You pick your hapless triallist, choose from a few perks and upgrades (which didn’t really feel all that notable in the confines of a Closed Beta), and then start running and screaming. The Outlast Trials feels like Red Barrels have tried their best to transpose the Outlast franchise’s most famous elements into a multiplayer environment, specifically night vision, shocking violence, and almost relentless antagonists who you have little hope of combatting. When a sinister Punch and Judy homage drills an apple into your hand, you’ll probably be left wishing you were Snow White instead. Set before the events of the first two games, The Outlast Trials puts a multiplayer spin on the very effective, very grisly formula, as you play a homeless person who “volunteers” for trials with The Murkoff Corporation, who have the kind of name that just sounds evil, like Disney. I’ve been playing The Outlast Trials, a game I’ve been looking forward to for quite a few years after being the leader of the Outlast 2 Defense Force, as part of its Closed Beta on Steam. It pretty much never lets up from that point and while the game itself is certainly fun, it doesn’t really give itself (or its scares) enough room to breathe. Before you’ve even pressed a button, it eviscerates some poor guy in front of you, then drills something into your face in first-person while the music sounds like a chainsaw being accosted by a gang of hoodlum bees.
The Outlast Trials wants you to know that it’s hardcore pretty much immediately - it’s not like those other multiplayer horror games.
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