History VideoGame / OutlastII

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->''"God don't hear dead men."''

* [[spoiler:MindControlDevice:]] [[spoiler:What's really causing everyone to become insane. Murkoff has a facility across the lake that is sending out signals that cause hallucinations which [[SanitySlippage slowly causes people to lose their minds]].]]

* TheBrute: Marta is a 7-foot tall killing machine who constantly terrorizes the player, just like Chris Walker from the first game. Except she's ''much'' faster and just as strong.
** Nick is also this for the Scalled. He, like Marta, One-Hit-Kills Blake most of the time and can knock down locked doors in one swing.

* LightningBruiser: Marta is actually ''faster'' than Blake, and all of her attacks are {{One Hit Kill}}s.

''Outlast II'' is a SurvivalHorror game developed by Red Barrels released on April 25, 2017. The game takes place in the Videogame/{{Outlast}} universe, a highly acclaimed first-person horror game known for its stealth mechanics, unforgettable characters, and excessive {{Gorn}}.

[[spoiler:* MindControlDevice:]] [[spoiler:What's really causing everyone to become insane. Murkoff has a facility across the lake that is sending out signals that cause hallucinations which [[SanitySlippage slowly causes people to lose their minds]].]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: There are a few hints, and all but outright stated in [[spoiler:'Webcomic/OutlastTheMurkoffAccount'']], that everything about Temple Gate and the cults of Knoth and Val are the results of [[spoiler:another of the Murkoff Corporations's secret experiments. Several tower relays across the lake send brainwashing microwaves upon the subjects, bringing forth the hallucinations seen throughout the game... and a recent electric storm appears to have caused ''anomalies'', which ultimately leads to the entire cult wiping itself out]].

* GreaterScopeVillain: There are a few hints, and all but outright stated in the [[spoiler:''The Murkoff Account'']] tie-in comics, that everything about Temple Gate and the cults of Knoth and Val are the results of [[spoiler:another of the Murkoff Corporations's secret experiments. Several tower relays across the lake send brainwashing microwaves upon the subjects, bringing forth the hallucinations seen throughout the game... and a recent electric storm appears to have caused ''anomalies'', which ultimately leads to the entire cult wiping itself out]].

* WellIntentionedExtremist: This is how Knoth and his followers see themselves, believing that all the monstrous things they've done will prevent the birth of the Anti-Christ.

-->-- '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhiP5FBcCXc Trailer Narration]]''', paraphrased from ''[[Literature/BookOfRevelation Revelations 14 (KJV)]]''

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[[caption-width-right:350:Horror rises from desperation and blind faith.]]

* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness / UnreliableNarrator: [[spoiler:Blake falls under the influence of a malfunctioning MindControlDevice as the game goes on, causing it to be increasingly difficult to distinguish between reality and his hallucinations.]]

* BuriedAlive: [[spoiler:The Scalled submit Blake to this, but he escapes ''Film/KillBill'' style.]]

* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler:It's heavily implied in Blake's final recording that he's named his newborn daughter (assuming she's real) after Jessica, telling himself that 'she'll get to grow up' and 'do what she's supposed to do.]]

* FragileSpeedster: Blake is two times faster than our previous two protagonists, and just as defenseless.

* ReligiousBruiser: A direct contrast to the antagonists' ReligionOfEvil, the Langermanns are also devout Catholics.

* SequelDifficultySpike: You no longer regenerate health on your own. Instead, you have to [[HealThyself collect and use bandages]] (which take a while to use) to restore your health. It's also a lot harder to find places to hide, as the place has wider space and enemies can use their flashlights to search for you in the dark. Simply running away if an enemy catches you won't do you any good either; you ''must'' use stealth and quick thinking in order to get past certain foes. The newly added SprintMeter doesn't help either. Expect to die a lot more while trying to figure out how to progress.

* TragicMonster: [[spoiler:Much like the patients at Mount Massive, the cultists were normal people driven to madness and unspeakable actions by Murkoff's experiments, and many of them are shown to suffer terrible guilt over the things they've done (even ''Marta'') to the point some have committed suicide. Knoth himself used to be a humble shoe salesman, drowning in debts and seeking solace in religion, until he started to hear ''something'' in the radio...]]

* VillainousRescue: [[spoiler: Twice. Early in the game Blake and Lynn are only saved from being killed because the Heretics show up and kill Knoth's cultists. Much later, it's the ''cultists'' who barge in and kill the Heretics in their hideout, allowing Blake and Lynn to run free.]]

* BigBadEnsemble: The three leaders of the main enemy factions - Knoth of the Christians, Val of the Heretics, and Laird of the Scalled. Hell, the Stalker of the school segments is just as prominent, making this a FourManBand of Big Bads.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Maybe the cult was right and [[spoiler:Lynn births TheAntichrist, leading to the end of the the world. Or maybe Murkoff's brain-washing towers made everyone ''think'' that's what happened while they're actually just going crazy. Blake succumbing to the insanity too twists him into an UnreliableNarrator, so that doesn't make things any clearer. ''However'', a certain secret document found near the lake definitely puts things into mundane territory...]].

* DeadpanSnarker / FirstPersonSnarker: Blake has plenty of sarcastic one-liners to drop in response to the insane shit he's submitted to.
-->'''Blake:''' ''(stumbling into a giant, grotesque pit of corpses in a barn) "Aw Jesus, should've prayed for refrigeration."''

* LightningBruiser: Marta is actually ''faster'' than Blake, and all of her attacks are [=OneHitKills=].

* ReligiousHorror: '''TONS'''. Imagine the most depraved of the Southern Baptist sects, combined with Jonestown and the inbred zombie family from ''TheCabinInTheWoods'' and you're still not there.

* ShoutOut: At one point in a hallucination segment, Blake will hear the phone ring and answer it. A brief speech from the voice on the other side ends with him getting [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet licked by a tongue coming out of the receiver]].

** [[spoiler:Marta's]] death, being [[spoiler: impaled by a rooftop cross that is dislodged by a bolt of lightning]] is taken straight out of [[Film/TheOmen1976]].

** [[spoiler:Marta's]] death, being [[impaled by a rooftop cross that is dislodged by a bolt of lightning]] is taken straight out of [[Film/TheOmen1976.]]

* BigBadEnsemble: The three leaders of the main enemy factions - Knoth of the Christians, Val of the Heretics, and Laird of the Scalled.

* BigBadEnsemble: Knoth of the Christians and Val of the Heretics are both the main antagonists of the game, but are actively against each other.

** The video of the bloody shower in the women's bathroom is "[[Film/Carrie1976 They're all gonna laugh at you!]]"

** The video of the bloody shower in the women's bathroom is "[[Film/Carrie They're all gonna laugh at you!]]"