History VideoGame / TheInpatient

* HijackedByJesus: Averted. Despite being a priest and the games ExpositionFairy on the wendigo, Father Ted makes no attempt to connect the wendgio myth to Christian dogma, keeping it strictly within the Cree myths of the beast.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: Either [[spoiler:the player or Anna/Gordon]] (both of whom are relatively unimportant people; [[spoiler:either a journalist or a doctor]]), will inevitably become [[spoiler:the Makkapitew, a deadly Wendigo that proves almost impossible to capture of kill even for seasoned hunters]].

* EvilSoundsDeep[=/=]VoiceOfTheLegion: [[spoiler:When we hear the Makkapitew's voice when it fully possesses Anna/Gordon.]]

* KillEmAll: It's perfectly possible to end the adventure like this. [[spoiler:You need to get possessed by the Makkapitew, then arrange yourself to reach the end of the adventure with Ted as the only other survivor. You'll then have the option of killing him instead of pulling the HeroicSacrifice.]]

* SanitySlippage: Anna/Gordon seems to be going through this, claiming to be hearing voices and getting more and more agitated, although it becomes increasingly obvious she is being possessed. And [[spoiler:as the ending reveals, by the Makkapitew itself.]]

The game focuses on an unnamed but slightly customizable protagonist (meaning you can choose their gender and skin color) who finds themselves Blackwood Pines Sanitarium in the 1950's, with a case of amnesia during the wendigo massacre of the Sanitarium as described in the previous game. Meeting their roommate Anna/Gordon, depending on which gender you choose in the beginning of the game, the player must uncover the truth behind their missing memories as they try to survive the massacre and meet up with the other survivor as they try to escape the madness.

** [[spoiler:If you get possessed by a Wendigo, after the credits, you see that goddamn calendar start flipping through its pages. Slowly at first, but it goes faster and faster, eating through ''years'' at all speed... And brutally stops on one day. ''February 2, 2014''. '''The day Hannah and Beth Washington fell from that cliff, launching the events of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn''.''']] [[spoiler:And then you see the event ''through the Makkapitew's eyes''.]]

* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:One of the cops accidentally kills a nurse in a panic when they discover the wendigos. It's unclear if their attempts to kill the other survivors is an attempt to kill witnesses or kill anyone else who is infected, but either way, they are trying to cover up what's happening.]]

** Whether or not it's [[spoiler:Anna/Gordon or the player]], the Makkapitew finds a new host.

* PragmaticHero:[[spoiler:Getting the GoldenEnding means you are pretty much forced to accept the police captains bribe, as opposed to threatening to expose the truth and getting sent back to the sanitarium. Once they actually leave the mountain, their hands are pretty much tied.]]

* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:It's revealed that Anna/Gordon isn't a patient; They're actually a doctor/nurse who worked for the institution and Bragg's experiments. Likewise as the player uncovers their memories, we learn they are actually a reporter trying to investigate what was happening before the shit hits the fan. On top of that, either one of them ends up possessed by the Makkapitew]].

** [[spoiler:If you get possessed by a Wendigo, after the credits, you see that goddamn calendar start flipping through its pages. Slowly at first, but it goes faster and faster, eating through ''years'' at all speed... And brutally stops on one day. ''February 2, 2014''. '''The day Hannah and Beth Washington fell from that cliff, launching the events of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' ''']]. [[spoiler:And then you see the event ''through the Makkapitew's eyes''.]]

** [[spoiler In one of the endings we see Hannah and Beth from ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' make an appearance when we see their disappearance from the Makkapitew's POV.]]

* AmnesiacHero: The player at the start of the game has no memory of who they are or how they got to Blackwood. [[spoiler: According to some flashbacks, they got it as part of shock therapy experiments when they where caught snooping around as part of their investigations.]]
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler: In one possible ending, the player can become possessed by the Makkapitew]].

* TheBadGuyWins
** [[spoiler: The Police Captain is successful in covering up his men's actions, either by sending the player back to the sanitarium or successfully bribing the player to silence.]]
** Whether or not it's [[spoiler: Anne/Gordon or the player]], the Makkapitew finds a new host.
* BigBad: Subverted with Jefferson Bragg, despite running the hospital and experiments he conducted; he has next to nothing to do with the supernatural creatures existing beyond their inevitable breakout and he is shown to be TheAtoner when we meet him. [[spoiler: Played a little more straight with the Alpha Wendigo Makkapitew, who has been behind Anna's/Gordon's or the players slow SanitySlippage as it gradually possesses one of them.]]
* TheCameo

** [[spoiler: In one of the endings we see Hannah and Beth from ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' make an appearance when we see their disappearance from the Makkapitew's POV.]]

* DefiantToTheEnd: The player can be this to the police captain, [[spoiler: which gets them institutionalized again.]]
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: Over the course of the story, Anna/Gordon slowly becomes possessed by the Makkapitew's spirit. Although this can also happen to the player.]]
* DirtyCop: [[spoiler: One of the cops accidentally kills a nurse in a panic when they discover the wendigos. It's unclear if their attempts to kill the other survivors is an attempt to kill witnesses or kill anyone else who is infected, but either way, they are trying to cover up what's happening.]]
* EvilSoundsDeep[=/=]VoiceOfTheLegion: [[spoiler: When we hear the Makkapitew's voice when it fully possesses Anna/Gordon.]]
--> [[spoiler: I see it now. It was so easy. So simple.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: Anyone who's played ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' knows that the wendigo are what's wrecking havoc in the sanitarium and on the mountain. [[spoiler: It is also an obvious conclusion that the truth of what happened isn't gonna be exposed to the public no matter what the player does.]]
* HearingVoices: Something Anna/Gordon goes through. [[spoiler: It's the voice of the Makkapitew.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Anna/Gordon cannot be allowed to leave the mountain due to being possessed, but stays behind and makes sure everyone makes it to safety on the cable car. The player will do the same if they end up possessed.]]

* IntrepidReporter: It's revealed that [[spoiler: the player lost their memories, they were an investigative reporter seeking a story and got caught up in the happenings of Blackwood Sanitarium.]]
* KarmaHoudini: The police receive no comeuppance beyond a few of them being killed by the wendigo. [[spoiler: Threatening to expose them gets the player institutionalized.]]
* KillEmAll: It's perfectly possible to end the adventure like this. [[spoiler: You need to get possessed by the Makkapitew, then arrange yourself to reach the end of the adventure with Ted as the only other survivor. You'll then have the option of killing him instead of pulling the HeroicSacrifice.]]
* LeaveNoWitnesses: The cops doing this are either trying to cover up the wendigo outbreak or [[spoiler: silence witnesses who saw them kill a nurse.]]
* MadScientist: Jefferson Bragg, the head administrator, has been trying to conduct psychological experiments on the survivors from the mines. Subverted as he's seen as regretful about it when it gets out of hand. [[spoiler: As a result of these experiments, either Anna/Gordon or the player end up possessed by the Makkapitew]].

** [[spoiler: Anna/Gordon stays behind before s/he succumbs to possession, allowing the player and the other survivors to leave. The player is successfully bribed by the police to keep their silence.]]
** [[spoiler: Same as above, but should the player not accept the police's terms, they get institutionalized again.]]
** [[spoiler: Should the player be the one possessed, they are the ones who let the survivors go before they succumb to the Makkapitew's transformation in Anna's/Gordon's place (unless Ted is the only other survivor, in which case you can kill him). We are given a flashback to the night of Hannah and Beth Washington's encounter with the Makkapetiew from its viewpoint.]]
* PoliceAreUseless: The cops here are both unable to stand against the rampaging wendigo, [[spoiler: and more interested in making sure there aren't any surviving witnesses. At the end of the game, they end up having to bribe the survivors to silence.]]
* PragmaticHero:[[spoiler: Getting the GoldenEnding means you are pretty much forced to accept the police captains bribe, as opposed to threatening to expose the truth and getting sent back to the sanitarium. Once they actually leave the mountain, their hands are pretty much tied.]]
* PragmaticVillainy: Once the survivors actually escape Blackwood Pines, [[spoiler: the police cease trying to kill them in favor of trying to blackmail them to silence.]]
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler: In the GoldenEnding, the player manages to escape the sanatarium and rescue the other survivors, however they are forced to leave Anna[=/=]Gordon behind to succumb to the Wendigo transformation, and further forced to accept the blackmail from the police to cover everything up.]]
* SanitySlippage: Anna/Gordon seems to be going through this, claiming to be hearing voices and getting more and more agitated, although it becomes increasingly obvious she is being possessed. And [[spoiler: as the ending reveals, by the Makkapitew itself.]]
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: It's revealed that Anna/Gordon isn't a patient; They're actually a doctor/nurse who worked for the institution and Bragg's experiments. Likewise as the player uncovers their memories, we learn they are actually a reporter trying to investigate what was happening before the shit hits the fan. On top of that, either one of them ends up possessed by the Makkapitew]].
* WhamShot: [[spoiler: If you get possessed by a Wendigo, after the credits, you see that goddamn calendar start flipping through its pages. Slowly at first, but it goes faster and faster, eating through ''years'' at all speed... And brutally stops on one day. ''February 2, 2014''. '''The day Hannah and Beth Washington fell from that cliff, launching the events of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' ''']]. [[spoiler: And then you see the event ''through the Makkapitew's eyes''.]]
** The main game mentions [[spoiler:a reporter having their camera taken after they were found snooping. Guess what happens to us? ''We get found snooping'', so the camera was ''ours!'']]

* WhamShot: [[spoiler: If you get possessed by a Wendigo, after the credits, you see that goddamn calendar start flipping through its pages. Slowly at first, but it goes faster and faster, eating through ''years'' at all speed... And brutally stops on one day. ''February 2, 2014''. '''The day Hannah and Beth Washington fell from that cliff, launching the events of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' ''']]. [[spoiler: And then you see the event ''through the Makkapitew's eyes''.]]

* IntrepidReporter: It's revealed that [[spoiler: the player lost their memories, they where an investigative reporter seeking a story and got caught up in the happenings of Blackwood Sanitarium.]]

* BigBad: Subverted with Jefferson Bragg, despite running the hospital and experiments he conducted; he has next to nothing to do with the supernatural creatures existing beyond their inevitable breakout and he is shown to be TheAtoner when we meet him. [[spoiler: Played a little more strait with the Alpha Wendigo Makkapitew, who has been behind Anna's/Gordon's or the players slow SanitySlippage as it gradually possesses one of them.]]

* PragmaticVillainy: Once the survivors actually escape Blackwood Pines, [[spoiler: the police cease trying to kill them in favour of trying to blackmail them to silence.]]

** Wether or not it's [[spoiler: Anne/Gordon or the player]], the Makkapitew finds a new host.

* BigBad: Subverted with Jefferson Bragg, despite running the hospital and experiments he conducted; they have next to nothing to do with the supernatural creatures existing beyond their inevitable breakout and he is shown to be TheAtoner when we meet him. [[spoiler: Played a little more strait with the Alpha Wendigo Makkapitew, who has been behind Anna's/Gordon's or the players slow SanitySlippage as it gradually possesses one of them.]]

* KarmaHoudini: The police receive no comeuppance beyond a few of them being by the wendigo. [[spoiler: Threatening to expose them gets the player institutionalized.]]

* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: It's revealed that Anna/Gordon isn't a patient actually a doctor who worked for the institution and Bragg's experiments. Likewise as the player uncovers their memories, we learn they are actually a reporter trying to investigate what was happening before the shit hits the fan. On top of that, either one of them ends up possessed by the Makkapitew]].

* WhamShot: [[spoiler: If you get possessed by a Wendigo, after the credits, you see that goddamn calendar start flipping through its pages. Slowly at first, but it goes faster and faster, eating through ''years'' at all speed... And brutally stops on one day. ''February 2, 2014''. '''The day Hannah and Beth Washington fell from that cliff, launching the events of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn''.''']]
** [[spoiler: And then you see the event ''through the Makkapitew's eyes''.]]

** [[spoiler: Same as above, but should the player not accept the polices terms, they get institutionalized again.]]

* WhamShot: [[spoiler: if you get possessed by a Wendigo, after the credits, you see that goddamn calendar start flipping through its pages. Slowly at first, but it goes faster and faster, eating through ''years'' at all speed... And brutally stops on one day. ''February 2, 2014''. '''The day Hannah and Beth Washington fell from that cliff, launching the events of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn''.''']]

* WhamShot: [[spoiler: if you get possessed by a Wendigo, after the credits, you see that goddamn calendar start flipping through its pages. Slowly at first, but it goes faster and faster, eating through ''years'' at all speed... And brutally stops on one day. ''February 2, 2014''. '''The day Hannah and Beth Washington fell from that cliff, launching the events of ''Until Dawn''.'''

The game focuses on an unnamed by slightly customizable protagonist who finds themselves Blackwood Pines Sanitarium in the 1950's, with a case of amnesia during the wendigo massacre of the Sanitarium as described in the previous game. Meeting their roommate Anna/Gordon, depending on which gender you choose in the beginning of the game, the player must uncover the truth behind their missing memories as they try to survive the massacre and meet up with the other survivor as they try to escape the madness.

* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: It's revealed that Anna/Gordon isn't a patient actually a doctor who worked for the institution and Bragg's experiments. Likewise as the player uncovers their memories, we learn they are actually a reporter trying to investigate what was happening before the shit hits the fan. On top of that, either one of them ends up possessed by the Makkapitew]].

** [[spoiler: Anna/Gordon stays behind before she succumbs to possession, allowing the player and the other survivors to leave. The player is successfully bribed by the police to keep their silence.]]

** [[spoiler: Should the player be the one possessed, they are the ones who let the survivors go before they succumb to the Makkapitew's transformation in Anna's/Gordon's place. We are given a flashback to the night of Hannah and Beth Washington's encounter with the Makkapetiew from its viewpoint.]]

The game focuses on an unnamed by slightly customizable protagonist who finds themselves Blackwood Pines Sanitarium in the 1950's, with a case of amnesia during the wendigo massacre of the Sanitarium as described in the previous game. Meeting their roommate Anna, the player must uncover the truth behind their missing memories as they try to survive the massacre and meet up with the other survivor as they try to escape the madness.

** Wether or not it's [[spoiler: Anne or the player]], the Makkapitew finds a new host.
* BigBad: Subverted with Jefferson Bragg, despite running the hospital and experiments he conducted; they have next to nothing to do with the supernatural creatures existing beyond their inevitable breakout and he is shown to be TheAtoner when we meet him. [[spoiler: Played a little more strait with the Alpha Wendigo Makkapitew, who has been behind Anna's or the players slow SanitySlippage as it gradually possesses one of them.]]

* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: Over the course of the story, Anna slowly becomes possessed by the Makkapitew's spirit. Although this can also happen to the player.]]

* EvilSoundsDeep[=/=]VoiceOfTheLegion: [[spoiler: When we hear the Makkapitew's voice when it fully possesses Anna.]]

* HearingVoices: Something Anna goes through. [[spoiler: It's the voice of the Makkapitew.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Anna cannot be allowed to leave the mountain due to being possessed, but stays behind and makes sure everyone makes it to safety on the cable car. The player will do the same if they end up possessed.]]

* MadScientist: Jefferson Bragg, the head administrator, has been trying to conduct psychological experiments on the survivors from the mines. Subverted as he's seen as regretful about it when it gets out of hand. [[spoiler: As a result of these experiments, either Anna or the player end up possessed by the Makkapitew]].

** [[spoiler: Anna stays behind before she succumbs to possession, allowing the player and the other survivors to leave. The player is successfully bribed by the police to keep their silence.]]

** [[spoiler: Should the player be the one possessed, they are the ones who let the survivors go before they succumb to the Makkapitew's transformation in Anna's place. We are given a flashback to the night of Hannah and Beth Washington's encounter with the Makkapetiew from its viewpoint.]]

* SanitySlippage: Anna seems to be going through this, claiming to be hearing voices and getting more and more agitated, although it becomes increasingly obvious she is being possessed. And [[spoiler: as the ending reveals, by the Makkapitew itself.]]
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: It's revealed that Anna isn't a patient actually a doctor who worked for the institution and Bragg's experiments. Likewise as the player uncovers their memories, we learn they are actually a reporter trying to investigate what was happening before the shit hits the fan. On top of that, either one of them ends up possessed by the Makkapitew]].

* DemonicPosession: [[spoiler: Over the course of the story, Anna slowly becomes possessed by the Makkapitew's spirit. Although this can also happen to the player.]]

* AndThanJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler: In one possible ending, the player can become possessed by the Makkapitew]].

* BadGuyWins

* ForgoneConclusion: Anyone who's played ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' knows that the wendigo are what's wrecking havoc in the sanitarium and on the mountain. [[spoiler: It is also an obvious conclusion that the truth of what happened isn't gonna be exposed to the public no matter what the player does.]]

* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: It's revealed that Anna isn't a patient actually a doctor who worked for the institution and Bragg's experiments. Likewise as the player uncovers their memories, we learn they are actually a reporter trying to investigate what was happening before the shit hits the fan. On top of that, either one of them ends up possessed by the Makkapitew]].
* WasItWorthIt: Gets asked to the player [[spoiler: when it's revealed they are an IntrepidReporter and have finally gotten their story.]]