Take the role of Cutter Slade, a tried and tested elite soldier, and explore the planet Adelpha with complete freedom. As you journey in this magnificent world, where magic and science mix, discover exotic cities, face fierce enemies and attempt to learn the secrets of an advanced civilization. Make...
Take the role of Cutter Slade, a tried and tested elite soldier, and explore the planet Adelpha with complete freedom. As you journey in this magnificent world, where magic and science mix, discover exotic cities, face fierce enemies and attempt to learn the secrets of an advanced civilization. Make the correct choices in this systemic, living world, because the destiny of these two universes depends on your success.
Through hundreds of quests, the vast open world of Outcast – Second Contact offers epic-scale adventure.
Start your adventure in complete freedom in this vast open world.
Progress at your own pace through different quests available at any time.
Face the Talans head-on in daring combat or play the infiltration card.
Master an arsenal of evolving weapons and high-tech gadgets, adapt your strategy to fit your situation.
Change the balance of the forces on Adelpha. Outcast – Second Contact takes place on a living world where your actions have direct and visible consequences on the ecosystem.
Take off on a fantastic voyage to Adelpha, a bewitching world populated by extraordinary creatures and the home planet of the Talans, an advanced alien civilization.
Explore 6 different continents on foot or on the shoulders of a Twôn-Ha, and penetrate into wild lands unknown to humans.
As you initiate yourself into the culture of an alien civilization, you are brought into the heart of Talan society: negotiate with the merchants of Riss, parley with rebel forces or follow the mystic path of the grand Shamaz.
Each encounter, each event is an invitation to adventure in this thrilling world.
In the near future, humanity has discovered that it is not alone in the universe – or rather universes. Alas, the first contact with intelligent beings turns disastrous when a probe sent by the US government is destroyed by the natives of a world called Adelpha. The incident creates an energy cataclysm which threatens to destroy the Earth. You are Cutter Slade, a Navy SEAL sent on a mission to Adelpha to find and repair the probe, in order to prevent this catastrophe. Welcomed by natives as the “Ulukai” – a messiah of an ancient prophecy – you will discover that the futures of Adelpha and the Earth are now linked.
More than 50 hours of adventure within a dynamic and fast-paced story.
Confront bloodthirsty tyrants and deliver freedom to a people under the yoke of oppression.
Take the role of Cutter Slade, a charismatic and bluntly spoken hero.
Outcast – Second Contact is the complete remake of the cult title Outcast. As the first 3D open world in the history of video games and pioneer in the modern action-adventure genre, the 1999 release won over 100 awards including adventure game of the year.
The Outcast universe completely redone with modern graphics.
Combat even more dynamic with new moves: dodges, rolls, sprint and cover system.
New hidden areas divulging some of the most hotly debated mysteries of Adelpha by the fans of the original game.
Outcast was a great, innovative game when it came out: many cities full of people, every character with its own story, non-linear progression, fun dualogues, cool weapons and an evocative soundtrack.
Is it worth today to play it?
If you can overlook some old mechanics & interface and sometimes not-fluid movements, absolutely YES.
This game could still teach today developers how to create a full, alive universe with a lot of soul in many aspect, making you feel inside the game.
Sure, years have passed and games have evolved, but don't overlook this game: with some patience, it can give you a really great experience.
What Outcast Second Contact tries to convey is a feeling of grand scale and epic cinematic music, in fact the music is absolutely amazing a very polished soundtrack that gives this game a kind of Star Wars vibe and where it meets a little bit of Startgate plagurism, and yet it is far from both franchises enough so that it is completely it's own game and it's very own universe.
Yes it has a now dated feel and yes it has it's laughable moments with voice acting and scripting and yes the torso of your character moves fluidly almost human like whilst his legs seem look like a rigid mech or robot motion lol. Ithink a patch to fix that to appear more rotary rather than bo legged and rigid it would transform this game and people's immediate rperception into a feel of brand new whole game as apposed to a upscale. The same could be said for the Freedom Fighters game it suffers the same similar issue, it is it's only flaw I consider requires actual attention.
But this game it is really something to behold... in some ways it breaks a lot of the traditions of the run gun shoot done third person games, it attempts to put you inside of the story of the game it's more like playing a movie tie in from a movie that never was.... but a good movie tie in game not a bad one.
This really needs a total and complete remake a top to bottom re-development is where this would be at it's finest and an actual movie for it would be cool or a trilogy/franchise lol.
Gamepad support for bluetooth gamepads and other pads is a no go without using a third party mapping tool, but this game is worth some play time and exploration because it's so uniquely awesome despite any flaws it has all of which can be forgiven in an instant for the sheer effort and expanse of this games triumphs vs it's minor flaws, it's amazing just how good and cinematic the soundtrack is and the game is worth it just to hear it because that soundtrack is art in music form.
I have not played the original game, and looking at videos of its gameplay I wouldn't want to suffer playing it. In contrast, this remake is quite playable. It has better controls, graphics, and other small quality of life improvements, but they are better only somewhat. I think this remake was too faithful to the original game. The game is still very clunky and buggy. The animations are simplistic and often broken or downright silly, especially in the later part of the game. Combat is terrible, bullet-sponge enemies gang on you in large groups spamming their one attack. AI sometimes shows brilliance, like when NPCs communicate to others about you attacking, but then then get stuck between buildings or run in circles. Killing them is not particularly difficult, it is just a chore. Don't even attempt stealth - it is useless. The environmental design might have been excellent at the time of the original, but it is clear how much modern games are better in this regard. The interface is OK, but halfway through the game I found out that there is a hidden help screen with some much needed explanations, especially regarding some objects in your inventory. The story is passable with lots of voiced dialogues, but the audio quality is terrible. Performance-wise I had no problems after I disabled vsync, which caused heavy stuttering.
Overall, it is a game for enthusiasts. If you can play only one game in the series, I recommend choosing Outcast A New Beginning - a much better game in the same setting.