Outlast received generally positive reviews, with praise for its atmosphere, horror elements, and gameplay.

When he returns to his laptop, his supervisor Jeremy Blaire has him detained and subjected to the Morphogenic Engine after discovering his email. Aggregating review website Metacritic gave the Xbox One version 80/100 based on 6 reviews,[18] the Microsoft Windows version 80/100 based on 59 reviews,[16] and the PlayStation 4 version 78/100 based on 33 reviews. You can't shoot them, or punch them, or rip pipes from the walls to clobber them with. [13] Linux and OS X versions were later released on March 31, 2015. And as a reporter, you don't possess many skills with which you can fend off the hulking brutes, knife-wielding stalkers, and other homicidal maniacs who lurk in the halls of the dilapidated Mount Massive Asylum. [4] The game is played from a first-person perspective and features some stealth gameplay mechanics. The game starts as a prequel to Outlast, revealing the reasons behind Mount Massive Asylum’s outbreak, while simultaneously overlapping with the main story to reveal its conclusion from the previous cliff-hanger. Red Barrels announced via Facebook suspense/horror titles Outlast and Outlast 2 will come to the Switch in early 2018. Documents can be collected, which offer backstory and other expository information about the facility, including pages taken from the diaries of patients and reports from the hospital staff. Platform: Mac, PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

[1] A Nintendo Switch version titled Outlast: Bundle of Terror was released in February 2018. Sign in to add this item to your wishlist, follow it, or mark it as not interested. Shortly afterwards, Park is summoned to the underground laboratory's operations center to debug a monitoring system. [15], As of October 19, 2016, Outlast has sold over 4 million copies. Outlast and the Outlast logo are trademarks Red Barrels Inc. All Rights Reserved. Sign in to add your own tags to this product. The game is played from a first-person perspective and features some stealth gameplay mechanics.

[12] The Microsoft Windows version of Whistleblower was released on May 6, 2014, worldwide, the PlayStation 4 version was launched on May 6, 2014, in North America and on May 7, 2014, in Europe, and the Xbox One version launched on June 18 in North America and Europe. The officer implores him to leave, but Miles finds he cannot return the way he came and must press on. Platform: PC, Mac, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch The Outlast 2 playable demo is now available to download on Steam, Playstation 4 and XBOX One until November 1st.

[29] Subsequently, the release date was further pushed to Q2 2017, despite the intended Q1 2017 release. [31] The project, teased in October 2019, is called The Outlast Trials, and is a horror game set in the Cold War. In Outlast, the player assumes the role of investigative journalist Miles Upshur, as he navigates a dilapidated psychiatric hospital in Leadville, Colorado that is overrun by homicidal patients. A horrified Wernicke realizes that Miles is the Walrider's new host. Upon entering, Miles is shocked to discover its halls ransacked and littered with the mutilated corpses of the staff. - 96% of the 460 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive. Read more September 21, 2016

Sexual Content Outlast was released on September 4, 2013, for download through Steam, and it was released on February 4, 2014, for the PlayStation 4 as the free monthly title for PlayStation Plus users.

Español - Latinoamérica (Spanish - Latin America), http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bb613473, http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=175801311, True Survival Horror Experience: You are no fighter - if you want to survive the horrors of the asylum, your only chance is to run... or hide, Immersive Graphics: AAA-quality graphics give players a detailed, terrifying world to explore, Hide and Sneak: Stealth-based gameplay, with parkour-inspired platforming elements, Unpredictable Enemies: Players cannot know when - and from where - one of the asylum’s terrifying inhabitants will finally catch up to them, Real Horror: Outlast’s setting and characters are inspired by real asylums and cases of criminal insanity. Community Hub.

[6] Unlike most games, however, the player doesn't have a visible health bar on the screen and is unable to attack enemies. VAT included in all prices where applicable. Outlast 2 is the sequel to the acclaimed survival horror game Outlast. [24], Outlast received positive reviews. Reaching an auditorium, Miles learns that the Walrider was created by Dr. Rudolf Gustav Wernicke, a German scientist brought to the United States during Operation Paperclip. Miles restores power, but Father Martin injects him with anesthetic. [9] If the player records specific events with their camcorder, Miles will write a note about it, providing further insight into his thoughts. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare. Outlast is a first-person survival horror video game developed and published by Red Barrels. The Horror...", "EXCLUSIVE: Red Barrels Confirms 'Outlast 2'! I love it”4.5/5 – Joystiq. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. [14] The title was released by surprise on February 27, 2018 under the title Outlast: Bundle of Terror via Nintendo eShop. [14] It takes place in the same universe as the first game, but features a new storyline with different characters, set in the Arizona desert. [7] If the player dies, the game will reset to the most recent checkpoint. Popular user-defined tags for this product: To view reviews within a date range, please click and drag a selection on a graph above or click on a specific bar. You're just a reporter. It was initially intended to be released in late 2016, but was delayed to early 2017 due to complications during development. Gluskin captures Park and tries to hang him in a gymnasium with his other victims, but during the struggle, he becomes entangled in his pulley system and impaled by a loose section of rebar.

[25], The PC gaming website Rock, Paper, Shotgun gave Outlast a very positive review, noting that "Outlast is not an experiment in how games can be scary, it’s an exemplification. Regaining consciousness, Miles finds himself trapped in a decaying cell block filled with catatonic and demented patients. [11], The downloadable content, Outlast: Whistleblower, serves as an overlapping prequel to the original game. The player can walk, run, crouch, jump, climb ladders and vault over objects. On his way out of the laboratory, Miles encounters a Murkoff military team led by Wernicke, which guns him down. The downloadable content Outlast: Whistleblower centers on Waylon Park, the man who led Miles there in the first place. Beschreibung / Über Outlast Hell is an experiment you can’t survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. Intense Violence Blood and Gore [5], Most of the hospital is unlit, and the only way for the player to see while in the dark is through the lens of a camcorder equipped with night vision. Outlast is not an experiment in how games can be scary, it’s an exemplification...”Rock Paper Shotgun“Outlast is the perfect nightmare. Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. The player The Murkoff Account, a comic book series set between Outlast and Outlast 2, was released in July of the same year. Rating: ESRB M. Copyright © 2020 Red Barrels Inc. All rights reserved. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret… if you dare. [1], In December 2017, Red Barrels announced that Outlast, including Whistleblower and the sequel Outlast 2, will be coming to the Nintendo Switch in early 2018. Outlast was released for Microsoft Windows on September 4, 2013, PlayStation 4 on February 4, 2014 and for Xbox One on June 19, 2014. His job entails maintaining the Morphogenic Engine, which controls lucid dreaming in comatose individuals.

The player must instead rely on stealth tactics such as hiding in lockers, sneaking past enemies, staying in the shadows and hiding behind or under things in order to survive.

He is informed by a dying officer of Murkoff's private military unit that Mount Massive's deranged inmates, known as "variants", have escaped and are freely roaming the grounds, butchering Murkoff's employees. After several experiences working directly with the Engine and witnessing its effects on the facility's patients, he sends an anonymous e-mail to reporter Miles Upshur to expose the corporation. Sign in to see reasons why you may or may not like this based on your games, friends, and curators you follow. Alternatively, the player can attempt to outrun their pursuer. Panicked screams and gunfire are heard as the screen fades to black. Filter reviews by the user's playtime when the review was written: When enabled, off-topic review activity will be filtered out.

All rights reserved. Genre: Survival-Horror The game revolves around a freelance investigative journalist, Miles Upshur, who decides to investigate a remote psychiatric hospital named Mount Massive Asylum, located deep in the mountains of Lake County, Colorado.