

After being hit with it, Blake is forced to relive a traumatizing series of events from his youth culminating in the suicide of his childhood crush Jessica at the Catholic school he once attended. Throughout the entirety of the game, Blake is occasionally blasted by the same blinding white light that brought down the helicopter. A short walk down the ridge reveals that the pilot's body has been brutalized by the same fanatics that have seemingly abducted Lynn following the crash landing.īlake proceeds through the village of fanatics carefully avoiding conflict and documenting the horrors via his video camera whenever possible. Upon regaining consciousness, Blake is alone. After a brief exchange, the helicopter is brought down by a blinding flash of light that disables the machinery in the helicopter forcing a crash landing. The two are planning on filming a documentary about a young girl who went missing in the region. The story begins with Blake and Lynn flying over a desert in Arizona by helicopter. Outlast II follows video journalist Blake Langermann through his decent into madness as he attempts to recover his wife Lynn from a violent band of religious fanatics. One comes in the form of documents that expand the lore and the other in the form of filming during set piece events in the story for Blake's documentary. The game also has features two different sets of collectibles. It should also be noted that the difficulty can be reduced at any time but never increased once a lower one is chosen. The enemies simply deal more damage and more aggressively chase Blake should they spot him. Thankfully, the difficulty settings don't effect the placements of healing items or batteries. Should they run out, Blake is caught wading through complete darkness just waiting to be picked off by an enemy. The player must be cautious however because utilizing this night-vision rapidly drains the camera's battery. There are large portions of the game that are completely consumed by darkness requiring the use of the camcorder's night vision feature to have any visibility whatsoever. He does this mostly by simply outrunning most enemies and hiding from them when trapped in close quarters. Right from the outset, the game warns the player that Blake is not a fighter and must hide from enemies if he hopes to survive. The running around in Outlast II mostly consists of avoiding conflict with virtually every enemy in the game.
