There is a lack of story and immersion.

[Freyhaz]

There is a lack of story and immersion in this game, and maybe that was intentional, but I can't help but feel like it should be there. It started as something interesting with the introduction but then it became all about the trails. The trails which also lacks story and immersion, as it's all about performing useless tasks.

We're like a bunch of janitors who come in to screw on the pipes and get generators working, and then observe sadistic things unfold. It's a poor attempt to make something simple and repetitive seem rewarding.

I wish they brought more attention to the things other than the trials, and placed us directly in it. Rather than doing simple objectives I would like it to be more immersive. More interactions with scientist, immersive punishments or rewards, backstories (finding journals which I never read doesn't do it for me), more intense situations where you have to co-operate fully with others. A reason to bond with the game and other players rather than rush and get grade A+.

It's the mouse on the cogwheel mentality to rush and complete useless tasks that makes this game boring for me. Even if it has an aspect of fun to it.

Anyone else feel the same?

[ZIGS]

Bro, it's a co-op game, what did you expect? If you want story and immersion, look somewhere else

[Freyhaz]

Originally posted by ZIGS:

Bro, it's a co-op game, what did you expect? If you want story and immersion, look somewhere else

I expected that they did it intentionally. I know many co-op games who has a lot of what I mentioned. Also, I am looking elsewhere, right now I was just curious about this game.

[Explicable]

Originally posted by Freyhaz:

There is a lack of story and immersion in this game, and maybe that was intentional, but I can't help but feel like it should be there. It started as something interesting with the introduction but then it became all about the trails. The trails which also lacks story and immersion, as it's all about performing useless tasks.

We're like a bunch of janitors who come in to screw on the pipes and get generators working, and then observe sadistic things unfold. It's a poor attempt to make something simple and repetitive seem rewarding.

I wish they brought more attention to the things other than the trials, and placed us directly in it. Rather than doing simple objectives I would like it to be more immersive. More interactions with scientist, immersive punishments or rewards, backstories (finding journals which I never read doesn't do it for me), more intense situations where you have to co-operate fully with others. A reason to bond with the game and other players rather than rush and get grade A+.

It's the mouse on the cogwheel mentality to rush and complete useless tasks that makes this game boring for me. Even if it has an aspect of fun to it.

Anyone else feel the same?

Game is called "Outlast Trials"
You complain "It became all about the Trials"

......

[Argent]

Read the evidences and be reborn so you have an idea of what the story is.

It’s closely related to the last two games (Morphogenic Engine were used to condition some of the Ex-Pops) and actually it’s revealed that one reagent became an important character in Outlast 2 (Reagent 1616, wont spoil but you’ll find out who it is once you collect all the related evidences). Even the facility and location have very close connections to Outlast 2. If you want know about the lore and story of Outlast Trials you could also check out the free digital comics in the official Red Barrels website.

Talking about immersion, it’s actually pretty immersive and period-appropriate. The trials is about the CIA’s MKUltra program but with extra steps lmao

The proper third Outlast entry would be released in the future.

[Hunkulees]

"We're like a bunch of janitors who come in to screw on the pipes and get generators working"

Yeah...that's Dead By Daylight. Have you even played this?

HINT: If you want story, try reading. There's ton of it in the game. Have you read any of the evidence you've collected?

[Ashyne]

Originally posted by Freyhaz:

backstories (finding journals which I never read doesn't do it for me)

You already described the problem here.

Most of the story is in the Evidences, just like how in Elden Ring you have to piece together most of the story from reading texts and descriptions on items rather than it being directly explained to you.

If you've played Outlast 1/2 and/or read the Evidences, listen to the conversations by the Prime Assets and other NPCs in the Sleep Room, it is not difficult to see that there is a great depth in the story and lore.

[Slayer]

I love the environmental story telling and having to piece stuff together through evidence files. You're a test subject dude. No ones gonna give you information dumps. Now that's immersion.

[Freyhaz]

Originally posted by Explicable:

Originally posted by Freyhaz:

There is a lack of story and immersion in this game, and maybe that was intentional, but I can't help but feel like it should be there. It started as something interesting with the introduction but then it became all about the trails. The trails which also lacks story and immersion, as it's all about performing useless tasks.

We're like a bunch of janitors who come in to screw on the pipes and get generators working, and then observe sadistic things unfold. It's a poor attempt to make something simple and repetitive seem rewarding.

I wish they brought more attention to the things other than the trials, and placed us directly in it. Rather than doing simple objectives I would like it to be more immersive. More interactions with scientist, immersive punishments or rewards, backstories (finding journals which I never read doesn't do it for me), more intense situations where you have to co-operate fully with others. A reason to bond with the game and other players rather than rush and get grade A+.

It's the mouse on the cogwheel mentality to rush and complete useless tasks that makes this game boring for me. Even if it has an aspect of fun to it.

Anyone else feel the same?

Game is called "Outlast Trials"
You complain "It became all about the Trials"

......

I'm not against the trails, I just feel they lack good narrative and is too repetitive and boring.

[Freyhaz]

Originally posted by Ashyne:

Originally posted by Freyhaz:

backstories (finding journals which I never read doesn't do it for me)

You already described the problem here.

Most of the story is in the Evidences, just like how in Elden Ring you have to piece together most of the story from reading texts and descriptions on items rather than it being directly explained to you.

If you've played Outlast 1/2 and/or read the Evidences, listen to the conversations by the Prime Assets and other NPCs in the Sleep Room, it is not difficult to see that there is a great depth in the story and lore.

I loved the environmental story telling in elden ring, and was eager to piece things together. But in this game I don't feel drawn to it. I wonder why. Perhaps elden ring had a better narrative, and delivered a more believable world to get immersed in, and a repetitive task wasn't sucking in all my focus.

[Freyhaz]

Originally posted by Argent:

Read the evidences and be reborn so you have an idea of what the story is.

It’s closely related to the last two games (Morphogenic Engine were used to condition some of the Ex-Pops) and actually it’s revealed that one reagent became an important character in Outlast 2 (Reagent 1616, wont spoil but you’ll find out who it is once you collect all the related evidences). Even the facility and location have very close connections to Outlast 2. If you want know about the lore and story of Outlast Trials you could also check out the free digital comics in the official Red Barrels website.

Talking about immersion, it’s actually pretty immersive and period-appropriate. The trials is about the CIA’s MKUltra program but with extra steps lmao

The proper third Outlast entry would be released in the future.

Thanks, will check out the comic... what the hell has CIA been up to.

[Slayer]

Yeah, the comics are awesome.

Also, side recommendation: Check out the film American Ultra. It's a fun take on thr MK Ultra experiments that inspired the game.

[Metal Cat Solid]

bait 1/10

[Freyhaz]

Originally posted by QueijoExpirado:

bait 1/10

Does a badly graded bait mean it's not a bait?

[Metal Cat Solid]

Originally posted by Freyhaz:

Originally posted by QueijoExpirado:

bait 1/10

Does a badly graded bait mean it's not a bait?

Just 10/10 is considered a bait.

[Maya-Neko]

Too much story in a repetitive, gameplay driven game is just super annoying, especially when it can't be skipped. I wish some of the existing story elements would be skippable, as doing them a dozen times gets annoying eventually (for example right before getting the boat released in Grind the bad apples, the button taking like 15 seconds to unlock just adds up over time).

And overall, there are already tons of other story games, not every game needs to be super deep with a >30 % cutscene-gameplay-ratio. I'm not that much into horror in general, but i love to play those games, where it is more about knowledge and getting good overall. Might be boring for you, but for me it is good enough that i want to spend a few dozens if not hundreds of hours in the near future in it to speedrun it.