"Because nobody cares about a few forgotten lunitics" is a line that haunts me to this day. That's the scariest thing about Outlast imo. It's not the runny hidey stuff, or the paranormal stuff, it's the bleak hopelessness of the suffering of a vulnerable population. The only thing keeping those people alive is a profit margin. It's terrifying because that part is realistic, it's happened before and could still be happening now and we wouldn't even know. Sad stuff really.
There are so few people that understand that that’s the point of the game. It highlights the very real experimentation done on vulnerable people in the 20th century and expounds upon it in order to give us a dire warning: stop ignoring these people. Their suffering and torment was only possible because the rest of the world decided to look away, and gave a megacorp the opportunity to strike.
@@bepis1305 I'm bad at this type of games so I watched this play through. Too bad the great story and its subtext was wasted on such a player. The type who thinks he's so damn smart. So the average streamer, basically.
@@bepis1305 Yeah, that kind of sounds like a bad kotaku article, just seems like a stretch. Plus, the amount of times the story attempts to parallel that concept is hardly enough to be allegorical. I believe, and it is 100% within your rights to disagree with everything I say, that they were just trying to further drive the isolated aspect of the game. Which, by the way, if they really didn’t care why the hell would the government then send in a special task force to kill the protagonist. It just wouldn’t make sense to have that be a major arching theme, unless of course we chalk that up to slipshod writing.
He gets more and more edgy with the things he sees.It's actually a good to cope with your current situation.For example,When Trager dies he writes the following: How to make a Trager juice.....Squeeze.That's not something a normal person would write of course.
@@L1vingAshlar Chris Walker is just a big muscle man that runs fast. I don't see how he can have abilities to compete with the existing killers. The Wall Rider on the other hand...
@@keisuketakahasi4584 Yeah it's like he wakes up and sees this crazy priest guy coddling him, and then later jamming a syringe in him. And then suddenly Miles keeps trying to look for Father Martin all game instead of getting the hell out of the place.
Honestly after all this time what surprises me the most is-- I'd forgotten how irreverently edgy and 'funny' a lot of the writing is. (Whether it's actually funny is hit or miss for me, but like it's clearly supposed to be campy rather than serious.) And no matter how accustomed we've gotten to the Outlast-inspired stuff that came after, one note I think a lot of them don't actually dare to imitate is that Outlast had this very immediate, uncomfortable undertone of sexual threat that I think a lot of hetero men are not used to being on the receiving end of. Even before Whistleblower and Eddie, stuff like the antagonists' nudity was deliberately supposed to be unnerving in that way. That's really my main takeaway from Outlast looking back, other than its obvious mechanical innovations at the time.
Yeah, that's an excellent point. Male nudity in games is still fairly uncommon, so it was probably even more jarring for hetero men in a game that came out this long ago.
I've watched OVER 6 RUclipsrs/Streamers play this game from start to finish including the DLC, thats how monumental this game was interms of making me fall in love with the horror genre. John, Cory, Delirious, Christopher Odd, Tyler1, Berleezy, Etalyx, Milton T.Pike. Its like my sadist little game to determined if they're worthy to watch or not lmao. I've yet to finish xQc and Soda's playthrough though. Did Vinny from Vinesauce ever played this? I need to find out.
Even almost 8 years later, I clearly remember scenes/chases/scares from this game. It never gets old, you find new things to appreciate about both Outlast and Outlast 2 each time you play again or watch a new playthrough. Can’t wait for The Outlast Trials, I bet Red Barrels will give us a great experience yet again!
I don't like when people mention other RUclipsrs on someone's channel but I have to go against my own self here because I just wanna say this reminds me of one of my favorite Markiplier moments when he talks as Chris Walker and says that he's trying to find his teddy bear or something like that, then Chris turns his head away from the player character suddenly and Mark goes "Hey, is someone making fun of me over there!?" as Chris walks in the wrong direction. I just wanna pretend that that's a canon conversation that Chris has with Miles while looking for him.
This game gives you a false sense of security with most of the patients being harmless. And then there's one guy in the corner that just instant kills you🤷🏻♀️
Hi, John. I don't know where to start but here I go. Recently I noticed that you said on Twitter you might be reducing your focus on RUclips and that you prefer Twitch as the main platform. Twitch is great and I am sure most people would agree. But there are some aspects on why me, as a viewer, still prefer RUclips as my main platform to watch videos especially yours. For one, Twitch is a live-streaming platform and a lot of times my time zone doesn't let me catch your stream live. I know that I can watch the recorded version of it on Twitch if I missed your stream, but somehow my internet (i.e. my ISP and the damned crappy internet) tends to suffer heavily on Twitch I don't even know why, while I can watch 1080p videos on RUclips just fine. What I am gonna say is that I really really really hope that you would still post videos on RUclips, even if it's taken from your stream like this. I love watching both your stream and videos, it's just that some conditions won't allow me to enjoy watching you on Twitch. You are one of the only few RUclips channel that I still tune in to and keep on anticipating for every new video. P.S. You once told us it's impossible for us to have watched your every single video, but I think I have watched about 80-85% of your videos at this point. Been watching your oooold stuff now every night xD
Less people would leave youtube if it was an enjoyable platform. John's reasons are his own but according to my friends who do stream to twitch, it's much easier to have a stable income. I understand having a harder time watching on twitch as I have difficulty watching in hd on the platform as well, but it's a far more enjoyable platform as well. You can tell how much more fun John has on his twitch and it's not like hes going to give up on youtube 100%
@@somiwinwx When one has a strong fanbase, of course Twitch would be far much viable option income-wise. It's just I am pointing out my issue with getting into Twitch, and I am sure I am not the only one who have the same problem, so that's why I hope he keeps uploading on RUclips even if it's taken from Twitch.
With 700k subscribers I doubt he'd stop uploading on here, but I'm totally with you anyway 🤗 uberhaxornova is in the same position, all he uploads to yt now is his edited twitch streams
Same here, too. I always miss John's streams because they're always at 3 in the morning :'DD i wouldn't mind if they're all from a twitch stream and reuploaded here on youtube, as long as it's john, i'll watch it.
I think the line "How do you know you're not a patient?" is them saying "How do you know you're not infected too?" As in, how do you know if this place hasn't gotten to you? Which is interesting because we see in his journey (SPOILERS) how he starts getting the side effects of the experiment after witnessing the wallrider. Craving the static like an itch - the patients you see in the beginning are watching static. Hearing whispers at increasing volume and beginning to "understand" them. Then of course he ends up (ENDING SPOILER) being a successful "variant" and becoming the host for the wallrider at the end.
@@raptorjesus2516 miles is dead.but became the wallrider, we don't know much else, but we know Ethan died but he became something that can't die now. For me they both suffered a lot but we also don't know their whole story
@@sum1s0mewhere Miles was never shown dying or dead. Yes, he was fusillated by Murkoff grunts, but he's seen active in Whistleblower, and the Walrider doesn't bond with dead hosts. Billy Hope's death taught us this.
I think it's just as scary as when i watched you play the first time. It's the chatty enemies that made it uniquely scary back then, and make it scary now -- i can't think of many other games that feature that at the same level (every enemy/ character acting like an individual)
The music/score is also one of the best "tension builders" upon getting caught and while running from crazies. Pretty sure that's the exact same thing that happened to CJUgames about 4-6 months ago. He got a "legit" e-mail wanting him to accept key to try out beta game. Soon as he clicked on link his RUclips channel got hacked locking him out. He had to jump thru hoops to get it back to normal. He actually made a video explaining everything; very interesting, but scary how easy they got him.
its really amazing that it's become like you said, the "i've seen this before but that's because of all the games it influenced". also, trager's cardio joke just slotted into place in my head. haha. what a great game.
You might already know this but he replayed it on twitch about 4 years ago. It’s a good watch!! There’s 4 parts. I’d love to see him do a still scary on it because it’s one of my favourite games but I’m not sure if he will seeing as he has the twitch play through
One thing I am increasingly impressed with is how freaking visceral this game is. Also the corporate logos are so well done in video games. I wish real companies were as innovative.
A walking sim is a "game" where you walk and things happen automatically. The player's input has little to no consequence to the gameplay. A lot of horror games have too much walking (e.g. Slenderman), but the simple fact that something chases you and you can either escape it or die a bunch saves it from being a walking sim. Same if there are meaningful puzzles etc.
John, my mom just got diagnosed with cancer. Your videos are one of the few things helping me get through the day. You're such a good guy, and I just wanted to thank you for what you do. Take care.
1:58:30 John pulling his usual offended by the antagonist slamming a door in his face followed by the instant regret and joy when he realised it was the twins was immaculate
Oh but it has always been here looming in the dark.It was only a while before it would rear it's face again....I really can't wait for outlast 3 to come out watching him play it should be fun
I have been hoping like hell you would replay this, my husband and I were literally just talking about it last night. I hate that I have to wait till he gets home to watch it. 😂 Thank you, as always, for the video.
Honestly I’ve found that it’s easy to just get detected and run. For example if an enemy’s checking a locker next to you, get out of the one you’re in and run to the objective. I managed to beat the game on the second hardest difficulty (Nightmare) fairly easily. 2 is significantly harder though.
@@JohnWolfe yeah John how are we gonna know if something is still scary if you don't explicitly say "hey guys it's John, yeah this one is still scary, anyways think critically!"
I love the perspective on the whistleblower DLC, the way they connected the two protagonist's points of view within the game as the story progresses for them both its extremely well done, especially for the whistleblower...
Outlast 2 was not a bad game, but man was it disappointing. The gameplay mechanics it introduced were cool but unfortunetely weren't utilized very well. And the level design was sooo linear. There weren't as many enemy stealth sections because the again most of the game was incredibly linear and because the enemy AI is so busted that is able to see and track you easier than the fucking mosquitos. Most of Outlast 2's encounters are mostly chases and they become old really, really fast. Don't even get me started on the story...
John, one of your mostly silent but loyal viewers here. I have not watched this yet, but I love your content and your recent dive into some older games. Thank you and please never stop making awesome video's :)
Outlast is my favorite horror game of the first half of the 2010s, I've beaten it at least 5 times on almost every difficulty (except Insane, you're insane yourself if you think I'm playing on Insane difficulty anytime soon)
@@carltonhanks6679 The amount of batteries, and the damage you take As an example, I remember that the fat guy (Chris Walker) kills you in two hits in Normal, however he'll insta-kill you in any other difficulty
I beat that shit on insane. Insane is literally the same as nightmare except there's no checkpoints so I beat nightmare a couple times to prepare and then it was easy. It was annoying though because I died from the ghost guy at the very end and was put back to the start and ended up rage quitting
Just before the 50:00 minute mark, when he mentions "seeing something in the camera maybe a glitch," you can actually see a shimmer on the camera. I think toggling the NV blocked it this time.
Outlast is a horror game that relies too heavily on shock factor to scare you. A good horror game should let you scare yourself, not the other way around.
Seeing a new upload from John: YAY! Seeing ‘Outlast’ in the title and remembering being scared to the CORE: NAY! But it’s John playing so ‘yay!’ eitherway😊
Thank you for this video. I have finally watched Outlast. I don’t have the guts to play such a game even though I admire horror. I love your channel so much, it gives me an opportunity to enjoy horror games without putting myself through anxiety attacks. I love your pacing and your commentary style, and your voice is nice to listen to. Thanks for everything!
It's funny, for me Outlast is the only horror game I played through to the end. Normally I get too anxious trying to play myself too, but at some point I was obsessed with watching others play horror. For some reason something about this game made me want to try it myself.
@@Miss_Mewiththat I got to the point at the very beginning where you get into the building, crawl through the vent and them someone screams in your face and slams the door. I crawled back into the vent and quit the game never to open it again.
Man I tried playing Outlast several years ago and after getting past Trager, I was done and haven't picked it back up. It was exhausting getting through his part.
Can I just say how much I appreciate the dynamic between John and us as his community with us constantly complaining and John roasting us back every chance he gets? 😂 I mean we're balancing the 'being kinda di*kish to each other, but not overdoing it' thing rather well, we're not being overly polite with each other (like a lot of other communities tend to be), but still tolerable i.m.o. and I think that's a really great way of dealing with each other. Just feels so natural and honest to me, if you know what I mean 😁 (Thank you for providing that kind pf space for us, John 🙏)
I remember playing this game when it first came out and it was so scary to me I had to take breaks frequently because it was physically exhausting me getting that scared so much. So neat to see it again in 2021. John you've got me cracking up with the whole air of just being fed up with these crazies and just strolling on through most of the game. Awesome playthrough, glad you chose this to give a second go. :D
Outlast is a legendary game. IMO it’s the best horror game out there and an absolutely insane ride from beginning to end, so happy to see people are still playing it and talking about it to this day
I think the found footage/video camera aspect of this game helps it hold up even as it gets older and older. You’re not distracted by thinking “damn this game looks old”. And of course the atmosphere, scares, chases, etc will be terrifying and iconic until the end of time.
I’m not gonna lie.... when John finished RE8 I was a little saddened! Because I was there every upload, it became something I looked forward to after work lol. Hope this hits the same!
I mean the chase scenes are scary, but the psychological aspect of so many horrors games is so played out and misrepresented to begin with. It's just boring. It's all 1950's psychological misunderstandings during a time when people were locked up for anything. I hope the genre dies personally.
@@27Binx72 I feel as though people misunderstand the term psychological horror. It feels like a catch all term for anything related to mental illness, but often overlook that the point is really to fuck with the player’s brain. Killing a monster, but it’s “in your mind” isn’t actually Psychological horror it’s just regular horror with a sign that says Psychological on it. The best games put both of these elements together in order to trick the player into confusing when something is real and fake. Think shadows in the backdrop making the player uneasy as the haplessly try to determine which is benign and which is potentially lethal.
Ah, yes. Outlast. This was one of the first horror games I watched people play on youtube. I wasn't used to horror yet, so this game got me scared to walk in my house at night. It felt like Chris walker would attack me at any moment. 😅
I watched your 2013 playthrough years ago and I do NOT remember it being this scary!!! Omg I was freaked out watching this. So many of the jumpscares got to me. Glad you uploaded this to youtube thanks! It was fun to watch
10:16 after all these years.I've JUST realised that it was Miles who screamed when he saw the hanging headless body.It makes sense though.Some blood he saw was nothing but when he saw the body he s@@t himself.
I loved the original playthrough of this game so much that I decided to buy it years ago when it was on sale cheap. Me and my bro played it together and managed about 20 minutes before our nerves became too fried to continue any further lol. I'm so excited to see John play it again, and to see how it holds up today (I can't believe it has been over 7 years...)
53:21 got me (jumpscare). also; I feel like Trager should have taken a bit longer to die in the elevator. would you really die immediately from that? his body was still whole. it could have created some interesting conversation for a few more seconds. *Edit:* I Googled and it depends on how long blood flow is cut off from your brain. Trager's body is still whole and his lungs weren't crushed (looks like it's at his stomach area) so he probably could have survived, and have that be the one person Miles has to kill by himself.
I was so excited to see this notification! I love watching people play Outlast, so this was the perfect thing to watch while working this evening. Thanks, John!
Watching this after just having played through Outlast 2 a few months back, this is just so much better than the sequel. It looks designed, and tight, and not cheap instakill-y
this was the first game i have ever seen you played and honestly, i cant thank the person who recommended your channel enough...ever since then i just cant stand majority of the LP out there anymore with John rising the bar so high. i remember being very please with the addition of facecam for the DLC, its still one of the videos that i go back to from time to time....
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"Because nobody cares about a few forgotten lunitics" is a line that haunts me to this day. That's the scariest thing about Outlast imo. It's not the runny hidey stuff, or the paranormal stuff, it's the bleak hopelessness of the suffering of a vulnerable population. The only thing keeping those people alive is a profit margin. It's terrifying because that part is realistic, it's happened before and could still be happening now and we wouldn't even know. Sad stuff really.
@connor It is based on that story I feel sometime
Outlast is a masterpiece
There are so few people that understand that that’s the point of the game. It highlights the very real experimentation done on vulnerable people in the 20th century and expounds upon it in order to give us a dire warning: stop ignoring these people. Their suffering and torment was only possible because the rest of the world decided to look away, and gave a megacorp the opportunity to strike.
@@bepis1305 I'm bad at this type of games so I watched this play through. Too bad the great story and its subtext was wasted on such a player. The type who thinks he's so damn smart. So the average streamer, basically.
@@bepis1305 Yeah, that kind of sounds like a bad kotaku article, just seems like a stretch. Plus, the amount of times the story attempts to parallel that concept is hardly enough to be allegorical. I believe, and it is 100% within your rights to disagree with everything I say, that they were just trying to further drive the isolated aspect of the game. Which, by the way, if they really didn’t care why the hell would the government then send in a special task force to kill the protagonist. It just wouldn’t make sense to have that be a major arching theme, unless of course we chalk that up to slipshod writing.
This game’s graphics, writing, and atmosphere have held up extraordinarily well.
I hope he tries Minecraft next
@@TheReZisTLust fr r
Outlast is still my favorite horror game. Ridiculously good game.
Why the sequel is so half baked them?
@@leonardofarias8843 because they got lazy success tends to do that whistleblower was better than the original too imo
I can't believe it's been 8 years.
Oh, shoot. It's guys.
Hey guys its guys
@@ThaDill hey hey its hey
Hey guys, it's guys.
Fuck. Guys, we're getting old
never noticed how edgy Miles is in his notes lmao
I mean, after seeing the crazy shit he’s seen, I think he’s entitled to a bit of edginess.
@@greywalker505 but only a little bit
@@keisuketakahasi4584 Nah let my man Miles go full out
He gets more and more edgy with the things he sees.It's actually a good to cope with your current situation.For example,When Trager dies he writes the following: How to make a Trager juice.....Squeeze.That's not something a normal person would write of course.
@@Mark_Lou
Funny thing is, he only spits this poison against Trager, who is an atomic grade douchebag.
21:18 "You looked in one locker and not the other one?"
He probably just didn't want to risk his time, while other 3 survivors are doing generators.
holy shit i just imagined a Mount Massive Asylum and Chris Walker/Marta DLC.
@@L1vingAshlar Chris Walker is just a big muscle man that runs fast. I don't see how he can have abilities to compete with the existing killers. The Wall Rider on the other hand...
@@theotv5522 you could be the ghost boy, cant remember his name, yeah Wall rider
LOL this got me
@@L1vingAshlar now THAT is a good idea!
I love how he's like "other streamers hear that and go 'nOpE nOpE nOpE!' Haha"
It's John. John was "other streamers" back in the day lol
True ... "other streamer John" was so inexperienced and so full of hope. Where did the time go ...
@@johnjowari7128 Years of terrible indie horror games does that to a person. We now pray for current John.
@@AppleDeLune Too much HQ Residential House in the mix too
@@arsd.711 The true nightmare: HQ Residential House
Don’t forget Timore. OGs will remember the pain.
The game should be called "Find Father Martin"
"Find Father Martin: Whistleblower
"Find Father Martin 2"
"The Find Father Martin Trials"
outlast 2 should be called "Find Lynn"
i still dont get why the protagonist would wanna do that
@@keisuketakahasi4584 Yeah it's like he wakes up and sees this crazy priest guy coddling him, and then later jamming a syringe in him. And then suddenly Miles keeps trying to look for Father Martin all game instead of getting the hell out of the place.
@@norwegianboyee ikr!!! Honestly that kinda frustrated me at first bc like bro?? Why would you stick around lookin for father Martin? Gtfo of there!!
Honestly after all this time what surprises me the most is-- I'd forgotten how irreverently edgy and 'funny' a lot of the writing is. (Whether it's actually funny is hit or miss for me, but like it's clearly supposed to be campy rather than serious.)
And no matter how accustomed we've gotten to the Outlast-inspired stuff that came after, one note I think a lot of them don't actually dare to imitate is that Outlast had this very immediate, uncomfortable undertone of sexual threat that I think a lot of hetero men are not used to being on the receiving end of. Even before Whistleblower and Eddie, stuff like the antagonists' nudity was deliberately supposed to be unnerving in that way. That's really my main takeaway from Outlast looking back, other than its obvious mechanical innovations at the time.
Yeah, thats all i can say
Tell me the “silky” guy doesn’t want to nab your johnson
Yeah, that's an excellent point. Male nudity in games is still fairly uncommon, so it was probably even more jarring for hetero men in a game that came out this long ago.
Someone tell me when the likes on this thread are over 69 so I can like it. I couldn’t ruin it.
@@headlightfluid7965
Its over now
I never get tired of this game. Top tier in terms of atmosphere and pants shitting chase scenes.
I've watched OVER 6 RUclipsrs/Streamers play this game from start to finish including the DLC, thats how monumental this game was interms of making me fall in love with the horror genre. John, Cory, Delirious, Christopher Odd, Tyler1, Berleezy, Etalyx, Milton T.Pike. Its like my sadist little game to determined if they're worthy to watch or not lmao. I've yet to finish xQc and Soda's playthrough though. Did Vinny from Vinesauce ever played this? I need to find out.
same! i've replayed it like 3-4 times within the past few years. truly never gets old.
Even almost 8 years later, I clearly remember scenes/chases/scares from this game. It never gets old, you find new things to appreciate about both Outlast and Outlast 2 each time you play again or watch a new playthrough. Can’t wait for The Outlast Trials, I bet Red Barrels will give us a great experience yet again!
Even the bad guys are memorable
@@johnjowari7128 old tyler1 and variety was gold
John makes up dialogue or intent for an NPC, then proceeds to get into a snarky argument with them. It always cracks me up.
I don't like when people mention other RUclipsrs on someone's channel but I have to go against my own self here because I just wanna say this reminds me of one of my favorite Markiplier moments when he talks as Chris Walker and says that he's trying to find his teddy bear or something like that, then Chris turns his head away from the player character suddenly and Mark goes "Hey, is someone making fun of me over there!?" as Chris walks in the wrong direction. I just wanna pretend that that's a canon conversation that Chris has with Miles while looking for him.
Lmao ikr. I hate it and I love it at the same time.
One of my favourite parts of John playthroughs is when he has delusional conversations with characters or commenters that aren't real.
This game gives you a false sense of security with most of the patients being harmless. And then there's one guy in the corner that just instant kills you🤷🏻♀️
"Consume the flesh. Spice it well."
That just took me back three years lol
I think of John every time I play Outlast 2 lol
No one can recover after hear that hahahahahahaha
I nearly snorted my drink when I heard that.
Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.
This line has me stoked! Hahahahahaha memories!
Hi, John. I don't know where to start but here I go.
Recently I noticed that you said on Twitter you might be reducing your focus on RUclips and that you prefer Twitch as the main platform.
Twitch is great and I am sure most people would agree. But there are some aspects on why me, as a viewer, still prefer RUclips as my main platform to watch videos especially yours.
For one, Twitch is a live-streaming platform and a lot of times my time zone doesn't let me catch your stream live.
I know that I can watch the recorded version of it on Twitch if I missed your stream, but somehow my internet (i.e. my ISP and the damned crappy internet) tends to suffer heavily on Twitch I don't even know why, while I can watch 1080p videos on RUclips just fine.
What I am gonna say is that I really really really hope that you would still post videos on RUclips, even if it's taken from your stream like this.
I love watching both your stream and videos, it's just that some conditions won't allow me to enjoy watching you on Twitch.
You are one of the only few RUclips channel that I still tune in to and keep on anticipating for every new video.
P.S. You once told us it's impossible for us to have watched your every single video, but I think I have watched about 80-85% of your videos at this point. Been watching your oooold stuff now every night xD
I absolutely agree with everything you said. I’m tire of all of my favorite youtubers leaving for twitch :/
Less people would leave youtube if it was an enjoyable platform. John's reasons are his own but according to my friends who do stream to twitch, it's much easier to have a stable income. I understand having a harder time watching on twitch as I have difficulty watching in hd on the platform as well, but it's a far more enjoyable platform as well. You can tell how much more fun John has on his twitch and it's not like hes going to give up on youtube 100%
@@somiwinwx When one has a strong fanbase, of course Twitch would be far much viable option income-wise.
It's just I am pointing out my issue with getting into Twitch, and I am sure I am not the only one who have the same problem, so that's why I hope he keeps uploading on RUclips even if it's taken from Twitch.
With 700k subscribers I doubt he'd stop uploading on here, but I'm totally with you anyway 🤗 uberhaxornova is in the same position, all he uploads to yt now is his edited twitch streams
Same here, too. I always miss John's streams because they're always at 3 in the morning :'DD i wouldn't mind if they're all from a twitch stream and reuploaded here on youtube, as long as it's john, i'll watch it.
I think the line "How do you know you're not a patient?" is them saying "How do you know you're not infected too?"
As in, how do you know if this place hasn't gotten to you? Which is interesting because we see in his journey (SPOILERS) how he starts getting the side effects of the experiment after witnessing the wallrider. Craving the static like an itch - the patients you see in the beginning are watching static. Hearing whispers at increasing volume and beginning to "understand" them. Then of course he ends up (ENDING SPOILER) being a successful "variant" and becoming the host for the wallrider at the end.
I thought this was the first episode but you made this into a speedrun lmao
The game is surprisingly short! I was even taking my time and looking in every corner for notes. Only took 4 hrs to get through even like that
@@JohnWolfe Please play the new one (The Outlast Trials) when it comes out also! 😉
Love your pfp! You look awesome!
@@heroic_antagonist759 her gaming videos are good as well!
@@heroic_antagonist759 Thank you so much!! ;_;
I'm not crying, it's just that there is a lot of dust in this hospital.
I love that at like 9:23 John essentially says "im not like other girls"
My thoughts exactly 🤣🤣
I mean, probably deserved since he actually reads sht
So Miles Upshur had lost his fingers before it became mainstream
Yes I was telling that to my friends that were saying Ethan was the first.
Who suffered more, ethan or miles?
@@raptorjesus2516 miles is dead.but became the wallrider, we don't know much else, but we know Ethan died but he became something that can't die now. For me they both suffered a lot but we also don't know their whole story
move aside Ethan Winters, Miles Upshur was here first😤
@@sum1s0mewhere
Miles was never shown dying or dead. Yes, he was fusillated by Murkoff grunts, but he's seen active in Whistleblower, and the Walrider doesn't bond with dead hosts. Billy Hope's death taught us this.
I love how he's replaying all the popular horror games and such
Which ones?
@@LunasLoversLane He recently replayed Alien:Isolation and now this.
He’s 2 games in. Wtf is this “all”
@@austenbrown9549 just someone who's excited for the replays no need to be so serious about a comment
me too! the nostalgic feeling it gives me is heartwarming
John: Doesn't upload for 3 days
Guys: "My God. He vanished."
Guys: “Vanished without a trace.”
"I detect sarcasm."
@@DinnerForkTongue “It was my intention...”
"Up to heaven, went away"
@@Dea_Italiana he think we're assholes !
I think it's just as scary as when i watched you play the first time. It's the chatty enemies that made it uniquely scary back then, and make it scary now -- i can't think of many other games that feature that at the same level (every enemy/ character acting like an individual)
The music/score is also one of the best "tension builders" upon getting caught and while running from crazies.
Pretty sure that's the exact same thing that happened to CJUgames about 4-6 months ago. He got a "legit" e-mail wanting him to accept key to try out beta game. Soon as he clicked on link his RUclips channel got hacked locking him out. He had to jump thru hoops to get it back to normal. He actually made a video explaining everything; very interesting, but scary how easy they got him.
The score is so good that I use it in Left 4 Dead for tanks and witches. It works eerily well.
its really amazing that it's become like you said, the "i've seen this before but that's because of all the games it influenced". also, trager's cardio joke just slotted into place in my head. haha. what a great game.
This video gives me hope for a Cry of Fear “Still Scary?” episode
Oh my gosh! yeah that'd be awesome🥲
You might already know this but he replayed it on twitch about 4 years ago. It’s a good watch!! There’s 4 parts. I’d love to see him do a still scary on it because it’s one of my favourite games but I’m not sure if he will seeing as he has the twitch play through
cry of fear is still the scariest game ive ever played after all these years
One thing I am increasingly impressed with is how freaking visceral this game is. Also the corporate logos are so well done in video games. I wish real companies were as innovative.
A walking sim is a "game" where you walk and things happen automatically. The player's input has little to no consequence to the gameplay.
A lot of horror games have too much walking (e.g. Slenderman), but the simple fact that something chases you and you can either escape it or die a bunch saves it from being a walking sim.
Same if there are meaningful puzzles etc.
2:17:20 “God hates sickness” and um clearly god also hates pants because NONE of them have any pants 😭
Pants are the devils work!
this “replaying old games” series is amazing. Please keep posting! you should play the evil within next
Jesus christ i was just watching an outlast speedrun
I was attempting like 4-5 days ago outlast speedrun lol
I was searching for his old outlast gameplay yesterday
i was replaying and making my brother try it
There's just something so satisfying about outlast speedruns
haven’t watched yet BUT it’s been raining everyday in houston and this is premium content right here... can’t wait to watch
Watched you in 2013 and now watching
most useless comment
Houston gang!! Rainy weather makes GREAT atmosphere for scary videos
@@austenbrown9549 that dog in ur profile picture is ugly
@@austenbrown9549 your comment is also useless, hypocrite. Leave people alone
Outlast will still be scary a hundred years from now...
I wish you all the best, John.
You're the horror game master.
Thank you for all the nice content and editing.
John, my mom just got diagnosed with cancer. Your videos are one of the few things helping me get through the day. You're such a good guy, and I just wanted to thank you for what you do. Take care.
All the luck and peace to you and your family, it's a hard process.
1:58:30 John pulling his usual offended by the antagonist slamming a door in his face followed by the instant regret and joy when he realised it was the twins was immaculate
I can see from the mustache that John is preparing to enjoy White Boy Summer
😭😭😭
After 8 years, this game is back.
Nice profile
Oh but it has always been here looming in the dark.It was only a while before it would rear it's face again....I really can't wait for outlast 3 to come out watching him play it should be fun
Heard they are making another one due out this year which is a prequel to the other games called The Outlast Trials and then Outlast 3!
I'm very excited for the outlast trails
I remember that instant death event when you approach a patient facing a fall. You were doing so well with your No-Death Run until that cheap shot.
I have been hoping like hell you would replay this, my husband and I were literally just talking about it last night. I hate that I have to wait till he gets home to watch it. 😂 Thank you, as always, for the video.
great username
Honestly I’ve found that it’s easy to just get detected and run. For example if an enemy’s checking a locker next to you, get out of the one you’re in and run to the objective. I managed to beat the game on the second hardest difficulty (Nightmare) fairly easily. 2 is significantly harder though.
the original outlast was a classic and trendsetter- man, outlast 2 dropped that ball hard
Outlast 2 was the shit!!! It was just different but I loved them both
2 isn't terrible. The probpem is that Red Barrels didn't give the series any more segue, like not even a DLC.
Will your "Still scary?" series ever return?
WE NEED THIS.
I mean, you are basically looking at it. lol
@@JohnWolfe 🤓 But you didn't explicitly title it as "Still Scary", JOHN. 😉
@@JohnWolfe yeah John how are we gonna know if something is still scary if you don't explicitly say "hey guys it's John, yeah this one is still scary, anyways think critically!"
Or childhood cringe
You don’t even know how much I needed this right now, thanks
I love the perspective on the whistleblower DLC, the way they connected the two protagonist's points of view within the game as the story progresses for them both its extremely well done, especially for the whistleblower...
I love how casual Traeger is while 'operates' on people
This and Whistleblower are just absolutely phenomenal, shame the sequel is so poor.
What hurts the worst is that the sequel was set up to be amazing and then the ending just kills it.
i couldnt watch the sequel it was so boring after an hour or two guess i got too excited from the demo
have to try again tho
Outlast 2 was not a bad game, but man was it disappointing. The gameplay mechanics it introduced were cool but unfortunetely weren't utilized very well. And the level design was sooo linear. There weren't as many enemy stealth sections because the again most of the game was incredibly linear and because the enemy AI is so busted that is able to see and track you easier than the fucking mosquitos. Most of Outlast 2's encounters are mostly chases and they become old really, really fast.
Don't even get me started on the story...
I just wished they kept it in the same universe. I wanted to see how things progressed after the dlc, especially w the cliffhanger ending it had.
@@Isabella-vn3wg Well it is the same universe with tie-ins, but I see what you mean - you wanted a direct continuation
John, one of your mostly silent but loyal viewers here. I have not watched this yet, but I love your content and your recent dive into some older games. Thank you and please never stop making awesome video's :)
Outlast is my favorite horror game of the first half of the 2010s, I've beaten it at least 5 times on almost every difficulty (except Insane, you're insane yourself if you think I'm playing on Insane difficulty anytime soon)
I've played Outlast too many times.
Insane was/is a freaking hell
Serious question. How do difficulties work in Outlast? Like there's no combat so what changes?
@@carltonhanks6679 The amount of batteries, and the damage you take
As an example, I remember that the fat guy (Chris Walker) kills you in two hits in Normal, however he'll insta-kill you in any other difficulty
I beat that shit on insane. Insane is literally the same as nightmare except there's no checkpoints so I beat nightmare a couple times to prepare and then it was easy. It was annoying though because I died from the ghost guy at the very end and was put back to the start and ended up rage quitting
Just before the 50:00 minute mark, when he mentions "seeing something in the camera maybe a glitch," you can actually see a shimmer on the camera. I think toggling the NV blocked it this time.
Omg I'm so ready for this! It's gonna scare the hell out of me .
Thank you for editing your stream so we can watch it here on youtube!
This game was so good no cap
Incorrect
@@KALLIERSKAVEMOTHERFUCKA why you say that? It was pretty good for it's time
Outlast is a horror game that relies too heavily on shock factor to scare you. A good horror game should let you scare yourself, not the other way around.
@@KALLIERSKAVEMOTHERFUCKA that's what the second one was for to not just rely on it
Improve your grammar.
Seeing a new upload from John: YAY!
Seeing ‘Outlast’ in the title and remembering being scared to the CORE: NAY!
But it’s John playing so ‘yay!’ eitherway😊
~1:25:00 "Who wants to tell him that it's just this room that's on fire" killed me
YEAAAAAHHHH JOHN!!!! The content I needed, an absolute classic with current day John. Looking forward to this one >:3
Thank you for this video. I have finally watched Outlast. I don’t have the guts to play such a game even though I admire horror. I love your channel so much, it gives me an opportunity to enjoy horror games without putting myself through anxiety attacks. I love your pacing and your commentary style, and your voice is nice to listen to. Thanks for everything!
It's funny, for me Outlast is the only horror game I played through to the end. Normally I get too anxious trying to play myself too, but at some point I was obsessed with watching others play horror. For some reason something about this game made me want to try it myself.
@@Miss_Mewiththat I got to the point at the very beginning where you get into the building, crawl through the vent and them someone screams in your face and slams the door. I crawled back into the vent and quit the game never to open it again.
Man I tried playing Outlast several years ago and after getting past Trager, I was done and haven't picked it back up. It was exhausting getting through his part.
I've been a subscriber ever since the original playthrough.
Seeing this video pop up in my notifications after not expecting to see any RUclips content from John= happy :)
"Isn't there a guy playing basketball with a head?" That's Whistleblower
A head must be the worst basketball in the world. Far too heavy.
@@DinnerForkTongue
Its not even spherical or bouncy like how do you even play basketball with a head
@@concretecassowary2862
Exactly. So you don't. The best you can do is shoot hoops.
Can I just say how much I appreciate the dynamic between John and us as his community with us constantly complaining and John roasting us back every chance he gets? 😂
I mean we're balancing the 'being kinda di*kish to each other, but not overdoing it' thing rather well, we're not being overly polite with each other (like a lot of other communities tend to be), but still tolerable i.m.o. and I think that's a really great way of dealing with each other.
Just feels so natural and honest to me, if you know what I mean 😁
(Thank you for providing that kind pf space for us, John 🙏)
Ay Outlast was the first playthrough I saw on this channel back during the fabled HarshlyCritical times. Good to see John playing it again.
9:42 this sounds like "I'm not like other girls" lmaooo love you John, you're really not like other streamers
I originally subbed when you played Outlast. I can't believe it's been this long already.
Same here, I found him through his playthrough when it was still like two episodes in. How time flies!
I remember playing this game when it first came out and it was so scary to me I had to take breaks frequently because it was physically exhausting me getting that scared so much. So neat to see it again in 2021. John you've got me cracking up with the whole air of just being fed up with these crazies and just strolling on through most of the game. Awesome playthrough, glad you chose this to give a second go. :D
Mad respect you replaying your old classics.
This is great, I was actually ready to rewatch your old outlast playthrough.
To this day i still say “consume the flesh spice it well”
This will be always be talked about in favorite horror games.
gotta love when john makes fun of chat lmao "could have avoided it!" this man is comedy.
Outlast is a legendary game. IMO it’s the best horror game out there and an absolutely insane ride from beginning to end, so happy to see people are still playing it and talking about it to this day
‘Run, hide or die’
my 3 moods
I remember I had nightmares abt this game when I 1st watched you play it 😀
I think the found footage/video camera aspect of this game helps it hold up even as it gets older and older. You’re not distracted by thinking “damn this game looks old”. And of course the atmosphere, scares, chases, etc will be terrifying and iconic until the end of time.
1:49:05 "I made it almost 3 hours without yelling at chat, that's pretty good for me" 😂😂😂
One of my favorite games! Thank youuuuuu 😁
Paying attention to the story! Yes! I love you!
I’m not gonna lie.... when John finished RE8 I was a little saddened! Because I was there every upload, it became something I looked forward to after work lol. Hope this hits the same!
Harrison Martin, that’s how I felt when he played the one with “Jimmy” in the hotel.
@@danaedwards9072 same!
Still a horror game that's actually scary without the need for cheap jump-scares. Remains a classic even until nowadays.
I mean the chase scenes are scary, but the psychological aspect of so many horrors games is so played out and misrepresented to begin with. It's just boring. It's all 1950's psychological misunderstandings during a time when people were locked up for anything. I hope the genre dies personally.
@@27Binx72 I feel as though people misunderstand the term psychological horror. It feels like a catch all term for anything related to mental illness, but often overlook that the point is really to fuck with the player’s brain. Killing a monster, but it’s “in your mind” isn’t actually Psychological horror it’s just regular horror with a sign that says Psychological on it. The best games put both of these elements together in order to trick the player into confusing when something is real and fake. Think shadows in the backdrop making the player uneasy as the haplessly try to determine which is benign and which is potentially lethal.
This is probably one of my favorite games to watch. Can’t wait to watch this!
Man, I missed this game. It was so influential, even though it was a little exploitative it feels like a comfy blanket lmao.
John doing the merchant impression and a body falling right after was perfect 😂 59:40
The merchant impression is so accurate i would give all my medallions
I was rewatching your first play through! Can’t believe it’s been 7 years
Ah, yes. Outlast. This was one of the first horror games I watched people play on youtube. I wasn't used to horror yet, so this game got me scared to walk in my house at night. It felt like Chris walker would attack me at any moment. 😅
I watched your 2013 playthrough years ago and I do NOT remember it being this scary!!! Omg I was freaked out watching this. So many of the jumpscares got to me. Glad you uploaded this to youtube thanks! It was fun to watch
I love that you played outlast again, this is exciting to watch.
thank you for doing this!!! outlast will always be one of my favorite games, I’m so happy I get to watch you play it again
Can’t believe I watched the original back in 2013 and now watching this 8 years later, I feel old now.
10:16 after all these years.I've JUST realised that it was Miles who screamed when he saw the hanging headless body.It makes sense though.Some blood he saw was nothing but when he saw the body he s@@t himself.
A replay of Alien Isolation, and now this? I like where this is going :D
I loved the original playthrough of this game so much that I decided to buy it years ago when it was on sale cheap. Me and my bro played it together and managed about 20 minutes before our nerves became too fried to continue any further lol. I'm so excited to see John play it again, and to see how it holds up today (I can't believe it has been over 7 years...)
53:21 got me (jumpscare). also; I feel like Trager should have taken a bit longer to die in the elevator. would you really die immediately from that? his body was still whole. it could have created some interesting conversation for a few more seconds. *Edit:* I Googled and it depends on how long blood flow is cut off from your brain. Trager's body is still whole and his lungs weren't crushed (looks like it's at his stomach area) so he probably could have survived, and have that be the one person Miles has to kill by himself.
I was so excited to see this notification! I love watching people play Outlast, so this was the perfect thing to watch while working this evening. Thanks, John!
Full game. Not 6 fucking hours. Reasonable Length. Commentary so I won't get bored. Perfect.
This was an great pop up to see. I love outlast and it's great to see you replay it x3
Omg... again 7 years... feels like yesterday that you played it for the first time. Too bad I missed this stream
Gosh, has it really been since 2013?? Time has been flying, didn't realize I'd been watching THAT long. Super stoked to watch this!
Watching this after just having played through Outlast 2 a few months back, this is just so much better than the sequel. It looks designed, and tight, and not cheap instakill-y
Man on the hook: dying so painfully and slow
Same man: says an entire paragraph before he dies
How John stays so calm during these tense scenes is beyond me LOL.
this was the first game i have ever seen you played and honestly, i cant thank the person who recommended your channel enough...ever since then i just cant stand majority of the LP out there anymore with John rising the bar so high. i remember being very please with the addition of facecam for the DLC, its still one of the videos that i go back to from time to time....
I love how John is just so numb to the jump scares. He’s just like 🤷🏻♀️ and I’m over here TERRIFIED STILL.
Other streamers: Nope, nope, nope
John: I wanna get in there
Me: I want one of those Colas