![]() ![]() ![]() Again, he is the mildest and the least disturbing recurring villain in the game….Īnd that’s one of the problems about reviewing “Outlast: Whistleblower”. ![]() It’s the sort of game where the mildest and least-scary new recurring villain ( who you encounter first) is literally a buzzsaw-wielding cannibal. Even one of the new side-villains, who you only encounter during a simple puzzle involving an electric fence, is first introduced in a short scene which is edgier than the entire main game. Not only does this expansion contain some viscerally grim and menacing set-pieces, but both of the new recurring villains you have to encounter here make the main game’s villains – almost all of whom also make cameo appearances – look like friendly saints by comparison. However, his boss catches him shortly afterwards and decides to use him as a test subject for the corporation’s evil experiments.Īnd, if this screenshot looks creepy, be aware that it is actually a brief moment of… safety… after something much creepier. This review may contain SPOILERS.īeginning shortly before the events of the main game, you play as Waylon Park, an employee of the nefarious Murkoff Corporation.Īfter the things he has witnessed in the company’s secret laboratories, he decides to blow the whistle and send an e-mail to a certain journalist. If you can get through the main game, then you might stand a chance at getting through “Whistleblower”….Īnyway, let’s take a look at “Outlast: Whistleblower”. Even though it is technically a prequel to the main game, it is well-worth playing the main game first – both in order to understand some of the references to it during the add-on, but also to build up enough courage to even play the add-on. So, in the words of Metallica, “ Welcome home… Sanatorium“.Īnd, yes, “Outlast: Whistleblower” (2014) is a traditional add-on which requires the main game to run. I’m mentioning all of this now to warn you that, even compared to the main game, this add-on isn’t for the easily-shocked! It is the sort of thing that both traditional “18+” ratings and modern-style content warnings were invented for…īut, it was either that or play another “morbid curiosity” horror game I bought during the sale on GOG called “Simulacra” (2017), which is themed around * shudder* smartphones and social media…. And, like “Martyrs”, it was definitely more horrifying than I initially expected it to be. Many of the comments below it nervously tried to describe the horrors within and actually… praised… the channel for censoring the video.Ī sensible person would take all of this as a warning sign but, like when I saw noticeably shocked viewers leaving the cinema after a screening of “Martyrs” (2008) at a horror film festival, edgy morbid curiosity kicked in and I just had to see it for myself. When I checked that video, I found that it was censored. I was sort of on the fence about getting this DLC – since it was on special offer on GOG at the time – but, when I decided to watch a random “let’s play” video of it on Youtube to see what it was like, I immediately noticed the presenters looking visibly mortified by the events of the previous video in their series. To my astonishment, I actually completed it! Whew! I completed it!… Yes, after spending two years working up the courage to play “ Outlast” (2013), I then decided – whilst I still had the courage I’d built up – to play its 2014 DLC “Outlast: Whistleblower” too. ![]()
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