The Outlast Trials' new major update has given a deranged killer a shotgun because all the melee opponents weren't hard enough

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The Outlast Trials released into 1.0 earlier in 2024, but it had been in early access for a whole year before this, slowly releasing small updates and patches for players to enjoy and critique. But after a couple of months of minor changes, there's a major update with new antagonists, maps, trials, and more. 

At first, the multiplayer horror game launched with three locations: the Police Station, Fun Park, and Orphanage, but after it was fully launched, the Toy Factory map was added as well. My favorite map still has to be the Police Station, but that's mostly due to how terrifying and funny it is to push a payload around a map while having to run away and distract giant enemies with sledgehammers. However, the latest update also now adds The Docks, the home turf of a new antagonist, Franco «II Bambino» Barbi. 

Here, you'll undergo new MK Challenges and trials. There's Poison the Medicine, which'll see you and your teammates try to outsmart Franco as you solve various puzzles; Mansion Escape, which is pretty self-explanatory; Fuel the Release, where you'll have to power the court by collecting fuel canisters for the generator; and finally Teach the Police Officer, which just requires you to replace the precinct's training film with Murkoff's reels. 

But if this sounds difficult, then unfortunately, you're in for another surprise, as Franco won't be like all the other enemies you've encountered in The Outlast Trials so far: He actually has a shotgun. This makes him the first opponent who can deal long-range damage, as everyone else has close-range melee attacks. 

The Outlast Trials aren't impossible to complete, but the challenges certainly aren't easy, and that's without a killer hunting you down with a shotgun. Working together in a team of four, I've spent countless hours trying to help my teammates out of tough situations, whether that be leading enemies away so they could complete the objective or just using myself as a human meat shield to protect them. But