For example, as I examined a well during my playthrough, large tentacles rose out of it and dragged me inside. Many of these include messing with your head, such as using creative transitions from one location to the next. With Outlast 2, the team had more freedom to explore unique tones and story beats. With the original Outlast having a narrower budget and a more condensed development cycle, many of the ideas Red Barrels wished to touch upon were left unexplored. Red Barrels co-founder Philippe Morin explains that while the first Outlast focused on taking your physical integrity away, this second entry centers on playing with your mental integrity. Outlast 2 doesn’t just rely on jump scares and gore to terrify you, though. I witnessed my character experience graphic castration, saw tortured humans stuck in iron cages, and pushed a contorted corpse wrapped in barbed wire out of my way during an escape. Whenever I was caught by cultists during my playthrough, I was stabbed ferociously.
Outlast 2 is incredibly gory and not for for those with a weak stomach. Through the entirety of the game, you traverse the Arizona desert and meet different factions of this cult who, more of than not, deem you unwelcome. All you can do is run or hide, whether that be under a bed, in a wardrobe closet, or in a barrel (sometimes filled with blood). The cultist inhabitants are far from friendly, and most attack you on sight with machetes in hand.
These grounds are the home of a religious cult hiding unsettling secrets. Upon rummaging through documents and examining your surroundings, from homes adorning several religious symbols to a pit of corpses, you realize something ominous is afoot. Here are five ways Outlast 2 captures mind-bending horror.Įarly on in Outlast 2, you find yourself in a secluded town cut off from the rest of society. From what I’ve seen of the game so far, it is bloody, disgusting, controversial, and features more of a psychological tone than the previous installment. You play as an investigative journalist, camcorder in hand, who along with his wife looks into the mysterious murder of a Jane Doe.
Outlast 2 ditches the claustrophobic asylum hallways of the original and shifts to more open environments set in the Arizona desert. Upon hearing that developer Red Barrels was planning a sequel, I was instantly excited. Although terrifying, it was a memorable experience. As a solution, I roped in a friend to face the gory horrors of the asylum with me. When I played the original Outlast, I discovered quickly that I could never play it alone.
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