RICHARD TRAGER OUTLAST 2 GAME SERIES

There have been numerous hints dropped to the possibility that Trager survived the events at Mount Massive, and if he plays as big of a roll as I’d like to believe, we aren’t insane to expect his return. He would have more than enough motivation to seek revenge against the company that destroyed his mind, his body, and his life. If this was indeed written by Trager, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to assume that he could be working with Simon and Waylon against Murkoff. The message “You work for us now” would also imply three things, the person who wrote it no long works for Murkoff, they know that Paul still does, and they aren’t working alone. It would however, make sense for Trager to do something like this, and he is well known for cutting off fingers in the Outlast universe. It doesn’t fit in with his motives or how he’s portrayed. It would also be extremely out of character for someone like Simon Peacock, for example, to cut off someone’s finger as a threat to Paul Marion. Both messages are also written in all capital letters. When comparing the letters “F, R, U, and N” they are undeniably similar, especially taking the differing art style into account. On the left are the wall writings from Outlast and Outlast 2, which we can only assume where written by Rick Trager. If you understand the plot of both, the parallels are hard to ignore.Īnother, more arguable piece of evidence, is the writing in blood on wall in the fifth issue of the Murkoff Account:Īgain this was over looked by many, and most would probably brush it off on a different character, but in theory could it possibly be Trager? Not to mention the insane amount of similarities between the story of Outlast 2 and the second issue of the Murkoff Account. Not only is it suggested by him hold a severed finger to his lips, but he also can be identified by his long fingernails and his facial structure:Ĭontinuing on, Trager is the only Outlast character that is in or referenced to in all three games, as well as the comics. With a little attention to detail, it becomes obvious that the man shown on the cover of Outlast: Whistleblower is in fact a scarless version of Richard Trager. On to the next point, Trager is prominently featured on the cover of the Whistleblower DLC, a game that only his supposedly “dead body” was shown in.

Something else worth considering could be the possibility that Jeremy Blaire was only trying to get closer to Trager as part of said security measures, and may have never actually been his friend as the comics might imply.

(This could also only be referring to security measures and such, but it’s worth considering) This may or may not have been intended on Murkoff’s part since it is hinted that they were experimenting with “Non-Lethal Personnel Behavioral Control”: Not only that but, this also means Murkoff knew that both Project Walrider and Richard Trager were having negative effects on each other. This heavily insinuates that Murkoff was suspicious of Trager for at least a year prior to the events of Outlast, being that the date on this particular document is October 14th 2012. Near the end of this document Trager is mentioned, and we can assume from what is said that he has been experiencing nightmares or possibly hallucinations: In the very first installment of Outlast the player can find a document tilted “Project Walrider Patient Status Report for William Hope”

RICHARD TRAGER OUTLAST 2 GAME SERIES

It could even be said that he is a main driving force behind the plot of the series as a whole. If you’ve read the Murkoff Account comics you know a little bit of Trager’s backstory, but in theory his story goes much deeper into Outlast then just this small roll. We all know Trager as the manipulative and intelligent, finger cutting variant we see in the first Outlast, but that is far from where his story begins and possibly far from where it ends as well. In fact he’s a much greater part of the story then a simple temporary antagonist, and he very well might be a part of something the creators had been planning from the very beginning. Richard Trager may play a much larger part in the plot of the Outlast series then we’ve been led to believe.

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