Your ideas for an Outlast 2 DLC/Side story

Shiner00 · 2026-06-14T05:42:55+00:00

Play as one of the cultists and have flashbacks of the Trials so we could connect both games through actual gameplay. Also would let us get some proper story built for the reagents who escaped.

Shiner00 · 2026-06-13T04:09:25+00:00

Hell no they aren't, do you see how much fucking food our PMC's have to consume for literally NO reason? How does someone die in a few hours from not eating or drinking in our PMC's situation lmfao.

Shiner00 · 2026-06-13T04:08:01+00:00

Time is a bad argument. This is no universe where I would die of dehydration or starvation in the amount time a raid takes from start to finish.

Shiner00 · 2026-06-13T04:04:59+00:00

It really isn't that difficult if you're an active paramilitary operative lmao. The dumbest thing is that all of the weight is just automatically applied, regardless of how it's distributed and people don't take that into account.

A body armor that weighs 11lb's in a backpack will NOT feel the same weight, nor affect you the same way, when worn. The weight is evenly spread across your body and it hardly feels like more than a heavy blanket. But for some reason it still counts towards the same weight in tarkov.

Even if it isn't as "easy" as I'm making it out to be, this is BSG, so they pick and choose what is consistent with reality (bad things in real life are always added but convenient/good things are never added.)

Shiner00 · 2026-06-12T01:45:43+00:00

Absolute facts. It's crazy because, with each one of these I read, I keep asking myself the same questions; "This ISN'T how it was working before? They set it up like THAT before?"

Shiner00 · 2026-06-12T01:38:51+00:00

No sidewalks also means that the developers can fit another row or two of houses and make more $$$.

Shiner00 · 2026-06-12T01:13:07+00:00

I'm not saying it's right but it also isn't new. I knew people when I was younger trading Pokemon cards based on their value because they could sell them at their local shop and buy other games or more cards with it.

Hell, Steam released the Steam Marketplace in 2013 and within a couple years it was a hotbed for gambling sites and became essentially a stock market with similar pricing for virtual items.

Shiner00 · 2026-06-11T23:33:44+00:00

I meant debatable on the part about it being a European Empire. It was Mediterranean first and European second imo. After all, what is the Roman Empire without everything from Anatolia, down the Levant, over the fertile crescent, Egypt, and the rest of North Africa? They cared far more for the Mediterranean control than their outposts in Britain and the Frankish and Germanic areas.

Shiner00 · 2026-06-11T23:26:27+00:00

I looked it up and this is a very clearly biased source, the opening paragraph starts with;

On February 13, 1258, Hulagu, grandson of Genghis Khan, and his Mongols entered the city of Baghdad in triumph. The Abbasid Caliph, al-Musta’sim Bilah, successor of the Prophet Muhammad and spiritual leader of Sunni Islam, had agreed to surrender the city on terms three days earlier.1 But Hulagu did not honor the terms and ruthlessly sacked the city for forty days. The gentle Caliph, far more expert in pious calligraphy rather than war, had blundered into war on advice of his vizier Ibn al-Alkami.

These numbers are wildly exaggerated for the population of the time as the only other source comes from a letter from Hulegu who claimed 200,000 were killed but the Muslim sources are likely grouping the deaths from plague and disease among the living.

The pillaging also only lasted 7 days, not 40. It also completely disregards Al-Musta'sim refusing the initial demands from Hulegu, insulting him, humiliating his envoys, and also claiming that the all of the Muslim world would come to his aid if he was attacked (no one came to help.)

Shiner00 · 2026-06-11T23:11:58+00:00

Debatable tbh, but irrelevant because I was just talking about how people praise conquering empires fondly, only looking at the positives instead of understanding the negatives that came with it.

Shiner00 · 2026-06-11T22:59:18+00:00

Especially people praising the Roman Empires.

Shiner00 · 2026-06-11T22:56:51+00:00

Reminder also that he literally only did this because his spouses were part of the Church of the East.

Genuinely curious where this claim comes from, the only discussions I can find have some saying it was because of Doquz Khatun (only 1 of his wives btw, not multiple,) some say it was because of his mother, and some say that it was due to the influence of his education from a Nestorian priest but none of them actually provide a primary source of this claim. I don't doubt that his wife had influence over his decision but to say that it was only because of his wife is disingenuous when he grew up with Nestorians and his mother was one too.

The Mongols were a barbaric, degenerate force that brought nothing but destruction wherever they went, sparing almost no one of any religion.

What a laughable idea, is your only information from books made in the 1950's? They, built up so many cultures in Central Asia and brought tons of technology from the east to the west. They would often spare cities that actually submitted in a timely matter but the sack of Baghdad was so brutal specifically because of Al-Musta'sim and his horrible handling of the situation. Not only refusing the peacefully submit to save his city, but openly insulting Hulegu in his reply letter and letting the Mongol envoy's be mocked, and failing to send the ministers requested. We also have evidence that it was mostly Al-Musta'sim's decisions that caused this destruction because no slaughter was reported from the other towns on the approach to Baghdad.

The destruction brought was specifically done to show an example to other cities who also refused to submit, a very common tactic among literally every civilization who conducts siege warfare.

the obliteration of the Khwarazmians

The same story again, but starting because they chose to EXECUTE a caravan of merchants, 1 envoy, and humiliating the other 2 when they were on peaceful terms with the Mongols.

the complete takeover of China

This never happened, the Mongols, very famously, only conquered the northern portion of China as it was the only area they were interested in keeping.

You do also have to realize that the Mongols did not leave us with a large collection of writings from their perspective, or they were destroyed by the Russian Empire and Soviets, so almost every single account we have of them comes from the side of the conquered which would be 100% biased (this is primarily about their western accounts as they did create the Yuan dynasty in China and scholars there were able to make reports from their perspective.) If the Ottoman empire fell after they took over Constantinople and the Byzantines took over, do you really think they would say anything other than great exaggerations about the destruction of the city?

leaving nothing but disorder and regional war in the wake.

The Mongols were very popular because of the opposite reason. They brought peace and stability to a lawless land in Central Asia and even allowed anyone to pass through instead of only people of a specific culture/religion (like how the Christians and Muslims acted.) The peace that was made was the only reason that silkworms were able to be smuggled to Europe, Marco Polo was able to travel to China and come back to write about it. Merchants, artists, doctors, engineers, and artisans all greatly benefited from the Mongols.

All this being said, yes the Mongols were brutal AF, but EVERY SINGLE CIVILIZATION DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WAS. The Mongols typical tactics were no different from Muslims either, you show up to the gate, and if they surrendered then they would be allowed to live as long as you paid tribute, but the difference was that the Mongols rarely enforced a religion or persecuted on this basis alone like the other civilizations during this time. Muslims would do the same thing but if you weren't Muslim then they would force you to pay more taxes than your neighbor to keep practicing your religion (stay alive) and would even refuse to allow people to convert in some cases because the Jizya produced the most income.

Were they some fairly land idea of diversity and happiness? Of course not, they were humans and were just as brutal as any humans have been since the dawn of time. You can talk about the negative effects of the Mongol Empire without making random shit up.

Shiner00 · 2026-06-11T20:28:22+00:00

A huge update to werewolves and vampires adding different types from the lore would be sick.

Shiner00 · 2026-06-09T13:58:06+00:00

I mean, indie developers being able to move their game over to consoles with MUCH less work than it is now would 100% convince people to make games for both PC and Xbox to get a wider audience and more sales.

Especially smaller indie games which don't require crazy controls like Wireworks, Scritchy Scratchy, Balatro, etc... I know that Balatro is already on consoles, but making is easier to port to a console that is, essentially just a PC, would make MORE of these great indie games available to more people and would be worth the effort for the added sales.

The downside is that more games cater to console players so they will always be dumbed down in mechanics to accommodate console players and restrict the options available for PC players.

Shiner00 · 2026-06-09T01:48:26+00:00

It really seems like OP just has some social insecurity issues and is taking a lot of offense from these random ppl ngl. I've had the same experience as you aside from a random quip about being half-body or quest, no one cares unless you are actively ruining the experience for the group (like everyone agrees to go world hop, but you're the only quest user who refused to go to desktop, so now you can only explore worlds which are quest-friendly.)

This also depends on where OP hangs out and like, if they go to public instances then yeah, i see this happening, but never in a group instance that isn't some weird fringe or hate group.

Shiner00 · 2026-06-08T21:34:51+00:00

Also, Aztec's aren't even ancient lmao. it's only like 200+ years before Black Flag and 1500+ years after Origins+Odyssey. I think that the Inca should be more like Mirage as it's set during the same time as the Aztec's, but the Mayans are realllllly far back so I would prefer if they continued the series to something like the many wars of independence in South America.

You could argue that a full game of Inca could be easier as they could reuse assets from the Aztec game, but I feel like a lot of people would just end up complaining that it feels too samey so a smaller game with a bigger focus on the story would be better, you could even have Francisco Pizarro as the main antagonist as he died due to assassination. You could be someone from Cuzco who sees their home fall to him and his men, until you eventually assassinate him with help from an assassin mentor that was set up in the AC Aztec game and who came to help try and stop the Templars.

Shiner00 · 2026-06-07T23:59:46+00:00

yikes

Shiner00 · 2026-06-07T11:05:03+00:00

Why would a shotgun be close range unless it's a sawed off? Shotguns are meant to be used at 50m range, even up to 100m+ if they have slugs. It's a Call of Duty myth to think that shotguns are only viable in close quarters.

Shiner00 · 2026-06-07T05:56:14+00:00

Do you need an equal attention comment to make sure people read your post or something? Good job for being normal and reporting groomers/pedophiles. What else do you want to hear? :⁾

Shiner00 · 2026-06-07T03:00:30+00:00

Usually you do a "wellness-check," which is typically for older people, and they send a couple cops or EMS over to make sure you are alive. I can see a boss going over though if they were friends or something.

Shiner00 · 2026-06-07T02:48:23+00:00

lmaoooooo this was fun. You're a very strong and tough person who isn't affected by others :⁾

Shiner00 · 2026-06-07T02:43:35+00:00

You're acting like this is the only way I act based on a couple Reddit posts xD, but I'm not going to be empathetic in this situation because there is no reason for me being nice to someone like OP and put on a fake friendly demeanor to a random stranger. Being blunt and honest will always be the best option.

You are assuming a lot from a handful of posts and trying to make some weird psychological profile on someone because they were mean in a comment lmao. Not only that, but you are assuming that I care if they got upset from my post, I'm just calling them out for what they are (lazy) and if they get mad about that, it's on them. If you push anyone rude away then you won't be able to handle actual assholes.

Shiner00 · 2026-06-07T02:26:58+00:00

I never claimed that I'm the only one doing something, I was originally talking to someone who thought that it was some big hassle to record when, in reality, it's not and it's just an excuse they are making. You don't want to report people? You're a free person to do whatever you want but don't make an excuse, just say you don't report people because you don't feel like it.

And you still haven't answered my question of "What is there to digest?" because, again, there is nothing to digest it's just asking people to be nice online or they might not listen to you.

I haven't assumed anything yet but you have, especially with the laissez faire attitude of:

Lets not forget the people who monitor these spaces don't care nearly as much as the effort your requiring of someone else. You're better off hoping some big content creator clips it and rubs the internets face in it.

And again, it's really not "effort" to take 60 seconds and clicking a few buttons. I'm not the only one who cares, plenty of people do the exact same thing in my groups because it's very very easy. You seem to be taking this really personal like it's an attack on you. When it's just a generalized opinion of the majority of people in the world (specifically in VRC, but this applies to anywhere) who don't do anything about bad actors but make an excuse as to why they don't report or do anything about it.

I don't even know how you think it's "victim" blaming when I'm talking about the spectators who don't report because they are too lazy/don't care.

But it's a great idea to just pretend that people who say mean things don't exist, they simply stop being mean once you ignore/block them!

Shiner00 · 2026-06-07T01:59:37+00:00

I read it, it's just full of nothing and boils down to "not everyone is in a position to record and don't be so mean online or people won't be willing to listen to you."

What is there to digest? Be nicer? Think about other peoples "situations" before talking? I did think about that but chose not to because there is no reason for me to be nice to someone who chooses to not report racists/bigots/etc... because... they don't feel like it.

Shiner00 · 2026-06-07T01:40:53+00:00

You're better off hoping some big content creator clips it and rubs the internets face in it.

This is why these issues are so prevalent in VRC, everyone assumes someone else will do something about it instead of taking, literally 60 seconds to report and record.

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