Just in case you didn’t notice, there you go. Set in the same universe as the first game, but with different characters and a different setting, Outlast 2 is a twisted new journey into the depths of the human mind and its dark secrets. What do you think of the new information on the story inspiration for the game? Let us know in the comments below!Ī quick sidenote for the bright-eyed: this new piece of information on story inspiration shines some light on why the teaser trailer released last year and the description of the game talk about blind faith and God. Outlast 2 is the sequel to the acclaimed survival horror game Outlast. Outlast 2 is set for release in Fall 2016 on the Playstation 4, Xbox One, and PC. No promises or confirmations to We’d like a simultaneous release, but can’t promise or confirm anything at this point. The team’s answer: undecided on all fronts. Outlast 2 was created to make you feel like a rat in a maze, without any knowledge of what’s on the outside. It's a good horror game with some flaws in AI-behaviour (on higher difficulties npcs is obviously cheating sometimes) and in storytelling (too much of complete senseless insanity, way too much).
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It was in answer to a question about whether the PC and console release dates would be simultaneous or not and if pre-orders are going to be available. Outlast 2 is a mix of physical survival-horror with psychological horror in one.
Press A 2 Join also reported in the same article on a Tweet by the development team. If Outlast 2 (2017) Was Rated By The BBFC It Would Be Rated 18 for strong bloody violence, gore, strong sexual content, graphic nudity, aberrant behavior and extreme language throughout. But Outlast 2 is a horror.The worry is that its presentation is cheap body horror. If it was dramatic, there may be discussion around the impacts and consequences of such an event. However, Morin was moot on exactly how it would, saying it’s still way too early to reveal that. If Outlast 2 was humorous, it’d be worrisome that it was presenting such a delicate topic in a light-hearted, satirical way. Morin went on to say that Outlast 2 will definitely bridge the gap between it and Outlast, since both games are, in his words, in the same universe. According to Morin, the team chose the massacre as inspiration for game design in order to capture that same feeling of horror, anxiety and hopelessness that players felt when they entered the Asylum in the first game. Morin stated in the interview that one of the inspirations for the story of Outlast 2 was a lot of research into the Jonestown Massacre, which he said has been dubbed the biggest mass suicide ever in recorded history. The investigation has lead you miles into the Arizona desert, to a darkness so deep that no one could shed light upon it, and a corruption so profound that going mad may be the only sane thing to do.After a few months of news drought on top of the real-world California drought I’m in here on the West Coast, Red Barrels Games, the developers of Outlast 2, the sequel to the original and very well-received Outlast, have finally put out something new to report on regarding its story.Īs reported by Press A 2 Join, Philippe Morin, the co-founder of Red Barrels Games, recently had an interview with Indie Games Level Up, in which they discussed story inspiration. You're following a trail of clues that started with the seemingly impossible murder of a pregnant woman known only as Jane Doe. The two of you are investigative journalists willing to take risks and dig deep to uncover the stories no one else will dare touch. You are Blake Langermann, a cameraman working with your wife, Lynn. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.
Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Set in the same universe as the first game, but with different characters and a different setting, Outlast 2 is a twisted new journey into the depths of the human mind and its dark secrets. Outlast 2 (stylized as OULAST II) is a first-person psychological horror survival video game developed and published by Red Barrels.It's the sequel to the 2013 video game Outlast, and features a journalist named Blake Langermann, along with his wife Lynn, roaming the Arizona desert to explore the murder of a pregnant woman only known as Jane Doe. Outlast 2 is the sequel to the acclaimed survival horror game Outlast.