Every obvious story element points in this specific direction, and no one mentions anything otherwise. The Antichrist comes and is welcomed by one and is cast out by the other. On the surface it’s easy to read the game as a straightforward tale of two cults. On the one hand, this could be exactly what Red Barrels were going for, and it’s exactly the lead up that the entire second half of the game creates. Lynn’s final words could be a subtle statement about the afterlife, as she’s dying she sees nothing, which frames her final words as a grim observation of the future for all mankind. The Rapture, the end times, every Christian apocalypse story is happening all at the same time. Blake walks down into the village, sees a tableau of dead townspeople, and then looks into the rising sun only to watch it explode.Īt this point one way to look at these events is that this is a simple story of the coming of the Antichrist. Knoth condemns the child, claims he has no power to kill the Antichrist anymore, and then kills himself. Moments later, terrifying cult-leader Knoth appears to an emotionally broken Blake. Lynn’s last words are: “There’s nothing there.” The childbirth appears to kill her (we may be using that word “appears” a lot in this article), leaving Blake alone holding the child on the steps of an altar. 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.