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I suggest you watch Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker then! Not only do you need to read a lot of comics, you also need to read the novelisation and visual dictionary to understand anything! It's brilliant writing and storytelling.
@@MusicFan752 Well I also think that they need the additional material,it's just for different reasons. Sequels need books to even make sense which is really stupid. But with the prequels I do think they need The Clone Wars so that you can truly appreciate them since they are kinda bad and mostly boring on their own.
Sad that this is the fate that’s been dealt to Blake and Lin. Both didn’t do anything wrong and were only victims to the very end. What started out as a interesting reporting story for them ended with Lin dying from fake child birth after most likely being raped by the heretics in filth and a rundown town full of corpses and insane people with Blake having gone through many emotional, psychological, mental, and especially physical trials just for things to the end the way they did and him finally succumbing to his insanity and becoming lost and trapped in the past of his mind with “Jessica” while he becomes catatonic and is taken to be experimented on and used by Murkoff.
as storywise, outlast 1 and whistleblower had more sense and you could understand them clearly well if you played the game and reading the notes. but outlast 2 had so so so many twists and parallel events that my mind couldnt handle, even after watching your video what you came of as conclusion i think no one can have this story even if he played the whole game and reading all notes. it's so complex.
Swear my dude, at the end of the day I couldn’t tell if this game had to do with crazy religious people or with the supernatural, or with hallucinations like I was so confused. I think from the video ive gotten that this game is a big mindfuck
It was pretty damn wack if you ask me, its not only its complexity and confusive narrative, but also its lore to the series is practically minimal. The whole game is essentially a "so murkoff was doing another experiment here with the engine" stretched into a whole game, AND you only understand that with comics that basically make the whole connection. Unless in a future game the events in outlast 2 have like a MASSIVE impact I honestly feel like they didnt really care about making much of a plot, they just wanted to do quick profit of shock value imo.
@@KawaiiFemBoi you talking about completionist, can you tell me what you got at the end of the game as conclusion? what link have you built between the school and the village? did you notice that blake shadow was empty and that there was no baby? stop acting like you're the guy who made this video, you know nothing until you watched this video just like every other casual player :)! even markiplier and pewdiepie the masters of gameplays couldnt get the story. shut it please and thank you
Dawg if you’re diligent and collect all the notes everything is pretty much spelled out for you. The story in hindsight isn’t all that complex once you manage to piece it all together.
@@Andre-ee6gc Satanic conspiracy to open a portal to the divine and create a new world order. Only half-joking, but there's enough clues throughout the games to hint at Murkoff having spiritual reasons behind their obsessive pursuit of evil.
It’s so sad that we see everything Blake went through in the game just to find out he’s probably inside an insane asylum secretly somewhere or even dead
When they caught him they said something to the effect of “prod around in his head, don’t be gentle”. Depending on how literally you interoperate this, he’s been experimented/tested on in a murkoff lab or just straight up dead and dissected.
A small thing most people forget: When Knoth was in Albuquerque hearing a message through the static, he went outside into the night and saw a vision of an angelic creature with many eyes crowned in fire surrounded by wheels within wheels. He knew this had confirmed he was the new prophet because Ezekiel had a vision too before becoming prophet. That's why Temple Gate's cross always has wheels built on to them. Great vid btw!!
Walrider inside the morphogenic engine? I really like how the generic 'spooky ghost' and 'mind control machine' get reinterpreted as divine, it actually retroactively gives a lot more power and menace to the Walrider.
That _really_ sucks, if it wasn't absolutely confirmed that Jessica died with a broken neck I'd say bring her into the series to develop her more. Since if you break Outlast 2's story in half (The School and The Cult) both could exist in a vacuum. And I want a good resolution to Jessica's story, I.E. The Priest getting fucked up.
I’d rather go through the absolute worst of what happened in mk ultra than play outlast 2 again it was that terrifying and mind fucked me I’m pretty sure my mind looks like scrambled eggs or silly putty it scared me so bad
I feel like one of the best ways they could've connected both of the outlasts is through the wallrider. That thing was very scary and I think it would've been a great addition to this game
Bro, I happened to finish Outlast yesterday after years of delaying it. Since I was left with some questions, went to youtube the next day and found your video. And it so happens that 6 hours ago, you uploaded this. Absolutely wonderful.
In my opinion, outlast 2 was scarier than the first one. Being in the mine house/mines terrified me. The chases are much more fast paced and scary. Trager and Chris were scary but they were sort of human. Sort of. At least trager was. But the people in this game aren’t human. They’re monsters.
@@GamingHarryYT Oh yeah, loudermilch was terrifying. What scared me most was the heretics and their animal like behavior. I guess living in the mines for that long will turn you into that. Anyways, good work on this video!
I fully agree that outlast 1 was way scarier, imo outlast 2 tries too hard, there is not a second where you feel safe or with hope of anything, so the fear wears out incredibly fast, it comes out as cheap shock value. Outlast 1 had the entire opposite, making you multiple times feel hope of escaping and getting away, or feel that someone is helping you and turn it on you as its another crazy person. That along with the plot, one being reasonably easy to follow, and the sequel just being incredibly confusing even after ending the whole game. But also, the school section of 2 was really good, it literally fixes what I just described it was bad about the main plotline. I wish they had done a whole game in a school really.
@@bluewolf7111 I would agree with your points about the plot and how outlast 2 provides ZERO time for hope. I guess that’s what made it scarier to me, being hopeless and always on edge. Outlast 1 was definitely the better game, but 2 scared me more.
I choose outlast1 because it had something that always made me think about government and why cia and these things do this and how secret they were,that elevator and that long time it got to get the first floor,its in my heart but outlast2 was way scarier it was the first time i had to stop the game for jump scares and these thing for the first time...
Not having a weapon on you makes it more fun knowing you are the vulnerable one. Thus making the game seem more scary and enjoyable as it would be to easy if you could actually fight the enemies and progress without constant fear of being seen by the enemies.
I always felt like The priest in Blake’s flashback previously did some Awful things to Jessica and well I had an gut feeling that he molested her once and I think he killed her to keep her quiet if she were to sntich on him
What I love about Outlast is that you're not really supposed to understand anything gameplay-wise only. Red Barrels wants us to think deep and search for answers which is why I absolutely love the outlast games!
its been 3 days since I finished outlast 2 and I'm still thinking about it and looking for answers. One thing that I still don't understand, is why and how the Walrider possessed... Ants?!
I'm glad someone finally picked back up on this game and really tied things together well! I have something I found while playing the game that I wanted to mention. As far as I can tell no one has really talked about this and maybe you could shed some light on it. You mentioned the walrider's existence in Temple Gate and the ants. Here is the possible easter egg: Just before Blake enters the Scalled area, he attempts to cross a bridge and for some reason that is never explained a cloud of locust appears and pushes him off. This could be a hallucination but right after the event, another person claims to see the locust and others through out the village talk about it later. I have always wondered after seeing the comics if this cloud of Locust may in fact be the walrider? Maybe they aren't even Locust, Ants can grow wings in some cases and this could be a joined swarm of them. I wanted to throw this out there. It's eating away at me that nobody even talks about this moment like it's important. (A fucking swarm of bugs randomly lifts a dude and shoves him off a bridge.) Let me know if you have any idea about this or corrections. Thanks
Interesting thought! Well, Arizona has lots of locusts (being that it's dry and hot), so it could be that the Locust swarm was just Blake's bad luck. I think it's more that Blake is walking across a narrow beam at that point, and loses balance rather than being thrown off the bridge. That being said, the Locust seemed pretty aggressive, so you may be right in saying that the locust could be being controlled by the Walrider.
@@GamingHarryYT What made me think it might be something else is how Blake explained it. "They were trying to lift me" Could be crazy talk but still food for thought.
@@GamingHarryYT The locusts flash and glow like they're electric, and tbh that's the most explicit 'swarm' imagery we get in the game so I would definitely see that as a Walrider cameo. My question is whether it's Miles, and what his intent was - did he deliberately knock Blake down, or did he try to help but lost control?
In my mind, the locusts were also a hallucination since one of the gospel of Knoth notes mentions them as a sign of the antichrist or the end of the world (I cant remember which)
You know, all this horrible stuff might sound like fiction, but it has happened somewhere at some point in history. If a human could imagine the most detestable thing, a human could carry such a thing out. Mankind needs fixing, and not the Outlast kind! Lol
I didn't manage to finish the 2nd game cause it's too much for me. So this video really helped a lot with understanding the story! Thank you! I hope you'll continue on doing this kind of series in the future
Just finished it today, had to play without my headphones due to the intense and scary sounds lol 😂 but I do have to say that even after finishing the game for the first time I didn’t understand the story at all and it’s crazy how huge the lore is and the detail put into it by the devs
I started this game in the middle of 2020, made it to Josiah on the wheel and then forgot I owned it. Just finished tonight and had to hear a breakdown of the story. I prefer games with more obscure stories like this. It doesn’t feel like the developers are holding your hand and you have to figure out why things are happening on your own.
Such a well made video. Love the detailing from you and also the fact that you included the plot, not leaving out anything important. Feels like scientific work to me😂
Outlast 1 and Whistleblower have great stories. They've unnecessarily overcomplicated it with Outlast 2 in my opinion. Next Outlast will probably connect the whole thing to aliens or something.
@@KawaiiFemBoi What a weird, gatekeepy attitude for something that literally requires you to read outside sources from the game to understand whats going on.
I actually wouldn't be surprised if the next game tackles some kind of "manufactured rapture/alien invasion" - key word being manufactured. I found the religious elements in OL1 to be hackneyed, but it clicked in the second game: the series is about how trauma and technology are weaponized to control minds, and it is no accident that religion itself is treated like a mind control technique.
@@hydrophilicchristopher9874Exactly, nothing says bad writing like having to read cryptic notes written in religious mumbo-jumbo in order to get a clue to what is even going on. Outlast 1 and Whistleblower were much better games anyway
Never really been scared of ANY game , I just started playing this round 3:00 in the morning. The fact that we can't even defend ourselves is what scares me we can only RUN AND HIDE!.
Glad you took the time to explain the comic book too. I planned to read it years ago cuz i knew it explained more of the story, but never got around to it, then forgot it existed.
Finally someone who explained my favorite 2 horror games thanks a lot man cuz I've been waiting for someone to do an explained video of outlast and outlast 2 forever instant subscription
Great job, I remember looking for an in-depth explanation on everything years ago but this one truly clears things up. Considering what can be seen in the trailer for Outlast 3 and them saying they need to "dig in his head" it doesn't sound too unlikely that Blake makes a return in Outlast 3. Maybe as the protagonist, maybe as an enemy if not the "final boss".
Thanks for posting this! The story of Outlast 2 can be confusing as hell if you're not paying attention to the notes and such around you [including Val's journals. My thirst for Val is the sole reason why I know the game's story ROFL] and a lot of people were left wondering what the hell happened. Kudos to you!!
Val is also my favorite character! I can't help, I love her too much! I hope Red Barrels will reveal more about this character. We need more Val. I made an analysis video about her if you're interested. I love discussing theories : th-cam.com/video/cq86MpjGnJw/w-d-xo.html
Been watching your videos for some time and just assumed you had 500k+ subs from the quality of your content. Keep going man, you've got talent and work ethic. You're absolutely gonna make it!
I remembered playing this game many years ago and being enthralled by the graphics and atmosphere. And this was before everything was about fancy visual tech like Ray tracing, upscaling, blah blah. It ran great, looked great, played great, and while the story was a bit hit and miss for me, the experience definitely was a winner, and I don't generally like games where all I can do is run and hide, so it's a testament to what this game was able to offer me in terms of entertainment.
I am still wondering why Blake has those flashbacks to Jessica when nothing in the current situation that he was in points back to that period. I felt that it was just a way to make the gameplay varied and longer. It kinda took the flow of the main story away.
im pretty sure its the guilt of jessicas death. it was mentioned at the start he hadnt been sleeping properly because of it so it was going on for quite some time. it was there to provide a backstory. every time the bright light occurred from the murkoff tower it drove him to these hallucinations of jessica and what happened in the school that nobody knew about but him. combined with the fact he could’ve potentially saved her, they just happened while his mind was at its weakest
Yeah, also, Blake probably had negative viewpoints around religion as he was raised Catholic and saw how evil Loutermilch was. The thought of religion probably freaked him out and scarred him after Jessica died. Being thrust into that environment with crazy religious nut jobs like Knoth's cult members likely amplified his PTSD. So I think that us seeing what Blake endured as a kid at school is relevant to the story.
@@GamingHarryYT thanks guys. these are actually reasonable assumptions that I can apply. I guess it's not all fluff to make the game longer. I did enjoy the first one better though cause I seem to just run by all the enemies in this one in my first playthrough :p
@@GamingHarryYT Well that Will be Outlast Trials, the next outlast game. But maybe Outlast 3, which they wanna release after could continue the story of Waylon Park, Simon Peacock, Paul Marion and Walrider (Miles Upshur). Also Outlast Trials might take place in Mount Massive Asylum during the MKULTRA program, on which Murkoff and CIA worked together.
Just finished the game last night. I actually thought everything was of paranormal event - especially of Revelations. The story perfectly fits the Antichrist lore especially the red star... But wow, this explanation is A WAY BETTER STORY from what I interpreted. Subscribing to you mate!
Outlast 2 got a little too obsessed with the gore, like half way through you're not interested in the story anymore and more on if you'll be able to eat your dinner that night.
There honestly isn’t really much left to save from Blake at this point when you think about it sadly. He’s gone completely catatonic and has essentially become lost in the past in his mind with “Jessica” after his wife dies from fake child birth.
Amazing video once again! I'd be interested in a video specifically focusing on the school hallucinations and how Jessica's death was covered up as a suicide. That and how Knoth's cult directly parallels with the Catholic church.
15:10 this single piece of paper is the bane of this games existence. I’m one had it helps explain what’s going on in the story, on the other, it’s literally almost just this single piece of paper detailing what’s happening in the story. And it’s not like it’s obvious it’s literally in the middle of nowhere in the game. in fact, people will be even more confused with the aftermath comic. We’re out of no where is the Murkoff corporation just shows up. And also the fact that you have to read specific documents from the first game to get it.
ive watched all of these videos like 10 times, theyre awesome. i love the way you put the entirety of the story together so easily and i love your accent too hehe
By the time I made this comment, I already finished outlast 2 and before that , outlast 1 ! The story in outlast 2 is kind of mess up and hard to understand compared to first one, where I can play through the game but still be able to catch a basic story ! But left alone story , this game has some iconic feeling that I can't find in other horror games! There's is 2 scene , 1 is when father ( can't remember his name) In outlast 1 burn him self then all creepy mudders standing around you stop chasing you and let you go in peace , they just stand there and look at you , 2 is when knoth in outlast 2 kill him self then you starting to walk away to the sun rise ! Both scene give me weird feeling of peaceful! Like.......... All these creature chasing you, try to murder you through the whole game , now they suddenly stop after you , or being dead around you ! It's look like: " you know what , we're tired of followed you , there's the door, please just get lost! We don't care about you anymore ! " . It's strange right?
Outlast 2 is definitely my favorite horror game! ❤ I love it has a disturbing hard to understand story. And especially I love Val, she's definitely my favorite in the Outlast series. Thank u for the video! I'm waiting for the trials, just like everyone. P.S. If you want more theories I have here a video where I analyze the character of Val, if you're interested : th-cam.com/video/cq86MpjGnJw/w-d-xo.html
Why to me it had a sucky ending and was confusing. I don’t judge ya or Anyone for liking horror games but to me the games a mess. But FYI there a upcoming video game that’s Survive horror called”the lost wild” about being lost in a land full of Dinosaurs and a abandoned Japanese facility.
Why I like this one more than outlast 1 is the simple fact that outlast 2 focuses more psychological horror rather than gore horror which is what outlast 1 focused on, they went in a different genre of horror and it worked really well because psychological horror I feel causes more damage in the longrun.
Blake can't catch a break...witnessed his friend assaulted and killed, tormented by strange eldritch cultists, lost his wife, child(?), and mind to scientific and/or demonic delusions, and is now as good as dead while being planned to be used as an unwilling test subject for Murkoff. Probably got it the worst out of the three Outlast protagonists.
Blake is most likely gonna die on his own either by starving,dehydration, or the illness he mostly got from the smol man Edit: the ending is just a hallucination of blake, he slowly goes insane by the murkoff lights and such
I’d say 2 was way more terrifying. There was that one jump-scare in the school hallway that has kept me from replaying the game again. Maybe I should do another play through though cuz it’s been years. All that said, Outlast 1 is still my favorite and has infinitely better storytelling. I’ve replayed that game so many times.
People are saying this story is complicated and confusing... it really isn't. It's just very poorly executed o you have to go to the ends of the earth to figure out what is going on. If the game had a more cohesive narritive all of this could have easily made sense. While ambigous storytelling can be good if the player has no fucking clue whats going on and in order to figure it out they have to buy a comic thats not good storytelling. However, great video, you pieced it all together.
I started playing outlast 2 and was confused by all these strange cultist ! I had never played the first game , so I was def intrigued into finding out more about this storyline ! Hence why I looked up a story video ! This video is explaining everything I was confused and curious about ! Wow what a disturbing story of cultist ! It even sounds very similar to Jonesboro with the Mass poisoning ! All that was needed was some purple kool - aid ! Well great job on a very detailed video ! 🙌
Does every women experience phantom pregnancy after being exposed to the beam? If so why were other women did the other woman in the town not have these symptoms like the lady that was tourchored in the church. If not what made Lynn special to get these symptoms?
It occasionally caused phantom pregnancies, not all the time. It's more of a mind control device, with odd side effects, the pregnancies being one of them.
@@GamingHarryYT hi, I love your analysis. But, I have a theory about this game that I would like to share, as it’s a little long for a comment here on TH-cam, lol. I personally think none of the kids that we saw killed in this game were real.
harry i just started watching yesterday and i really love your videos i was confused on the story of outlast whistleblower and 1 but your video explained it, as well as this one. def subbing with notis on
I mean, Chris Walker was scary because he was a force to be reckoned with. You kinda knew you were dead if he cought you from the moment you heard those chains being dragged across the floor. But Marta on the other hand? She looks so bony. How can she even carry that axe-weapon around and lift up a whole person? She's all skin and bones. I guess she's kinda scary the way she screams when she's charging you and the way she's really fast. But it always seemed silly to me. And how the heretics could see with all that mud on their heads. And I'm not even gonna ask how enemies can see and navigate perfectly in pitch black....
Basically. Main character has bad memories. The frequency messes with his brain to create hallucinations. One of his biggest regrets was not kissing Jessica and cause he was too nervous or scared she was left sigh the creep who killed her. Now in the real world everyone is experiencing delusions and Blake just sat there ready to die and revert back into his mind not caring about the world anymore
i hated outlast 2 especially for the first time playing they don't explain what is happening just a lot of chasing without explanation 🤬 outlast 1 was masterpiece.....Magneefisto
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Thank you!!
Nice video! Just beat outlast 2, now i have beat all the outlasts including the whisleblower dlc was looking for a video exactly like this!
was Lyn pregnant or ws it an illusion of that tower's light?
Don't you just love it when you have to read a separate comic for games story to make sense. Now that's good writing.
Is that sarcasm?
@@Empire_JeSzO I hope it is
I suggest you watch Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker then! Not only do you need to read a lot of comics, you also need to read the novelisation and visual dictionary to understand anything! It's brilliant writing and storytelling.
@@heivain4330 and people complain about the prequel trilogy needing material that’s outside of the movies.
@@MusicFan752 Well I also think that they need the additional material,it's just for different reasons. Sequels need books to even make sense which is really stupid. But with the prequels I do think they need The Clone Wars so that you can truly appreciate them since they are kinda bad and mostly boring on their own.
Sad that this is the fate that’s been dealt to Blake and Lin. Both didn’t do anything wrong and were only victims to the very end. What started out as a interesting reporting story for them ended with Lin dying from fake child birth after most likely being raped by the heretics in filth and a rundown town full of corpses and insane people with Blake having gone through many emotional, psychological, mental, and especially physical trials just for things to the end the way they did and him finally succumbing to his insanity and becoming lost and trapped in the past of his mind with “Jessica” while he becomes catatonic and is taken to be experimented on and used by Murkoff.
Blake seems to be a perfect Walrider candidate after going through all this
@@MiixDJ oh yeah, Walrider can just take over the body cause there isn’t really much of a mind left
Shit that's hella dark
It’s HORROR🤘
Wasnt Blake also raped by val?
as storywise, outlast 1 and whistleblower had more sense and you could understand them clearly well if you played the game and reading the notes. but outlast 2 had so so so many twists and parallel events that my mind couldnt handle, even after watching your video what you came of as conclusion i think no one can have this story even if he played the whole game and reading all notes. it's so complex.
Swear my dude, at the end of the day I couldn’t tell if this game had to do with crazy religious people or with the supernatural, or with hallucinations like I was so confused. I think from the video ive gotten that this game is a big mindfuck
It was pretty damn wack if you ask me, its not only its complexity and confusive narrative, but also its lore to the series is practically minimal.
The whole game is essentially a "so murkoff was doing another experiment here with the engine" stretched into a whole game, AND you only understand that with comics that basically make the whole connection.
Unless in a future game the events in outlast 2 have like a MASSIVE impact I honestly feel like they didnt really care about making much of a plot, they just wanted to do quick profit of shock value imo.
@@KawaiiFemBoi no need too be mad lol
@@KawaiiFemBoi you talking about completionist, can you tell me what you got at the end of the game as conclusion? what link have you built between the school and the village? did you notice that blake shadow was empty and that there was no baby? stop acting like you're the guy who made this video, you know nothing until you watched this video just like every other casual player :)! even markiplier and pewdiepie the masters of gameplays couldnt get the story. shut it please and thank you
Dawg if you’re diligent and collect all the notes everything is pretty much spelled out for you. The story in hindsight isn’t all that complex once you manage to piece it all together.
So Murkoff is basically like Umbrella Corps
from Resident Evil to Outlast huh?
Pretty much
yeah but murkoff wants money while umbrella are idealists looking to create a new world
Well yes, but yes-
@@3kelsey472 I think there's some darker reasons behind Murkoff ,i mean they have so much technology and power
@@Andre-ee6gc Satanic conspiracy to open a portal to the divine and create a new world order. Only half-joking, but there's enough clues throughout the games to hint at Murkoff having spiritual reasons behind their obsessive pursuit of evil.
It’s so sad that we see everything Blake went through in the game just to find out he’s probably inside an insane asylum secretly somewhere or even dead
i hope we could possibly get a sequel to outlast 2 one day explaining what happened to blake or just the aftermath of everything but idk
i think hes dead. and honestly, i think thats for the better
When they caught him they said something to the effect of “prod around in his head, don’t be gentle”. Depending on how literally you interoperate this, he’s been experimented/tested on in a murkoff lab or just straight up dead and dissected.
A small thing most people forget: When Knoth was in Albuquerque hearing a message through the static, he went outside into the night and saw a vision of an angelic creature with many eyes crowned in fire surrounded by wheels within wheels. He knew this had confirmed he was the new prophet because Ezekiel had a vision too before becoming prophet. That's why Temple Gate's cross always has wheels built on to them. Great vid btw!!
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Walrider inside the morphogenic engine? I really like how the generic 'spooky ghost' and 'mind control machine' get reinterpreted as divine, it actually retroactively gives a lot more power and menace to the Walrider.
Idk if it's only me, but I found this story kinda disturbing and hurting, especially the one where Jessica gets killed.
Well that’s outlast for ya
It messed me up tbh..thought it was just me being paranoid
That _really_ sucks, if it wasn't absolutely confirmed that Jessica died with a broken neck I'd say bring her into the series to develop her more. Since if you break Outlast 2's story in half (The School and The Cult) both could exist in a vacuum. And I want a good resolution to Jessica's story, I.E. The Priest getting fucked up.
I’d rather go through the absolute worst of what happened in mk ultra than play outlast 2 again it was that terrifying and mind fucked me I’m pretty sure my mind looks like scrambled eggs or silly putty it scared me so bad
@@r011ing_thunder6 Yeah that Mk ultra shit got me too 💀
I actually cried when i understood the whole story, Not even intentional, it just happened. Poor Jessica, Blake and Lynn
That's horror for ya
A sucky ending for me like what’s the point of the Game?
@@Jarod-te2bi Awww did you want to kill the bad guy, get the girl, then take down the evil corp? Grow the F up. Not all endings are happy.
@@Mutiny960 O.k.
@@Mutiny960 ngl I think if you’re getting this pressed over an opinion on a video game then you’re probably the one that needs to grow up
I feel like one of the best ways they could've connected both of the outlasts is through the wallrider. That thing was very scary and I think it would've been a great addition to this game
I mean, technically they did, but not in the actual game. The walrider kinda shows up in the aftermath (in the Murkoff account)
The Walrider could have explained the visions of god that Knoth kept saying he had, or even explained the fear of the antichrist.
@@songbird6414 Thats actually a good plot twist
@@songbird6414 they kinda already did that in Outlast 1, father Martin's entire religion was about the walrider and Miles
@@RatzCarnatz And the Walrider *lives in the static.*
Where Knoth heard his first hidden message...
in *1963.*
Bro, I happened to finish Outlast yesterday after years of delaying it. Since I was left with some questions, went to youtube the next day and found your video. And it so happens that 6 hours ago, you uploaded this. Absolutely wonderful.
Awesome! Hope you enjoyed!
lol same I just finished today and I was so confused with the school and the monster that was in the school
same thing happened to me!!
Bro I just finished it yesterday. I was genuinely confused but it truly is a good game
In my opinion, outlast 2 was scarier than the first one. Being in the mine house/mines terrified me. The chases are much more fast paced and scary. Trager and Chris were scary but they were sort of human. Sort of. At least trager was. But the people in this game aren’t human. They’re monsters.
Well, they are human, they've just gone insane haha. I think Outlast 1 was scarier, but for some reason, the school in Outlast 2 REALLY freaked me out
@@GamingHarryYT Oh yeah, loudermilch was terrifying. What scared me most was the heretics and their animal like behavior. I guess living in the mines for that long will turn you into that. Anyways, good work on this video!
I fully agree that outlast 1 was way scarier, imo outlast 2 tries too hard, there is not a second where you feel safe or with hope of anything, so the fear wears out incredibly fast, it comes out as cheap shock value.
Outlast 1 had the entire opposite, making you multiple times feel hope of escaping and getting away, or feel that someone is helping you and turn it on you as its another crazy person.
That along with the plot, one being reasonably easy to follow, and the sequel just being incredibly confusing even after ending the whole game.
But also, the school section of 2 was really good, it literally fixes what I just described it was bad about the main plotline. I wish they had done a whole game in a school really.
@@bluewolf7111 I would agree with your points about the plot and how outlast 2 provides ZERO time for hope. I guess that’s what made it scarier to me, being hopeless and always on edge. Outlast 1 was definitely the better game, but 2 scared me more.
I choose outlast1 because it had something that always made me think about government and why cia and these things do this and how secret they were,that elevator and that long time it got to get the first floor,its in my heart but outlast2 was way scarier it was the first time i had to stop the game for jump scares and these thing for the first time...
This is the most complete explanation i have ever seen to this series. Good work man and i believe that your channel will be becoming famous soon
Hope so!
I love how Blake went from my least favorite outlast main character to my favorite.
I felt sorry for the guy. Being forced to relive childhood trauma through a bunch of cultist nutcases
This game would be finish earlier if you have a chance to pick machete with you entire time
game would have finihsed earlier if you didnt have to reroute 50 times to get to the mines!
Not having a weapon on you makes it more fun knowing you are the vulnerable one. Thus making the game seem more scary and enjoyable as it would be to easy if you could actually fight the enemies and progress without constant fear of being seen by the enemies.
@@messy_boy0656 i know it just pretty unrealistic to can't have a weapon in that situation
@@zul6227 a cameramen should not be able to use weapon, i think that's realistic one. just telling dont mind me
@@kknkolaboratif1555 no honey the more unrealistic the game is when you thought there's a cameraman in first person game follow you entire time
This game DEFINITELY needed an explaination; beyond confusing.
Yes thank you for agreeing.
I always felt like The priest in Blake’s flashback previously did some Awful things to Jessica and well I had an gut feeling that he molested her once and I think he killed her to keep her quiet if she were to sntich on him
i felt so bad 4 her./
Well yes … that’s kinda the plot
He literally just explained that
there were deleted audios that consists of the priest of r8ping jessica 😬😬😬😬
@@ssayrel8128 What? Where did you listen to that?
What I love about Outlast is that you're not really supposed to understand anything gameplay-wise only.
Red Barrels wants us to think deep and search for answers which is why I absolutely love the outlast games!
its been 3 days since I finished outlast 2 and I'm still thinking about it and looking for answers.
One thing that I still don't understand, is why and how the Walrider possessed... Ants?!
The ants suffer from PTSD after dealing with humans and rain,thus allowing the walrider to control them
@@PirateCat822 The Ants…
Suffer from PTSD…
@@ale-lx9gp in a world where dream controlled nanites exist,ants suffering from PTSD isn't too far fetched
@@PirateCat822 Agreed.
Just curious, did you get your information from official sources? Cheers
@@ale-lx9gp sauce:Trust me bro
I'm glad someone finally picked back up on this game and really tied things together well! I have something I found while playing the game that I wanted to mention. As far as I can tell no one has really talked about this and maybe you could shed some light on it. You mentioned the walrider's existence in Temple Gate and the ants.
Here is the possible easter egg: Just before Blake enters the Scalled area, he attempts to cross a bridge and for some reason that is never explained a cloud of locust appears and pushes him off. This could be a hallucination but right after the event, another person claims to see the locust and others through out the village talk about it later.
I have always wondered after seeing the comics if this cloud of Locust may in fact be the walrider? Maybe they aren't even Locust, Ants can grow wings in some cases and this could be a joined swarm of them.
I wanted to throw this out there. It's eating away at me that nobody even talks about this moment like it's important. (A fucking swarm of bugs randomly lifts a dude and shoves him off a bridge.) Let me know if you have any idea about this or corrections. Thanks
Interesting thought! Well, Arizona has lots of locusts (being that it's dry and hot), so it could be that the Locust swarm was just Blake's bad luck. I think it's more that Blake is walking across a narrow beam at that point, and loses balance rather than being thrown off the bridge. That being said, the Locust seemed pretty aggressive, so you may be right in saying that the locust could be being controlled by the Walrider.
@@GamingHarryYT What made me think it might be something else is how Blake explained it. "They were trying to lift me" Could be crazy talk but still food for thought.
@@GamingHarryYT The locusts flash and glow like they're electric, and tbh that's the most explicit 'swarm' imagery we get in the game so I would definitely see that as a Walrider cameo. My question is whether it's Miles, and what his intent was - did he deliberately knock Blake down, or did he try to help but lost control?
In my mind, the locusts were also a hallucination since one of the gospel of Knoth notes mentions them as a sign of the antichrist or the end of the world (I cant remember which)
I have just finished Outlast 1, Whistleblower, and Outlast 2! I was so confused about the story, this video helped a lot.
The person/group who made this game is a genius. This is never a horror game for me, I see this as a logical masterpiece of art
Same! I love it!
You know, all this horrible stuff might sound like fiction, but it has happened somewhere at some point in history. If a human could imagine the most detestable thing, a human could carry such a thing out. Mankind needs fixing, and not the Outlast kind! Lol
Damn so the morphogenic engine is supposedly real then?
@@samhobart2754 might be one day or already is we dont know. But i feel like religious incest is real.
@@sonsofsasquatch9087 oh well yeah of course it does places like Alabama and Texas exist
@@samhobart2754 Texas is just cowboy not incest
@@sonsofsasquatch9087 tell that to my ex's dad
I didn't manage to finish the 2nd game cause it's too much for me. So this video really helped a lot with understanding the story! Thank you! I hope you'll continue on doing this kind of series in the future
Haha yeah it is pretty intense at times!
Just finished it today, had to play without my headphones due to the intense and scary sounds lol 😂 but I do have to say that even after finishing the game for the first time I didn’t understand the story at all and it’s crazy how huge the lore is and the detail put into it by the devs
I started this game in the middle of 2020, made it to Josiah on the wheel and then forgot I owned it. Just finished tonight and had to hear a breakdown of the story. I prefer games with more obscure stories like this. It doesn’t feel like the developers are holding your hand and you have to figure out why things are happening on your own.
You made the story so easy to understand! Thank you so much! I was left really confused after finishing the game 😂 this cleared everything right up.
Glad it helped! Outlast 2 can be confusing!
I was waiting for this to come out. Love the content, quite high quality. Keep it up!
Glad you enjoyed!
The Outlast Trials is set in the cold war so I doubt Blake will be in it. Sad how their stories ended there.
The outlast 2 plot drew some inspiration from the Jonestown massacre, there are a lot of similarities even with the names of the cults.
Absolutely. As well as the Heaven’s Gate mass suicide.
It was amazing how you had to reverse the audio from the School recordings to hear the hidden messages! I loved that concept!
I'm too scared to play the game 🤣 and kinda confused so I'll have to watch it again but it sounds interesting 👌🏾
Haha yeah it's pretty scary! But give it a go, it's excellent!
So was I until i played u get into it
Its fun to play trust me you need play it
There's a mode for the game for enemies not to attack you, so you can just explore the story instead if you want.
Its fairly Scary But most mentally draining
Such a well made video. Love the detailing from you and also the fact that you included the plot, not leaving out anything important. Feels like scientific work to me😂
Outlast 1 and Whistleblower have great stories. They've unnecessarily overcomplicated it with Outlast 2 in my opinion. Next Outlast will probably connect the whole thing to aliens or something.
@@KawaiiFemBoi What a weird, gatekeepy attitude for something that literally requires you to read outside sources from the game to understand whats going on.
@@KawaiiFemBoi Very fucking important gaps. Literally how are you gatekeeping a single player story game. That's so fucking cringe.
I actually wouldn't be surprised if the next game tackles some kind of "manufactured rapture/alien invasion" - key word being manufactured. I found the religious elements in OL1 to be hackneyed, but it clicked in the second game: the series is about how trauma and technology are weaponized to control minds, and it is no accident that religion itself is treated like a mind control technique.
@@KawaiiFemBoi that’s a valid excuse. Nothing says “shit story” then having to read outside material
@@hydrophilicchristopher9874Exactly, nothing says bad writing like having to read cryptic notes written in religious mumbo-jumbo in order to get a clue to what is even going on. Outlast 1 and Whistleblower were much better games anyway
Never really been scared of ANY game , I just started playing this round 3:00 in the morning. The fact that we can't even defend ourselves is what scares me we can only RUN AND HIDE!.
That’s what makes it so brilliant! Pure fear
The school was honestly the best part of this game IMO
Thank you! I honestly couldn't bring it all together on my own. Makes perfect sense now. Excellent series so far, probably the most disturbing too
Glad you took the time to explain the comic book too. I planned to read it years ago cuz i knew it explained more of the story, but never got around to it, then forgot it existed.
man poor Jessica, Blake didn't even gave her one smooch before she's gone.
Finally someone who explained my favorite 2 horror games thanks a lot man cuz I've been waiting for someone to do an explained video of outlast and outlast 2 forever instant subscription
Man you did a freaking fantastic job breaking this story down and explaining it!!
Glad it was helpful!
Like Dr.Wernicke said:,,Nothing is supernatural"
Great job, I remember looking for an in-depth explanation on everything years ago but this one truly clears things up.
Considering what can be seen in the trailer for Outlast 3 and them saying they need to "dig in his head" it doesn't sound too unlikely that Blake makes a return in Outlast 3. Maybe as the protagonist, maybe as an enemy if not the "final boss".
The outlast trials is not outlast 3 it's a prequel set in the cold war
Thanks for posting this! The story of Outlast 2 can be confusing as hell if you're not paying attention to the notes and such around you [including Val's journals. My thirst for Val is the sole reason why I know the game's story ROFL] and a lot of people were left wondering what the hell happened. Kudos to you!!
Haha thirst for Val. Love it. Glad you enjoyed!
Val is also my favorite character! I can't help, I love her too much! I hope Red Barrels will reveal more about this character. We need more Val. I made an analysis video about her if you're interested. I love discussing theories : th-cam.com/video/cq86MpjGnJw/w-d-xo.html
@@alexander_yoko They have at the time of release for Outlast 2 I think? They made a video called "someone has a crush on you
@@mojitoinmiami Thank u so much! ❤ It's me and I'll post more Val cosplay photos. And I saw what Red Barrels posted, I hope there will be more!
Oh my God how do you not have more subscribers? This video is awesome!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!
Solid video. Outlast is such a great franchise, I can't wait to see what happens in the future.
Been watching your videos for some time and just assumed you had 500k+ subs from the quality of your content. Keep going man, you've got talent and work ethic. You're absolutely gonna make it!
I appreciate that!
I remembered playing this game many years ago and being enthralled by the graphics and atmosphere. And this was before everything was about fancy visual tech like Ray tracing, upscaling, blah blah. It ran great, looked great, played great, and while the story was a bit hit and miss for me, the experience definitely was a winner, and I don't generally like games where all I can do is run and hide, so it's a testament to what this game was able to offer me in terms of entertainment.
I am still wondering why Blake has those flashbacks to Jessica when nothing in the current situation that he was in points back to that period. I felt that it was just a way to make the gameplay varied and longer. It kinda took the flow of the main story away.
im pretty sure its the guilt of jessicas death. it was mentioned at the start he hadnt been sleeping properly because of it so it was going on for quite some time. it was there to provide a backstory. every time the bright light occurred from the murkoff tower it drove him to these hallucinations of jessica and what happened in the school that nobody knew about but him. combined with the fact he could’ve potentially saved her, they just happened while his mind was at its weakest
Yeah, also, Blake probably had negative viewpoints around religion as he was raised Catholic and saw how evil Loutermilch was. The thought of religion probably freaked him out and scarred him after Jessica died. Being thrust into that environment with crazy religious nut jobs like Knoth's cult members likely amplified his PTSD. So I think that us seeing what Blake endured as a kid at school is relevant to the story.
@@GamingHarryYT i never thought about that but that makes perfect sense too!
@@GamingHarryYT thanks guys. these are actually reasonable assumptions that I can apply. I guess it's not all fluff to make the game longer. I did enjoy the first one better though cause I seem to just run by all the enemies in this one in my first playthrough :p
Ur video explanation is great. I hadn't thought about how the deepness of the mines somewhat shielded Lynn from the signal.
I just want there to be outlast 3 in the old asylum
That would be good. It takes place during the Cold War, which ended in 1991, so it could possibly feature. Who knows!
@@GamingHarryYT Well that Will be Outlast Trials, the next outlast game. But maybe Outlast 3, which they wanna release after could continue the story of Waylon Park, Simon Peacock, Paul Marion and Walrider (Miles Upshur). Also Outlast Trials might take place in Mount Massive Asylum during the MKULTRA program, on which Murkoff and CIA worked together.
@@tomas_nehyba yeah outlast trials is not outlast 3 I don't think it will have any connection with the first two.
@@achintsingh8745 It will give us some background about Murkoff and it's previous experiments, that's for sure.
This was such a well crafted vid, you sir got a sub! Keep up the amazing content!
Thank you! Welcome, and I'm glad you enjoyed!
that explanation was incredibly thorough, thanks.
this video is perfect finally a perfect review that explains everything perfect
Just finished the game last night. I actually thought everything was of paranormal event - especially of Revelations. The story perfectly fits the Antichrist lore especially the red star... But wow, this explanation is A WAY BETTER STORY from what I interpreted. Subscribing to you mate!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!
The music at 0:40 and at 5:28 the beginning of the video is called "Where are the Stars" and "Residuum" by Silver Maple, respectively.
Outlast 2 got a little too obsessed with the gore, like half way through you're not interested in the story anymore and more on if you'll be able to eat your dinner that night.
Can't wait for outlast trails. Also outlast trails is a prequel. I hope waylon saves blake at some point
There honestly isn’t really much left to save from Blake at this point when you think about it sadly. He’s gone completely catatonic and has essentially become lost in the past in his mind with “Jessica” after his wife dies from fake child birth.
Amazing video once again!
I'd be interested in a video specifically focusing on the school hallucinations and how Jessica's death was covered up as a suicide. That and how Knoth's cult directly parallels with the Catholic church.
15:10 this single piece of paper is the bane of this games existence. I’m one had it helps explain what’s going on in the story, on the other, it’s literally almost just this single piece of paper detailing what’s happening in the story. And it’s not like it’s obvious it’s literally in the middle of nowhere in the game. in fact, people will be even more confused with the aftermath comic. We’re out of no where is the Murkoff corporation just shows up. And also the fact that you have to read specific documents from the first game to get it.
ive watched all of these videos like 10 times, theyre awesome. i love the way you put the entirety of the story together so easily and i love your accent too hehe
Another excellent piece of work, thank you for clearing some issues up for me after playing it.
You're welcome!
Bro you did a nice job explaining everything. Hats off to you my friend.
By the time I made this comment, I already finished outlast 2 and before that , outlast 1 ! The story in outlast 2 is kind of mess up and hard to understand compared to first one, where I can play through the game but still be able to catch a basic story ! But left alone story , this game has some iconic feeling that I can't find in other horror games! There's is 2 scene , 1 is when father ( can't remember his name) In outlast 1 burn him self then all creepy mudders standing around you stop chasing you and let you go in peace , they just stand there and look at you , 2 is when knoth in outlast 2 kill him self then you starting to walk away to the sun rise ! Both scene give me weird feeling of peaceful! Like.......... All these creature chasing you, try to murder you through the whole game , now they suddenly stop after you , or being dead around you ! It's look like: " you know what , we're tired of followed you , there's the door, please just get lost! We don't care about you anymore ! " . It's strange right?
Outlast 2 is definitely my favorite horror game! ❤ I love it has a disturbing hard to understand story. And especially I love Val, she's definitely my favorite in the Outlast series. Thank u for the video! I'm waiting for the trials, just like everyone.
P.S. If you want more theories I have here a video where I analyze the character of Val, if you're interested : th-cam.com/video/cq86MpjGnJw/w-d-xo.html
Why to me it had a sucky ending and was confusing. I don’t judge ya or Anyone for liking horror games but to me the games a mess. But FYI there a upcoming video game that’s Survive horror called”the lost wild” about being lost in a land full of Dinosaurs and a abandoned Japanese facility.
Why I like this one more than outlast 1 is the simple fact that outlast 2 focuses more psychological horror rather than gore horror which is what outlast 1 focused on, they went in a different genre of horror and it worked really well because psychological horror I feel causes more damage in the longrun.
This explanation helped SO much!!! Thank you!!
No problem!
Thank you very much for creating this video! Very much appreciated and your voice is very calming to hear as well 😊
Great video! Really enjoyed the lore of Outlast explained.
"Although not as terrifying"
Me: But the demon guy???
only watched 2 videos of yours, but im subscribing. very nice voice you got there, dude. Greets from Germany!
Absolutely loving this channel mate! A good deep dive on game history and lore is what's needed these days! Keep it up👍
Awesome stuff! I really love the game, so it's nice get more out of it. Cheers!
Blake can't catch a break...witnessed his friend assaulted and killed, tormented by strange eldritch cultists, lost his wife, child(?), and mind to scientific and/or demonic delusions, and is now as good as dead while being planned to be used as an unwilling test subject for Murkoff. Probably got it the worst out of the three Outlast protagonists.
Blake is most likely gonna die on his own either by starving,dehydration, or the illness he mostly got from the smol man
Edit: the ending is just a hallucination of blake, he slowly goes insane by the murkoff lights and such
Just found your channel, and I have to say, your content is solid!
I’d say 2 was way more terrifying. There was that one jump-scare in the school hallway that has kept me from replaying the game again. Maybe I should do another play through though cuz it’s been years.
All that said, Outlast 1 is still my favorite and has infinitely better storytelling. I’ve replayed that game so many times.
People are saying this story is complicated and confusing... it really isn't. It's just very poorly executed o you have to go to the ends of the earth to figure out what is going on. If the game had a more cohesive narritive all of this could have easily made sense. While ambigous storytelling can be good if the player has no fucking clue whats going on and in order to figure it out they have to buy a comic thats not good storytelling. However, great video, you pieced it all together.
Looove the video!! You deserve more subs!! Great work!
Thank you so much!!
Sounds like the developers heavily sampled the Jonestown massacre...
Can’t wait for Trials!! Good work!
You and me both! Thanks!
so much info in this video. Good work
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!
I'm scared of ghosts and monsters but they never once hurt me, I'm not scared of humans but they are the ones who cutted me into a thousand pieces.
Good and clear narration, calming voice tone, high quality video…what more do you want?
I love this game so much, have literally just finished playing it again. This explanation video just mad me love it more, thanks for this 🌸
you should do more of these stuff bro. Your production value is a top notch
I started playing outlast 2 and was confused by all these strange cultist ! I had never played the first game , so I was def intrigued into finding out more about this storyline ! Hence why I looked up a story video ! This video is explaining everything I was confused and curious about ! Wow what a disturbing story of cultist ! It even sounds very similar to Jonesboro with the Mass poisoning ! All that was needed was some purple kool - aid ! Well great job on a very detailed video ! 🙌
Amazing video, you deserve more subs, lad! Keep it on.
Much appreciated!
I was waiting and looking forward to this one! I appreciate the work you put into these videos. Thank you 🙏🏾
You're welcome!
Does every women experience phantom pregnancy after being exposed to the beam? If so why were other women did the other woman in the town not have these symptoms like the lady that was tourchored in the church. If not what made Lynn special to get these symptoms?
It occasionally caused phantom pregnancies, not all the time. It's more of a mind control device, with odd side effects, the pregnancies being one of them.
@@GamingHarryYT hi, I love your analysis. But, I have a theory about this game that I would like to share, as it’s a little long for a comment here on TH-cam, lol. I personally think none of the kids that we saw killed in this game were real.
@@BlasianBobbi215 I would like to see your theory, if it's not a bother to you, of course.
@@jasonfromprx not at all! Do you have an email address?
I love how you explain it very well
harry i just started watching yesterday and i really love your videos i was confused on the story of outlast whistleblower and 1 but your video explained it, as well as this one. def subbing with notis on
This was really well done thank you. :)
Your knowledge for this is sh!t is crazy! You always do such a great job with these Story Explained!!
Haha thanks mate!
you so beautiful
The best outlast 2 explained video on TH-cam
You need way more subs my dude. Your vids are great
I must say that you did almost equal effort like the game story development team. Amazing!
I mean, Chris Walker was scary because he was a force to be reckoned with. You kinda knew you were dead if he cought you from the moment you heard those chains being dragged across the floor. But Marta on the other hand? She looks so bony. How can she even carry that axe-weapon around and lift up a whole person? She's all skin and bones. I guess she's kinda scary the way she screams when she's charging you and the way she's really fast. But it always seemed silly to me. And how the heretics could see with all that mud on their heads. And I'm not even gonna ask how enemies can see and navigate perfectly in pitch black....
Quality video bro, very informing
Basically. Main character has bad memories. The frequency messes with his brain to create hallucinations.
One of his biggest regrets was not kissing Jessica and cause he was too nervous or scared she was left sigh the creep who killed her.
Now in the real world everyone is experiencing delusions and Blake just sat there ready to die and revert back into his mind not caring about the world anymore
I loved this so much. Gonna watch all your content
i hated outlast 2 especially for the first time playing they don't explain what is happening just a lot of chasing without explanation 🤬
outlast 1 was masterpiece.....Magneefisto