The Inhuman Experimentations of the Program With their vision compromised by a rag, those taken by Murkoff quickly learn that these experiments were more along the lines of acts of torture and that peaceful, kind and safe practices were not an option from the ‘qualified’ staff. With a promise of giving their patients a purpose, those who subscribed to this idea ended up within a concrete building, no windows and doors but a promise that if you complete the Programs you can go home. The luring of the innocent, poor and vulnerable worked with their propaganda claiming to be a charitable outreach. This means that whatever they got up to inside the Facility in some way worked to their advantage.

We can assume that the events in The Outlast Trials is within Colarado, later erecting the Mount Massive Asylum from the first game, decades later.

What we know from Outlast 1 is that it is set in the 21st century, meaning that The Outlast Trials is a directly prequel to the story of the first Outlast. Because at this point in time of the Cold War, no one know of Murkoff’s dark plans. Feeling trapped and lost, they head into Murkoff Corporation, a place that would not have the infamous title it gained in the past two games.

The story begins with an short demonstration of the use of propaganda on the poor folk that had nothing left to live for.

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