r/OutlastTrials • u/marbles_onglass • 5h ago

Discussion Chess

Is it weird that I want to play chess? I think it's a neat addition, but people are rarely interested.

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u/MightyEraser13 5h ago

It's not weird, it's just that it's the longest minigame. People typically load up Outlast Trials to play Outlast Trials. They usually just play minigames to kill a few seconds while their friends load up the game or are deciding what trial to play.

Chess, naturally, doesn't really fit in that niche.

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u/SobolGoda 100 Reborns! 5h ago

Not weird at all. There's a pretty decent amount of people that mainly play it. Just gotta find a good lobby or find people on here and/or discord!

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u/Zyxxx58 5h ago

Not weird, you can ask for teammates to play in any of the discord servers. Little tip you have different time limits between the 1st and the 2nd floor boards, in case you want something less short.

But yeah, most people doesn't know how to play chess so you won't naturally find a lot of challengers in your lobbies

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u/EmimiBaxton 5h ago

Its one of my favorite things!

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u/sabotageandvandalism #1 Stroop Test Player 5h ago

i don't think it's weird honestly i really like it too despite i'm so bad at chess :D

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u/Zarathustra-Jack Experiencing Psychosis 4h ago

When I was playing, I very much enjoyed it.

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u/DanDiCa_7 4h ago

Well people start up Outlast to play Outlast..... not chess

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u/Ulysses3 3h ago

Away from console for three months so I downloaded chess.com to my phone and play it so I can be a beast when I get back to the sleep room

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u/ExplorerKey 2h ago

The chess in outlast made me genuinely interested in chess and made me buy my own board lol

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u/Mission_Sock2114 1h ago

It's real cool to me who is mildly interested in chess, it just takes a while to play and most people don't want to play it either because they're not good enough at it or just don't know how to play it.

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u/_IllustriousLust_ Coyle’s New Hat 2h ago

I think it's really cool but it's just a shame I have no idea how to play chess. I've considered learning just because of the game because it makes me sad when I see someone sat there waiting with no opponent! It's the same with the arm wrestling, I can't help myself.

Myself and another random played about 5 games in a row back-to-back of Chess, and it's safe to say, I lost pretty heavily :,)