Outlast: Whistleblower

Game Info

Whistleblower starts the story that led to Outlast, and stretches past the events of the first game to show the true final chapter in the story of Mount Massive Asylum. Outlast: Whistleblower follows the story of Waylon Park, the software engineer under contract with the Murkoff Corporation who emails journalists around the world - including Miles Upshur - at the beginning of Outlast. You'll meet Waylon a few weeks into his time at Mount Massive, during which he has been unable to even contact his wife and son thanks to strict security protocols. Having developed a deep-seated distrust of the profit-motivated scientists and doctors leading dangerous and irresponsible experiments on their patients, Waylon ends up setting events in motion that lead to the unmasking of Mount Massive's rotten core.

Name

Companies

Red Barrels

Released

5/6/2014

Platforms

Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One

Engines

Unreal Engine 3

Type

Adventure, Indie

Social Networks

0

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Reviews

Sunday, January 28, 2024 5:02:34 PM

35 Steam users votes up

Kenpoleon Bonaparte

Steam user

This DLC adds approximately another 2 hours of game play, as well as 6 more achievements, and is pretty much more of the same thing you experienced in the base game. The gore factor, however, has been ramped up. It's somewhat grosser than the base game, especially after you meet Eddie "The Groom" Gluskin.
In the base game, you were Miles, a journalist coming to investigate a lead of unethical wrongdoings and torture by the Murkoff Corporation that was emailed to you. Here, in the DLC, you are Waylon, the tech guy who sent the email. The DLC starts with Waylon sending the email, but actually ends the morning after Miles arrived to investigate.
Waylon gets caught sending the email, and is forcefully committed, as were some employees from the base game. That brings to mind a lyric from the Eagles song 'Hotel California' about how "you can check out any time you want, but you can never leave".
Almost all of the areas Waylon explores are different than the areas Miles explored. There will be a few places you quickly pass through that you recognize, though. You will also briefly run into Chris Walker, and even see cameos by the twins, Dr. Trager, and Father Martin.
The base game had 2 big enemies. The major one was Chris Walker, and the minor one was Dr. Trager. This DLC also has 2 big enemies. The major one is Eddie "The Groom" Gluskin, and the minor one is Frank "Kitchen Cannibal" Manera. Also, like in the base game, here you will have random variants sprinkled about, some hostile and some not.
I did find a few plot inconsistencies with dates/times, Murkoff rules/policies, and the condition of certain locations from the base game, but none of them affected the game play in any way. They are merely annoying to a purist, just like when things in movies either don't match or don't make sense.