Introduction

The LP is complete! Thanks for watching, everyone!

So apparently I decided that Outlast would be a great idea for baby's first Let's Play.



Outlast is-

Oh god no.

N-Now hold on a second, come back. I know that Outlast has a pretty terrible reputation for endless scarecam shriek-fests with confusing and annoying thumbnails, but I think it's a pretty fun ride and I'd like to share it. I like the atmosphere, the odd characters, and the little schlocky b-movie story that it tells. It's as charming as a game about naked people beating you with planks of wood can possibly be.

It also apparently takes place in the Resident Evil 4 universe or something.

This is a terrible idea and I, The Viewer, am completely on-board. What's the deal?

First off, please tag spoilers if you discuss them! Because.
e: On a similar note, feel free to discuss mechanics and quirks in the thread, but please drop a spoiler tag over anything likely to kill the tension for somebody experiencing the game for the first time. Thanks!

I'll be doing videos with minimal commentary to help provide context and company with my donkey-voice, but will do my best to preserve the game's atmosphere. I won't be speaking over anything important, and will generally try to keep my input to a minimum. I'm interested in showing off Outlast, not my own reactions to its gory haunted house set pieces. I'll also be posting the little notes we get in the thread for anybody who's interested.

Like any haunted house attraction, Outlast is a game all about the ride, so going in fairly blind makes it more enjoyable. All you really need to know is that we're a journalist named Miles Upshur who is investigating Mount Massive Asylum because he's got hella moxie, and we'll be spending most of the game with a fancy camcorder glued to our face.

There's the occasional jumpscare as well. While I find they get the blood flowing, and they aren't too frequent or unfair for the most part past the introduction(with one notable exception, in my opinion) I will be providing jumpscare timecodes for each video, spoilermarked for the convenience of those that want the full Outlast experience. Only check these if you're totally sure you can't handle the startles but still want to experience the game! I was going to do these as Youtube annotations, but I don't want to risk every viewer seeing each scare coming without even meaning to.


_{Oh, and before I forget...}

All videos in this thread are under a blanket Gore-Dongs Advisory

Outlast likes its unapologetic male nudity about as much as it likes its frightened panting sound effects. Just a fair warning.

Videos

Episode One- Checking In
Documents & Notes

• The Whistleblower
  
  
• Mount Massive Asylum
  
  
• I'm Inside
  
  
• Project Walrider Status for Billy Hope Page 1, Page 2
  
  
• Warrant for Seizure, (page 2 just says "responsibility.")
  
  
• The Witness
  
  
• Project Walrider Profitability Report
  

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Episode Two- In Security
Documents & Notes

• Project Walrider Status Report for Chris Walker Page 1, Page 2
  
  
• Broken Men and Dead Television
  
  
• Big Fucking Guy
  
  
• MKULTRA CIA Hypnotic Homicide Page 1, Page 2

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Episode Three- The Running Start
Documents & Notes

• Father Martin's Cell
  
  
• Necromantic
  
  
• Father Martin, Finger Painter
  
  
• Purge Gate Maintenance Memo
  
  
• Total Security
  
  
• Doctor Wernicke Death Certificate Part 1, Part 2

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Episode Four - Home Movies
Documents & Notes

• Doctor Wernicke Obituary
  
  
• Walrider
  
  
• The Gospel of Sand
  
  
• The Doctor is Dead
  
  
• Still Bleeding
  
  
• A Feast for Flies
  
  
• Organized Torture
  
  
• Project Walrider Cost Report

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Episode Five- Persecutory Delusions
Documents & Notes

• Doctor Richard Trager
  
  
• Request for Reassignment
  
  
• Death of Trager
  
  
• Persecutorial Delusions
  
  
• Let It Burn
  
  
• Psychopathologist Proximity Stress Disorder Pamphlet
  
  
• Fingers

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Intermission- Let's Demo Montas
A short breather from the halls of Mount Massive. We wander briefly through the mind of white-collared Joseph Walker.

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Episode Six- Night Air
Documents & Notes

• MKULTRA Program Excerpt
  
  
• Our Own Personal Calvary
  
  
• The Thing in the Dark
  
  
• Don't Drink the Water

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Episode Seven - Found
Documents & Notes

• The Sound in the Machine
  
  
• Walrider and Nightmares
  
  
• No Safe Place
  
  
• Project Paperclip Excerpt
  
  
• You Promised Me a Rose Garden
  
  
• Lies

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Episode Eight- Darkness
Documents & Notes

• Billy's Dreams Page 1, Page 2
  
  
• The Spirit Breach Page 1, Page 2

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Episode Nine- Passion
Documents & Notes

• The Wernicke Exit Interview Part 1, Part 2
  
  
• Necrotizing Fasciitis
  
  
• Static Prayer
  
  
• The Gospel of Judas
  
  
• The Passion of Father Martin

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Episode Ten- The Modern Prometheus
Documents & Notes

• Under the Mountain
  
  
• The Pride of Wisdom
  
  
• Variant Postmortem Page 1, Page 2 ("...Therapy is interacting with our chemical restraints in a counterproductive manner.")
  
  
• Morphogenic Formula
  
  
• Death of the Soldier
  
  
• Gods and Monsters
  
  
• Wernicke's Machine
  
  
• Billy Hope
  
  
• Morphogenic Engine Chamber Precautions Page 1, Page 2 ("... minimum life support functions until technicians can arrive. DISABLING FAILSAFE WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE PATIENT TERMINATION.")
  
  
• Life Support
  
  
• The Modern Prometheus
  
  
• Permission to Proceed
  
  
• DEATH OF HOPE

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Episode Eleven - Overtime
Documents & Notes

• If I Die
  
  
• A Radio in the Prison
  
  
• The Doctors are Sick

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Episode Twelve- Cook
Documents & Notes

• Resignation of Waylon Park
  
  
• In the Cannibal's Kitchen
  
  
• Gender Selection in Mount Massive Contractors
  
  
• God and Family

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Episode Thirteen- Partaking and Sharing
Documents & Notes

• Varying Effects
  
  
• Lesser Known Ecological Aspects of Humanity
  
  
• Project Walrider Patient Status Report for Frank Manera Part 1, Part 2

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Episode Fourteen- Old Friends
Documents & Notes

• Satisfaction
  
  
• This is What the Game Is
  
  
• The Walrider Delusion
  
  
• Down, Down, Down
  
  
• Miscarried Profits (yes seriously

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Episode Fifteen- An Easy Way Out
Documents & Notes

• The Groom
  
  
• Kill Us
  
  
• Burning Lights
  
  
• An Easy Way Out

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Episode Sixteen- Tied
Documents & Notes

• Wise Man
  
  
• Patient Dennis
  
  
• What Fresh Hell
  
  
• An Unwilling Bride
  
  
• Project Walrider Report of Eddie Gluskin
  
  
• Blue Beard's Wives
  
  
• A Widower
  
  
• A Burning Church.
  
  
• Serve and Protect
  
  
• Beyond Hope
  
  
• Three Blind Dreamers
  
  
• Jeremy Blaire

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JUMPSCARE WARNINGS
For the less jumpstartle-inclined only, not really recommended. Take 1-2 before sleep.

Episode 1: 9:27, 13:20, 15:41, 18:31 -------------
Episode 2: 5:00 ----------------------------------
Episode 3: 2:01, 4:32, 5:33 ----------------------
Episode 4: 3:07, 4:38, 6:58, 20:19, 22:00 --------
Episode 5: 8:27, 27:56 ---------------------------
Episode 6: 7.45, 16.00 ---------------------------
Episode 7: 1.50, 13.00, 16.20 --------------------
Episode 8: 7.41, 9.02 ----------------------------
Episode 9: 1.41, 6.46 ----------------------------
Episode 10: Wow pretty much no unfair ones -------
Episode 11: 15.15, 18.22 ------------------------
Episode 12: 6.58, 16.24 -------------------------
Episode 13: 1.15, 6.05, 8.05, 9.25, 13.37 -------
Episode 14: 3.32, 8.54, 11.26 -------------------
Episode 15: 4.49, 12.55, 15.23, 16.35 -----------
Episode 16: 5.00, 5.47, 8.57, 12.53 -------------

FUN STUFF
(Let's all just pretend I reserved the second post for this stuff instead of stuffing the OP with even more junk.)

Short bonus video to conclude the LP over HERE!

blankd Took a crack at the Morphogenic Formula spotted in the tenth episode:


JossiRossi decided to check if Miles Upshur's Gmail account from the intro cinematic was valid:

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