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[PREMIUM] Spookin' With Scoops: 09/18/2013

It was storming last night, so there wasn't much choice: it was time to finish Outlast.

Sep. 19 2013

Posted by: Patrick

In This Episode:

Outlast

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I never watched any of the Spookins with regularity, but this started me down a road of watching them all. Patrick's gotten really damn good at carrying these videos solo over time.

Props sir, and keep on playing games in length, because watching through Outlast was awesome and I went and bought it / played it after the initial quick look.

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@jaxley said:

Got a bit Cabin in the Woods towards the end there.

Did it? You kinda knew that there was heavy military involvement and some crazy technology, so "hey there's a big military bunker that is the source of all this" was kind of a given once you learn even a little bit about Murkoff, compared to how unusual the bunker in Cabin in the Woods was.

Anyway, the ending reminded me a lot of F.E.A.R., in that it went from you exploring a bunch of dilapidated-ass, poorly lit areas for most of the game, to you suddenly being in this clean, concrete, well-lit area for the final 10%. Then there are big fancy spheres because obviously you keep "the specimen/the patient/subject x" in a big fancy sphere, and then naturally you fuck with whatever is in that sphere. I know lots of other stuff does that too, but F.E.A.R. is what came to mind for me.

Also, I think F.E.A.R. handled that a lot better, because once Alma is fully released and she is chasing you as you leave the underground facility, I actually found that way freaky, with the visual effects they used. The Walrider kinda didn't seem that scary because he was just a spoooOOOOoooky ghost made out of dark mist. All the guys that actually wanted to maim the player character seemed way more threatening.

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Got a bit Cabin in the Woods towards the end there.

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I wonder if Patrick forgot that you can close doors slowly by holding the button. It's really weird when he's sneaking around slamming shut doors everywhere (not that it seems to matter, but it's just a little jarring).

Yeah this has bothered me since he started playing, in the QL he even demonstrated closing doors slowly.
But it's really odd that it doesn't seem to matter much anyway..

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I wonder if Patrick forgot that you can close doors slowly by holding the button. It's really weird when he's sneaking around slamming shut doors everywhere (not that it seems to matter, but it's just a little jarring).

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Man, I was getting stressed out just watching you play this one; game is full of them jump scares... you're a braver man than i, to be sure.

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Nanomachines.

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Such a cool horror game -- got huge Bioshock vibes when going down the elevator with the music and all.

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Edited By sammo21

I love Outlast and I think it succeeds in what it attempts better than Amnesia...but damn, that ending was pretty anticlimactic. I might still get this and play it again on PS4 just to support the dev. I thought the game would have been cooler if they had the undergorund lab but it continued being supernatural stuff.

Also, expected the big guy stalking you to end up being the "good guy" in the game but whatever.

Also, the AI isn't broken for him...unless its universally broken. The one naked guy did the same thing for me. Based on how they react when you are in the sanctuary, I would assume it is not broken AI. I think this is just Red Barrels not doing a very good job with the storytelling in certain parts. Clearly the two men want to kill you and have tried to kill you in the past. They also know that the priest wants you alive, so I find it weird they would have just stopped trying to kill you right after pursuing you for so long.

Also, you missed a bunch of notes because of walking around without the camera out. You'll only get notes from recorded stuff.

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Damn Patrick, you guessed the ending correctly. Nice job horror expert!

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I enjoy this so much! Youre the best Patrick :) Keep it going!!!

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The game took a lot of queues from F.E.A.R. upon reaching the underground laboratory section. There's this big spherical thing that's the origin of everything and Billy is pretty much Alma.

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IMHO - his game deserves best sound effects of 2013!!!

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The GTA5 release eclipses all. I totally missed this.

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@ajroo said:

Dont worry everyone. There is a nice penis shot while Patrick is playing. The play button cant help you at that point.

Also, what happened to your finger? I swear the player character is missing one on his (left?) hand.

Id never make it through this game. I have a weird issue with physically mutilated, insane, naked men.

His fingers got cut off by crazy naked butcher man, but that happened when Patrick and his wife played and was not recorded.

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'Oh balls' has never been more literal. Love this series Scoops, keep it up!

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Edited By SleazyWizard

I love some spookin'.

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I think the ending of Outlast reveals its biggest problem, which is that the Walrider just isn't that scary. At least compared to the horrific mutilation of the patients in the asylum. The blindfolded, straightjacketed guys with their mouths stitched up? UGH.

I thought it was a missed opportunity that the "found footage" influence didn't carry over to the game mechanics as much as I'd hoped. Obviously the camera's used too often in the game for this to work, but I thought it would've been neat to see a video at the end of the game with JUST what you recorded. As though someone... I don't know... found your footage and what they pieced together was based on what you chose to shoot.

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Interesting game, though it doesn't really look like my kind of horror. Not a huge fan of the levels of violence and gore shoved around, I prefer that to be used sparingly when possible in a story.

Still, it's pretty cool that we're seeing increasingly higher quality horror games come out of smaller teams nowadays. The genre kind of vanished for a fair amount of time during this generation of gaming.

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That screen cap wow...

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Wait, the walrider is sleep paralysis? This game's just about sleep paralysis?

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The guy who left all of his thermoses in Alan Wake must have made his way into Outlast with batteries.

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When the camera shows a recording time of 3:14:15.92 Patrick is hiding on a toilet. What could this mean?

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Lost the camera...

Whatta twist!

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@landhawk said:

"I didn't plan to be doing this, but it's storming right now..."

Man, screw anyone that ever said Patrick wasn't good for this site. He takes unplanned time out of his day to scare himself witless just because the weather is providing good ambiance. That's some dedication, right there.

THIS

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@ajroo said:

Dont worry everyone. There is a nice penis shot while Patrick is playing. The play button cant help you at that point.

Also, what happened to your finger? I swear the player character is missing one on his (left?) hand.

Id never make it through this game. I have a weird issue with physically mutilated, insane, naked men.

Yay for penis!

The PC gets his fingers chopped off by some crazy dude at one point. I think it's the same guy who mutilated our friend in the screenshot above.

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Edited By ajroo

Dont worry everyone. There is a nice penis shot while Patrick is playing. The play button cant help you at that point.

Also, what happened to your finger? I swear the player character is missing one on his (left?) hand.

Id never make it through this game. I have a weird issue with physically mutilated, insane, naked men.

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Edited By BeachThunder

Bummed that I didn't catch this live. Always nice to see my screenshots being put to good use though :P

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Edited By Teoball

A bit to late to say this but you can read the document or note you just picked up by clicking left or right on the d-pad.

Same function in Amnesia is the left stick by the way.

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"I didn't plan to be doing this, but it's storming right now..."

Man, screw anyone that ever said Patrick wasn't good for this site. He takes unplanned time out of his day to scare himself witless just because the weather is providing good ambiance. That's some dedication, right there.

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NO PENIS.

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I'm gonna not count this as my first missed Spookin' since it was unscheduled.

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@patrickklepek Patrick, I know how ya feel with the Geometry thang. I'm great when it comes to numbers and formulas (some), but put some shapes in front of me and I'm absolutely boned.

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Too bad I can't watch the Spookin' live because timezones, it's usually live 4-5 AM. here.

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I usually don't catch these live due to Things, but I got this stream just a few minutes before it began and it was worth it to see everyone trying to make sense of all the stupid that happens at the end of the game.

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@rayspencer said:

@patrickklepekI havent seen all the Spookin with Scoops episodes yet, but im wondering how much of Outlast you cover across the QLS, and the SwS episodes? Is there a large chunk of the game you havent streamed?

Hmm, probably about the first 30 minutes...then there was another gap of 30 minutes that I played with my wife...then another one of those. So maybe 1/5 of the game? Some plot points are lost, though the plot doesn't really matter...

Ok cool, thanks for the reply! I enjoyed the QLSolo, so I cant wait to get into the rest of the videos. Thanks.

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@patrickklepekI havent seen all the Spookin with Scoops episodes yet, but im wondering how much of Outlast you cover across the QLS, and the SwS episodes? Is there a large chunk of the game you havent streamed?

Hmm, probably about the first 30 minutes...then there was another gap of 30 minutes that I played with my wife...then another one of those. So maybe 1/5 of the game? Some plot points are lost, though the plot doesn't really matter...

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Strategically placed "play" button.

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Edited By RaySpencer

@patrickklepekI havent seen all the Spookin with Scoops episodes yet, but im wondering how much of Outlast you cover across the QLS, and the SwS episodes? Is there a large chunk of the game you havent streamed?

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@automatontribe: @librorumprohibitorum The "in-game" part would be pretty redundant. But a "flaccid penis" concept page for Outlast and GTA IV: The Lost and Damned would be cool.

"Turgid penis" probably wouldn't have many linked games besides Custer's Revenge.

I've thought long and... hard about this.

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Sweet! Surprise Scoops!

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Perfect placement of the play button!

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Add this to the "in-game penis" concept page.

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Surprise Spookin!

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Shit, missed this live. Oh well, glad it was recorded.

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hell yeah, way to make my thursday spooky

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Persona 5:

Whenever it's storming, check the livestream for Spookin' with Scoops.

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yay! been waiting for this to be put up, perfect.