The End of Outlast 2Īfter a long journey to rescue his wife Lynn, fighting through a harrowing descent into madness, protagonist Blake discovers that not only has his wife gone from zero to nine months pregnant in the space of about two days, but she’s giving birth to what appears to be a healthy child. Let’s dive right into the most controversial elements of the Outlast 2 story. That means it’s going to be up to us to weigh the evidence for ourselves. We asked Red Barrels directly to try to clear things up, but as you might expect they preferred to keep most of the details mysterious. An ending layered in ambiguity, trippy psychological effects, and enough of a flat-out harrowing journey into hell to make the final scene feel like a rolling, twisting ball of about a hundred questions and only ten answers. Outlast 2‘s ending was easily the most psychologically confusing, “what the hell just happened?” in recent video game history.

Before we get started, it should be obvious we’re heading into heavy spoiler territory for Outlast 2 (and the previous Outlast games and the associated comic books). Read our spoiler-free review if you’re interested in finding out if the game is right for you.

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