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Interesting you mention the comparison between Mr. X and Chris Walker- seems like the original Resident Evil 2 might have influenced Outlast, although Mr X was pretty weak in the version, and then Outlast went on to influence some changes in the RE2 remake. The main issue with the 1998 Mr X was how his sections were pretty scripted and he could never actually follow you through rooms, he'd just show up occasionally in random places (a product of the time I guess). Outlast fixed some of the scripting issues with stalking enemies in Walker, but then applied these same frustrating issues to the chase scenes lol. It's also nice you mention the whole battery resource management concept, which I think other future games basically perfected (like Amnesia: The Bunker- such a good example and leaves so many options for gameplay). Great video, super interesting stuff!

For me it's not about being without weapons or not. It's about removing the power fantasy, in Silent Hill or Manhunt you feel scared even tho you can defend yourself, because you can't kill enemies upon enemies easily. Outlast takes a step further and removes the power from the player. I don't agree with most of the comments where they say that horror with guns are scary, they can be a lot scary even more than "chase-only" horror games

Wow, keep the great work up man!

While not the first horror game based on defenselessness, most notable game like this being Amnesia before Outlast came out, Outlast took what Amnesia did well in the panic you felt while being chased, turned it to 11 and based the entire experience around it. The first time you play the game, you can't help feeling the dread of being caught by the enemies, because you know for sure that you'll have to haul ass and when you don't know the levels, you will inevitably wind up in a dead end. That uncertainty of where to go, mixed with the panic during a chase, made for an extremely good horror game that played on anxiety, unlike Amnesia that played on atmosphere and playing with the player's anticipation. The open, labyrinthine level design of Outlast 2, mixed with the added stamina system and the group chases, made this even worse (or rather, better).

like how do people even forget about this game? debatably the GREATEST horror game ever made. nearly perfect in every way

i think one thing not mentioned here is walkers intro, first subtly seeing him then the soldier jumpscare shortly followed by walker grabbing you and calling you a little pig, that moment truly establishes him as a character and it's one of the reasons he is so scary. I think outlast most definitely helped push the genre forward but i do think red barrel can learn from outlast 1s success as the 2nd was no where near as scary and trials feels more fun than scary but i do love the first and trials. I do think that Alien isolation and RE7 are the current primary pushers even if they took some influence from outlast. but realistically i think the current primary leads in the horror genre are indie games triple A devs are still pretty linear and resident evil games get a lot less scary since we have weapons, there is a new alien isolation coming out which hopefully will be a huge success and push more developers to step up or step back into the horror genre. Great video, brought back some older memories from playing Outlast 1

Awesome video

Amazing video essay, I love this!! Definitely makes me appreciate how peak outlast is, even if i enjoyed the heck out of it when i recorded it with my friend months ago. You deserve so much more subscribers.

Ayo great content

Here before 100 didn’t finish the video yet but if you didnt touch on the soundtrack you gotta

Outlast is so damn good. One of only a few games that scared me a lot even while watching a Let’s Play rather than playing it myself 😅

What mic do you use? Ive been working on my own video essays and I really like your audio.

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The first one dlc,2 was Legendary 3 was a failure.

oh man i just clicked the video thinking you was one them ytubers having like 5000 subscribers then i noticed you have only 81, but the quality is the same or even better, keep it up!

I think Outlast 2 is one of the best games ever created! It is my favourite even if I played a lot of games. It is so good that I am trying Saint & Messiah now.

I like how it sounded like you air quoted “whistle blower” haha 2:00

I agree i love Resident evil, but outlast it is something else.

This game was good, but the DLC felt like a whole new experience on its own. The main villain was absolutely horrifying, the music was just as good, overall it didn’t even feel like a DLC lol

It took me too long to realize you used the amnesia the bunker safe room music in the background. I know that has nothing to do with the video I just found it funny for some reason

awesome video but i would have to say that chris probably was inspired my nemesis from resident evil 3 (the original, not the remake, they did him dirty in the remake, in the original he kinda acted like chris)

This game is the ONLY good horror game I've ever played. Outlast 2 was garbage though because of how buggy it was when I played it

I think for the chase sequence parts I understand the complain on why it is "bad" because you have to memorize the route but play it in the Insane difficulty and you will sort of start to feel scared since you know that if you die it's all over and you have to redo everything while this can be viewed as annoying to me it really puts in some fear in the player since your anxious on whether you will make it out alive or not. In general I think the missing thing that you did not mention that I think makes outlast unique was the difficulty since playing from Normal and Insane is vastly different and gives a unique experience. In normal you are tankier, you have autosave and you have more resources so you pretty much can make almost all the mistakes that you want, but in Insane it is a completely different ball game since you can die in one hit from Chris Walker, Dying actually brings you back all the back to the start of the game and you only have 2 batteries instead of the standard 10 in normal which makes it a unique experience since even at your "second" playthrough you still feel terrified in fear of dying compared to normal you feel terrified only because its your "first" time seeing the horrors of the Asylum

This game revived my horror games loving soul, I am replaying it tonight. Amazing commentary

the sound of walkers trombones and rattlinf chains is forever carved into my 2013 brain.

Outlast is awesome

Just downloaded trials and In the waiting room theres Chess or Arm Wrestling Brains or Brauns

Glad it was immediately famous. Playing it again today much better lore than i even knew

Thank you for making this video despite many others existing, shows you care about it and that will help you a lot here. I believe that despite the countless gameplays and essays, outlast is still somewhat under-discussed, mostly due to the time it came out on.

Outlast is scary not only because of its enemy’s and the inability to protect yourself against deranged monsters, but because of its very claustrophobic & insidious atmosphere. I did enjoy the video although You did somewhat lose me at the end of it though, adding any sort of “open-area” would completely ruin not only the main atmosphere of the game(what makes it special) but also the core characteristics of outlast, a perfect example of this is the outlast trials, a trashy multiplayer spin on a known single player horror franchise, it completely ruins what made outlast 1 and some of 2 fantastic in my opinion. The ability to fight back completely negates any kind of fear I would have had if I wasn’t able to harm the enemy, not to mention the general downgrade in graphics & art style, it’s very plasticky which is a big turnoff for me in a “serious horror game” but that’s besides the point. Another thing to mention is I love the chases, they’re not hard & I find it hard to understand how you can get turned around if you said it yourself that their design is “very linear”, it reminds me of a horror movie which is exactly what outlast feels like, a found footage horror game. I hope red barrels can make a comeback and deliver something good with outlast 3 and not churn out something classic & original instead of a pathetic Frankenstein amalgamation of mechanics & changes that where never needed in the first place. Good Day Sir!

Amazing video!! I haven't seen a video that's entertained me this much in a while. I hung on to your every word

i hate most horror games giving me guns. it ruins all the fear when im able to protect myself and the weapon isnt limited enough. outlast being a run and hide only scenario brings the fear factors past 100-- like, if youre gonna give me a gun then youre monsters need to be scary and strong enough that not even being strapped up will make me feel safe like amnesias bunker did it best, you have a gun but it is useless against the monster and the gun essentially functions as a lock picking tool. THAT is how guns should function in horror. like if youre gonna give your players a weapon then it has to fit the setting and enemy so it wont disrupt the fear factor- like outlast would be so easy and so boring if you had a gun or any weapon since most of you enemies are mortal humans, unless the mechanics stopped you right? so ultimately being in the outlast scenario is only scariest when you are weaponless, or it depends on the weapon. like, a crowbar couldnt take chris walker but a bullet to the head could. like when i played the evil within and i just cleared levels and the fear was gone, and it made me stop playing. like you have to actively choose to not kill all the monsters' so you can continue to be afraid, and also to save bullets, but still- the gun ruins it this is all to say i love outlast

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The quality of this content makes it utterly CRIMINAL that this xhannel only has 48 subs. Consider my subscribed, sir. Awesome quality work! 🩷

Outlast defined the genre not only with this unique gameplay style, imo it did so much more with this indescribable vibe that only the outlast games have. I have never played an equally unique brand of fucked up horror game than any outlast title. the way red barrels implementes nudity religion and a mix of psychological and body horror has never been done like this. the nudity which is basically shoved in your face around every corner makes the games feel so much more real to me, outlast ain't scared to show this unlike so many other horror titles. Additionally some character designs like for example Trager are so iconic, i wouldn't ever be able to forget them, not to mention the characters in outlast trials who take it to a whole other level

outlast was a good horror game one of the best, followed up by outlast 2 it was good too

Keep it up! Great video

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Amazing video. I never quite realised how Outlast built upon the stalker type of enemy made popular by re2 and re3. The stalkers in those games were great but their presence was always diminished by the technology of the time. Walker was an evolution, though id still say nemsis is the best stalker overall simply due to how re3 handles encounters with him + its branching path system. Id even go as far as to say that it was Nemsis and his unique gameplay that allowed Outlasts stalkers to be forgotten. Its kinda unfair considering Nemsis is a survival horror stalker where as outlasts stalkers are not. Theres only so much you can do with running and hiding where as survival horror has so many more opportunities to scare and challenge the player. Outlast (and walker as a result) got lumped in with these more decision based games however and got unfairly crushed due to its own simplicity. Simplicity isnt bad, but it wasnt going against equally simple games. Walker ended up being the less cool little brother of Nemsis

Great quality and commentary, you just earned yourself a subscriber. Keep it up.

Brought here by the algorithm and wasn’t disappointed, well presented video. Shocked it’s sat at 10 views. Great work, keep it up 👍🏻

Did you mean this video to be a review or an essay? For a review there are too many spoilers, and explaining the options and gameplay was like a review xD

Great video! Always love a great Alan Wake video. Keep up the good work!

I just finished the game again and got platinum for it. My favorite game narrative wise.

back with another banger as usual 🙂‍↕️

I think the true horror of Alan Wake 2 is that it's only available on Epic Games store for pc.

Nice review.

The music in game is phenomenal!

I guess I don't need to play Alan Wake 2 now, because your opening monologue basically describes my entire life... 😅

Woke trash with terrible gameplay. You get so little bullets and enemies regenerate as soon as you leave a room. Most optimal way to play is to just run past everything, which gets really boring. Combined with cheap, college-level FMVs for cutscenes.