This fear keeps you on your toes, and if you’re playing with friends, these tasks become a little more complex to balance the difficulty level when in multiplayer. Many of the tasks involve simple minigames like getting a generator to turn back on or broadcasting a radio frequency, however, when doing this at the same time as trying to escape a deranged murderer, it leaves you in a constant state of panic. However, if you have no limits and enjoy sawing up bodies or watching a man get electrocuted to death, welcome to hell! There’s more than enough to turn the most stable mind to mush, and I’m all for it. If your limit are games like Resident Evil, then Red Barrels go even further in its gore and vulgarity. Each map comes with a selection of objectives more messed up than the last. One can presume new maps will become available, with new abominations and goals, but for now, you’ll trek around a police station, a fun park, and an orphanage. There’s not a lot to do at present in The Outlast Trials. Sometimes, the most memorable moments don’t come from the sheer disgust of what you’re looking at, but from the unintentional humour of seeing a teammate soil themselves and listening to them scream. The Outlast Trials has you entering one of three environments to do just that, except a whole new dimension is opened up by working with others. For those aware of the Saw franchise, you’ll be familiar with the idea of completing sick and depraved objectives for survival. Previously played all on your own, these trials can be experienced with up to three others. The one big difference between Outlast and Outlast 2 compared to this latest entry is the implementation of multiplayer. The whole scene is shocking and bloody, yet it sets the tone for what you’re going to see more of, albeit in more creative and uncomfortable ways. The one moment etched into my brain revolves around a rather stocky dinner lady/maid-type character with a puppet on her hand (with a drill for a tongue) who cuts out a patients eye then drops him into a meat grinder right in front of you. You’re introduced to the Murkhoff Corporation, the same one that reopened the asylum in the original Outlast, except this time we’re in the era of the Cold War. Right from the tutorial, you’re thrown in at the deep end. While The Outlast Trials is just as scary, I’d love to have been a fly on the wall in the writing room because these developers have factored in some of the most disturbing and creepy creations I’ve ever witnessed in the video game medium. Whether it’s creeping around an asylum or running away from a cult of utter psychopaths, the fear factor seen in the Outlast series has always been the most oppressive and terrifying within the horror genre. One thing Red Barrels has always managed to do is the scare the living shit out of me.
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