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The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division.
Lost in transit while on a colonist ship bound for the furthest edge of the galaxy, you awake decades later only to f...
The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division.
Lost in transit while on a colonist ship bound for the furthest edge of the galaxy, you awake decades later only to find yourself in the midst of a deep conspiracy threatening to destroy the Halcyon colony. As you explore the furthest reaches of space and encounter various factions, all vying for power, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the corporate equation for the colony, you are the unplanned variable.
KEY FEATURES
The player-driven story RPG
In keeping with the Obsidian tradition, how you approach The Outer Worlds is up to you. Your choices affect not only the way the story develops; but your character build, companion stories, and end game scenarios.
You can be flawed, in a good way
New to The Outer Worlds is the idea of flaws. A compelling hero is made by the flaws they carry with them. While playing The Outer Worlds, the game tracks your experience to find what you aren't particularly good at. Keep getting attacked by Raptidons? Taking the Raptiphobia flaw gives you a debuff when confronting the vicious creatures, but rewards you with an additional character perk immediately. This optional approach to the game helps you build the character you want while exploring Halcyon.
Lead your companions
During your journey through the furthest colony, you will meet a host of characters who will want to join your crew. Armed with unique abilities, these companions all have their own missions, motivations, and ideals. It's up to you to help them achieve their goals, or turn them to your own ends.
Explore the corporate colony
Halcyon is a colony at the edge of the galaxy owned and operated by a corporate board. They control everything... except for the alien monsters left behind when the terraforming of the colony’s two planets didn’t exactly go according to plan. Find your ship, build your crew, and explore the settlements, space stations, and other intriguing locations throughout Halcyon.
Played the game when it was out on gamepass and loved it so much I eventually ended up buying it through GoG. I wanted more and I just felt like the game was rather short. Understandable for what Obsidian had to work with then. Fast forward to 2021 and I've since started up a new playthrough with the DLCs adding a breath of fresh air. I honestly feel like the world building in this game is underated. The DLCs fleshed it out even more and I can't wait for how Obsidian handles the sequel now that they'll have a higher budget to work with.
The game has plenty to do and explore yes it is not as big as Fallout but the studio is also not as big as Bethesda. I didn't encounter any bugs while playing and found the ability to respec my character amazing especially after I accidentally took a perk that only worked when I was alone when I constantly had a companion with me.
The game is definitely front loaded with content with there being a huge amount of side quests to do in the first few areas and not so much in the final zones however you are not constrained in the order you complete things. You can potentially go through the main story to unlock every area then go back and do the side quests separately to avoid this being an issue as plenty of quests have you planet hoping anyway.
The companion stories were excellent at helping you form an attachment to the characters however it is clear more effort went into some than others which for me wasn't an issue as I stuck mostly with the same two companions.
I would recommend getting the game when it is on sale however as there is no post game sandbox mode so you will always have one quest left in your log (as you have to load a save) if you want to play the open world after completing the story. There is also a lack of exploration once you have completed the quests you find as there are no random events and I didn't come across many "secrets" out in the world.
Overall I would rate the game around 7.5/10 losing points for the fizzling out at the end and no open world post final mission it would have been good to see the world after I saved it from the board.
I have not started the DLC yet so I am unsure if this adds much to the core game but as a stand alone it is worth getting if you can get it on sale.
I finished the game in 3 weeks. Not a long story, its not horrible though. The world feels like a wasteland, it doesn't feel like people occupy it. Its not bad though, nowhere near Fallout-NV or Fallout3. But that doesn't mean its a bad game, give it a go. Not worth $40, feels like a $15-$25 game.
I had so much fun with this game! Its strong points are the setting and the story, which are very consistent, building a believable world to sink into. This consistency leads to a feeling that you’re being taken seriously, the authors are working hard to make this a true escape. It’s witty but at the same time makes some serious parabolas, taking a bit of inspiration from the Hunger Games for example. Excellent soundtrack and decent visuals contribute to the immersion, and character building and choices that you make lets you further nicely role-play. Most of the mechanics accompany the game well too: equipment improvement, companion system, combat (if needed!).
To some downside, I think late game locations could be better used, they are gorgeous and could be a fantastic setting for many stories, but instead not much is happening there. But hey, even the first Fallouts had problems with that! ;)
A note too, worth played on harder modes - you’re motivated to explore more mechanics and makes you more aware of the surroundings when you explore.
I give my clear recommendation to anyone who likes story-rich cRPGs, and if you’re fond of the retro-future setting, you will enjoy it even more!
This is by far not the only problem, but its a START
yes you make a character and it looks different than in creator
you can't change appeal once that done!
You determine Attributes: attributes are to be or not to be of the builds
you can respect the builds, but your attributes remain -1 charm will never do companion build
Skill system is pretty good, skill check levels are joke
Story: Epic exclusive 1 year edition outer Woke tells the story about corporations being bad
in the game where you support 10 corporations/gangs/factions just to screw one of them xD
female characters are presented as great, innovative, strong..EXCLUSIVELY
Femininity? forget it, its modern murica, richest country in the world, we can't afford it
male characters are Terrible! Vicar max have some qualities, everybody else is weak, loser or creep from pighouse
Murder mystery? who killed? MAN you can't interact with...
Gameplay is great, until you start melee combat... for some reasons my attacks don't hit targets
Loading is so stupid, you can run thru empty map because enemies will not load in time
Stealth? don't works, single sneak attack alarm everybody and you can't move bodies
Tinkering is WAY TOO EXPENSIVE to make old weapons as good as new you find
Speechcheck is always superior option, your character don't say smart thing because hes intelligent, but because its best option in conversation...
there is always reward behind speech-checks...you no longer flavor say (excluding dumb dialogue)
can pacifist base game, but not DLCes
can't progress in the game without getting 18 000$ early or killing old woman and betraying rick
Rick Sanchez is incompetent in this game, hes the good ending guy, but his only game is to takeover Hope supply of frozen people to awake...
Board is the bad faction and their plan is to stock up on supplies and wait when others starve
i really wanna like this game and to some degree i do, but its not as fun to play as games i like because they are good like NV:)
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