History VideoGame / Outlast

* HateSink: Jeremy Blaire puts a human face to the utterly inhumane Murkoff Corporation, and as such he's the closest the game really has to a BigBad. In addition to being a slimy, arrogant corporate suit, he goes out of his way to KickTheDog in every single scene he's in. He doesn't even have the "insanity" excuse that everyone else has; he's just a repulsive bastard, through and through.

'Webcomic/OutlastTheMurkoffAccount'', an comic book series expanding on the games' universe, was created in 2016.

'’Webcomic/OutlastTheMurkoffAccount'', an comic book series expanding on the games' universe, was created in 2016.

A co-op multiplayer game set in the UssefulNotes/ColdWar called ''VideoGame/TheOutlastTrials'' is set for 2021.

A [[VideoGame/OutlastII sequel]] was released in April 2017, this time set in [[HillbillyHorrors an Arizona cult town]] rather than the asylum.

In addition, ''Webcomic/OutlastTheMurkoffAccount'', an ongoing comic book series expanding on the games' universe, was created in 2016.

** [[spoiler:Miles' inability to fight back is actually explained by a document found later in the game, explaining that even in subjects who are not capable of becoming hosts for the walrider, exposure to the morphogenic engine causes a surge in human growth hormone as well as other hormones; every psycho you encounter is effectively on a heavy steroid cycle, and so far from normal mental processes that they are probably using a LOT more than the normal 50% of their muscle strength.]]

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The entire game takes place over a single night - the [=DLC=] expands on this and reveals that it occur over ''a period of less than twelve hours.'' If you look at the clock in the room where you obtain the ''Variant Postmortem'' document, you can see it is 03:53am. The clock in the very first room you arrive in says 9:20pm. By the time you [[spoiler:die]], it's presumably just gone four am. You're only in the Asylum, as Miles at least, ''for just under seven hours!''

An expansion pack, "Whistleblower", was released on April 6, 2014. It follows Waylon Park, the inside source that tells Miles about Mount Massive, and takes place during the takeover of the asylum and after the events of the main game. Like Upshur, Park isn't physically equipped to handle the inmates and must run and hide while using a camcorder to see in the dark.

Independent journalist Miles Upshur breaks into [[BedlamHouse Mount Massive Asylum for the Criminally Insane]], which had been recently reopened by the transnational Murkoff Corporation, after receiving information from an inside source. Expecting a controversial scoop, Miles finds himself in a hell he could never imagine.

''Outlast'' is a SurvivalHorror game released for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on September 4, 2013 with a version for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 released on February 5, 2014, and an UsefulNotes/XboxOne version released on June 26, 2014. You control a NonActionGuy with no combat options but the ability to {{parkour}} his way over obstacles, hide in lockers and under beds, and lose pursuers amongst the twisted hallways of the facility. As an added mechanic, Miles has a camcorder with a NightVisionGoggles mode, which is useful in the asylum's many pitch-black sections but requires batteries to operate.

* BodyHorror: Many of the surviving inmates have rather disturbing deformities, all of which were visibly made by the doctors of the asylum.

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The entire game takes place over a single night - the [=DLC=] expands on this and reveals that it occur over ''a period of less than twelve hours.'' If you look at the clock in the room where you obtain the ''Variant Postmortem'' document, you can see it is 03:53am. The clock in the very first room you arrive in says 9:00pm. By the time you [[spoiler:die]], it's presumably just gone four am. You're only in the Asylum, as Miles at least, ''for just over seven hours!''

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The entire game takes place over a single night - the [=DLC=] expands on this and reveals that it occur over ''a period of less than twelve hours.'' If you look at the clock in the room where you obtain the ''Variant Postmortem'' document, you can see it is 04:05am. The clock in the very first room you arrive in says 9:00pm. You're only in the Asylum, as Miles at least, ''for just over seven and a quarter hours!''

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The entire game takes place over a single night - the [=DLC=] expands on this and reveals that it occur over ''a period of less than twelve hours.''

* HellIsThatNoise:
** The creaks, bumps, and other echoed sounds that come from the long and winding corridors of the asylum. Most of them are purely ambient, but others indicate something sinister is coming. The chilling fact is you can't discern which until it's on your heels.
** Chris Walker's chains as he stalks you.
** Trager occasionally opening and closing his bone shears as he stalks Miles.

* HellIsThatNoise:
** The sound of Manera's buzzsaw revving. Which he does a ''lot''.
** Manera's two lines when he sees you. He either says "Dinner Bells!" or "Feed me! Feed me! Feed me! Feed me! FEED ME!" in progressively louder and higher tones.
** "''Darling! Whore!''"
** Gluskin's singing, particularly when you have to go back ''just'' after having escaped him.
--> '''Gluskin:''' "When I was a boy my mother often said to me, get married son and see how happy you will be..."

''Outlast'' is a SurvivalHorror game released for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on September 4, 2013 with a version for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 released on February 5, 2014, and an UsefulNotes/XboxOne version released on June 26, 2014. It's JustForFun/XMeetsY is ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'' and ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'': you control a NonActionGuy with no combat options but the ability to {{parkour}} his way over obstacles, hide in lockers and under beds, and lose pursuers amongst the twisted hallways of the facility. As an added mechanic, Miles has a camcorder with a NightVisionGoggles mode, which is useful in the asylum's many pitch-black sections but requires batteries to operate.

* GreaterScopeVillain: The Murkoff Corporation is responsible for all the suffering both you and the patients endure throughout the course of the game, even though the most you ever come into contact with them professionally is [[spoiler:Miles being shot to death by the guards before the credits.]] This also applies to [[VideoGame/Outlast2 the second game.]]

* ForebodingArchetecture: This along with SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity are entirely averted. Just as you don't know which inmates are docile and which will attack, a locker or a bed nearby is no indication you'll actually need it. It again adds to the tension since it doesn't work as a tell to when a murderous lunatic is going to come after you.

* ShoutOut: Jeremy Blaire's last name is one to [[Film/TheBlairWitchProject]], the film that popularized the found footage film genre that the Outlast games are modeled after.

* IHaveAFamily: Waylon has a wife and two sons. Jeremy Blaire, the Murkoff executive managing Mount Massive, actually gleefully looks forward to destroying them financially, legally, and possibly even physically should they continue to seek answers regarding Waylon's involuntary commitment to the asylum.

* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Blaire]] is horrified when he realises that [[spoiler:the Walrider]] is loose, shortly before [[spoiler:it tears him apart]].