The Outer Worlds Reviews

_ Blurry first person shooter with few rpg elements that lack depth. Some dialogue choices are fun but ultimately meaningless, with strangers you only meet once. The game is short (and/or skills take too long to grind), so the majority of skills are useless. You really only need to max science and lock picking so that you can upgrade guns, have some pocket money and keep dashing forward. If you don't do science with lock picking, then, I guess, you will be stuck grinding the same map until you gear up. I do not recommend the grind route. And the rest of skill points you'll likely dump into dialog skills. _ All guns have about the same dps (say hello to dumb RPG balancing) which makes pistols and sniper rifles meta here. Actual assault type weapons that are designed for active combat are a low damage joke that only waste all ammo here. Despite maxing science and maxing assault rifle damage I still ran out of rifle ammo all the time and end up with sniper rifles and pistols. _ Since there is little rpg and the main fun is in speedrunning this as fps, the minimum system requirements do not make sense to me. The action part run well only with the recommended system requirements. Also, consider that I have recent m.2 PCIe 5.0 and 4.0 SSDs that still take extra loading time after loading into map before stutters stop, lol. Tbh, this feels like a poor console port shoved out before it was polished. And cherry on the top is weird graphics settings. For example, the texture quality setting doesn't change textures, it is anisotropic filtering, lol. There is no harm in keeping it ultra, but, if I wouldn't tell you, you would likely decrease it to improve performance and end up with more blurry game, lol. _ I decided to post this review because Outer Worlds 2 is coming and I have a bad feeling about it. I will definitely hold back from purchase until, at least, youtubers make graphics settings guides.

This game is ok. It's honestly forgettable and I do actually forget that it's in my library. Maybe pick it up on sale?

Glad I gave this game another chance. The amount of detail and options that are in this game is incredible. The outcomes actually feel like they matter and effect the game world. I feel like there is so much replay value.

"The Outer Worlds" is a fun space romp that draws a lot from the Fallout series but still holds its own with unique characters, stories, settings, and game mechanics. It took me about 50 hours to complete a leisurely full playthrough with all DLC, and I enjoyed every hour. It's not highly replayable, but I think the price point is fair, plus the game is often discounted. If you like the idea of "Fallout New Vegas" in space, albeit with less freedom and customization, I definitely recommend giving it a try.

It’s a decent game, the aesthetics and the heart is there, but the actual overall mechanics and plot and immersion is just kinda eh. It gets very boring and it’s just missing SOMETHING. Maybe it’s the lackluster NPCs AI and town settings that just don’t feel right. Nothing feels real or lived in. I don’t know. It’s uncanny.

Did I enjoy this game? YES! Would I recommend it? ehhhh... This game is good, but it is VERY easy to feel underwhelmed and unimpressed [b]A fair warning before you play...[/b] Everything in this game is a step down from what we're used to in AAA games. The combat, the maps, the enemy variety, the weapon & armour variety, the upgrade system, it all lacks the depth, detail and the breath of content we've come to expect with modern games. There are a lot of aspects of this game that will NOT impress you... [b]However...[/b] The content that does exist feels very intentional. You can tell the game is built by a passionate studio doing what they can with the resources they have, and no aspect of the game reflects this more than [u]the writing[/u]. Seriously, the story is good, the characters are compelling, and the jokes are legitimately funny. This alone is what got me to the end of the game, and is in my opinion its biggest selling point Although, despite how good the writing is, the biggest piece of praise I would give to this game is that [u]the game respects your time.[/u] Every choice feels meaningful, every line of dialog feels like it has a point, and you can easily max out your character without doing every side quest. This was extremely refreshing, and i wish more games would focus on quality over quantity [b]In summary...[/b] If you can look past the limited scope of the game, and go in knowing that this won't be up to par with most modern games, then what you'll find is a well crafted, solid experience, built by a seriously passionate team of talent people.

Everything that fallout should be, brought to you by the studio that made the best fallout game, Obsidian. Even if I did not like the game, which I do, I would support them because their company practices are admirable. Hearty recommendation, cant wait for Outer Worlds 2

With a recent crunch for a decent RPG these days, and with the fact of being an old fan of the Fallout 4 and New Vegas games, I gave Outer Worlds a try, and it didn't disappoint. A lovely story and rich dialogue with various outcomes kept me going, even if I have to admit the combat in this game isn't the best. Characters are hardly forgettable and each one of them has a role to play at the end of the tale. Graphically, the game looks good, but a bit too many colors for my taste. As long as I can differentiate between the various planets' themes. Performance wise, no complaints. A nice and quick RPG which is quite shorter than its former Obsidian titles, but well-balanced. Let's see how Outer Worlds 2 goes !

The more I play this game the more I realize how little it has to offer when compared to other titles this developer has released which are closest to it in terms of gameplay (obviously FO3 and FONV). I think I MIGHT be half way through the game and it just feels like a slog where I'm just trying to get through the game just to see it through. It's like the aforementioned games except less developed in pretty much all ways. Story, gameplay mechanics, character build options, quest outcomes, and just the variety overall.

Fallout New Vegas was not directly created by Bethesda. They let another studio make it using the engine from Fallout 3. THIS game is from that other studio, and it shows. Only it is in an ultra-capitalist space dystopia instead of nuclear wasteland. It is vault tech, if vault tech was still alive and saying those stupid ideas directly to your face. The guts are a fallout game- durability, looting, wandering, skill points, base stats. The game is not a single map, and instead various smaller maps across the solar system. So things are more fenced in than NV. This might turn some people off. They replace VATs with a bullettime mechanic. While the game has the same companions and "lone wolf" perk mechanics, there is a third option- you can just turn your companions "off". They can be passive- they don't attack, they can't be targeted. They just sit there, providing banter, passive skill bonuses, and maybe a quest interaction or two. Perfect for those that want to do all the content themselves, but miss hearing the assholes in your party bickering. The upgrade system is a bit of a pain. You have typical mods for small bonuses. But the raw damage is determined by item level. It costs money to raise an item's level, and it scales exponentially based off of how many levels you raise it. Higher tier weapons are not qualitatively different from regular weapons- they just start off at a higher level, so you need less steps to raise it. As a result, unique weapons are a bit of a flop- no reason to raise that nice sniper pistol from the starting a full +30 levels. However, unique armor is great, since you are getting it for skill bonuses to pass checks. yes- you will be changing into your persuasion suit before you talk to anyone. Edition note- "Spacer's choice" edition is not compatible with saves from the base game. It is mostly a graphics update that also removes the level cap. DLC unlocks content in both versions of the game. So it is best to start off with Spacer's choice if you feel you are ever going to go for that.