The Outer Worlds

I am a fan of roleplay games, and I gave a try to Outer Worlds thinking it could be a kind of "Steampunk Mass Effect". I was quite wrong, except for the steampunk world, there's nothing of Mass Effect in game, nor what made me love Mass Effect trilogy. The companions are a lot less advanced in their personality, psychology and behaviour, than Bioware's ones. Although this default, many good ideas balance this and increase the value of the gameplay, like this crazy steampunk corporation-based world, the funny storyline, and the persistent bodies... Story = good idea, mix of future technology with old mechanic design, quests well included inside the storyline 5/5 3D graphics = very well designed, quite real and strange looking (alien worlds!) most of the time, except for few details (lava, water effects... even with high level hardware). 4/5 Human beings graphics = basically well crafted, but the faces look too similar, and the movements (when there are) look not real at all. 2/5 Animals and monsters = well designed for most of them, although the movements aren't too natural for some species, making them patrolling their territory like robots or like if they were stuck inside a cage 3/5 Sound effects, noises = Very good quality with an headset 5/5 French voices = Very good too, often the acting is better to hear than to watch... especially when the companions don't look at you/at each other while having a dialog, for example 5/5 Commands = Responsive commands, configurable controls, in game marking easy to understand and follow most of the time 5/5 Fighting items/level modes = Good progress of fighting difficulty on easy/normal/hard mode, weapons easy to use and to update 4/5 Total rating = 4/5.

Great game, good graphics. You get fairly OP towards the end of the game which makes the DLC's useful.

The game is fun, looks good, and has some replay value. The writing is what I would expect from Obsidian after games like New Vegas. However I think a lot of people expected this to be the second coming of Fallout: New Vegas but it isn't. A good game that is worth picking up if you have interest in RPG shooters like Fallout, space western settings, and can appreciate that it doesn't take itself too seriously. But if you are expecting this to be Fallout: New Vegas 2 then you'll probably be disappointed.

It's really hard to find a good game to play in this time and age. Outer worlds it's a game good enough to make you finish it. Now before I start saying about the game I want to make something clear. I don't believe that there is any way to create an rpg as a video game. Rpg's are meant to be pen and paper and nobody can change that. That means that when I am saying that a game is not an rpg, that applies to 99.99% games in the market. So, is outer worlds an rpg? No. It has the classic rpg elements, you gain level, now you are stronger. If you approach the game with high expectations, of the best rpg ever made, that every choice matters, that you have handreds and handreds of skils etc etc. Then find and play an old rpg or roguelike. This game is just another fps. It has some nice ideas, and it was created from a small studio, in my opinion they did a pretty good job. The characters are well written, the combat is fluid and satisfying and the exploration is compact. You don't have a vast big overworlds map to explore BUT this is actually good. Games like fallout have a huge map, and nothing to find in it. At least outer worlds is more compact and doesn't make the exploration tedius like most open world games. The games is not that long, but that makes it easier to replay the game with other characters and do things differently. You can choose to help different people and slightly change the story. Bottomline. Yeah the games doesn't worth the price tag, but you can easily find it on sale. If you are looking for the perfect game, then guess what, there are no perfect games. People don't respect the work game developers put to make a game, and it's not as simple as you think.

Yes it may not be innovative but this is still a very fun game with a good sense of humor and good RPG mechanics. I thoroughly reommend this game.