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The Outer Worlds

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2019 7:05 pm
by hellboy
The Out Worlds is Obsidians latest Fallout meets Mass Effect style RPG which comes out later this week. There seems a few of us keen on this, so I figured I might create a thread specifically for it.

I've read a few early reviews, and it seems that the game appears to be a solid one, yet probably not one that really pushes any boundaries. As a fan of the genre, I'm expecting I'll enjoy the game. Release is this Friday, so planning to spend a few hours with it over the weekend

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2019 7:17 pm
by tys0n
As long as it's more of an RPG than Fallout 4 was I will be happy.

Also I like to spam speech so hopefully that's a thought out perk, I'm going in blind really.

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2019 8:09 pm
by hellboy
I've read and watched very little of the game to be honest, except for the trailers and the odd article. I'm kinda expecting a reskinned Fallout 4, but with a better quality dev team behind it. I don't really know much about the levelling and combat systems, though I expect they are Fallout-like.

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 2:05 pm
by ziggy23

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 5:25 pm
by tys0n
I'm sure you are all aware but just in case The Outer Worlds will be on gamepass for PC and Xbox!

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 10:23 pm
by hellboy
tys0n wrote: Wed Oct 23, 2019 5:25 pm I'm sure you are all aware but just in case The Outer Worlds will be on gamepass for PC and Xbox!
Already pre-downloaded! Tempted to chuck a sickie tomorrow (but I won't)

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 1:49 am
by tys0n
As soon as I got to the character creation screen and female was the default gender I quit and uninstalled.

3+ hours it really is the spiritual successor to New Vegas, I'm leaving the main quest alone unless the side quests/tasks lead me there which they have done in the time I've played.

Also it's all about the speech!!! That's all I wanted really, fucking fighting when you can charm.

One complaint is why is sneak with hack and lockpick?

Ehhh, it's actually kinda obvious now I typed it.

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 3:02 am
by ms2r
tys0n wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2019 1:49 am As soon as I got to the character creation screen and female was the default gender I quit and uninstalled.
At the time I created my character for Xenoblade Chronicles X I pondered about the question "Am I going to look at a female or male butt running around a planet the next 400 hours?"

Outer Worlds looks dope.

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 3:45 am
by tys0n
Why would you be looking at your characters butt during a video game???

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 4:16 am
by hellboy
Played about an hour this afternoon - very solid game. Enjoying the vibe and writing so far. Remains to be seen how far I get with it, but early impressions are excellent

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 5:44 am
by ms2r
tys0n wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2019 3:45 am Why would you be looking at your characters butt during a video game???
Because monolith made it almost the center of the screen. Good enough they had majestic landscapes as well.

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 11:08 pm
by hellboy
A few more hours with this today, and I'm pretty happy with the game so far, though nor am I blown away. There's certainly a strong "been there, done that" kinda vibe about the game play. Unsurprisingly it plays more or less the same as Fallout 4. The gunplay is ok, but doesn't feel as tight as I was hoping. The good news is that the focus on the game is higher on non-combat solutions, so it's not a huge gripe.

The setting and graphics are pretty nice, and I like the leveling and perk systems. I'm finding the quests and characters quite interesting for the most part, though the main quest on Edgewater (or whatever it's called) feels a bit binary for my liking, and perhaps a little too much like Megaton in F3.

So far I'd rate it a solid 8/10, could easily get to a 9 depending on how the game progresses.

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 11:12 pm
by hellboy
tys0n wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2019 1:49 am As soon as I got to the character creation screen and female was the default gender I quit and uninstalled.
Character creating, at least the gender and visual aspects seem like a waste of time - I've not noticed any cut scenes with the character, and there's not even a third person mode (yet)

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 11:46 pm
by tys0n
I was joking, there has been a vocal minority complaining about how the default character was female and not white.

I'm pretty sure if you don't touch the controls for a minute or two the game will go into third person mode until you start again.

Also I really need grenades.

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:56 am
by hellboy
tys0n wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2019 11:46 pm I was joking, there has been a vocal minority complaining about how the default character was female and not white.
I knew you were joking, I was merely pointing out the mostly useless character creation tool

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 5:13 pm
by hellboy
So probably about 10 hours in. A great game here, but I suspect won't have huge appeal to fans outside the genre. I doesn't really bring anything new to the table, but what it does do, it does very well.

It's not really an open world game like Fallout 3-4, Skyrim and other Bethesda RPGs. It's probably more akin to a blend of Fallout 4 and KOTOR - smaller focused worlds rather than big open ones.

I do wish they'd moved a bit further away from the retro sci-fi style - it feels very samey to the Fallout worlds in that regards. Perhaps intentionally, but I think they could have done more to differentiate the games.

I'm quite enjoying it, and hope that it's success enables Obsidian to do bigger and better things in the future.

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 1:04 am
by earthrocker
Thanks for the updates chaps. will not get involved seems like a bit of a filler before some potentially bigger titles. Wish I had more time to be a gamer

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 1:41 am
by hellboy
Don't get me wrong, it's probably my favorite game of 2019 so far.

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 2:06 am
by tys0n
Yep, it's more of the same of what I want from an RPG and I'm loving it while the back of my mind is screaming rehash!

Fuck off back of my mind.

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 11:36 am
by ziggy23

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 1:51 pm
by ms2r
Like... 21 minute speedrun...

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 5:11 pm
by hellboy
ms2r wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2019 1:51 pm Like... 21 minute speedrun...
21 minutes is pretty long for a speed run. Give it time and it'll be shorter.

I've easily spent 20 hours with the game so far, and not sure that I'm even half way through yet.

I doubt I'll finish it before RDR2 comes out though, so will be interested to see which one I prefer.

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 2:52 am
by ziggy23


So the dlc is coming september 9, and I finally decided to give this game a try, it's 50% off now

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 5:42 pm
by hellboy
I'd note it's on Xbox Games Pass for those with either an Xbone or PC, so pretty cheap really. I never got around to finishing the game, so not super excited for DLC at this point, despite having a good time with it. In the end it just felt a bit too much "been there, done that"

Re: The Outer Worlds

Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 9:55 pm
by tys0n
The fetch quests just got boring and it lacked a certain polish.