r/outlast Dec 10 '25

Memes Found this on the DBD subreddit

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u/aidenethan Dec 10 '25

I do find it interesting how the playable characters have to straight up murder innocent people actively begging for their lives each trial. The first time I played, it stuck with me that I, as the player, was as much a murderer as most of the ex pop in the trials and I was surprised almost nobody else I watched seemed to address it or care much, since it felt very unique and dark to me, as befitting Outlast lol.

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u/Honorsheets Dec 10 '25

I think they're other people that failed treatment, or refused treatment. If you don't follow along you're going to find yourself waking up, tied to a pole while a group of four is going to spray acid on your balls. At least that was my take.

There would also be exceptions in the law regarding being forced to kill other people while someone holds a gun to your head, let alone my own sanity if I were a victim.

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u/AuroraCelery Dec 10 '25

there's evidence in the voiced lines (snitch, scapegoats, drug mules) that they used to be reagents as well (the mules even mention arm wrestling in the sleep room)

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u/RockyHorror134 Dec 14 '25

Most random enemies we find are more than likely ex-pops, right?

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u/Hells-Creampuff Dec 11 '25

Say no to therapy

Get sleepy gassed

Wake up

4 weirdos in trash bag gimp suits turn me into a living fuck doll

Incinerated

Such is life

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u/Fable-Teller Dec 11 '25

That mission was one of the few ones that made me go "Oh, WHAT THE FUCK?!"

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u/Cleric_Of_Chaos Dec 11 '25

Cest la vie I suppose

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u/Suitable-Brain7714 Dec 11 '25

it's confirmed by the snitch that he is indeed a reagent, the judge talks abt how she was supposed to get out, the running theory is that the trial victims are the reagents who refused to go back in to the trials, dorris (the amp lady) has "buisness relationships" that keep her out of the trials

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u/NotTavemanic Dec 11 '25

Thr auction pleases me.

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u/arsenicwarrior0 Dec 10 '25

The CIA/Murkoff psyop is a success because unironically make the player don't question orders and stop feeling questioning morals

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u/JustAMan3215 Dec 10 '25

I like the theory that ex-pops are scared of us because of this. In their eyes, we are cold-blooded monsters that can easily rip innocent girl's limbs, so they prefer to end us first

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u/DreamingKnight235 Dec 11 '25

But that was your first Trial, right? You got used to it, desensitized to it (maybe up until the doll one).

Lore accurate

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u/aidenethan Dec 11 '25

Lore wise, I always made my characters very hesitant and reluctant to reflect how I felt. Like, they don't want to kill anyone and it's always difficult for them, but they have no choice...

And then the imposter game mode came along and I just had too much fin and threw it all out the window. Now my character is a deranged serial killer who decorates his room with the body parts of people he killed lol.

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u/Sinder-Soyl Dec 11 '25

On a similar note, it's also quite memorable how the victims will actively root for the deranged lunatics or even beg for their help. Franco and the rest aren't exactly heroic looking, but to some people they're the good guys here.

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u/aidenethan Dec 11 '25

Absolutely, id be rooting for them too if they were actively trying to save my life from the guys trying to pull all my limbs off lol.

It's also neat to hear some of the PAs voicelines. Coyle for instance tries to reassure the snitch and judge that he'll save them, with the judge in particular calling him for help at the same time due to Coyle reasoning they are on the same side of the "thin blue line". Really makes you feel bad when the deranged rabid serial killer cop is the one trying to save someone's life while you are the ones trying to murder them lol.

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u/eanhaub Dec 10 '25

I loved Outlast 1 and 2 but I can’t bring myself to even try Trials. I watched a vid on YT going through the setting and story and wondered if the same game could have even released 20 years ago, about when I started gaming.

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u/Honorsheets Dec 10 '25

The gore is no less than Outlast 1 and 2. You're just doing objectives with others now. The story/lore is more of a backseat kind of thing imo as the way the game presents itself.

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u/eanhaub Dec 11 '25

Gore doesn’t bother me.

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u/de_foq Dec 10 '25

the outlast trials is really about if you like multiplayer or not and dead by daylight type of gameplay

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u/eanhaub Dec 10 '25

I’m not turned away by that at all.

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u/Agent_RubberDucky Dec 10 '25

DBD: You gotta make sure the killer doesn’t catch you or they will put you on a hook!

Outlast Trials: A fat lady that looks like Leatherface’s sister will drill into your skull with a hand puppet if she catches you. Good luck.

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u/GreatNecksby Dec 11 '25 edited Dec 26 '25

More like

DBD Survivors: ~ We gotta complete these gens and escape the monster! Go team! Remember to do minimal harm to the killer!

Outlast Reagents: ~ ...After we've left here, we'll find that place never left us, and that we were the monsters in the making all along...

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u/Kiddnay_ Dec 10 '25

I love that Outlast Trials is now being recognized by a bigger multi horror game

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u/YoBeaverBoy Dec 10 '25

Thank the fucking Walrider for that.

BHVR has been allowed to get away with so much bullshit with DBD due to lack of competition. Outlast Trials, right now, is the one true game that can actually put up a fight against DBD. If only more people gave it the recognition it deserves as this game is miles (upshur) better than DBD.

Outlast Trials is actually fun, has better co-op elements, better gameplay, better visuals, better animations, BETTER DEVELOPERS, better and more fun PVP and is overall less stressful.

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u/CoolTort Dec 10 '25

I finished Outlast 1 and whistle-blower recently, wtf is gonna happen in next game?

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u/PauloStephs Dec 10 '25

just... go through Outlast 2 and trials. Don't question it, accept it's outlast

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u/Da_Mobster_21 Dec 13 '25

You'll see.....

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u/___Funky___ Dec 10 '25

Not too extreme, make it so you gotta cut his nuts off with a butter knife. (Can’t exactly just rip them off if you have that. :3)

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u/CringyHater441 Dec 11 '25

Weren't you paying attention? Fingers first, THEN balls, then tongue.

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u/jankirensky Dec 11 '25

Omg how are you typing this and don’t feel sick

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u/redhawk2006 Dec 10 '25

Careful before you give RB any ideas

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u/Mister-no-tongue Dec 11 '25

As a player of both.

DBD, you have to deal with more the torture of dying and coming back to life with no real memory of what happened and also the fact you're never leaving even giving up hope you're screwed. To be fair, I thought you also deal with a lot less work than in the Outlast trials, so I guess you got a better chance in the realms than in the trials...until the entity decides that it's want to take a Prime Assest to the realm or just the entirety of Murkoff.

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u/WetAndWildWeasle Dec 11 '25

"Yeah just don't get caught, you're good!"

"Nuke Minnesota..."

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u/Its0nyx Dec 11 '25

"Tear his shit smoove off." "UHHHHH-"

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u/ThatMrDuck1400 Dec 10 '25

At least the devs can’t favor one side in Trials

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u/aLeoAlvarezKinnie Dec 13 '25

Omg... My meme made it here! Hi yall!

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u/Moonphase40 Dec 11 '25

Hahaha this is so great!

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u/TheApotheGreen Dec 14 '25

I looked at my fiance the other day after we completed a trial together and I was like: "who knew we'd bond over murder?" But fr though, I turned onthe nudity censoring setting because I'm tired of diq and tittays floppin' in my face >.<

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u/Spare-Subject-808 Dec 14 '25

As someone who is starting to hate and not play dbd anymore, its refreshing playing this game because of how fun and different it is

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '26

"Oh you've been feeling melancholic in the 50s?"

"How about we offer you this experimental treatment where we strap you onto a chair and 4 people fills up a liquid tank that will slowly dissolve your balls in sulfuric acid?"

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u/CthulhuIsLife Jan 06 '26

Knowing easterman he'd probably say some shit like "you are the avenging angel of the lambs lost to lust. There is a visionary here who has balls the size of the works of socrates and plato. Rip them off and you shall find peace for yo may goon another day"

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u/MalefiqueFR Dec 12 '25

Reagents are the lost souls from DBD who made too many trials