They are simply a force of nature, to which no "evil" can be attributed. We don't blame a volcanic eruption or tsunami on the earth, nor do we blame the mentally ill for their behaviour. In media (and specifically in this case, Outlast), the mentally ill are presented as terrifying, but only in the same way that a natural disaster is terrifying. Our own individual experiences of reality vastly outweigh any impressions formed by fiction. We all know well enough that violence in media is glorified, but we know that this is wildly different from reality. Who's to say half the theoretical population of mount massive were ever actually mentally ill to begin with? They were human beings twisted and altered by some fucked up experimental treatment.Īlso, I don't hold to the idea that Outlast perpetuates stereotypes about people with mental illness any more than the idea that pornography perpetuates negative stereotypes about women. But after you realize the company is throwing people in their crazy experimental machine all willy-nilly, how do you think its still a game about the mentally ill. I mean, sure the Murkoff corp were running a house supposedly for helping the mentally ill. It perpetuates a stereotype that people being tortured by a company that has a quasi-governmental level of power are scary. Bravo.Patrick, this game doesnt perpetuate a stereotype of the mentally ill being scary. So apparently Miles SURVIVED and learned to control the Walrider?! So that means Miles saved Waylon from getting killed by Jeremy? And when Waylon made that impossible turn, I assumed Miles turned him around and sent him on his way to finally expose Murkoff. When Waylon got into Miles' car and he saw that black cloud, which at that moment I thought "That's it Waylon, you're dead, the end." And what I saw after that blew my mind. Fast forward to the ending, that moment when the Walrider killed Jeremy Blaire but not Waylon, I knew something was up. The way the story synced up with the original story was amazing, especially when I saw the church burning off into the distance was pure awesome.
He was such an interesting yet horrific character. Through my time playing it was amazing, my personal favorite was Eddie Gluskin.
When I found out about the announcement of the new DLC, Whistleblower, I was pumped. It was such a bummer when they just killed him, but I honestly thought it was for the best. Near the ending of the original Outlast, I had gotten so attached to Miles' character, and when he was supposedly "killed" after the Walrider fused with him. I admit it was fucking scary, some serious creepy shit was going on in that god-forsaken asylum and I've never seen a game so detailed. The ambience, the plot, Miles Upshur and all the other amazing details. Human words can't comprehend how relieved I am after playing through the Whistleblower DLC.
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