History Characters / TheOutlastTrials

* AntiHero: All of them qualify for this, as while they're the playable characters, they still do some pretty horrific things in order to survive the trials. These include, but are not limited to, microwaving people's brains until they explode in a mass of gore, sawing a man's legs off while he's still alive, and finally coating someone in hot wax and then roasting them in an industrial furnace. It's hard to blame the Reagents however, as since they were kidnapped and forced to partake in the trials, it's not like they had much of a choice anyway. They either perform these gruesome 'tasks', or they die.

* ImplacableMan: Once a Reagent reaches full psychosis, the Skinner Man will appear and begin hunting them, walking towards his target without stopping or slowing down. Running helps lessen the damage, but he knows where you are at all times and will catch up eventually. It will only end if you find an antidote, are helped with an upgraded Healing Rig, or if you outrun him until the psychosis wears off on its own.

* ImplacableMan: Once a Reagent reaches full psychosis, the Skinner Man will appear and begin hunting them, walking towards his target without stopping or slowing down. Running helps lessen the damage, but he knows where you are at all times, and you're bound to slip up and run into other trouble. It will only end if you find an antidote, are helped with an upgraded Healing Rig, or if you outrun him until the psychosis wears off on its own.

* DisappearedDad: At one point asks the player if they ever get out to get a message to his brother that he didn't just disappear like "our piece of shit old man".

* BeneathTheMask: Most of the time that you listen to her optional dialogue, she expounds on what a genius Easterman is and how important the "therapy" is to your healing. Keep coming back to listen to her, and you'll let on that she knows quite a bit more about Murkoff and what they do than her vapid disposition lets on. Even later, she confides that she's trapped in the facility as much as you, hasn't seen the sun in ages, and has been on a drug regimen from Easterman that she's quietly considering quitting. Finally, she regresses back into her normal sunny self after apparently been put back on her "pills" and "giving up control".

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: There's no reliable information on what exactly the Skinner Man is, whether it's an actual eldritch entity or a hallucination created by the psychosis. Further muddying the waters is the fact that the doctors at the facility don't seem to be aware of it's existence as an active threat, as the only evidence files found on the Skinner Man are written from a second-hand perspective in which they pass it off as a mere side effect of the mind experiments. Interestingly, Wernicke himself from Outlast 1 is specifically interested in reports of the Skinner Man, and in the third ending, the characteristic tentacles that creep over the walls during psychosis hallucinations begin to creep over your vision instead as he experiments on your Reagent.

* PlayerandProtagonistIntegration: The full effects of psychosis mean that the player is encouraged to just start running, and harsh noises from insanity often drown out ingame chat from other players. From other players' perspectives, your teammate just started running around randomly, making a lot of noise, possibly running into traps, ignoring offers of help, attracting the "real" threats. Like they've temporarily gone insane.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: There's no reliable information on what exactly the Skinner Man is, whether it's an actual eldritch entity or a hallucination created by the psychosis. Further muddying the waters is the fact that the doctors at the facility don't seem to be aware of it's existence as an active threat, as the only evidence files found on the Skinner Man are written from a second-hand perspective in which they pass it off as a mere side effect of the mind experiments.
* ImplacableMan: Once a Reagent reaches full psychosis, the Skinner Man will appear and begin hunting them, walking towards his target without stopping or slowing down. He can't be outrun or avoided as he knows where you are at all times, and the only way to survive his pursuit is to either find an antidote or simply try and wait until the psychosis goes away.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: There's no reliable information on what exactly the Skinner Man is, whether it's an actual eldritch entity or a hallucination created by the psychosis. Further muddying the waters is the fact that the doctors at the facility don't seem to be aware of it's existence as an active threat, as the only evidence files found on the Skinner Man are written from a second-hand perspective and only talk about patient experiences with it in which they pass it off as a mere side effect of the mind experiments.

* ImplacableMan: Once a Reagent reaches full psychosis, the Skinner Man will appear and begin hunting them, walking towards his target without stopping or slowing down. As he knows where you are at all times, he can't be outrun or avoided, and the only way to survive against him is to either find an antidote or simply try and wait until the psychosis goes away.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: There's no reliable information on what exactly the Skinner Man is, whether it's an actual eldritch entity or a hallucination created by the psychosis. Further muddying the waters is the fact that the doctors at the facility don't seem to be aware of it as an active threat, as the only evidence files on the Skinner Man are written from a second-hand perspective and only talk about patient experiences with it in which they pass it off as a mere side effect of the mind experiments.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: There's no reliable information on what exactly the Skinner Man is, whether it's an actual eldritch entity or a hallucination created by the psychosis. Further muddying the waters is the fact that the doctors at the facility don't seem to be truly aware of it, as the evidence files are written from a second perspective and only talk about patient experiences with it.

A mysterious entity/hallucination that only appears to reagents suffering from psychosis. It takes the appearance of a tall, slender man in a business suit and seems to bear a resemblance to Dr. Easterman. It will follow the player and do damage when close enough. What exactly it is and whether or not it's even real is currently unknown.

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* AntiHero: All of them qualify for this, as while they're the playable characters, they still do some pretty horrific things in order to survive the trials. These include, but are not limited to, microwaving people's brains until they explode in a mass of gore, sawing a man's legs off while he's still alive and finally coating someone in hot wax and then roasting them in an industrial furnace. It's hard to blame the Reagents however, as since they were kidnapped and forced to partake in the trials, it's not like they had much of a choice anyway. They either perform these gruesome 'tasks', or they die.

* AntiHero: All of them qualify for this, as while they're the playable characters, they still do some pretty horrific things in order to survive the trials. These include, but are not limited to, sawing a man's legs off, burning someone alive in a furnace and microwaving people's brains until they explode. It's hard to blame them however, as since they were kidnapped and forced to partake in the trials, it's not like they had much of a choice anyway.

* AntiHero: All of them qualify for this, as while they're the playable characters, they still do some pretty horrific things in order to survive the trials. These include, but are not limited to, sawing a man's legs off, burning someone alive in a furnace and microwaving people's brains until they explode. It's kind of hard to blame them however, as since they were kidnapped and held against their will, they didn't have much of a choice anyway.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: There's no reliable information on what exactly the Skinner Man is, whether it's an actual eldritch entity or a hallucination created by the psychosis. Further muddying the waters is the fact that the doctors at the facility don't seem to be aware of what it really is, as the evidence files are written from a second perspective and only talk about patient experiences with it.

A mysterious entity/hallucination that only appears to reagents suffering from psychosis. It appears as a tall, slender man in a suit and seems to bear a resemblance to Dr. Easterman. It will follow the player and do damage when close enough. What exactly it is and whether or not it's even real is currently unknown.

A mysterious entity/hallucination that only appears to reagents suffering from psychosis. It appears as a tall, slender man in a suit and seems to beat a resemblance to Dr. Easterman. It will follow the player and do damage when close enough. What exactly it is and whether or not it's even real is currently unknown.

* AmbiguousSituation: The Skinner Man only appears when a Reagent is suffering from psychosis, but it isn't certain if he's a real entity revealed by the psychosis or simply a product of it.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: There's no reliable information on what exactly the Skinner Man is, whether it's a real entity or a hallucination created by the psychosis. Further muddying the waters is the fact that the doctors at the facility don't seem to be aware of what it really is, as the evidence files are written from a second perspective and only talk about patient experiences with it.

A mysterious entity/hallucination that only appears to reagents suffering from psychosis. It will follow the player and do damage when close enough. What exactly it is and whether or not it's even real is currently unknown.

A mysterious entity/hallucination that only appears to reagents suffering from psychosis. It will follow the player and do damage when close enough. What exactly it is and whether or not it's even real is unknown.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: There's no reliable information on what exactly the Skinner Man is, and the evidence files only talk about patient experiences with it. To this end, it's unknown if he's a product of the mind experiments, a psychosis-induced hallucination or an actual otherworldly entity. Further muddying the waters is the fact that the doctors at the facility don't seem to be aware of what it really is.

A mysterious entity/hallucination that only appears to reagents suffering from psychosis. It will follow the player and do damage to them when close enough until they die. What exactly it is and whether or not it's even real is unknown.

* EldritchAbomination: Is quite possibly one of these, if you believe it's a real entity.