The Outer Worlds

Yeah it took me four years to get around to reviewing the game after playing it, but man I still remember how I felt playing it. I felt nothing, this is a game you play when you don't want to pay attention. There is nothing unique about this game, it is extremely inoffensive, souless, and safe

I played this on Gamepass back when it first came out and I enjoyed it a lot. But I also admit where the game falls short. The first half of the game is probably the strongest part of it but after that things gets rushed and less inspired. There's also the fact that the game really doesn't have as much depth as other Obsidian games. Still there's a fun shorter RPG here to be enjoyed. I also haven't played the DLC so that might help make the game feel more complete.

Obsidian really delivers with the world they've created. I'd love to spend more time in it. It is very often funny, sometimes poignant, but unfortunately, it is never difficult. By the time I was half way through me and my companions were unstoppable forces of nature. Yes you could play on the highest difficulty with permadeath for your companions, or leave them on the ship, but then you're missing out on one of the best parts of the game. My advice - don't tinker with your high tier weapons beyond 200 or so monies.

From an RPG perspective it wasn't very engaging, it felt like Fischer Price My First RPG. The choices didn't feel like it had any substance, the gameplay was also very rudimentary. The writing felt so forced and contrived that I did not care about anyone. I made it off the first planet and just gave up because I felt like I saw everything the game had to offer. I wouldn't recommend this even if you're hard up for an RPG, I gave this two stars because the price was right and the game worked out of the box.

I am really confused as to where I should put my score. Sometimes the game is great other times it is awful. The writing is the greatest example of this, sometimes you will have deep meaningful writing that could be considered an interesting commentary of corporatism and extremism. But mostly it will be either shallow, boring or schizophrenic. Sometimes characters will be interesting multifaceted characters with understandable motives, occansionally they will be caricatures that add to the story and tells you about the world. Mostly they will be caricatures that rip you out of the experience or less multifaceted and more incoherent psychopaths. The combat is uninspired on lower difficulties but passable. The loot system is more meh than anything, I never found any good reason to not just go highest DPS and armor then plow my way through. Maybe that is better in higher difficulties, I played on normal and never needed to use more than you standard quick health potion/inhaler. The world is beautiful in my opinion a bit over saturated but it gives it a really unique look and feeling, even if that means it might be grating on your eyes occasionally.