![]() If a section of the game is giving you trouble, learn how to find bandages and heal. ![]() Read our guide to find out how Outlast 2 connects to the first game. There's much more to Outlast 2's story than meets the eye. A tapestry woven from hallucinations, terror, and ghosts from his past. If Blake's mind was broken-and it did seem to be-perhaps the nightmarish visions became his new reality. Which brings us back to Lynn, the baby, and Knoth. Or, perhaps, paved the way for acceptance and peace. Guilt gnawing away at his conscience, coupled with the effects of the signals emanating from the radio tower, broke what remained of Blake's mind. He never forgot Jessica begging him to stay with her on the day she took her life. Sybil Catholic high school with Lynn and Jessica Gray, both of whom he was very close to. Although its meaning is up for debate, Blake willingly following Jessica and kneeling to pray alongside her can be seen as Blake giving in to his guilt over her suicide. As a child, Blake Langermann attended a St. Outlast 2's final scene is rife with symbolism. Jessica guides Blake to the kitchen where they used to play. /r/outlast is dedicated to Outlast, a first-person survival horror video game series developed and published Press J to jump to the feed. Jessica appears rope burns decorate her neck, evidence of her suicide. The background warps, changing into the school where he spent his youth. Visions of the Pastīlake leaves the bodies of Lynn and Knoth. If the baby is another hallucination, Blake and Knoth might share it. After imagining to her God ordering her to kill Blake Langermann, Marta relentlessly chases Blake down while Blake ventures through Temple Gate in search for his wife Lynn. ![]() Marta is a sinister member of the Testament of the New Ezekiel and is even feared amongst the cult members. Consider this, though: Knoth was exposed to the same radio signals that corrupted Blake's mind. Marta is the secondary antagonist of the 2017 survival horror video game Outlast 2. Knoth sees the baby, which seems to reinforce the notion that the baby was real. Could it be that the child was another in a long line of illusions? Blake's had more than his fair share of hallucinations. Whatever happened to them over the years since, religion formed the bedrock of their beliefs.Īnother interpretation is that Lynn was referring to the baby Blake held in his hands-or, rather, was not holding. Remember, she, Blake, and their friend Jessica attended Catholic school as children. I mean at least Miles was against enhanced mosters in the first game while Blake is, for the most part, facing normal yokels with. Lynn, on the brink of death, could have been referring to the absence of heaven or hell. The meaning behind those three words divided Outlast 2's fan base. Before she slips away, she says, "There's nothing there." Lynn dies after seeing the baby safely in Blake's hands. ![]() There, he finds Lynn, his wife, who gives birth while the storm reaches its crescendo. Lynn and the Babyįollowing a tidal wave of murderous cultists and hallucinations that made Blake (and you) question what was fact and what was fiction, Blake makes his way to the mines. If you have yet to see the ending for yourself, or want to talk it over with other players first, avert your eyes until later. It goes without saying that spoilers follow. We've studied the game's ending and compiled evidence to frame what seems to be the most popular explanation so far. Red Barrels crafted a survival-horror adventure that will keep fans talking for years, debating Blake's hallucinations and arguing over the fate of Lynn's baby. Many aspects of Outlast 2 remain open to interpretation. ![]() The catch is that those pieces can be arranged in different ways. The cults could have induced Lynn into an accelerated false pregnancy, or the microwave towers manifested the existence of the baby and pregnancy altogether.By the time Outlast 2 fades to black, developer Red Barrels has given you all the pieces to the game's ending. When Blake shows her the baby, Lynn says "There's nothing there," before passing away. As they weather through an apocalyptic storm, they find refuge in the chapel for Lynn to give birth. RELATED: 8 Horror Games That Feel Like Moviesīlake says to himself that it would be impossible for her to be pregnant as they "haven't in months." The next time that Blake see's Lynn is at the end of the game and she's full-term pregnant. Documents and journals throughout the game can support this theory, but anyone with a 5th grade understanding of biology would know that wouldn't work that fast. Lynn asks Blake not to ask her about what the cult members did to her, leaving the player to the interpretation of some kind of forced sexual act. When Blake and Lynn find each other the first time inside Temple Gate, they try and get away together but Lynn stops multiple times due to stomach pain. ![]()
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