Outlast
| Outlast | |||
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| Original title | Outlast | ||
| Studio | Red barrels | ||
| Publisher | Red Barrels Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment ( Outlast Trinity ) |
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| Senior Developer |
Philippe Morin David Chateauneuf |
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| composer | Wachoru Jonathan | ||
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
Microsoft Windows September 4, 2013 PlayStation 4 February 5, 2014 Xbox One June 19, 2014 Linux, OS X March 31, 2015 Nintendo Switch February 27, 2018 |
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| platform |
Windows PlayStation 4 Xbox One macOS Linux Nintendo Switch |
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| Game engine | Unreal Engine 3 | ||
| genre | Survival horror | ||
| medium | Download | ||
| language | English , German | ||
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Outlast is a first-person - Survival horror - video game , which the Canadian development studio Red Barrels has been developed and published in 2013. In 2014, a DLC for the game called Outlast: Whistleblower was released . In 2017 a sequel to the game was released under the name Outlast 2 . In February 2018, a version of Outlast was released for the Nintendo Switch .
action
Miles Upshur, an investigative journalist, who was previously given a tip, visits the Mount Massive mental hospital because the Murkoff Corporation located there is supposed to be conducting illegal experiments on patients.
In the building, a dying soldier explains to Miles that the patients have broken out of their cells and are now killing the mental hospital staff and that he should disappear as quickly as possible. However, since Miles can no longer leave the building the same way he entered it, he has to find another way out. When he tries to open the main entrance via the security terminal, he is surprised by a self-proclaimed priest named Father Martin, who injects narcotics into his body to prevent his escape. Father Martin sees Miles his apostle and tells him about a being called the Walrider, who is responsible for the mischief in the mental hospital.
Miles later wakes up in a padded cell. Followed by patient Chris Walker and two cannibalized twin brothers, Miles makes his way through the sewers. He is then led by Dr. Richard Trager, a former Murkoff employee, was captured and tortured by cutting off two fingers. During his escape, Miles succeeds in crushing Trager between the floor of the floor and the ceiling of a descending elevator.
Miles later sees Father Martin, who tells him to visit him in the chapel. On the way Miles arrives at an auditorium, where he learns that the Walrider was told by a German scientist named Dr. Rudolf Gustav Wernicke was created. Wernicke was of the opinion that through intensive dream therapies in the patients nanomachines could be connected to a malignant being. In the chapel, Miles receives from Father Martin, who was crucified, a key for the elevator that should take him to freedom. Thereupon Father Martin is burned alive on the cross.
The elevator takes Miles into an underground laboratory, where he is attacked by Chris Walker. However, this is killed by the walrider. Miles then meets Dr. Wernicke, who claims that the Walrider is a nanotechnological being controlled by patient Billy Hope. Dr. Wernicke asks Miles to kill Hope in the hope that this would destroy the Walrider. But before Miles can kill Hope, his body is occupied by the Walrider. On his way out of the lab, Miles is gunned down by security guards assigned by Wernicke. But Wernicke is shocked to find that Miles is the new host of the Walrider. Panic screams and shots can be heard on the black screen and the game ends.
Gameplay
Outlast is a first-person - survival horror game that consists of only a single player campaign. The player controls the protagonist who is unable to fight and only defends himself in action sequences.
The only equipment it has is a camera with a night vision function.
speaker
| role | speaker |
|---|---|
| Miles Upshur, Stephenson | Shawn Baichoo |
| Chris Walker | Chimwemwe Miller |
| Father Martin | Andreas Apergis |
| Richard Trager | Alex Ivanovici |
| Pyromaniac | Neil Napier |
| Taller twin | Neil Napier |
| Shorter twin | Alain Goulem |
| Rudolf Wernicke | Marcel Jeannin |
reception
| publication | rating | source |
|---|---|---|
| Destructoid | 9/10 | |
| Eurogamer | 85% | |
| Game Informer | 7.5 / 10 | |
| GameSpot | 7/10 | |
| IGN | 7.8 / 10 | |
| Joystiq | 4.5 / 5 | |
| PC gamer | 7.5 / 10 | |
| metro | 7/10 |
“Naked cannibals, insane doctors and us in the middle of it all. Outlast sends us on a real horror trip in the test. "
As of October 2016, over 4 million copies of the game had been sold.
Awards
- ACTRA Award Outstanding Performance in a Video Game Alex Ivanovici
- NAVGTR Award Use of Sound, Wachoru Jonathan
- NAVGTR Award New IP Red Barrels
- Fear Award Best Gore
- Fear Award Best Indie Horror
- Fear Award Scariest Game
Outlast whistleblower
| Outlast: Whistleblower | |||
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| Original title | Outlast: Whistleblower | ||
| Studio | Red barrels | ||
| Publisher | Red Barrels Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment ( Outlast Trinity ) |
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| Senior Developer |
Philippe Morin David Chateauneuf |
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| composer | Wachoru Jonathan | ||
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
Microsoft Windows May 6, 2014 PlayStation 4 May 6, 2014 Xbox One June 19, 2014 Linux, OS X March 31, 2015 |
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| platform |
Windows PlayStation 4 Xbox One macOS Linux Nintendo Switch |
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| Game engine | Unreal Engine 3 | ||
| genre | Survival horror | ||
| medium | Download | ||
| language | English , German | ||
| Age rating |
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Outlast: Whistleblower is a first-person - Survival horror - video game DLC for the main game Outlast .
action
The player takes on the role of Waylon Park, Murkoff Corporation's system administrator. At the beginning of the game, Waylon writes an anonymous email to Miles Upshur, the protagonist from Outlast, in which he asks him to investigate the insane asylum because the Murkoff Corporation is conducting illegal experiments on the patient. Caught by his chairman Jeremy Blaire, Waylon is banished from the laboratory to the devastated mental hospital as punishment. It also turns out that Billy has gained control of the Walrider and is now wreaking havoc in the Mount Massive mental hospital.
Pursued by the cannibal Frank Manera, Waylon looks for a radio that is supposed to be in the prison wing in order to establish contact with the outside world. Once there, however, he is overwhelmed by Blaire, who shortly afterwards destroys the radio. Driven to flee by Chris Walker, Waylon arrives across the grounds to the professional block of the mental hospital, where he meets the patient Dennis, who suffers from a dissociative personality disorder. Dennis delivers Waylon to the patient Eddie Gluskin, who is also known as "the bridegroom" and wants to create the "perfect bride" out of male patients. For this purpose, he removes their member and models their breasts. However, he subsequently murdered her in the most brutal way. Waylon, who is ultimately exposed to this fate, is saved by a patient who attacks Gluskin and then escapes. Waylon then arrives in a sports hall, where Gluskin hung up all of his victims. While trying to strangle Waylon, Gluskin gets caught in the numerous ropes, is pierced by a metal tube and is killed in the process.
In his search for a way out, Waylon notices that the military has arrived and is tasked with killing all living things. Waylon sees a burning chapel and the corpse of Dr. Richard Trager, which makes it clear to the player that Outlast Whistleblower plays parallel to Outlast .
At the main entrance, Waylon meets the dying Blaire, who asks him to help him. When Waylon approaches him, Blaire tries to stab him but is then torn to pieces by the Walrider. Waylon is released and he gets into the jeep Miles used to come to the mental hospital. In the car he notices that Miles, who is now the Walrider's host, is leaving the building. Waylon manages to escape with the car.
In the epilogue, Waylon sits with his laptop in front of a man who explains to him that he has gathered enough evidence against the Murkoff Corporation with his recordings in the insane asylum. If Waylon uploaded his evidence to the Internet, he would destroy the Murkoff Corporation but also force them to retaliate. Despite scruples, Waylon finally uploaded his material.
reception
"The new chapter offers up a fresh batch of blood-drenched bad guys that will make any horror buff cower in delightful fear."
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.destructoid.com/review-outlast-260978.phtml
- ↑ http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-09-05-outlast-review
- ↑ http://www.gameinformer.com/games/outlast/b/pc/archive/2013/09/06/red-barrels-delivers-an-endurance-test-in-terror.aspx
- ↑ http://www.gamespot.com/outlast/reviews/outlast-review-6413987/
- ↑ http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/09/04/outlast-review/
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.pcgamer.com/review/outlast-review/
- ↑ http://metro.co.uk/2013/09/09/outlast-review-afraid-of-the-dark-3955040/
- ↑ http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/outlast/test/outlast,48902,3027575.html
- ↑ http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2016/10/19/red-barrels-shares-original-outlast-sales-figures-talks-ending/
- ↑ http://kotaku.com/yep-outlast-is-still-terrifying-1572445109
