout catholic to not see that coming. Like devout to the point of it becoming a fault.

[@justadreemurr8721]

"The story of outlast 2 is essentially a bunch of schizophrenic people on pcp in the middle of the woods trying to kill each other with sharp sticks, and you are stuck in the middle of that shit" - my favorite quote from Purposeless Rabbitholes

[@13legomania]

So just a regular day in the rural American southwest?

[@GirlWhoLovesTurtles]

I thought that it would have been a cool twist if Marta had actually killed Blake and that the player instead took control of Lynn. It would have shocked players and there would have been added fear at the idea that you were a pregnant woman running for your life.

[@supersquish5936]

That would be a good dlc as a twisted alternative reality

[@purplecotton6970]

@@supersquish5936 Lynn wasn't pregnant

[@handsomest1]

Giraffiroth make you a pregnant woman...0

[@supersquish5936]

@@purplecotton6970 after she gets taken to the church

[@TheChosennn]

Giraffiroth Lynn wasn’t actually pregnant. It was a hallucination bc those huge bright lights brainwashed and made the cult members and Blake hallucinate. Lynn was so far down in the mines that she didn’t get affected by those bright lights

[@thomaswelch1585]

you really dont like the guy walking into the lake, do you?

[@BigTek9]

It's Father Loutermilch from the school flashbacks.

[@KenzLovesMovies]

Masterspider5 _Why was he walking into the lake, anyway?!_

[@famtomerc]

@@KenzLovesMovies BECAUSE ITS SCARY

[@KenzLovesMovies]

@@famtomerc shiiiit, you right

[@elferson]

@@KenzLovesMovies no. its a reference to the father that raped the girl

[@songbird7539]

“Did... did you just... did you just try to scare me with... *JESUS?!* “

[@theKrabs_11]

Did... did you just... did you just try to make me laugh with.. *COMMENT?!* No I’m joking, the joke is funny in your comment and in the video

[@guilherme100099]

U would be scared if it was in GTA V and Twitch chat had control over your game.... *scared Kevin noises*

[@lavish263team5]

@@guilherme100099 *violent flashbacks to griefer jesus*

[@arkhamshade2198]

@@lavish263team5 or worse *extreme* griefer jesus

[@songbird7450]

Nice username that you have there

[@Oecobius33]

I love how the molestation monster straightup STEALS Freddy Krueger's "tongue over the phone" gag.

[@Carlos.Oliveira.Fan.]

Pretty sure it more of a homage or a reference not something stolen

[@Oecobius33]

@@Carlos.Oliveira.Fan. I'd buy that if the scene was less serious, but they play it like a serious scare that the player hasn't seen before (since a lot of younger players haven't). I'd also buy it if the overall game had more of an '80s slasher vibe or Freddy references. That said, it would've been hilarious if they went full tribute and had the molestor monster making a bunch of Freddy-esque quips and wisecracks while everything else is trying to be scary.

[@pyroshayniac1090]

Outlast two referenced a lot of classic horror movies. That one is pretty obvious, but when the shower starts raining blood, the clip you film is called "they're all gonna laugh at you." Referencing Carrie. Not to mention the direct reference to the blood hall in the Shining.

[@materuxermer4919]

@@pyroshayniac1090 indeed

[@rhemedyextract]

@@pyroshayniac1090 the shower raining blood is a reference to jess starting her period

[@goldgem2]

I blame PT for the trend of repeating cycles, after PT came out it was like EVERY horror game had to have a repeating scene.

[@Gamelover254]

Yeah the concept got old really fast. It was a boring concept to begin with. PT is majorly overhyped. Cool teaser for a game that was cancelled, but overall just walking through the same hallway 50+ times.

[@murtazarizvi368]

even the full PT/silent hill would have been shit if the whole game was just repeating areas. but one of the most annoying game was blair witch, which started good with the repeating areas better but the house was worst PT ripoff

[@zedgovos4914]

@@Gamelover254 Honestly, I think the ONLY reason the repeating hallway worked for PT was that it was Kojima. Most people can't really pull off a good repeating hallway (clearly, as we've seen in the time since then), but with Kojima in specific, his style and his ideas worked really well, which is why it was praised so highly. The eyes hallway, the creepy environment, the audio work. All of this directed by Kojima, a legend in gaming culture, in a new start to a classic horror series, was the paragon of Re-PT-ing Hallways (if you will), and all other games since then have simply failed to replicate the effect at worst, or make a pale imitation of the original at best.

[@unabletolocatethefunnyshut9644]

Murtaza Rizvi nah the full game wasn’t gonna be anything like the teaser from what I heard. PT is still a masterpiece tho

[@murtazarizvi368]

@@unabletolocatethefunnyshut9644 thats what i mean. i mean sure PT was great, never got the chance to play, but repeating areas with exploration would get boring.

[@herogrim2344]

7:12 had me dying. “Almost killed by a deformed giant. Looks like someone tried f***-start his head with a cheese grater.”

[@kzang386]

What does the "f-start his head with a cheese grater" part meant anyways? Is it just an oddly specific way of saying that Chris Walker is f'd in the head?

[@inthethroesof6467]

KZANG3 no he’s saying he looks ugly as shit

[@kzang386]

@@inthethroesof6467 oh lmao

[@sarcasticrobot1058]

Me too

[@Klosop]

@@kzang386 like being grated with a cheese grater

[@LightTrack-]

2:50 "Our main man snaps back to reality.." Me:"Oh, there goes gravity.."

[@mehmetcaneren4042]

Mom's spaghetti.

[@ShadowKamehameha32]

Lose yourself

[@queruba.]

My sexuality

[@jormungandrworldserpent6437]

Oh there goes rabbit

[@manjusingh9118]

He choked

[@wapowman]

Spoilers for 1, Whistleblower, and 2. I feel like Outlast 1 worked way more than 2 because of the characters. The settings in both were great and worked well, but in 1 the characters fitted the setting better. You were in an insane asylum and the characters were believably written to be insane, they talked like they were crazy, like they hadn’t intentionally been insane but were tortured to insanity, which was the plot. Outlast 2 makes the characters seem like a bunch of hippies just got really high on acid and mushrooms and then read the Bible. Although there were religious tones in 1, it also had a large sci-fi chunk in the plot. 2 is chock full of just blatant religion, the only sci-fi part being the radio wave towers. To add, in Outlast 1 and Whistleblower, you didn’t just run from your pursuers. You always were able to hide and use your wits to outmaneuver them. There was really only one forced chase scene I can think of in 1, right before you encounter Traeger. Furthermore, in 1 and Whistleblower, you fought back. With each of the main villains, you killed them. In 1, you made an effort to shut down the operation and get the police involved. You killed Billy and shut it down. Chris Walker died, the inmates got left behind. In Whistleblower you killed that groom guy and got your revenge on the people who trapped you there. Sorry for the long comment, have a good day!

[@XxJackGriffinxX]

What do you mean “fight back” a person being occasionally killed while you try to escape from them isn’t fighting back

[@o_ver2.094]

@@XxJackGriffinxX you squeezed trager

[@tomas_nehyba]

@@o_ver2.094 it wasnt miles intention. He just wanted to escape in elevator, not kill Trager. The Death of Trager was side product.

[@someorclad9738]

@@o_ver2.094 Yep. Good old Trager juice. Better than them lemonades.

[@TheCybercoco]

Nothing wrong with religious content in games, but if you're going to refer to real religions, then you should at least try to make it accurate. I can assure you none of the people of Temple Gate ever picked up a Bible, and Knoth probably preferred it that way. Yes, it was a cult (and inspired by a real like cult), but calling them Christians was just silly.

[@Toshkii]

I cannot COPE with Jessica's braid clipping through her neck lmaooo Amazing video though :)

[@05killaz]

I’ve played it so many times but it never happened to me

[@sharkace1740]

500th like

[@locksmith898]

"I don't know how we're gonna get out of this one!" *Cross stabs the villain in the chest* "THANKS JESUS!"

[@ifeelverydead9180]

The guidance on this game is pointless

[@ifeelverydead9180]

Oh and you're interviews are useless

[@satanjesse]

jesus just flying trought the sky over you "YOURE WELCOOOMEEEEE" then he fucking gives you a thumbs up

[@QuikVidGuy]

@@satanjesse I read it like that "Watch your language" vine

[@milesupshur4179]

Miles Upshur and Claude Speed, two characters so badass they dont need to say a single word. they get you with their charm

[@oH_._]

And thats whats beautiful about the character(s). No voices needed, just actions and (somewhat) charisma.

[@0kelvin474]

And Isaac Clark... in the first DS

[@TheRealAgentZero6]

I’ll never be more dead than i was when i seen the rape monster doing the coldest milly rock i ever witnessed

[@lofibby7145]

this is what i said when playing through, how can be scared of a monster milly rocking towards me?

[@smtxs9274]

My sides

[@imnotusingmyrealname4566]

doing the what?

[@ramenpoodles699]

⁠@@imnotusingmyrealname4566milly rock

[@LouSassoleSledgecock_III]

This sentence was written by a black person 😂

[@DogMechanic]

The twist wasn't that Jessica was molested and murdered, it's that Blake never did anything about it. In horror, it's not shocking that bad people in positions of power do bad things. It's shocking that good people witness it and do nothing, or turn out to be the one who's ethics and actions are questionable. Nobody is shocked when Jason axes somebody. People *are* shocked when one of those teens shoves their friend over and basically sacrifices them to Jason, though. That said, still not a very good game.

[@5050TM]

It would've been shocking if he actually had the power to do something but chose not to. Really not much a kid could've done in that situation.

[@teddybearpaladin]

Here’s my counter argument: James not doing anything as kid about it is meaningless. At no point in Outlast 2 is the character ever given the choice between helping someone or walking away. Furthermore, the idea a child having bystander syndrome is nothing new in storytelling or reality. And more to the point, him doing nothing as child has no relevance to the story. It doesn’t make us rethink the main characters actions or motivations for doing them, it doesn’t give new context on the events of the game, and it is completely gratuitous. You could have left those sections out of the game and you’d be no more or less confused by the end of the game for it.

[@DogMechanic]

I mean, you're correct, but I never said the twist was well-written. It is badly done.

[@MementoMori7777]

@@teddybearpaladin you mean blake?

[@ryanschultz6406]

Samael Cain Yes. I just didn’t care enough for the story to go back to learn his name. I hold this game’s story in contempt and won’t find any joy in observing it further. Your comment has lead to me watching the video again, so I guess I’m not that apathetic.

[@hell0zer0]

I remember picking up that note on the lake and thinking "oh, so that's what is happening", and then 15 seconds later "DID THAT HIDDEN NOTE JUST EXPLAINED THE WHOLE FUCKING GAME???"

[@matrix255]

While I think Outlast 2 is a complete mess, it looks amazing. Consider this game still uses Unreal 3, Red Barrels Studio did some black magic to pull this kind of visual stunning using such an old engine.

[@justinsmith3121]

Armando Vera Damn, I thought they upgraded to UE4 for it, crazy

[@AchiragChiragg]

The only other Unreal engine 3 game that looks as good is Arkham Knight

[@productions-lx3qh]

@@AchiragChiragg MK11 too

[@AchiragChiragg]

@@productions-lx3qh can't believe MK11 runs on UE3. I'm assuming Injustice 2 also runs on the same considering it's developed by Netherrealm too

[@productions-lx3qh]

@@AchiragChiragg I know right there is still so much more life in this engine that it's not even funny.

[@KenzLovesMovies]

Didn’t fully realize Val and Marta we’re separate villains until now. I remember thinking the two were just 1 entity

[@dripchungus]

Tree dude vs Crazy woman with stick

[@maxsync183]

Yeah but to be fair nobody would really confuse them lol. For all it's flaws, they couldnt be more different lol

[@KenzLovesMovies]

@@maxsync183 If I watched Outlast 2 gameplay again, or played it myself, I would probably more easily spot the difference -- but I'm telling you, at the time, I really thought they were the same person. Couldn't tell you how I managed to get them confused.

[@ErinJeanette]

The montages of him swearing and saying Lynn LMAO

[@m3wy_m4n45]

I'm pretty sure blake's vocabulary is only curse words and Lynn

[@Ajehy]

It’s like a really foul-mouthed version of a certain anime I fondly remember... “INUYASHA!” “KAGOMEEEEEEE!”

[@ALph4cro]

Reminds me of montages of Finn saying Rey LMAO

[@materuxermer4919]

@@ALph4cro ?

[@ALph4cro]

@@materuxermer4919 Finn got reduced from a main character to the character just screaming ''Rey'' through the whole sequel triology.

[@SCHAAAD]

I agree with everything, however, I love how when the baby is born, Blake says there is nothing there. If you go back to the first game, the reason there is no female patients is because the machine makes the females have phantom pregnantcies ( no idea how to spell that.) and they always end up dying. Just like Lyyyynnnn

[@Naomi-gr7fm]

*perganancies 👀

[@Gamelover254]

The baby also had no shadow

[@SCHAAAD]

Gamelover254 ooo never noticed

[@dclark6029]

How come Marta wasn’t affected before? Or that crazy lady with the huge knife that was singing beautifully?

[@Crow4k-p7i]

lynn said theres nothing there your opinion is invalid bc of this error im telling mom

[@ishkajules]

Jessicas hair clipping wildly through her neck was more disturbing to me than anything else in the game

[@someorclad9738]

Yep. That shit was straight up Eldritch horror. Murkoff ain't got shit on that hair. I bet it was that clipping that drove our boy Blake to insanity.

[@spaghetto9836]

LOL 💀💀

[@DGneoseeker1]

Wait, his wife died in imaginary childbirth? She didn't actually die? Was she even there? If she did die, what killed her?

[@mariesummers.]

@Baby Blue - She died because her body went into shock, unable to handle the hallucinated pain of childbirth and the battering it endured throughout the game on top of the fact that the lack of a child suggested none of what she experienced actually happened. It was likely an overload of information that she couldn't process. To clarify, I don't have a canon source to confirm this, as it's just what I reasoned, so I might be wrong.

[@badreedinedjellali1328]

what makes the game not scary is that nothing is real

[@harryunderwood9387]

The shock from the false birth likely induced a coma, possibly putting so much stress on Lynn that she later had heart failure from increased blood pressure (I know there's a casual relationship at best between stress and blood pressure, but I'm grasping at straws here). Pseudocyesis can cause hormonal changes, so it's not unheard of physical changes in the body, actual fetal production notwithstanding. See, having an explanation like "it was a hallucination" isn't the worst part - it is a bad cop-out, don't get me wrong. Instead it's more about how these explanations either aren't present in the game itself or are so off the beaten path that you have to break the flow of the game to reach them, making it feel less natural. Yes, some details should remain obscured for the sake of the audience's imagination, but there's a difference between a subtle, lingering worry and a pervading missing detail...

[@mariesummers.]

@@harryunderwood9387 - That last paragraph there explains one of my biggest issues with the game. How and why did anyone let the game get finalized without making sure the players would at least find enough information to have a basic understanding of what was happening? There's so many crucial details that many players missed because they had to go to some arbitrary location that was out of the way in order to stumble across them. Extra details? Fine, go ham and make the player work or explore out of the way for them. The things that explain the backbone of a game wherein everything is a hallucination interwoven with other hallucinations? No, put that stuff where the player is bound to see unless their own negligence gets in the way.

[@humanperson1835]

@@mariesummers. ikr? Like Little Nightmares and Inside are both games that contain literally zero dialogue. And yet you can still piece things together in the end, even if it takes a while. How come did a game with notes, dialogue, and cutscenes provide less information than games that have none of those things?

[@uwu1234-i6j]

Sad that a protagonist whose dialogue consists entirely of grunts, screams, and notes(two of them)has more personality than the protagonist who actually speaks his thoughts. Then again, Miles and Waylon also beat Blake in that department with their stories. Miles Upshur, a private investigator journalist who was fired for leaking information of the war in Afghanistan gets an email about sketchy experiments being performed on mentally ill patients. He is dead set on documenting everything through video recording and his cynical notes, fights his way through in hopes of escaping. Then becomes the new host of the Walrider wrecking Murkoff's shit and goes into the world doing whatever, a mystery. Waylon Park, a software engineer who is a husband and father with debts agrees to work with Murkoff. He gets captured by said company for emailing a journalist about the shit they were doing forcing him to become one of their hundreds of guinea pigs. He somehow survived the hell that is Mount Massive and fucks over Murkoff by uploading everything he recorded. Blake whatever his last name is, the cameraman for his wife with a dark past, gets thrown into Jonestown, and then fucks off and dies because...fuck you that's why.

[@Villalobito]

I like this but Blake doesn’t die he just becomes insane at the end

[@TheSkycania]

Actual endings: Miles dies when shot and billy takes over his body in the form of the walrider Waylon burns his home down, lives on the run, and two murkoff agents upload fake radical theorist videos and blogs under his name making him seem crazy and falsifying his footage Blake gets blinded by the flash of light at the end caused by the walrider controlling ants (I’m not joking...) and is then tortured by the murkoff corporation. Isn’t that nice? So much better... isn’t it... Oh and there was no baby it was a thing caused by the morphogenic engines like why there were no females at mount massive

[@lefthandersrule9419]

I'm your 100th like

[@infinityhand6569]

@@TheSkycania Billy didn't kill Miles. You watch Billy die in a horribly graphic way. He just buried the Walrider into Miles right before actually dying

[@kungfuvoodoo9889]

The grunts and screams of pain are enough for a first person protagonist in a survival horror game, like the video said, we're the ones IRL making the "oh fuck fuck fuck" expressions for the character, but the parts of the game where the protagonist gets injured or mutilated we're not the ones feeling the pain firsthand so it's to be expected that they scream so that we know we're worse for wear which could have terrifying consequences (i.e. the part in Whistleblower where you sprain your ankle and thus move slower in the following chase sequences with the groom).

[@jasonfenton8250]

The biggest "because it's scary" moment I've encountered so far was that bit where you get out of the barn across that narrow beam. Just as you're about to get out, a cultist sends that hanging body back at you and knocks you out of the barn into a pile of gore. I was ready for him to jump down after me and chase me, but I guess he just wanted to prank me and then let me go.

[@FrankBlaskovich]

tbf you did get pranked for his YT AND he got the victims pov from your camera

[@FrogEnjoyer17]

* Tony Stark Voice * Tell me her name again Blake: *LYYYNNNNN*

[@mrreyes5004]

*WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME!?!?!*

[@mflomein3952]

The one thing I loved about the original outlast was his notes that u wrote down. It made me really feel for the character and is one of the best thing about the entire game.

[@lightninggoat0209]

How to make trager juice Step one: squeeze

[@warlord4thewitness]

HOW TO MAKE TRAGER JUICE STEP 1) SQUEEZE

[@inthedeadhours]

Id say the school story is actually incredibly important though poorly executed. There is a major underlying theme of trauma as well as the abuse of power, many of the villains in the present were abused in the same way depicted in the school segments including Marta. Blake is repressing his memories of Jessica's death in the same way that the towns people are repressing their fears and underlying urges towards violence. All of this is brought to the surface by the radio tower as another experiment by the Merkhoff corp from the first game. The game isnt as much about religion being bad as how it is used as a tool for evil by evil people. As far as the bathroom scene Blake is remembering how the priest was singing that song to him in order to let Blake know that Lautermilch knows what he saw. Its a veiled threat to keep Blake in check which in the end works and as such has led to Blakes repressed trauma at not being able to save his friend or even tell anyone. Blake coming to terms with this is what gives him the strength to (temporarily) save Lynn. Thats my take on it anyway.

[@mrreyes5004]

What messed it all up was the execution. It wasn't poorly executed, it was *horribly* executed. As in, it seems the devs didn't even *try* to do it right, they just slapped a bunch of cutscenes and ideas into it and hoped people would miraculously be psychics and find it out with zero connecting evidence. Big example, that absolutely idiotic choice to put the note revealing that Murkoff and its radio towers were behind the cult's (and later, Blake's) madness in a completely sectioned off and easy-to-miss part of the lake area that is already easy to breeze by without players noticing anything extra. That'd be like if Kojima put the revelation that Metal Gear Solid's Solid and Liquid Snake being twin brothers cloned from Big Boss in a secret note in an optional and hard-to-get section of the game that's incredibly easy to ignore; both revelations are pretty much to whole reason the plot even exists as well as how the main characters progress, so why have them in a place that's super easy for players to not know exist after an entire playthrough? And that note is placed near the end of the game, no less, where players are ready to end the game after seeing Blake go through so much torture by these flat and one-dimensional villains. A vast majority of people playing the game likely never saw the note's existence and are left wondering why Knoth, his followers and Blake ended up as total nutjobs with little to no connection to the original game. About the school flashbacks tying into the story's theme of power abuse, that's done just as poorly. There's little that actually connects the school flashbacks to the main story of Blake running from cultists. The theme of power abuse is not only thickly hidden (Knoth literally only appears in two cutscenes, and Laird and Nick were more annoying than anything else), but the Loutermilch sub-plot is only vaguely attached to the rest of the game and is never brought up in the current time other than Blake mistaking Lynn for Jessica, which is *never* resolved. Yes, the connection is there, but its incredibly vague and subtle to the point that players can only find it if they directly go out of their way and look hard for it, which I highly doubt many did. The ending that supposedly ties into Blake's repressed trauma also makes little sense. If it gave Blake strength, what was the point of Lynn dying anyway? That life isn't fair? Gee, like we didn't know that in the entire span of the franchise comprised of tortured freaks causing havoc in insane asylums and cult villages. It's loosely connected at best, and almost totally nonexistent at worst to the average player. If that was the moral, then they royally screwed the pooch on that. EDIT: Fixed a piece of information that I worded wrong.

[@aresx666]

straight killing it with these videos my dude

[@zoe-zz9qz]

20:01 He's about to hit the wildest nae-nae in the west.

[@Nnyandmmy]

Underrated comment 😭😭

[@gremlinwithstickyhands3704]

Fuck I woke up my whole house after reading this it’s 11pm fuck

[@anklesabridged1349]

He milly rockin

[@materuxermer4919]

?

[@itschaos007]

*Nae* *NAE*

[@vaas_3735]

You managed to keep my attention for 30 minutes witout me checking ONCE how much until the end. You are a legend. Please make more videos like this one.

[@Major233179]

1:20 It's not an air-plane, it's a helicopter 0/10 literally unwatchable (Jk, love your videos man)

[@jaspernutmeg2661]

3:01 That's a tree, not a cross. Last time I invite him over for fish fillets.

[@nathanielreik6617]

Said so many times at the beginning so I won't put a specific timestamp, Lynn was his wife not his girlfriend.

[@GraveKommander]

Got me so triggered... i think he did it on purpose :D

[@malikphillips4794]

This video is so quotable!!

[@PurposelessRabbitholes]

Appreciate it! I will admit I am still proud of some of these zingers almost three years later lol

[@fobo3361]

I feel like if you want a "because its scary" crutch, you gotta do it like silent hill did, because you can have almost all the scary stuff you want, while having it still be cool and have meaning behind it

[@sevbunnie8575]

Except silent hill has intense atmosphere the horrors of real life and wonderful character development and touches on psychological issues I love that series sm 😭

[@fobo3361]

@@sevbunnie8575 yeah, even if you have great flexibility in what you can add you still gotta be smart

[@komerihimura]

​@@fobo3361plus silent hill itself was an entity like the overlook hotel in the shining, that's what made it so scary. The place can conjure people, monsters, while also shifting the environment depending on the individual's trauma and experiences. But it is also consistent like with the fog world and the otherworld. These people were just blasted with so much 5G that nothing makes sense anymore and the reality in this game was just as nonsensical as the hallucinations.

[@odiesilla7463]

He lost his glasses once and now super glued it on his head

[@GodzillaMendoza]

This has to be one of my absolute videos of yours so far. I think you perfectly summarized how much this game didn't know what it was going for and left the player feeling empty and unsatisfied. I think you could have been harder on the gameplay though, because this game being so goddamn linear and pre-scripted made me consider turning it off about 15 times playing it. Every enemy encounter boils down to -Enemy spawns at end of narrow corridor -You hide in barrel on side of corridor -Enemy walks past or gets bored -You leave barrel -enter next room -repeat and I was so livid from how stifling and boring that was to play that I wanted to give up on it entirely, but I had major hopes the story would do something interesting at the end to make it all worth it. But that part you got covered... Anyway, everyone should skip this game and play Resident Evil 7 instead if you want a scary first person game where insane martyr farm people (who have been turned evil due to run off from a corporate experiment) chase you around in rickety houses and scary woods all night long.

[@анж-ц9ь]

i had the same feelings with both games 🤧

[@thehairylarry]

Fancy meeting you here

[@seamuswalker6879]

hey i know you

[@panonymousbloom5405]

"Ready to release my inner Ryan Reynolds" should be a shirt tbh.

[@DerVasto]

Nothing beats the pseudo-casual tension from "Dr." Traeger, except the Groom. I love Traeger´s voice, his casual approach, the calm lines of insane monologue he holds. And the fact that he just cut off your fingers to sell´em on eBay or shit.

[@SydonieRowe]

For me, I don't mind Blake's voice acting or his swearing. I think it's somewhat more realistic considering his situation. Plus he does have a few funny lines. But the main issue I have with it is that it kills the fear factor for me. The reason why Outlast 1 and Whistleblower were more impactful with the silent protagonist is it makes me feel that I'm alone. Like I'm the only one that screaming, shouting, swearing. Like I'm the only one experience more fear that the protagonist themselves, who only sound I get from them is a grunt or groan of pain. It gives me this sense of paranoia. But with Outlast 2, sure it's nice to hear someone else, but it removes that sense of paranoia for me. Like I shouldn't feel too scared because this guy that cuss more than a sailor is with me and feels the same as me, so I'm not alone and not completely powerless. And since one of the core themes of the game, or at least I believe, is powerlessness since you can't fight back and can only run, hide, or die, it makes the gaming experience a bit off. But that's just my opinion. Maybe the game wasn't meant to provoke paranoia. Maybe the voice acting makes the game scarier because while the protagonist cuss like a middle schooler, you still have this feeling of dread because having someone else being aware that this situation is fucked up doesn't make things better. I don't know, but I'm open to others' input.

[@mylittlegamer1pony331]

wasn't meant to provoke paranoia but stress

[@counsellor_718]

Blake's voice gave me a sense of comfort. Like you said, hearing someone else swear makes you very aware that you're not 'alone' in the game, which is great if you're the type that can't handle horror. But then, the point of horror is to scare the life outta you, so.... Yeah, could have done without the unnecessary voice acting

[@layceelay5382]

Honestly the greatest thing about Blake's monologue and the reason why they even put it in the game was to show how badly Blake is losing his mind. Bring up the game again and replay the footage that was RECORDED on camera. Most of it shows that he isn't actually saying he was saying in game or making much sense. The clips at the school weren't even recorded and you hear blake swearing they really happened. The only reason Red Barrels does anything is to fuck with people psychologically. The entire series is pretty much a gonzo journalist's nightmare/wetdream. Why does nobody get that?

[@layceelay5382]

@@counsellor_718 His voice gave you a sense of comfort? Good thing you never rewatched the recordings on his camera. Lmao

[@L1z43vr]

@@layceelay5382 First off, the heck’s a gonzo journalist? Second, the frig do you mean “The entire series is a gonzo journalist’s wetdream”? There’s only been 2 games and a DLC for the game, the most you can argue is that it’s a survivor horror game, because that’s what the game is, not some weird gonzo journalist thing, where in the name of Slifer the Exec. producer did you get that from?

[@RunonTales]

I remember being really bored watching playthroughs of this game because it just seemed SUPER repetitive. Like you walk around a bit, do a thing, enemies chase you, escape, and repeat or something like that. Very predictable and very bland

[@ravenfrancis1476]

That's most horror games nowadays tbh

[@SuxMenner]

That was the case for the first game too, but the difference is that the first one was made way back when horror games were actually pretty simple and lacking things that some new ones of today now have, when Outlast 2 came out I also really got bored of it fast, the way people saw horror games was different after the years of Outlast's 1 release, so for me that's the main reason it got boring quick.

[@F1rstResponder]

I'm surprised with how alone I seem to be in my enjoyment of this game. I loved Outlast 2, I thought it was great. I had a lot of fun watching the Play Pals episodes of it too.

[@KETAMINE...]

@@F1rstResponder Yeah, me too! this guys just love to complain. They should be programmers or horror film directors.

[@ZchinoZ94]

@@F1rstResponder But they also hated it too? They went off before on Twitter and I think Off Topic 47 or 48 that it was just a mess of a game and said what this guy has been saying more or less (school setting being overbearing, story having no lasting impact, etc.). One thing I didn't see anyone note on regarding Play Pals is their focus on story and not being "spoiled." After the end of the 1st Outlast, Michael was happy he wasn't spoiled on the ending or the story in general, and that kind of stuck with me. If I were to know about both games from endings alone, I'd pick the sci-fi theme of experiments over the religious cult any day.

[@DarkSkinDoffy]

As a person who wears glasses, you won't ever truly know how terrifying it is to lose your glasses and not be able to find them; especially if you're near sighted.

[@Our_Remedy]

Imagine if this game started with your mouth being stitched or fused shut. Wouldn't that be messed up and terrifying

[@nottechytutorials]

Like Scorn.

[@Ajehy]

The upside-down Cross in the logo tipped me off that this game wasn’t going to be great. St. Peter’s Cross is NOT an occult or satanic symbol. Peter the Apostle asked to be crucified upside-down because he didn’t feel worthy of dying like Jesus did. If you’re going to base so much of your game on religion and religious imagery, do your god-damned research!

[@jaymills6691]

Who cares?

[@Ajehy]

JAY SAVAGE - Nerds like me :P (At least the 44 who upvoted this)

[@ashleyno7481]

@@Ajehy Make that 45. Thanks for the interesting factoid!

[@UnitingMilk]

@@jaymills6691 me

[@jaymills6691]

@@Ajehy I'm not talking about the fact, that's interesting. But a little mistake in the game's logo doesn't matter lol.

[@T-MOTH]

Daphne from Scooby Doo’s last name is Blake

[@T-MOTH]

Guy Mcface you think its a coincidence?

[@dragonmist9963]

@@T-MOTH It's definetly not a coincidence. Loses glasses like velma. Runs away from monsters and people like Shaggy and Scooby. Some how makes things work somewhat like Fred. Is generally useless like Daphne. It's an ode to Scooby-Doo.

[@averygarrett9716]

Every time you ask "Why is it raining blood?" a lead singer of Slayer dies.

[@pogga1621]

outlast 2 just didnt have the same tension as outlast 1 or whistleblower

[@norwegianboyee]

I disagree, i felt scared almost the whole game through, mostly at the predominantly atmospheric parts such as the lake or the heretic mines. But i tend to really immerse myself in the games i play, so maybe that is why.

[@pyroshayniac1090]

I dunno, I was filled with dread whenever I heard Marta jabbering away in the distance. But she isn't memorable like Eddie or Chris.

[@tentend321]

@@adiris8827 There was Amnesia and Penumbra and more great games when it came out...

[@djandjb1]

Skarlet I’m sorry, wtf? First off, no, if you actually believe this game had brought anything new “at the time”... you just weren’t aware of what was going on in horror games back then. This game has literally been derivative since it was first announced because Amnesia and Prenumbra both predated this series. But aside from the FOs aesthetic, really, what do YOU think this game brought to the scene that was necessary? That really made a difference for horror in a positive way? Have you ever even played games like Siren/I have no mouth and must scream? Games need real horror, not this goofy ass “Spooky Psych Ward/Hospital” game B.S. with a narrow tube we’ve seen 1000 times..

[@tentend321]

@@djandjb1 Amnesia and Penumbra made horror games more popular. I know you like Psychological Horror, but this is not the only genre.

[@kristofferadrian7377]

There was supposed to be actual fight between Martha and Val, where Martha kills them. IDK why they took it out, it could have been a lot better than just...meh.

[@drvincemd]

Cut audio suggests Val sexually harasses Marta as she's dying or something along the lines of that

[@JellyOnAPancakeAyyyy]

@@drvincemdJesus-

[@anfernycrab8029]

So was I the only one who liked this game? I had fun but I did dislike the fact that the story was kinda hidden. I had no idea that Murkoff was involved until I looked it all up. I really enjoy the chases too actually.

[@madelinehill7442]

No, I enjoyed it, too. I do agree with most points brought up in the video, but that doesn't negate the fact that it was still a scary, fun experience for me the first time around

[@marcoswide]

Yeah I agree, I play a horror game to be scared, not to have the most profound story ever, and it did scare me, so I don’t need anything else

[@ryansmith9104]

I liked it too. I feel this Outlast was way more scary than the first one.

[@Glitchy1988]

I didn't like like it as much as the first and whistleblower but I still thought it was worth playing. The next game however is looking to be a real garbage fire since shoving multiplayer into horror games is making a comeback. I completely lost interest in the next outlast game and monstrum 2, hopefully the kinda recently announced next amnesia game won't have multiplayer.

[@Ryan-cs3uc]

I’ll even add to that and say I liked the school sections. I dreaded being brought back into the school because it had the scariest parts in the game for me. Granted I’m not a experienced outlast player, I never played the 1st game so I’m sure that heavily effects why I liked the 2nd one so much. It’s plot is pretty incoherent but honestly that just adds to the experience for me. I kinda like horror games where u don’t really know what’s going on while ur playing it, it’s what made PT so effective although PT clearly did it all much better

[@LacerationGravity]

to answer your question: yes, making a character whose only traits are “sexual predator” and “trans woman” is not only bland but also.. pretty bad when you think about the real life consequences of this trope

[@mushymcmushington7176]

The worst part is that we know the answer as to why they made that character trans; "Because it's scary"

[@VaderTheWhite]

Yeah, it is really really bad and I don't know why the fuck this is still a fucking trope.

[@kungfuvoodoo9889]

Meh, I think they have the freedom of expression to design characters like this if they want and I don't buy the whole "real life consequences" argument since I'm pretty sure most normal people don't care about trans people if they have never had any real life negative interactions with them. But that said, I agree that character was pretty one-dimensional, which I mean you can pretty much say about every character in this.

[@VaderTheWhite]

@@kungfuvoodoo9889 As someone who actually IS a trans woman, trust me, there ARE real life consequences to this trope.

[@misaeltoral508]

LadyVader1138 Such as...?

[@3xplisit]

I felt like outlast 2 was a big disappointment. The enemy encounters did not feel as threatening like they did in the first one and whistleblower. Especially the witch that would follow you around just didn't seem as threatening as "chris" just hunting you down in this dark asylum. Whistleblower (i feel) was even better than the orginal game and felt like outlast 2 could've added to that but fell short... It's been a while since i played it but i remember very clearly feeling disappointed.

[@penisparkerdeviloflamps7979]

I think Leutermilch is closer to Chris. Much scarier than the other enemies and you can be sure of it you'll see them more than you'd like to. The heretics were also pretty well-done. But otherwise I agree, the rest was comparably weak

[@3xplisit]

@@penisparkerdeviloflamps7979 yea man, i just remembered the whole school part was well done. Atmosphere was on point, i was actually intrested and was scared in those parts. Like I'm not against the idea the went for with whole "farm horror" with the religion being a theme. Just think they didn't execute that part well.

[@3xplisit]

Yea man it's a lot of little things that just made the sequel fall short and made the original so great.

[@binnysan]

you must have played on easy then.

[@3xplisit]

@@binnysan not even close baby. Joking aside, i don't get your defense. Playing on whatever difficulty won't change the atmosphere of the game. Yea it'll be easier and would mess up the tension in terms of difficulty and challeng but it wont make or break the game. A game should be good how ever you experience it

[@PCPSavedMyLife2013]

_"Aw Jesus, should've prayed for refrigeration."_ - Blake Langermann

[@matthew1882]

You know if his dialogue was witty unhinged humour in the face of disgusting horror it might've been interesting but he's 50% self serious moaning 25% "FUCCK" and 20% "LYNNNNNNN!".

[@m_uz1244]

@@matthew1882 EXACTLY! He's such a useless and unbelievably stupid guy. If he was cracking jokes a lot more often and didn't really say anything else at least it would've added something to the game, albeit it may have made it somewhat less scary.

[@necksnapper3575]

Outlast 1: *music comes on* ... wait what? *realization* *OHSHITPLEASEDONTKILLME* Outlast Whistleblower: *Music comes on* *NONONONONONONO NOT AGAIN PLEASE WHY HELP ME OH GOD* Outlast 2: *music comes on* ... where's the mon- oh wait I'm dead.

[@scorpionhasashi00]

NothingExotic monster probably

[@benjenkins3220]

Dude you deserve so much more views this is quality (albeit very long) content!!!

[@benjenkins3220]

​@Chips Handon Subjective.

[@Hwaigon]

Watch Mauler's critique on Outlast one. That's some long content, I'll tell ya.

[@benjenkins3220]

@@Hwaigon 10 PARTS???? BRUH WHY XDD

[@Belodias]

the music's pretty great too. samuel laflamme did a great job. if only the game was as good as its score.

[@Belodias]

@Javier Yeah. I definitely like the Bernard-Herman-esque music of the first game more than the second game's soundtrack. It was soft and beautiful when it had to be, but also very violent at times. But I also really dig the non-orchestral approach Samuel Laflamme made on this one. There were multiple times I found myself bobbing my head to the chase music as I was being chased down. Good stuff.

[@UponDemise666]

The first Outlast was great, although I believe that "The Whistleblower" DLC is the absolute best & purest form of Outlast to date. The sequel was far too long winded & abysmally obtuse in damn near every single facet of the story & game itself... the best part of the game is the fact that everything that happens/happened in Outlast 2 is because of yet another malicious scientific experiment & the analysis of the fallout (both intentional & collateral). But seeing as the player has to really explore the literature & play detective. Which can be unintentionally avoided throughout an entire play through

[@lok4890]

Wait a sec whistleblower the best? Not in a million years. That thing is short af and doesnt scare at all. Literally, i am the actual definition of an easily scared coward, and whistleblower didnt make me feel scared nor tense in any moment.

[@UponDemise666]

LoK Whistleblower is the best & most refined Outlast experience is what I said. The full length game is phenomenally amazing & I loved every second of it... that being said I wasn’t the biggest fan of the “do this 3 times” mechanic the game implored over & over again. It became a chore that made the stalking enemies more of an annoyance rather than a black hole of panic-inducing fear (let’s see, there’s: 3 generators, 3 water-spigots, 3 fuses, 3 terminals to be destroyed etc.)!!!!! Whistleblower was more cinematic & facilitates a “push-forward” mentality that’s someone in the protagonists situation WOULD be in, seeing as it’s an ESCAPE game. He also understands what is going on inside Mount Massive (or @ least a vague idea) & therefore detective work takes a backseat to a feeling of panic while desperately looking for the next exit to get the fuck out of that asylum.

[@lok4890]

@@UponDemise666 good points. Is still too short for my taste.

[@UponDemise666]

LoK I agree on it being too short, completely! If only it had another 2-4hrs added to it, a lil more Walker was needed as well.

[@m_uz1244]

@@UponDemise666 I know it's 6 months late but I don't personally think whistleblower would've benefitted that much from being a lot longer. For me it was already an incredibly scary experience and it felt so gratifying to finally be let out after the Gluskin chapter. I think if there was somehow more to the game after the Gluskin part it'd just feel like a downgrade seeing as nothing would ever really be as scary. Although maybe if they added more stuff into the game between the escape from the radio tower and the Gluskin part then I think that'd be pretty good, but it's important to remember that at the time Red Barrels were still basically indie and so they probably didn't have near the budget necessary to make a longer sequel for a game that was already not that long, especially considering it's just DLC.

[@eternalmiasma5586]

Trans community: can we please have representation Game companies: we have representation at home Representation at home: Val

[@br9760]

Accurate, no less lol

[@pioneer5400]

Trans and in the gaming community?🤣

[@weirdferretthing]

@@pioneer5400 Uh, yeah? The two communities aren't mutually exclusive?

[@pioneer5400]

@@weirdferretthing what you trynna say?

[@weirdferretthing]

@@pioneer5400 That I'm confused by why you'd think trans people wouldn't be gamers.

[@DuelaDent52]

I was really disappointed over how they handled Lynn. She could have been a lamp and nothing would have really been different. Apart from that, I think I liked the game more than you did, but I see where you’re coming from.

[@raiorai2]

Female love interests in a nutshell

[@NrettG]

I really enjoyed Outlast 2 as well. Is it as good as the ones before? Hell No. Is it really good by adding new features and mechanics to itself? YES. I love the use of the sound and recorded moments feature. But I feel like Outlast worked better in a confine space as opposed to a open field. The corn was amazing but just felt confusing and lacking on where to go besides running towards the light.

[@jaexkenshin5993]

@@NrettG yes I agree with you I was so lost on the second one just running around while is in the first one I had more of an idea on where to go I did like the mic mechanic but I honestly didn’t really use it the graphics were great tho and some arcs of the games like the lake were really uncomfortable and scary

[@holycrackers]

@@NrettG I love how the AI hunts you down to. Makes it creepy.

[@NrettG]

@@holycrackers I feel like I blew my love for A.I. once I realized how the Alien works in Alien: Isolation. Just the pure creativeness and depth of that thing is such a marvel that its hard when another comes around and tries to do it again. But yeah the A.I. wasn't that bad in Outlast 2. The way they look in the cornfield was really unique though with them kinda shining their light in and seeing if a reaction happens because of it.

[@Tukanisch]

for some reason i have came back, and re-watched this video, and just keep re-watching it again and again. i can't stop, it's too good.

[@mabel42]

same here 😪

[@salazar556]

I think it's interesting that Outlast has a theme of religion. In Outlast 1, we have Father Martin and his mini cult. Then in Outlast 2, we have a large cult, as well as a creepy priest. Another thing is that Eddie Gluskin and Val play similar roles. Both Val and Eddie are obsessed with the protagonist. With Eddie, it's more of a "romantic" sense. While with Val, it's more of a sexual nature. Furthermore, Eddie is a victim of molestation. Much like Eddie, Jessica is as well except it's not from a family member. Edit: Also, Outlast 1 explains the whole Lynn being pregnant thing. There's a file you can find where they say all of the female patients thought they were pregnant but in reality, they weren't.

[@sarthakmohanty997]

This game should be renamed to OutRun 2

[@Naomi-gr7fm]

Foreal

[@KETAMINE...]

k

[@dsangel4135]

😂

[@lefthandersrule9419]

This deserves so many more likes XD

[@abunchofpaella]

OutRun is actually a great game (for its time) :D

[@direncloe1416]

Now the spooky thing is how he shows it’s 29:08 long video even with the part that shows how long the video is

[@lRlSHBLADE]

Diren Cloe he used his editing software

[@direncloe1416]

BladeLikesDeathNoteWayTooMuch I know I was being a smart ass

[@therenx8385]

Im getting a seizure trying to understand what you are saying (Eng is not my first language, not saying your grammar is bad or something)

[@lordghost9245]

I just realized that Outlast 2's narrative is much like Dante's the Divine Comedy, but in reverse. You go from Heaven (Temple Gate), to Purgatory (Syphilis Camps), then to Hell (The Mines), all so you can get to the woman you love.

[@PurveyorTube]

"White male protagonist number 927" Made me die of laughter 🤣 please make more of this.

[@PureBrawler]

This is the first video I've ever seen of yours and it was vastly entertaining. Also, I caught that Ferra Torr reference.

[@RoninFT9]

I’m sorry but they are Ferra/Torr that’s all I called them lol

[@drumd00d]

Spoiler opinion: Isn't it stupid how the big "radio tower twist" is only discovered if you happen to find a scrap of paper talking about it...? Edit: I wrote that before I finished the video thinking you wouldn't talk about it at 16:40, but I'm happy you did. I missed it too on my first playthrough. So stupid. And it's hilarious the devs said 1&2 wouldn't connect at all

[@krahvata]

Or read the comics.

[@OtterGvtz]

This has been in my recommended everyday for like 2 weeks straight and I'm finally watching it. Gotta say, not disappointed.

[@mintarisato]

I remember this video when it very first came out five years ago, and just stumbled on it again. Congrats on getting over a million views on it, you deserve it!

[@spencercook6754]

"How to make Trager Juice: Step 1, squeeze"

[@mulattice3703]

That last light was an actual explosion, assumedly the Murkoff Corporation terminating the test cause everyone killed each other.

[@ginogatash4030]

as if the plot wasn't already enough of a giant asspull as it was.

[@Gamelover254]

They really should have made the overall story just a bit more clear. Like have Blake actually find a sign that says “Murkoff Corperation” instead of a random, easily missable peice of paper.

[@5050TM]

It would've been cool if you see some Murkoff workers in the distance or overhear their conversation to "take the place out...it's a failure" or something like that.

[@mulattice3703]

Gamelover254 only problem with that is that a sign wouldn’t make sense there in the game universe. If the Murkoff Corporation were trying to administer a test without the world or the participants knowing, why would they have a sign? It makes slightly more sense that a Murkoff employee accidentally dropped a document while on the test grounds

[@jacobnunya808]

Murkoff no way no how could nuke a town and remain secret. I mean seriously ffs. That is the last thing they would do if they want to keep the insanity stuff a secret.

[@pepi1540]

5:09 “the absolute-zooms in as you’re about to say the word- redickulousness”

[@Trgsc]

something i noticed was the guy who randomly walks into the water is father laudermilch!! if you zoom in while he’s walking in, you can see his balding head and his outfit. it makes sense he’s walking in because it’s to warn you that obviously somethings going to be in the water. so if you go in and stay in for a certain amount of time you’ll hear him say something like “let me help you” and that demon embodiment of him will kill you. even though father laudermilch is just walking in the water to i guess warn the player to not go in, it’s a bit random as to why it’s him. i mean you only ever see him in your hallucinations of the school. as you said, it probably just to add to the fear factor

[@SparkyVEVO]

So disappointed that no dlc will come out for outlast 2. a dlc where you play as the "ex murkoff" employee Paul from the outlast comics who goes to Temple Gate to find his lost daughter(yeah,what a surprise,another lost woman in that place). In the game you experience that murkoff factory to turn its lights on many times so it means someone is there so it would have been nice if we played a lot in that factory in the dlc. It would also have been similar to outlast 1 and its dlc: 2 different characters who go through the same horror at the same places,but they never meet each other yet somehow fuck up each others search

[@virgin1792]

Meh the outlast comics were a big letdown and shall not be even considered canon.

[@norwegianboyee]

@Sparky Shepard I thought the same, i was sure that factory in the distance during the lake was DLC bait. And i was hyped for it, but turns out it's just kind of there and we'll only see it from the distance... A shame, i would have loved to be inside there and learn about the "microwaves" and how unethical the scientists were. I really wish they'd expanded more on that part of the story, as it's a really good antithesis to both the Christian and heretic cults that form the main part of the game. They could even have shown the varying effects of the radio signal, for example making us see that the radio towers eventually made the scientists go mad and they formed their own insane cult inside the building, except inspired more by science rather than religion because they presumably were atheists when stationed there... So much potential, too bad they wasted it. :)

[@andersonisowo9603]

Has anyone else here mentioned that Blake's end is actually shown in the comics (yes, there are comics),. The 2 protagonists from the comics show up at the scene with Murkoff mercenaries and they find him hiding in a toilet with no baby. Some words are mentioned about how he's still alive, and it's implied he's taken away for research/torture.

[@fullrherr5875]

2:57 12 hours? Watch the cartel videos, you'd be surprised how fast a human can be flayed

[@FManAngryAmerican]

where did you watch the videos?

[@hotmanngrayman9059]

@@FManAngryAmerican probably shouldnt ask...

[@sumyute712]

@@FManAngryAmerican deep web most likely

[@ericad528]

Gore websites

[@not6405]

I don't think i'd like to watch some cartel videos

[@jonathanhunt7960]

I love the school sections, it felt like anything could happen instead of just getting chased . I’d like to see them make a paranormal game

[@ismaelgingles9409]

I love outlast 2 because 1 it gives me more space to explore and it doesn't hold your hand like the first game in this one you have to figure out what happened by yourself. For me the scary moment is the parts just knowing that blake was walking around in the real world but thought he was in another place was unsettling in a good way.

[@the_dark_jumper2211]

5:05 me for 10 seconds: *processing... please wait* ... "did he really just?" *skipping back* ... "yup, yes he did" I dieded. I don't know why, but stuff like that ALWAYS catches me off guard and really hits my humour. Also, this video is very old apparently. Guess I'm a little late to the party.

[@Neopolitan_Illusion]

"Father love handles" 😂

[@robforge7492]

I know I'm in the minority, but I actually love this game flaws and all. All of your points are super valid and I do think the game could have been something even better with a clearer vision and more deliberate explanations for the plot, but a part of me also likes how Red Barrels left so many things ambiguous and open to interpretation. I think the mystery of what it all means is one of the reasons that I find this game so fascinating. I personally found the school segments to be great and the Jessica reveal to be super sad. Anyway, this video was fantastic and I really appreciated how invested you were in the subject! Keep it up!

[@groundpomegranate9816]

I agree! And the school scenes were some of the best parts, they did the psychological horror in this game very well

[@lordcthulhu627]

i liked this game aswell, I didn't have many problems with the plot! I rate games on enjoyment not on their logic.... the rating score for this game being 9/10 seems a bit out of place as I would have given it a 6.5 out of 10! But I don't really give a shit!

[@SynthVoice]

_Yeah no, they left _*_WAY TOO MUCH_*_ "up to interpretation", which is just lazy as fuck tbh, and comes off as them not even having an answer themselves._

[@sumthintuf3648]

Joshua Warnken i like it too and the cult shit terrifies me bc I hate that kind of stuff

[@sumthintuf3648]

Possibly Cake-Tier Debater so the souls series is lazy design? Bc you kind of have to interpret and make guesses here and there based on what little information the games give you

[@christopherlowery3797]

The running joke of the two characters’s names was great. ToeJam & Earl got me good 😂

[@ryanator7935]

Damn it, I was typing a Velma joke but you already did it.

[@Chayoeverett]

I come back and watch this video multiple times a week when I've run out of new things to watch and it feels like coming home after a long day at work. Truly awesome work

[@claudiaashleigh7732]

You put into words all the problems I had with this game and couldn't quite nail down. Thanks my dude.

[@laurelleaves]

Honestly I have a feeling all the sexual violence in the game was put in there because of how well that scene with the Groom in Whistleblower worked in scaring people, but instead of really setting the whole scene up and ramping the tension higher and higher like they did in Whistleblower, they just sorta...plop it in and hope you're concerned. Sexual violence is a genuinely scary thing, but just constantly throwing it at the player as a free scare card just seems incredibly cheap which is just...incredibly wrong on so many levels.

[@punk5585]

and if they did include it, why dance around it so much?

[@laurelleaves]

@@punk5585 exactly it's so weird

[@extremelycatty4040]

To be fair, it's 'mostly confirmed' that only the things like the well-monster, and the school sections are hallucinations. Everything else-for the majority of the game, happened.

[@voidwalker4888]

i thank you from the bottom of my heart for the f-ing note in 17:00 because it was so stupid and you said what i wanted to say to red barrels. Also loved the video

[@thebeetleball]

I know this video is years old but I've been on a horror kick in quarantine and seeing someone actually critique outlast 2 for its many....Many flaws is so refreshing also "god wants me dead? Ok" them's the private school experience, lad edit: oh my god val, I always forget the transmisogyny there

[@kanbhdubs974]

wouldve been better if they just made the game about blake's trauma. i think thats the most terrifying and the most thought provoking part of the game.