The Outer Worlds

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  1. theirrelephants
    Aug 23, 2023
    0
    Pirated this, played it for two hours and deleted it.

    The worst dialogue I've seen since Mass Effect Andromeda. No idea how it has so many positive reviews.
  2. pokeaatrox
    Jun 15, 2023
    0
    Pas de doublage français. ça casse l'immersion. C'est décevant ! surtout à ce prix
  3. PanchiLoveShady
    Apr 14, 2023
    4
    Bad RPG, it doesn't have the level of other such as the criticised cyberpunk beats outer worlds in RPG mechanics. The graphics are OK in general and the story is just boring, repetitive and it makes you doesn't care about it.

    Mal RPG, No tiene el nivel de criticadísimo cyberpunk que lo pasa en el aspecto RPg entre otros. Los gráficos son decentes pero la historia es aburrida, repetitiva    Bad RPG, it doesn't have the level of other such as the criticised cyberpunk beats outer worlds in RPG mechanics. The graphics are OK in general and the story is just boring, repetitive and it makes you doesn't care about it.

    Mal RPG, No tiene el nivel de criticadísimo cyberpunk que lo pasa en el aspecto RPg entre otros. Los gráficos son decentes pero la historia es aburrida, repetitiva y decae según avanzas.    … Expand
  4. jack_wolfe
    Feb 12, 2023
    0
    I haven't written a review for a game before, but I was so disappointed by this game that I had to write this one.

    Everyone else has made good points about the game. The story is boring as hell and it's clearly one sided (corporations bad revolution good), i mean obviously, yeah. But what's the case being made for the bad guys? This game will obviously be compared to fallout new vegas    I haven't written a review for a game before, but I was so disappointed by this game that I had to write this one.

    Everyone else has made good points about the game. The story is boring as hell and it's clearly one sided (corporations bad revolution good), i mean obviously, yeah. But what's the case being made for the bad guys? This game will obviously be compared to fallout new vegas because the whole pitch of the game was that it was made by the guys that created fallout, so in coming in I expected I will have to make hard choices and carefully choose who i align myself with, for instance in new vegas you knew that both factions had good and bad qualities and you had to live with what you choose, in this game there's no such a thing.

    Characters are bland as hell, terminals are boring, no variety in enemies or weapons, im glad i pirated this game instead of paying money for it.    … Expand
  5. FullautoCowgirl
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Easily the worst "rpg" I've ever played, maybe the worst game I've ever played. I feel scammed especially after being refused a refund. The starting area is by far the best part of the game but even then it's a shallow imitation of a competent game, the only reason it can be described as good is because the rest is just that bad. It's not even like Fallout New Vegas, most of the people whoEasily the worst "rpg" I've ever played, maybe the worst game I've ever played. I feel scammed especially after being refused a refund. The starting area is by far the best part of the game but even then it's a shallow imitation of a competent game, the only reason it can be described as good is because the rest is just that bad. It's not even like Fallout New Vegas, most of the people who wasted years of their lives working on this hadn't even worked on that game, Obsidian is just resting on their past flukes hoping it'll carry them to success; and the worst part is it's working because their fanboys are falling for it.… Expand
  6. Apples7
    Nov 3, 2022
    2
    Very ugly game. The mission structures and sense of freedom are quality and drew me in for a while, but the world and characters are ugly in every sense, in an obviously intentional anti-aesthetic design choice. This game wasn't designed to be gratifying to normal players; that much is clear.
  7. ghost333
    Sep 1, 2022
    0
    I imagine the developers of Outer Worlds must feel like they've gotten away with a crime by the positive reception this game has gotten. I can't think of a single thing Outer World's excels at. Before playing I've seen talk about how well written and engaging the plot is, I want people who have yet to pick up this title to know: that is a blatant lie. I have never once questioned theI imagine the developers of Outer Worlds must feel like they've gotten away with a crime by the positive reception this game has gotten. I can't think of a single thing Outer World's excels at. Before playing I've seen talk about how well written and engaging the plot is, I want people who have yet to pick up this title to know: that is a blatant lie. I have never once questioned the integrity of fellow Obsidian fans until I played this game based on what was being said. The quality of the game is infuriating, almost as if it were crafted just to spite me. The disconnect I feel toward the TOW fanbase is more than I have ever experienced before.… Expand
  8. Sequester
    Aug 30, 2022
    1
    Spent far too long trying to like this game, I was on the bethesda hate train when this was released. Played it when it came out, didnt stick with me so put it down, every so often would come and try to get into it. So many people say the writing and dialogue is brilliant and it makes up for everything else outer worlds lacks (which is everything). Quite possibly one of the most boringSpent far too long trying to like this game, I was on the bethesda hate train when this was released. Played it when it came out, didnt stick with me so put it down, every so often would come and try to get into it. So many people say the writing and dialogue is brilliant and it makes up for everything else outer worlds lacks (which is everything). Quite possibly one of the most boring plots I have experienced in an RPG, every character is stupid because they need to be for the premise to have any legs. The antagonists are so silly, I have seen Saturday morning cartoons I was more threatened by.… Expand
  9. Flakles
    Aug 18, 2022
    2
    Outer Worlds is mediocre on every front, and yes that includes the writing. I made the unfortunate mistake of choosing a corporate run on my first go - And my god, it's insultingly poorly written. With bland, one dimensional characters, one note obnoxious themes and dialogue and finally a metric ton of plot holes and wet farts. I got to Tartarus and dropped the game, it wasn't even worthOuter Worlds is mediocre on every front, and yes that includes the writing. I made the unfortunate mistake of choosing a corporate run on my first go - And my god, it's insultingly poorly written. With bland, one dimensional characters, one note obnoxious themes and dialogue and finally a metric ton of plot holes and wet farts. I got to Tartarus and dropped the game, it wasn't even worth me finishing the last thirty or so minutes.

    Sad to see so many 'Gamers' artificially boosting the Outer Worlds to hold up Obsidian and 'Stick it' to Bethesda. This game really should be a 6.

    At the end of the day, the Outer Worlds couldn't live up to New Vegas on it's best day. It couldn't even live up to Fallout 4.    … Expand
  10. DannyTangelo
    Apr 25, 2022
    2
    The opening sequence is awesome... Then it's downhill, from there.

    It feels like a bad Fallout 4 DLC. After playing this boring-ass game, I have ZERO hope for Obsidian's future.
  11. Wiezzel
    Feb 16, 2022
    1
    Poor quality game, filled with bug and dumb mechanic so far.
    Very poorly optimized. Over 100games played on my system and none bugged or crashed or reset my computer ( not even once) compared to numerous time playing The Outer World, Making this game the worst game ever to play on my system.
    Story is annoying and mostly in the way. The game is NOT AN OPEN WORLD, its just some small maps    Poor quality game, filled with bug and dumb mechanic so far.
    Very poorly optimized. Over 100games played on my system and none bugged or crashed or reset my computer ( not even once) compared to numerous time playing The Outer World, Making this game the worst game ever to play on my system.
    Story is annoying and mostly in the way.
    The game is NOT AN OPEN WORLD, its just some small maps that go in straight line or curve and you follow the path back and forth as you do errands for quest and that is all.

    You can farm experience on monsters but it very quickly becomes boring.
    Story line is boring and only wanting to skip it.

    Ability system and talent three is ok no more.

    A BLANDER copy of Fallout ( or re iteration) anyhow its similar and as boring as F76

    Too many dumb mechanics in the game and the poorly optimized visual are trash.
    The game graphic settings are extremely limited

    FPS play is very annoying, and weapons have little description of them.

    Playing in supernova game is pretty easy still and the need to eat,drink or sleep is pretty non existent( might as well not be in)|

    Absolutely NO SENSE OF EXPLORATION    … Expand
  12. umolaq
    Sep 28, 2021
    1
    the game is absolutely uninteresting and ugly. the game lacks any graphics. Made on the knee.
  13. OberiousLocke
    Aug 11, 2021
    0
    Revised review 8/11/21 - My prior opinion to this game still stands, however as I bought this game on Steam, I was unaware that the people behind it had previously sold out to a 1 year exclusive deal with Epic, while trying to handwave it as "NoT a TrUe ExClUsIvE". I unfortunately cannot do the right thing and refund it, but I will revise this review regardless. Automatic 0.
    ==Original    Revised review 8/11/21 - My prior opinion to this game still stands, however as I bought this game on Steam, I was unaware that the people behind it had previously sold out to a 1 year exclusive deal with Epic, while trying to handwave it as "NoT a TrUe ExClUsIvE". I unfortunately cannot do the right thing and refund it, but I will revise this review regardless. Automatic 0.
    ==Original review below==
    Frankly one of the best games of the 2010's and now one of my favorite games overall. The setting, the characters, the story, the choices, the only negative that I can think of it is that I'm going to be stuck judging other RPG's by the measure set by this game, and those shoes are going to be very hard to fill indeed.    … Expand
  14. HEPBO3HbIN
    Jun 24, 2021
    0
    SJW TRASH AND PROPAGANDA. Dont buy it
    I hope all of us do the right choice...
  15. Nerevahkiin
    May 12, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. not good.....................................................................................… Expand
  16. D4vid
    May 28, 2021
    0
    Exploration: 2/10, the world(s) feel not only empty, but also rushed and not funny to visit.
    Gameplay: 2/10, nothing new, nothing funny, nothing compelling.
    Rpg/dialogues: 2/10, it does not even feel like an rpg.
    Storyline: 2/10, it is just meh
  17. AvdaninAlex
    Feb 12, 2021
    4
    Вообще игра неплохая, нынче сложно встретить интересный проект с хорошей задумкой, проработкой . Особенно в наше время ассасин крид и прочего. Видна была работа с лицевой анимацией, можно даже сказать что это революция, но отсюда и истекают основная претензия , где русская озвучка Карл ? Как я могу наслаждаться диалогами и проработкой лицевой анимации , читая при этом субтитры . НеужелиВообще игра неплохая, нынче сложно встретить интересный проект с хорошей задумкой, проработкой . Особенно в наше время ассасин крид и прочего. Видна была работа с лицевой анимацией, можно даже сказать что это революция, но отсюда и истекают основная претензия , где русская озвучка Карл ? Как я могу наслаждаться диалогами и проработкой лицевой анимации , читая при этом субтитры . Неужели так дорого заказать озвучку на русском языке , между прочим 9 языком мира , по количеству говорящих? Так что за жадность не выше красного интервала референсных значений.… Expand
  18. beauchrist
    Jan 26, 2021
    3
    So i'm all for great story but in 2020, with all settings at ultra-High,,,,that's all you can give me for 80$?
    I mean, i prefer to play Fallout 3 than a game that has clunky controls and even weirder environment variables. In 2020, immersive is being able to jump on a crate and not just on THE crate developers wanted me to jump on.
    Graphically, it's outdated and moving around feels    So i'm all for great story but in 2020, with all settings at ultra-High,,,,that's all you can give me for 80$?
    I mean, i prefer to play Fallout 3 than a game that has clunky controls and even weirder environment variables. In 2020, immersive is being able to jump on a crate and not just on THE crate developers wanted me to jump on.
    Graphically, it's outdated and moving around feels unfinished, the first person view reminds me of quake 2, constant wide angle that seems juvenile programming.
    I cannot says for the storymode because 37 minutes in, i just got a refund from steam.
    Cyberpunk got me 2 minutes in and has not let me down for the 100 hours spent in there.

    So if you want a beautiful game, go elsewhere, even at ultra high graphics, it's still does not cut it for me.
    If your just in for the story i guess you'll have fun but i will not pay good money for that.    … Expand
  19. kirby667
    Jan 12, 2021
    4
    Tried it briefly, had all the signs of a bad game. In the first few minutes I was bombarded with pop up menus. It's felt like the game was going to be pretty cumbersome. Immediately it was clear that nothing at all about this game stands out. I don't think it's a total fail, but it clearly didn't get the basics pinned down well enough to be good.
  20. Andizzzzy
    Jan 11, 2021
    2
    This game is the definition of "Meh".

    Obsidian were asleep at the wheel with this one.
  21. Hy60koshk
    Dec 25, 2020
    0
    It's just a game that was made to be made.

    The copypasted gameplay of Fallout 3 (yet with a lot of limitations), party management from ME and the artstyle from Bioshock. The crafting is stupid, Unique items make no sense and graphics are f-ing soap. No, really, I've upgraded my PC recently and now I have no texture lags or anything like that, and STILL there're plenty of hardcoded    It's just a game that was made to be made.

    The copypasted gameplay of Fallout 3 (yet with a lot of limitations), party management from ME and the artstyle from Bioshock. The crafting is stupid, Unique items make no sense and graphics are f-ing soap. No, really, I've upgraded my PC recently and now I have no texture lags or anything like that, and STILL there're plenty of hardcoded filters and distance loading limitations that make the game look blurry as hell. Even with mods it's still barely bearable.
    And why tf are there no beautiful women and no smart men? Well, that's a thing a lot of people have already spoke about, but I must say that the "agenda" didn't really bother me, I didn't even noticed any feminist propaganda or something, and yet NPCs around me looked too disbalanced in that matter. It just didn't feel natural.
    Mobs and their "aggro areas" are a joke.
    People around you look alive, until you do something serious, and they react just a bit, just like in Bethesda games, which feels like another copypaste of other game's stupidity.
    And you cannot remove helmet from your party member. Like, COME ON, WTF.

    Overall: Obsidian tried to make something on their own, something theirs. But they have, as we say, farted in a puddle. Gameplay is a copypaste, artstyle is a copypaste, and the scenario is just stupid. The game was not created to introduce you a new gameplay, or to tell you a good story. It's just a game that was made to be made.    … Expand
  22. Mazma
    Dec 25, 2020
    3
    No, come si fa anche solo a pensare di continuare dopo le prime 2 missioni, un pezzo di legno mascello sarebbe piu' flessibile e fluido, per no parlare del sarcasmo da 2 soldi.
  23. MCmetacritic
    Nov 18, 2020
    2
    It's almost impressive how boring this game is. It's not well-designed or well-written. It does the exact same boring **** that every other game has been doing for decades, and it does it all the exact same way. The story is so boring and paint-by-numbers that I'm pretty sure an algorithm could have written it. How many times do I need to fish through desk drawers for scrap metal orIt's almost impressive how boring this game is. It's not well-designed or well-written. It does the exact same boring **** that every other game has been doing for decades, and it does it all the exact same way. The story is so boring and paint-by-numbers that I'm pretty sure an algorithm could have written it. How many times do I need to fish through desk drawers for scrap metal or blindly click through bloated dialogue options to get to a conclusion with no impact on anything? Too many times, Obsidian. I came ready and hoping to be surprised by anything that wasn't a watered-down version of Fallout, a stale point of reference to begin with. Everybody who touted this game as something new ought to feel pretty frickin stupid right about now.… Expand
  24. paud
    Oct 30, 2020
    1
    I've tried playing this game 3 time, and every time I loss my save data, and online fixes don't help, plus campions spill their life story in every conversation, its just weird and unnatural.
  25. TFricMC
    Oct 29, 2020
    2
    Buggy garbage. I played the first 4 hours without realizing there was a bug that made the saves fail silently. Lost all my progress. The game had already been out for a year and they hadn't bothered patching this game-breaking bug!

    I've been a gamer for over 30 years and have over 1000 games. I've never been so disappointed by such trash.

    2* because the start was fun.
  26. Esthete
    Oct 29, 2020
    4
    RPG must have an interesting plot, characters, variability and desirable an interesting gameplay - The Outer Worlds not about that. Plus lags.

    If The Outer Worlds 2 will be, so Obsidian a lot of work to make from The Outer Worlds - a true rpg.

    Many gamers want alternative for Mass Effect, but not this time.

    1/10 for trying make space rpg.
  27. DeckerFI
    Oct 27, 2020
    1
    Outer Worlds is a miserable, shallow failure. How does a game like this get a free pass with critics and gamers, then? Well, critics can be bought with ads and they hand out hype for big names for future clout. And gamers are on some weird SJW trip against Bethesda, Microtransactions and/or Epic exclusivities.

    I understand both, but don't mistake this game for an RPG or even an "action    Outer Worlds is a miserable, shallow failure. How does a game like this get a free pass with critics and gamers, then? Well, critics can be bought with ads and they hand out hype for big names for future clout. And gamers are on some weird SJW trip against Bethesda, Microtransactions and/or Epic exclusivities.

    I understand both, but don't mistake this game for an RPG or even an "action RPG". It's a short looter shooter with laughable characters and a story that only really exists on paper. You might want to focus on the main story in absence smart, diverse side missions but beware: The game is then over in less than 15 hours. The ending is hasty, and dumber than Quake 2 and Crysis put together.    … Expand
  28. Jilted
    Oct 25, 2020
    0
    I like many others waited for the Steam release for this game because of the Epic exclusivity deal. All I can say is, the two companies deserve eachother. The Outer Worlds makes it painfully obvious that Chris Avellone was the driving force behind the beloved titles this company was known for, and considering all of the themes of this game are exactly what Avellone criticized ObsidianI like many others waited for the Steam release for this game because of the Epic exclusivity deal. All I can say is, the two companies deserve eachother. The Outer Worlds makes it painfully obvious that Chris Avellone was the driving force behind the beloved titles this company was known for, and considering all of the themes of this game are exactly what Avellone criticized Obsidian for, from how the management dealt with things such as sexual harassment, nepotism, and it's general corporate atmosphere....the timing of Chris Avellone getting #metoo'd is WAY too convenient.

    Really, don't bother. Save your money for Cyberpunk 2077, or even give Fallout 76 another look. This game actually made me glad that Bethesda owns the rights to Fallout, and that's saying a lot.    … Expand
  29. tremault
    Oct 25, 2020
    0
    so I'm supposed to make fundmental and permanent decisions about my character stats, without having any clue how the game feels to play. this is just the start of a litany of issues with this game that made it absolutely infuriating to play. I am getting just about sick and tired of wasting my money on these games by experienced studios that can't get the FUNDAMENTAL BASICS of goodso I'm supposed to make fundmental and permanent decisions about my character stats, without having any clue how the game feels to play. this is just the start of a litany of issues with this game that made it absolutely infuriating to play. I am getting just about sick and tired of wasting my money on these games by experienced studios that can't get the FUNDAMENTAL BASICS of good design.

    I mean.. sure.. every time I die, it is so useful to put the cursor on 'settings' because that is definitely what I want to do every time I die. It's not as if anyone would want to reload their game or continue.    … Expand
  30. Hurrikhan
    Oct 11, 2020
    3
    What a disappointment. I had great hope for this game but it turned out to be a chore.
    Color palette is to make your eyes bleed.
    Gameplay is meh. Companions are mostly the way. For some reasons you cannot remap the ',' key which is stupid and frustrating (has been my reload key for as long as I remember) But to top it all, it's a Marxist story full of insufferable characters, an SJW's    What a disappointment. I had great hope for this game but it turned out to be a chore.
    Color palette is to make your eyes bleed.
    Gameplay is meh.
    Companions are mostly the way.
    For some reasons you cannot remap the ',' key which is stupid and frustrating (has been my reload key for as long as I remember)
    But to top it all, it's a Marxist story full of insufferable characters, an SJW's wet dream.

    Today, after months, I tried to finish the game. How terrible could it be?
    Answer : a lot. I've uninstalled this awful piece of **** forever.

    Obsidian, do you think I'll ever buy anything from you after that? Dream on.    … Expand
  31. vgolev
    Oct 10, 2020
    0
    Good game. Wish it to be a bit more hardcore without map/ui pointers on every single action/quest. Also a bit buggy still. However, great game, worth playing and buying.
  32. frazzefraz
    Oct 3, 2020
    1
    Bad graphics and really bad optimized game. Have a RTX 3080 and its no change after upgrade from 2070. Not recommend this game at all.
  33. athalon020
    Sep 29, 2020
    3
    I waited so long to play this game only to be hit with massive disappointment in what it turned out to be. If you took the companion system and the branching storylines of Mass Effect and combined it with the open-world mechanics of Borderlands, you get The Outer Worlds. It seems like a good recipe.

    However, I didn't include "story" in that description, and that's where I was really    I waited so long to play this game only to be hit with massive disappointment in what it turned out to be. If you took the companion system and the branching storylines of Mass Effect and combined it with the open-world mechanics of Borderlands, you get The Outer Worlds. It seems like a good recipe.

    However, I didn't include "story" in that description, and that's where I was really let down. The game starts off strong but quickly deteriorates into something that lacks any feeling. It was obvious that choices were going to influence the game, but those choices were made about people I'd either just met 30 seconds before or about people whom I'd seen a handful of times in the game. To further ram home the disappointment, I never felt like choices were going to affect me as a character, and I was simply pulling the strings on something that I wasn't part of. The missions felt fairly uninspired, with side quests not feeling very significant to much of anything. Add on the fact that I somehow completely missed a companion character and the whole game seemed very clunky.

    Combat was lackluster at best, and seemed more of an obstacle to quest requirements instead of something you could get involved in. I completely forgot about the time-dilation feature many times, and when I did it didn't serve much of a purpose at all. It just slows time and nothing else, but if you want to watch a reload animation while you get shot at half-speed then that's a great feature.

    Thankfully the story was relatively short, because after a while I had a hard time starting the game up to just run through mindless quests. I finished it, however only to not have an unfinished game hovering over my head.    … Expand
  34. skankerveen
    Sep 28, 2020
    0
    Incredibly disappointed even on though I got it on sale. The mechanics and abilities are shallow, the dialogue and story is boring and cliche - there is a distinct lack of "soul" to this game. Didn't even finish it, couldn't be bothered. Save your money.
  35. Purple666
    Sep 20, 2020
    4
    where do you even start with this?

    An "almost open world" game that has all the negatives of an open world game with none of the positives? Sounds awful and it is. You really need to pick a design philosophy and stick with it, are you a railroad experience or open world? The environments in this game are laughable If you want to view this as open world but the risk taken to attempt a    where do you even start with this?

    An "almost open world" game that has all the negatives of an open world game with none of the positives? Sounds awful and it is.
    You really need to pick a design philosophy and stick with it, are you a railroad experience or open world? The environments in this game are laughable If you want to view this as open world but the risk taken to attempt a game with an open world feel without the scope and volume of content is admirable. Lets just chalk this up to a good old college try that failed shall we.

    From a mission standpoint how does this semi open world actually effect things? Rather negatively I'm afraid. You spend a good majority of time walking from point a to point b and either gathering an item, killing a bad guy or talking to someone. Thats what this game boils down to, the trick with other games of this ilk, is that they manage to weave an interesting narrative that makes it worth it, this game fails to do that and in an attempt to maximise the sense of scale in its open areas will have you backtracking and running off over the same old ground time and time again criss crossing all over the place just to really try and give you that sense of "I'm in an open area". Let me tell you somthing, people don't want to see the same 1 mile square of territory for 15 hours of gameplay, this isn't 2001. Open worlds only really work in the exploration genre if you're exploring NEW areas.

    Fallout and elderscrolls pull it off because you're in a pretty believable world, and are large enough that even when back tracking between locations you will always inevitably discover somthing new along the way. The maps are too small in this game to do that leaving the game with the worst parts of open world and none of its benefits.

    As for the weapons and armour and general charecter design? Abysmal. It's just weird for the sake of being weird, ninety percent of the weapons and armour do not look appealing or cool in any way, they just look weird and contrived, almost rushed in their design, like yeah just slap some pipes on that bit, and a couple fins on that, add a bit of retro flair and a colour scheme thats a bit clashing a gaudy that makes no sense from a colour theory or pallete standpoint. This whole game looks like someone just chucked the contents of a toy box from the mid 90s into a blunderbuss and shot it onto the screen. WHAT am I looking at here?! Was there any design philosophy behind the aesthetics of this game? Don't even get me STARTED about that ridiculous moon head in this game, I love a bit of humour especially dark humour but it's really not as great as you think it is guys, I really get the feeling that everyone involved in this game was super proud of it but it's not funny or interesting "hur hur man have silly face and big head" fantastic, high fives all round guys, smh.

    Then theres the choices and outcomes, it's pretty standard really, theres a good outcome and a bad outcome, side with a corporation that says and does ludicrously ridiculous things like expects people to live solely off canned fish that is poisoning people and won't allow its work force access to health care thus killing off its workforce it relies on to sustain itsself. Even the most basic of bi*ches wouldn't do this and the whole entire game is stuffed to the brim with contrived nonesense like this "hur hur corps bad guys" Yeah we know man, we know.

    The outcomes of these missions have little impact on the world either, really getting tired of this illusion of choice and freedom in rpg's that hold your hand and have no actual consequences. The whole concept of choice in this game is like someone is letting you choose between two coridoors that ultimately lead to identical rooms except one room is blue and one is green. Who cares man, who actually cares, can we start implimenting choice in some actual impactful ways guys? please oph god please, I'm so sick of this song and dance it's actually depressing me.

    This is the kind of game where you know it's going to be average as hell going into it and you really just don't even care when it inevitably is bad because I mean just look at it just sit back and let this one die guys this doesn't deserve to be given the chance to even have the dev team lie to themselves that this is a good game.

    You really have to wonder what kind of brain dead individual thinks that this is a good game and managed to play it for more than ten hours.    … Expand
  36. WebbUK
    Sep 16, 2020
    0
    Outer Worlds is set in a nightmarish, dystopian future where every quest is a fetch quest, and every enemy is exactly the same.
  37. bippyg
    Sep 9, 2020
    4
    The aesthetics of this game initially intrigued me, which look really good in the game. It also plays bug-free. Beyond that, the Outer Worlds plays and feels like a 20 year old game updated with new graphics. The quests are completely linear and mostly scavenger hunts. The NPCs have generic personalities and dialogue, and play no active role other than modifying your group stats andThe aesthetics of this game initially intrigued me, which look really good in the game. It also plays bug-free. Beyond that, the Outer Worlds plays and feels like a 20 year old game updated with new graphics. The quests are completely linear and mostly scavenger hunts. The NPCs have generic personalities and dialogue, and play no active role other than modifying your group stats and occasionally making comments. The various baddies are generic, limited in variety, and really don't add anything to the immersion. Corpses look the same even after looting their armor and clothing, which just adds to the antiquated gameplay feel. Although beautifully rendered, the environments are two-dimensional and repetitive. The first-person only player character, linear story, and separate, disconnected worlds are a huge disappointment for me as a long-time player of open-world third-person games like Skyrim and Fallout 4. Overall, the game is very short and feels very outdated.… Expand
  38. RMDsilva
    Aug 11, 2020
    4
    What a disappointment.

    The potential was there, but everything falls short. The story could have been fantastic, but the delivery is crap, just doing simplistic missions where you really feel zero engagement. Combat? Absolute crap. Both ranged and melee have zero feel to it, damage is completely disproportional, just feels like a basic shooter for kids. Ambience, side quests, theme,    What a disappointment.

    The potential was there, but everything falls short.
    The story could have been fantastic, but the delivery is crap, just doing simplistic missions where you really feel zero engagement.
    Combat? Absolute crap. Both ranged and melee have zero feel to it, damage is completely disproportional, just feels like a basic shooter for kids.
    Ambience, side quests, theme, exploration... so much potential, all of it left at superficial level.

    There's no depth, whatsoever, to this game.

    It's like you take a bunch of good ideas and give it to someone who's never done a game before. Execution matters. Execution failed.    … Expand
  39. MaxmilianKohler
    Aug 11, 2020
    4
    Short description: Boring, mundane, unappealing, not fun.

    Scavenging-based game, which doesn't appeal to me. It seems to be a futuristic Fallout-type game. Not what I was expecting. And this game takes stuff like that to the extreme even - where they put a ridiculous amount of containers and lockboxes (almost all with just/mainly junk items) to rummage through. I'm at the first    Short description: Boring, mundane, unappealing, not fun.

    Scavenging-based game, which doesn't appeal to me. It seems to be a futuristic Fallout-type game. Not what I was expecting. And this game takes stuff like that to the extreme even - where they put a ridiculous amount of containers and lockboxes (almost all with just/mainly junk items) to rummage through.

    I'm at the first decision of where to revert the power and the choices are both bad and unappealing. Making me lose interest in any of these missions/story lines. And the other side quests are so mundane that they are entirely unappealing as well. The storytelling isn't good enough to make you want to do those side quests, or even the main quest.

    Plus, having to sort through all this gear seems like such a waste of time. If the majority of the game is rummaging through containers and then my inventory, reading stats to try to figure out what to sell, that is not a good use of my time. Especially after you've already played a game like that. One seems like enough.

    The game doesn't even look good enough for it to be worth it. And so far, the weapons aren't fun to use either.

    Modding and workbench is pretty complicated.

    The setting of being on these other wild, unique planets in the future is appealing. But the quests and storyline, and even gameplay, get mundane really quickly.

    Overall I would say it's like a really bad version of Mass Effect. It takes elements from a variety of other games, such as Borderlands and Dead Space, but has an increased amount of all the worst, most tedious and boring aspects, and a decreased amount of any of the appealing aspects.    … Expand
  40. LongJohnAxe
    Aug 9, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I just can't play this anymore without getting a deep depression! I have no idea why I feel like this but everytime I play I feel miserable even getting to the loading screen!

    Played since launch and the gameplay is just so bland and unfun! The combat is repetitive and meh... The gear system is stupid and just leads to me to using 3 guns the same as before but with a different name and I spent all my time on one planet getting lost and dying to mechs! I was one of the first 100 people to beat the game and I beat it on the same day in 9 hours using a speed run strat I made up! I hated the ending of we haven't heard from earth... Like we never asked and i didn't even know we were meant to be caring about earth because they never mentioned it. I found the companions to be unbearable and horrible except the girl at the start and the priest but then we get the weird moment in the engineering labs with her and I avoid that at all costs, because its just cringe.

    Me and my friend played together and i hate that people keep mentioning FNV because they are nothing alike! If you have to keep mentioning a game that has nothing to do with this then you are grasping at straw! Obsidian didn't do much work for FNV, all the hard lifting was Bethesda and they just wrote a decent story and added some cool things to it! Mostly I only play FNV with mods, so the community is what made it. Most of the FNV team at obsidian is gone and they were during the hard times at obsidian during like 2012...can we just count this as a loss and go on and hope for a good TES Or Fallout Game? Like this is making borderline depressed just talking about it!    … Expand
  41. Xvatch
    Jul 24, 2020
    0
    Absolutely nothing on Fallout at all, incredibly basic and everything is OP.
  42. Molasdin
    Jul 5, 2020
    1
    Dull soulless world. Fills like plastic. Distracting humour - makes world looking like stage in some satiric play. Ugly characters.
  43. PoprocksMKH
    Jul 2, 2020
    2
    way over hyped ended up being mediocre at best. The story is boring, barley any meaningful choices, gun physics are bad.
  44. belchegors
    Jun 9, 2020
    0
    RPG must have an interesting plot, characters, variability and desirable an interesting gameplay - The Outer Worlds fails.
    Before buying, everything seemed so attractive, specially because it was supposed to be made by the same guys who created Fallout New Vegas, and with a similar structure, it sounded like nothing could fail. Well, lots of things did.

    sjw trash game.
  45. Ploppy0
    May 25, 2020
    2
    Very shallow RPG and a bad shooter, marketed with the original Fallout team to lure old school players in a boring corridor RPG filled with American leftist pandering.

    Even modders don't care or try to save that garbage, this and the exclusivity deal the game got, it's probably the most insulting RPG scam from the last years and of course the gaming press is totally accomplice.
  46. Elidion
    May 24, 2020
    4
    Really good quests and bad action. and no one positive man characters, wtf?
  47. MNecromancer
    May 18, 2020
    4
    So boring. I'm shocked this got so many good reviews. I follow Obsidian for the amazing storytelling, but every singe character in this game is 1 dimensional. Every line is about how **** the system is and how the character is shallowly reacting to the situation. Nobody feels like a real person reacting to a real situation. It's like the writers see everyone in life as this stupid, so it'sSo boring. I'm shocked this got so many good reviews. I follow Obsidian for the amazing storytelling, but every singe character in this game is 1 dimensional. Every line is about how **** the system is and how the character is shallowly reacting to the situation. Nobody feels like a real person reacting to a real situation. It's like the writers see everyone in life as this stupid, so it's okay to write people this stupid. People are not this stupid.

    The gameplay is basic af, but that would be fine if the story was any good.    … Expand
  48. josei1985
    May 13, 2020
    4
    Llegué con mucha curiosidad con este juego. Pronto me aburrí como una mona con su historia y su mundo. No me gustó nada y visualmente...puag
  49. Elysium82
    May 13, 2020
    4
    Boring conversations, boring quests. I dont know why people seem to be so crazy about this game.

    I have been playing it for 2 days and had like 10 fights...max.... The rest of the time I am running around talking to NPCs about boring things. By the way, I have just finished a quest (the last one for sure): I had to deliver a pack of cigarettes. Not joke. I took the quest, went to    Boring conversations, boring quests. I dont know why people seem to be so crazy about this game.

    I have been playing it for 2 days and had like 10 fights...max....

    The rest of the time I am running around talking to NPCs about boring things.

    By the way, I have just finished a quest (the last one for sure): I had to deliver a pack of cigarettes. Not joke. I took the quest, went to find a pack of cigis, and took it back. I understand that it was a side-quest only, but still. The other quests are similar too.    … Expand
  50. yes_commander
    May 7, 2020
    3
    The skyboxes are pretty. >.>

    That's honestly the only thing I consider well done about this game. No single element stands on its own as something unique or innovative. Now, not all games need to innovate to be enjoyable, sure, but the mechanics are weak with no exceptions and the gameplay loops themselves simply aren't entertaining, let alone compelling. Character development is a    The skyboxes are pretty. >.>

    That's honestly the only thing I consider well done about this game. No single element stands on its own as something unique or innovative. Now, not all games need to innovate to be enjoyable, sure, but the mechanics are weak with no exceptions and the gameplay loops themselves simply aren't entertaining, let alone compelling. Character development is a joke. Collecting items has no purpose -- this diminishes the importance of exploration massively. Dialogs are an attempt at a literal joke that falls flat. The characters are just... bland. The story suffers from such a severe lack of [insert literally anything you would want from a game plot here]. There's more personality in a voiceless Rimworld pawn than you'll get from any character in TOW.

    I might have enjoyed this when I was ten (the demographic I have to assume all the high scores are coming from) but this is not worth the time or money if you value either. I expected better from Obsidian, but now I'm going to pass on their games for a few years thanks to this profoundly unsatisfying release.

    Defenders will excuse shortcomings on it having a lower budget than the big boys. First of all, Obsidian should be keenly aware of budgetary concerns by now, after decades of working with less than AAA budgets, and secondly, good low-budget games focus on their strengths and trim excess fat. The Outer Worlds simply fails to focus on anything. They overextended, they underdelivered, and everything about this game suffers as a result.

    I'm not leaving a bad review out of spite or some misguided blind-faith loyalty to another company. I've followed Obsidian for years, back in the Black Isle days, through the Troika phase, all the way up until today. I've supported probably dozens of their games over the years because they delivered really enjoyable games more often than not. I wanted to enjoy this, I tried, but after 20 thoroughly disappointing hours I truly just feel that this game utterly fails to deliver on everything it set out to do.    … Expand
  51. Palms
    May 7, 2020
    3
    So sorry I purchased this game. Gets boring so quickly. I have not changed my weapons in 5 hours as there is no variety. Boring and unoriginal skills and perks.

    Couldn't even be bothered to finish the game
  52. diveru4i
    Apr 16, 2020
    4
    I feel sad and cheated.

    Bad boring repetitive gunplay. Awful optimisation. Invisible walls. Boring perks (+20% this, +20% that). Bland 2D characters. Fetch quests. Generic story.

    After trying to give this game a chance for about 10 hours of struggle, I gave up. It's a half-baked **** riding on a back of Fallout: New Vegas. If I could refund this, I would.
  53. Lechaim
    Apr 5, 2020
    0
    I am extremely disappointed of optimization. It has very noticeable micro-stutter every 5-10 second. This makes this game totally unplayable as shooter. Also it crashes every 20-30 minutes so its Supernova mode is unplayable as well. Every time it crashes you have to start the quest from very beginning which annoys me as hell.

    Do I have to mention that all of these happen on hi-end PC    I am extremely disappointed of optimization. It has very noticeable micro-stutter every 5-10 second. This makes this game totally unplayable as shooter. Also it crashes every 20-30 minutes so its Supernova mode is unplayable as well. Every time it crashes you have to start the quest from very beginning which annoys me as hell.

    Do I have to mention that all of these happen on hi-end PC and don't change even on lowest settings? So this is the answer why this game still isn't on Steam. There are reviews there.    … Expand
  54. NanoThunderGod
    Mar 28, 2020
    2
    I got this game on a sale. I had high hopes for it and then I started playing. The story, mechanics and almost everything feels bland. I do not know if it is me or the game. I just did not like it. It was like they had a good marketing team. That is my opinion so please be careful when buying this game.
  55. Kael_Ebbs
    Mar 21, 2020
    1
    Boring, uninspired, and very very bland game. Most characters, and armor designs look virtually the same. From the short haired women, bandits, to the corporate security, to even your ship AI. The entire game feels like the developers are just trying to copy fallout, and borderlands while failing miserably at it. The gunplay is awful, as well as the character building, little or noBoring, uninspired, and very very bland game. Most characters, and armor designs look virtually the same. From the short haired women, bandits, to the corporate security, to even your ship AI. The entire game feels like the developers are just trying to copy fallout, and borderlands while failing miserably at it. The gunplay is awful, as well as the character building, little or no progression. They try WAY too hard to be funny with the writing. The entire 6 hours I spent in game feels like it was built on false expectations. I have played through New vegas, (even games like Fallout 4) and Borderlands, multiple times, with hundreds of hours in them. This isn't even mildly entertaining. Not worth your $60.… Expand
  56. Blewyn
    Mar 9, 2020
    2
    The FPS game mechanics are terrible. Bullet sponge enemies, poor animation, enemies deaf to gunshots happening within earshot, creatures that give up an attack if you step outside their zone. Resources (even on hard setting) are so abundant as to make collection devoid of challenge. Poor explosion and gun effects, illogical NPC behaviour. Fallout clone done by marketing commitee.
  57. parallax_84
    Mar 8, 2020
    4
    Well this game sucks... The story is uninteresting, the combat is bad and boring. the companions are not interesting except Parvati. Theres a lot of dialogue but is not good i ended up skipping it all the time and the performance on pc is horrible. i guess that the people who liked this game and overlooked the million of flaws it has are die hard fallout fans.
  58. Wiebe
    Feb 26, 2020
    4
    For an RPG the dialog and choices are just blend, it lacks meaning and dept. For a shooter the graphics are bad, and the gameplay is clunky.
  59. Razrback16
    Feb 22, 2020
    0
    * AA Game charging AAA prices
    * A number of key bindings are hard coded and you CANNOT rebind them, no matter what, not even through .ini files or using programs like AutoHotKey to try to trick the game. This makes the game unplayable for a number of people.
    * Locked down to the Epic Fail Store. (which is why I didn't buy it and played it at a buddy's house instead) Too many failures in    * AA Game charging AAA prices
    * A number of key bindings are hard coded and you CANNOT rebind them, no matter what, not even through .ini files or using programs like AutoHotKey to try to trick the game. This makes the game unplayable for a number of people.
    * Locked down to the Epic Fail Store. (which is why I didn't buy it and played it at a buddy's house instead)
    Too many failures in this game to recommend it. Wish there had been some positives to report.    … Expand
  60. q1w2e3x
    Feb 20, 2020
    0
    The whole "corporations bad" narrative feels so exaggerated and forced, it seems comical rather than dramatical and sad. Compare that to Fallout NV, where you had interesting sides with elaborate views and ideology, both NCR and Legion had their strengths and weaknesses and you could see their point of view (people were actually arguing on forums which side had better chances to rebuildThe whole "corporations bad" narrative feels so exaggerated and forced, it seems comical rather than dramatical and sad. Compare that to Fallout NV, where you had interesting sides with elaborate views and ideology, both NCR and Legion had their strengths and weaknesses and you could see their point of view (people were actually arguing on forums which side had better chances to rebuild stable society!), it was so believable and realistic, like the real world would function. In this game that aspect is just so shallow and oversimplified. It could be ok for fantasy setting maybe.… Expand
  61. RazorSamurai
    Feb 8, 2020
    4
    poor optimization, it lags on decent pc in city locations. anyway its boring, shooting is awful even nv felt way more better. characters are uninteresting and every fking girl looks same ugly. lost my money btw
  62. nyades
    Feb 5, 2020
    2
    The game doesn't allow you to create a normal-looking female character, they all look like men, and I cannot play the story on console because the game is very poorly optimized for consoles and doesn't include a 60fps mode giving me headaches, for a game with 2010 graphic fidelity.
  63. niooer
    Feb 4, 2020
    4
    Interesting concept, unfortunately drag down by lackluster combat, shallow character progression and completely uninteresting loot and characters.
  64. bird-e
    Feb 1, 2020
    1
    UNMODDABLE OFF-CENTER CROSSHAIR

    Everyone else has done a good job of talking about how flat and stale the game mechanics, stories and worlds are. Personally, the game's off-center crosshair makes the game nauseatingly unplayable. I played for less than 10 hours before giving up. There is no option to center the crosshair. There are no mods to center the crosshair. There has not been    UNMODDABLE OFF-CENTER CROSSHAIR

    Everyone else has done a good job of talking about how flat and stale the game mechanics, stories and worlds are.

    Personally, the game's off-center crosshair makes the game nauseatingly unplayable. I played for less than 10 hours before giving up. There is no option to center the crosshair. There are no mods to center the crosshair. There has not been a peep from the devs about patching the crosshair. It is simply off-center and if you play a lot of FPS games, it's *never* going to feel right. It felt like I was fighting my own hand and brain performing simple actions. I have never before in my life felt nauseous playing a video game; The Outer Worlds really accomplished the impossible by shooting itself in the foot with some hardcoded nonsense that nobody asked for.    … Expand
  65. Reaperinc
    Jan 19, 2020
    4
    Not worth the hype. Obsidian did a good job for a RPG the rest of the game is just blahh.
  66. Teleman
    Jan 19, 2020
    1
    Garbage soundtrack, garbage story execution, garbage gameplay.

    Even the eye candy is garbage on character models and indoor designs. The story itself in general idea is fine but thanks to the execution of it it is full of unlikable, unrelateable and worst of all illogically designed characters, Will not draw out this one so here is the very first expression this game made on me, *    Garbage soundtrack, garbage story execution, garbage gameplay.

    Even the eye candy is garbage on character models and indoor designs. The story itself in general idea is fine but thanks to the execution of it it is full of unlikable, unrelateable and worst of all illogically designed characters,

    Will not draw out this one so here is the very first expression this game made on me,

    * Walk into cantina on edgewater, discover that the workers are overworked and all of them are brainless bots by design.
    * Clean out cantina by killing everyone. While looting corpses a bunch of new workers spawn inside walking on dead bodies as if it is normal.
    * OK. The game just died for me but lets honor the story, go to tower for more clean up, everyone acts as if nothing happened altough I literally cleaned up the entrance just a sec ago.
    * Bite my tongue get through all the bs. Now I arrived on space station. Killed the first guy right in fron of me with a grenade launcher and people literally staring at the incident does not give a f.k but then I go take a bottle nearby, armies are summoned.

    U N I N S T A L L E D

    Cant play as a mop em up (bad combat, joke melee), cant play as an rpg (see reasons above), cant play as fps (constant uninspired, badly executed story showing down throat).    … Expand
  67. metadubrev2
    Jan 1, 2020
    3
    among the most tediously boring games i've ever played. very little action. gameplay is all tedious dialogue choices with an uninteresting story, little action, a lot of item management, lots of travel, collecting minuscule amounts of ammo and zillions of worthless items to sell. missions/quests are generally something like travel back and forth slowly with long transitions just toamong the most tediously boring games i've ever played. very little action. gameplay is all tedious dialogue choices with an uninteresting story, little action, a lot of item management, lots of travel, collecting minuscule amounts of ammo and zillions of worthless items to sell. missions/quests are generally something like travel back and forth slowly with long transitions just to collect an item or make a single interaction with a character that's hard to find sometimes even going back and forth several times. it's just horrible and boring.… Expand
  68. WAD
    Dec 30, 2019
    3
    Неплохая РПГ, но сюжет весь пропитан феминизмом, что испортило все впечатление от игры.
  69. bemused
    Dec 29, 2019
    4
    Like Borderlands and Fallout 3 had a retarded baby.
    Cons: Clunky interface, stilted dialogue, sophomoric plot, ugly pastel-tinted graphics, paper-thin "worlds".
    Pros: I didn't pay for it (bundled with hardware).
  70. Nerevarinho
    Dec 14, 2019
    4
    Clunky combat, empty world, shallow Fallout clone. I dont feel connected to any of the NPCs. No italian voiceovers, damn even Fallout 3 had italian voiceovers.
  71. rale317
    Dec 8, 2019
    0
    It's like fallout 76 but worse. Instead of uninstalling I decided it would be better if I just burned my computer and bought a new one.
  72. marcantoineg
    Dec 6, 2019
    2
    Overhyped af. Overrated af. Epic store exclusive as the cherry on top. How much trash can something be?
  73. goonerfan
    Dec 6, 2019
    3
    Any fan of the Fallout Series knows that Fallout: New Vegas was one of the franchise highlights, and Obsidian, the Developer of the Outer Worlds, was the developer of F:NV. I was eagerly anticipating the Outer Worlds hoping it might be a spiritual successor to F:NV. Sadly whilst the Outer Worlds has many similarities to that game, in reality it doesn't come close to matching it.

    The    Any fan of the Fallout Series knows that Fallout: New Vegas was one of the franchise highlights, and Obsidian, the Developer of the Outer Worlds, was the developer of F:NV. I was eagerly anticipating the Outer Worlds hoping it might be a spiritual successor to F:NV. Sadly whilst the Outer Worlds has many similarities to that game, in reality it doesn't come close to matching it.

    The game is unforgivably short. I am quite a slow player, I love to properly explore games with open worlds, but even so I completed The Outer Worlds in less than 40 hours. It's shorter than a Fallout:NV DLC! I reached what I thought was a cutscene which was about to trigger the second act of the game, only for the end credits to roll.

    Gameplay feels dumbed down and derivative, aimed at the casual gamer. Even on the hardest difficulty setting there is nothing challenging here. The level up system is irksome and shallow. Annoyingly there's a hard cap at Level 30, which you hit all too quickly.

    The story itself is unremarkable and hard to get invested in given the short duration of the game. You have 6 companions who all have a brief quest but again this content is weak and not at all memorable.

    A real shame because the gameworld is nicely imagined and there are the beginnings of a good game here.    … Expand
  74. Koyaniskaci
    Dec 5, 2019
    0
    Frankly weak and tedious game. I really did not like it, although there were high expectations.
  75. Al_plays_games
    Dec 3, 2019
    4
    This is a really enjoyable game, it’s a short (15-20 hours for 90% completion of all side quests and main quest line for me), but has definite replay value. The combat is sound but not amazing, and the gameplay loop does get a bit too repetitive toward the end, but it’s the writing that really shines here. The companions available are fully fleshed out and I cared about their stories andThis is a really enjoyable game, it’s a short (15-20 hours for 90% completion of all side quests and main quest line for me), but has definite replay value. The combat is sound but not amazing, and the gameplay loop does get a bit too repetitive toward the end, but it’s the writing that really shines here. The companions available are fully fleshed out and I cared about their stories and quests, and the lore/world building is well developed and intriguing. The choices you have to make as a player feel meaningful and have impact on the world as you progress. There are things for Obsidian to improve on in future releases, The Outer Worlds is by no means a perfect game, but it’s a great start to what I hope will be a rise to new heights for the developer.… Expand
  76. Siss0rmetimbers
    Dec 3, 2019
    4
    To be honest this is a painfully average game. I would give it a 6/10, the 4 is just to offset the absurd 10/10's that are just people using it as an excuse to trash Bethesda with a sub Bethesda game. It's not even as good as Fallout 4 which isn't a high bar. People are saying there are no bugs as well, this is simply untrue. In fact, here is a rundown of some of the ones i encounteredTo be honest this is a painfully average game. I would give it a 6/10, the 4 is just to offset the absurd 10/10's that are just people using it as an excuse to trash Bethesda with a sub Bethesda game. It's not even as good as Fallout 4 which isn't a high bar. People are saying there are no bugs as well, this is simply untrue. In fact, here is a rundown of some of the ones i encountered

    Parvarti's quest is bugged in multiple places, one of which causes immediate failure for no reason. There are bugs where enemies go flying into the air when you kill them. There's a bug where everything looses texture if you move around too fast. There's a looting bug where if you look at something wrong you can't see what you're picking up. There are two game breaking bugs in the last mission which causes the game to crash and makes it completely impossible to finish the game. There is a bug where you can get completely stuck with no escape on monarch which means you have to fast travel away which is frustrating on Supernova difficulty. There are complete frame rate drops when moving quickly into areas with npcs. There's a bug in Byzantium if you cross out of the restricted area in front of the hhc building where the guards shoot you for no reason. There's a bug where if you enter your ship and lose your crew carry weight bonus and become over encumbered you can carry infinite weight and move at full speed.

    Furthermore, the game is just too easy. I completed the game except the last mission on Supernova and after getting used to it and got past the first hour, I maybe died three or four times. You might as well have infinite ammo because the game just force feeds it down your throat too. After the first eight or so hours the game just loses its momentum as well and that has everything to do with your side characters. Its like they don't even know what's going on. In edgewater Parvarti actually has dialogue about what you're going through. After that only Ellie has anything to say about you're quests, the dialogue with companions is just so unbelievably lazy and it really takes you away from it. Anyway, there are good things, i just needed to elucidate on the bad aspects because this game is getting way too much undeserved praise.    … Expand
  77. borjomez
    Dec 1, 2019
    2
    this should has been a DLC for Fallout4 for quarter of it's price.
    combat is way too easy, and all the rest if very familiar. we've seen this before many times. not worth the money
  78. OfCourse
    Dec 1, 2019
    1
    I struggled to like that game for 20 hours, but in the end there's absolutely nothing to like here:
    1) Combat is boring and uninspired. Weapons are generic(science weapons are the only remotely interesting ones) and creators shamelessly copy-paste them with mk2.
    2) The game lacks any difficulty, AI is dumb, especially companion AI. 3) All you do is loot garbage, and recycle it for the    I struggled to like that game for 20 hours, but in the end there's absolutely nothing to like here:
    1) Combat is boring and uninspired. Weapons are generic(science weapons are the only remotely interesting ones) and creators shamelessly copy-paste them with mk2.
    2) The game lacks any difficulty, AI is dumb, especially companion AI.
    3) All you do is loot garbage, and recycle it for the 90% of the game.
    4) Quests are generic and uninspired.
    5) Design and graphics are horribly oversaturated mess, all planets are ugly.
    6) Environments lacks any physics, or interactivity.
    7) Characters are bland and uninteresting.
    8) I don't see any Boyarsky and Cain in this game, aside from some cringe worthy fallout 2 tier humor on signs of the buildings i.e. aunty-biotics. Where are the great quests of Arcanum? Where are all the interesting characters of Bloodlines?
    9) Typical SJW fiesta with almost every single woman having "problematic" haircut, having a "badass" attitude, being in position of power, while all the male leaders(i can remember like 3) being either incompetent or malicious, homosexual romances for you to cuck yourself and plethora of other modern cultural mental illnesses.    … Expand
  79. Happysnaks
    Nov 30, 2019
    4
    Bland combat, uninteresting game play, boring weapons and upgrades... this is a very story and character driven game with not much else to redeem it. I didnt even finish it because it just doesn't feel worth playing. Do yourself a favor and just play New Vegas again instead.
  80. Archi44
    Nov 26, 2019
    1
    Игра вообще полный шлак. Боты могут сколько угодно выставлять 10ки, но игра от этого лучше точно не станет. Обсидианы давно умерли.
  81. Mizuna
    Nov 26, 2019
    4
    Boring. The writing is be the strongest part of the game but to get to said dialogue you must chore through the mind numbing gameplay, to the point where i just started bunny hoping past everything. Another thing is the dreadful inventory managment along with a pretty looking but soulless planets to explore.
  82. konjad
    Nov 25, 2019
    2
    The character creation is simple and clear and what we’ve seen in many other RPGs. There’s a set of attributes and skills to raise in order to be better at some particular action. It’s important to note that whatever our choice is during character creation will not have a huge impact as there’s no problem to become master of the sword or a gunslinger even if you completely ignoredThe character creation is simple and clear and what we’ve seen in many other RPGs. There’s a set of attributes and skills to raise in order to be better at some particular action. It’s important to note that whatever our choice is during character creation will not have a huge impact as there’s no problem to become master of the sword or a gunslinger even if you completely ignored statistics required and created person dedicated to diplomacy. I wanted to make a pacifist run, but few hours later gave up on this and just murdered lots of people, including city guards, and had no trouble doing it on ‘hard’ difficulty.
    Once the game begins it doesn’t take long until the player meets the first NPC on their path. It was then that I already realized the writing is definitely not on par with many previous games made by Obsidian. The very short dialogue was full of unfunny jokes that threw away any hopes of absorbing writing out of the window. The next few NPCs I’ve met on my path did not reverse the feeling and once I got into the first settlement, I fully understood the game is not about interesting story or side stories. Neither it is about any future utopia, hopelessness of resistance against powers, future scientific discoveries or technologies, or any cultural, moral, political doctrines or dilemmas. It is none of that. While playing Deus Exes one could see the accumulation and surge of various social issues closing to a boiling point or at least lying in wait, it was not a game Obsidian ever took any example from. Instead, The Outer Worlds is about cracking jokes. Not even funny ones, in fact in hundreds or thousands of jokes I read in this game I did not laugh even once. Perhaps they were so unfunny, perhaps there was simply too many of them that even if there was something entertaining, I was already too insensible. I couldn’t stand it. It is probably the first RPG where not only I did not feel bad about murdering random passer byes or even quest givers, but in fact I enjoyed it. It felt like even if I doom humanity by killing too many people, it will save the entire universe in the long run by ensuring not one more joke will be ever articulated. Hence, this was the first role-playing game in which I became murderous psychopath to push story forward as it let me avoid listening to more NPCs and dialogues.
    If one endures the jokes then there might be something in-between them. While the story unveils and the player learns new details, the main quests does have intriguing quests, albeit not many of them. If not for the constant humor that feels out of place and if for a bit more polish and details, the story might have been engrossing, but as it stands it is not enough to make one play the game. The worst offender is that the main quest is too linear. The player has only two choices at some point – to side either with the odd scientist from the intro, or the corporation he opposes. I was trying to figure out a way to act against both of them and doing both sides’ quests in order to undermine any of them as much as possible. Unfortunately, try as I might, the game forced me to choose one of them. I could not be a third option or ignore the issue. I was not given an obvious choice as I believe. I understand that it was supposed to be a difficult moment showing there is no clear safe choice and the player must decide between two insecure options. However, why must one either support a bizarre overzealous old guy without a clear plan or a corporative tyranny that is efficient but punishes any sign of discord with death or has no problem removing people they do not need anymore. Why is there no middle ground at all? The Witcher allowed the player to side with no one. It was a punishing choice and the worst one for the player, however, the choice was theirs to make. Many other RPGs also give players different choices, including Fallout: New Vegas that allowed siding with different factions or none of them. Why is it not the case here?

    It is worth to be noted there are minor choices throughout the game. Alas, it often feels there’s not enough of choices or the consequences are minor or non-existent except the ending slides. Side quests get boring quickly as they are usual fetch quests. Similarly, I did not feel compelled to do quests issued by my party members unless something was on the way, because neither they were interesting nor I felt anything about any of these characters. As a matter of fact, there are no interesting characters whatsoever in the entire game, besides perhaps the person from the intro. I finished the entire game remembering only NPCs that were most annoying, not most amusing. The characters in the entire game are atrocious.    … Expand
  83. Haippari
    Nov 21, 2019
    4
    4/10 Very very overly hyped, extremely mediocre game. I'm glad i got this for free and didn't have to pay 60e only to get super disappointed. I would suggest you wait until you get it for 10-15e on some discount later on.
  84. justishar
    Nov 20, 2019
    3
    Tedious and disappointing. That sums up my experience with this game. I had some time off work and bought this game expecting to love it and play every day. I ended up having to grit my teeth through many parts and losing motivation altogether once I hit the final mission. There's nothing engaging about this game other than some moderately fun battles at a few points. I hate that I paidTedious and disappointing. That sums up my experience with this game. I had some time off work and bought this game expecting to love it and play every day. I ended up having to grit my teeth through many parts and losing motivation altogether once I hit the final mission. There's nothing engaging about this game other than some moderately fun battles at a few points. I hate that I paid $60 for this shallow husk of a game and don't recommend anyone to buy it.… Expand
  85. PhilTheKrill
    Nov 19, 2019
    4
    straight up im gonna say to whoever is reading this. I do not recommend, very mediocre. (summary at bottom) Like most i got in expecting it to be like fallout (and ik it isnt, but thats not the big concern). right off the bat, I could tell that you really dont have any sense of direction in this game, quests are very unclear on specifics. Something else thats annoying is if you killstraight up im gonna say to whoever is reading this. I do not recommend, very mediocre. (summary at bottom) Like most i got in expecting it to be like fallout (and ik it isnt, but thats not the big concern). right off the bat, I could tell that you really dont have any sense of direction in this game, quests are very unclear on specifics. Something else thats annoying is if you kill someone that's part of a city and you don't know. tough **** Everyone in the city will start attacking you next time u go there, even if there were 0 witnesses to you killing that one random guy. The whole main questline is just so bad. Idk how to say it, it's very unclear on what it really is and it is just not captivating, modding weapons is lame too. Things you kill are either too easy or too ridiculously hard (like **** mantiqueens), no satisfaction in killing, most of the time you don't even need to kill you can just run past everything until they de-aggro. Nothing cool to collect really like bobble heads in fallout. A huge thing for me is how boring and unsatisfying lockpicking and hacking is. u just get a bunch of ''magpicks'' and if something needs like 5 magpicks to open, u use 5 and u just hold ''e'' for 5 seconds. super lame, no skill in it, no satisfaction.

    TL;DR: -Not clear on where to go for quests or any specifics
    -Mainquestline is boring, uncaptivating and just unclear, it doesn't make you wanna play it, but then exploration is also scuffed
    -If you kill someone important in some random place, the big city that he comes from will just attack you on sight next time, even if they have no witnesses of you killing that person and you didnt even know he was part of that city.
    -modding weapons and armor is pretty lame, the mods arent really that cool
    -things are either too ez or too hard to kill, not satisfying at all
    -nothing cool to collect like bobbleheads in fallout
    -Lockpicking and hacking is so... goddamn... boring, its not like in fallout where it make it a bit entertaining, u just hold ''e'' for 5 secs until it opens
    -lockpicking uses lots of ressources so u have to be picky but u dont really know if something is worth picking so that sucks
    -companions die instantly constantly, u need to upgrade ur skills to make ur companions do any stupid thing which is just unfun
    -i get this is post-apocalyptic but the map is just bland and distasteful
    i just don't recommend at all, at least i used xbox gamepass to get it, bc buying wouldve been a waste of 70$. Very disappointed and I can tell they put a lot of effort, but all in the wrong things, like dialogue is cool but they spent too much time on that compared to other stuff that needed work. Waste of 16 hours    … Expand
  86. cyberdamn
    Nov 18, 2019
    1
    It would be a solid 5/10 for a unknown developer, but for studio that claims to be the one who made F: New Vegas and claims this game is a spirit successor of NV, well.... NO. It's not in any way you'd choose: the storyline is terribly boring and short, the quests are repetitive and ununique, the NPCs are insipid and poor-written and lore is just cr*p. Even the graphics look like it's someIt would be a solid 5/10 for a unknown developer, but for studio that claims to be the one who made F: New Vegas and claims this game is a spirit successor of NV, well.... NO. It's not in any way you'd choose: the storyline is terribly boring and short, the quests are repetitive and ununique, the NPCs are insipid and poor-written and lore is just cr*p. Even the graphics look like it's some student's home project made on a free engine. Maybe it was one?… Expand
  87. mtb1646
    Nov 17, 2019
    4
    I don’t understand the critics on this one. This game is so shallow. It has the facade of a Fallout game but none of the substance. No crafting, no customization. Modification is generic and uninspiring. The loot is just 4-5 tiers of the same gear, over and over again. The special weapons aren’t fun to use, the unique weapons are immediately obsolete damage wise and don’t have any specialI don’t understand the critics on this one. This game is so shallow. It has the facade of a Fallout game but none of the substance. No crafting, no customization. Modification is generic and uninspiring. The loot is just 4-5 tiers of the same gear, over and over again. The special weapons aren’t fun to use, the unique weapons are immediately obsolete damage wise and don’t have any special characteristics. There isn’t a single special item in the game for you to get excited about. The attribute system is generic. The perks are bland.… Expand
  88. Rimsie
    Nov 16, 2019
    4
    I played for many hours with gamepass on PC. (I wouldn't recommend paying over £15 for it) Its quite amateur. The looting and gun play is Fallout but more outdated. This could have been released several years ago. Its a shallow game. The character movement is under developed. No ability to mantle, ladder use is not animated in any way, moving between environments isn't natural as it is aI played for many hours with gamepass on PC. (I wouldn't recommend paying over £15 for it) Its quite amateur. The looting and gun play is Fallout but more outdated. This could have been released several years ago. Its a shallow game. The character movement is under developed. No ability to mantle, ladder use is not animated in any way, moving between environments isn't natural as it is a brief loading screen instead of being seamless. Exploration is limited - there's invisible barriers at water and certain other places. You cannot climb low lying rocks.
    All this leads to a lack of immersion.
    Its basically cheap fun for a bit, which is fine if you haven't paid for it. Looks quite nice though.    … Expand
  89. Chani87
    Nov 16, 2019
    3
    Very mediocre game with big premises that never delivers. It adopts many solutions from games like Fallout New Vegas and Mass Effect but in a very limited way. Weren't that the case, I would gladly give higher score but the overall experience i would sum up as buying a pair of cheap abibos shoes, but in this case for a full AAA price which is really too much. I also feel fooled by criticVery mediocre game with big premises that never delivers. It adopts many solutions from games like Fallout New Vegas and Mass Effect but in a very limited way. Weren't that the case, I would gladly give higher score but the overall experience i would sum up as buying a pair of cheap abibos shoes, but in this case for a full AAA price which is really too much. I also feel fooled by critic reviews here and I'm wondering if we played the same game.
    PROS:
    - Nice worldbuilding with retrofuturistic vibe.
    - Clever sneaking mechanics albeit too easy

    CONS:
    - The plot opens with a good premise but then spirals towards a really unsatysfying ending. The promise of "many endings" is just marketing; in fact you have 2 endings - goody-two-shoes one and stupid one.
    - 9/10 of games' guests are MMORPG-ish fetch quests that are boring and repeteable. We visit 3 planets to collect crap from monsters here for one quest -hm I thought colony is dying? Wouldn't the resources be scarce, including fuel? Hell no, our vessel is supposedly fueled by solar power because we can freely roam back and forth for peanuts.
    - Speaking of dying colony and peanuts - people are supposedly starving, but there's a ton of food lying around not to mention food vending machines on every corner. Kinda like in Fallout 3 when 180 years after the war there were stil full-stocked fridges and cartons of cigarettes in trash bins.
    - Combat is really simple and your main oponents would be canonfodder - "marauders" that are supposedly transformed humans (?) but now uncapable of normal speak and behavior. Still capable though of wielding specialized weapons including flamethrowers and full armor, capable of camping at every road nook in Monarch - without any financial aid and organization... yeah bro.. that adds up, I guess...
    - Humor is near to nonexistent; in fact its limited only to funny adverts and occasional sarcastic remarks by your ship's AI. There is no situational humour, no absurd, no slapstick, no witty remarks from your companions. Most of the game feel boring.
    - Companions themselves are also nothing special. Game tries hard to evoke sentiment for Normandy, where crew had often something meaningful to say between the missions. Here companions angage in mindless chatter about tv series and baseball games.
    - Fractions doesn't matter in this game. The attempt to adopt system from Fallout: New Vegas was a fiasco. You can have good rep with all the fractions in the end and let's say it doesn't change much.

    To sum up, I wouldn't reccomend bothering with this game. In a hindsight I could play much older games, from which Outer Worlds draws inspiration and it would be definitely time better spend.    … Expand
  90. Apatotes
    Nov 14, 2019
    3
    I played this on the xbox game pass for PC, and I'm glad I didn't outright buy this game for full price.
  91. slayer77
    Nov 14, 2019
    0
    Game is basically a clone of FONV but worse. There's no 3rd person view/ every female seems to be a lesbian or something like that.
  92. Seeky
    Nov 13, 2019
    3
    The Outer Worlds is sadly one of the most disappointing games I have played in recent years based on my expectations and the disconnect between the review score and my own experience.

    First starting off with the positives: + The world is quite beautiful and aesthetically pleasing. + The game runs smoothly and has relatively low system requirements despite the good looking graphics    The Outer Worlds is sadly one of the most disappointing games I have played in recent years based on my expectations and the disconnect between the review score and my own experience.

    First starting off with the positives:

    + The world is quite beautiful and aesthetically pleasing.
    + The game runs smoothly and has relatively low system requirements despite the good looking graphics
    + The game grants you a good amount of freedom in how you play the game and complete the story

    Sadly these few positives don't make up for the glaring amount of negatives that haunt this game:

    - The story is a bad joke. You have a nice intro that peaks your interest and then for the next 20 hours you're basically doing fetch quests and go from A to B to C until the story is picked up again a few hours prior to the end when everything is hurriedly wrapped up.
    - Sadly the world you walk through is completely sterile. Even Fallout 3 had more surprising NPC interactions in the "open world" than this game. It's just a bunch of robot npcs that stand on their assigned spot for the entirety of the game and do nothing at all.
    - The entire game is basically based on the 15 year old KOTOR game design. You have cities seperated by loading screens and giant doors. You have "open worldy" zones which are a bit bigger and no longer separated by loading screens thanks to the advancements in technology. But there is no real discovering going on and there's still invisible walls limiting your movement to a core area.
    - If you know Obsidian's old work like KOTOR 2 , the "Captain + Crew + Spaceship" template makes you expect interesting characters, unexpected interactions as the story progresses and intruiging character side quests. There is exactly one interesting party member (Parvati) in your crew, the rest is devoid of intruige and just a gigiantic waste of space and time. Well, let's be generous and say 1.5 characters, because the cleaning robot Max was a nice companion to have, but he has no side quest.
    - The balancing of all aspects of this game is terrible: The Game is too easy, even on "Hard". You constantly feel overpowered like walking through the game in God Mode.
    - With the exception of the opening hour you always have too much money, ammo, lockpicking, medkits and hacking tools.
    - You receive so many attribute points that you won't miss a single dialogue skill check until late into the game which makes the entire system meaningless as you don't have to take any hard decisions. Even then a single quickload, a change of items with different stats and you'll be able to pass the check on the 2nd try in 9/10 cases
    - The skill tree is devoid of any interesting pieces. It's consists almost entirely of things like 10 points added on this attribute, 50Kg more weight carry, 20% more dmg here, cooldown reduction on that or a few more seconds in Bullettime. Basically its sole purpose is to make an already easy game even easier.
    - The item variety is poor, unimaginative and has been done better in games that are 15 years old.
    - Melee combat feels terrible and ranged is average at best.
    - Controls feel floaty and unrealistic. Not state of the art at all.
    - The highly acclaimed dialogue is not outstanding at all. After a dozen hours when I realised nothing of interest is being said in 95% of text I found myself pressing space bar to skip the voice acting and just skim over the text. The one exception was Parvati who is the only amazingly voiceacted character and therefore enjoyable to listen to.
    - The text snippets are unimaginative and boring. I played "Control" a couple of months ago in which I read every piece of information. In The Outer Worlds I gave up on trying to find anything of interest after 10-12 hours of game time

    There's probably more that I could list, but I can't bring myself to write anymore about my terrible experience. What a waste of time it was. For 10 hours this game makes you believe that there is another level of depth to it, which simply doesn't exist. In my case I didn't want to believe that an Obsidian RPG could be as bad and boring as this one, so I fell victim to the sunk cost fallacy and carried on. Sadly there is no pay-off, no magical turn-around, no new exciting gameplay mechanic. Just more of the same bad game.    … Expand
  93. Icivindur
    Nov 12, 2019
    4
    Once upon a time I was literally swept away from my usual favorites RTS', FPS' and TBS' into the RPG world by the groundbreaking Black Isle's Fallout 2 with its distinctive style, atmosphere, interesting story and characters. Then there were Planescape: Torment and Icewind Dale. With emerging Bioware it was the golden age of RPG genre. Black Isle is long dead now, but people from BlackOnce upon a time I was literally swept away from my usual favorites RTS', FPS' and TBS' into the RPG world by the groundbreaking Black Isle's Fallout 2 with its distinctive style, atmosphere, interesting story and characters. Then there were Planescape: Torment and Icewind Dale. With emerging Bioware it was the golden age of RPG genre. Black Isle is long dead now, but people from Black Isle Studios, like Chris Avellone, has gained authority among RPG fans and found themselves in another projects, still making good games, like KOTOR 2 and Neverwinter Nights 2. Though I wasn't a big fan of "new Fallout" including NV and of the Pillars of Eternity I've expected The Outer Worlds with much anticipation. And was utterly disappointed.

    The game stylistically reminds a lot about the good old Fallout 2 combined with NV with its retro-futurism and dark humor. Sometimes it reminds KOTOR 2, especially music score. And that's all the good things I can say about OW. Because as a story it is boring with flat, caricature characters and dull gameplay. Dialogues are pretty stupid, quests are trivial, characters are laughable and the plot is not involving. Moreover, you'll see a lot of modern Western propaganda here with its offensive politically correct Orwellian narrative in order to "educate" gamers. Honestly, I remember such rubbish ideological indoctrination through pop culture clearly enough from my childhood in the USSR to be fond by it. Thank you very much, but I've not volunteered to be used as Hong Weibing - enjoy your "cultural revolution" without my participation and not at the cost of my money. So if you are not Westerner and do not want to be insulted by their rotten ideology, if you value your intelligence, if you are looking for deep story, compelling characters, smart dialogues and engaging gameplay, than The Outer Worlds is certainly not for you. Better replay The Witcher 3 or play some JRPG.    … Expand
  94. Dakka
    Nov 12, 2019
    3
    Good dialogue, trash combat. Average overall.

    Mediocre game focused on story telling, lacking a lot on the gameplay department. Trying to be humorous too hard, quite deliberate. Pity, could be much better. I think this is one of the worst RPGs I have ever played. The developers took shortcuts where we should have depth. While I'm not surprised this was launched as a $60 product,    Good dialogue, trash combat. Average overall.

    Mediocre game focused on story telling, lacking a lot on the gameplay department.
    Trying to be humorous too hard, quite deliberate. Pity, could be much better.

    I think this is one of the worst RPGs I have ever played. The developers took shortcuts where we should have depth. While I'm not surprised this was launched as a $60 product, please consider trying it with a Microsoft Game Pass for $1 this month before you buy.    … Expand
  95. Pioter
    Nov 12, 2019
    0
    Garbage. Straight forward story. Empty world. Shooting is a joke. Boring quests
  96. TheBahvalstvo
    Nov 12, 2019
    4
    В целом игра хорошо держит планку заданную своим же НьюВегасом. Но как в современном проекте в ней есть современные проблемы. Во-первых учитывая очень своебразный графон она не лучшим образом оптимизована. Во-вторых сам геймплей очень топорный и через пару часов это начинает мозолить глаза также как и графон. Ну и вишенка на торте в лице лютого отлизывания всяким меньшинствам и женскомуВ целом игра хорошо держит планку заданную своим же НьюВегасом. Но как в современном проекте в ней есть современные проблемы. Во-первых учитывая очень своебразный графон она не лучшим образом оптимизована. Во-вторых сам геймплей очень топорный и через пару часов это начинает мозолить глаза также как и графон. Ну и вишенка на торте в лице лютого отлизывания всяким меньшинствам и женскому полу - ало епты, они не играют в ваши игры, прекращайте. А до тех пор считаю надо с запасом занижать таким играм оценки пока еще не поздно.… Expand
  97. kosar1k
    Nov 10, 2019
    0
    Мне не понравилось, скучный коридорный шутер без цепляющего сюжета, открытого мира нет, враги лёгкие хотя проходил на последней сложности, герои вообще без эмоций, кругом страшные лезбиянки... треш одним словом, я разочарован.Мне не понравилось, скучный коридорный шутер без цепляющего сюжета, открытого мира нет, враги лёгкие хотя проходил на последней сложности, герои вообще без эмоций, кругом страшные лезбиянки... треш одним словом, я разочарован.
  98. soupn
    Nov 10, 2019
    2
    i just finished OuterWorlds and i´m disappointed. for all the hype with the fallout alternative, the story is too simple boring and short, meh ending, fast to finish, no real openworld, they killed ideas for a future dlc with that boring old fashioned end. bah...
  99. Sparoue
    Nov 9, 2019
    0
    Disappointingly mediocre. The beginning of this game is good, but unfortunately it's only downhill from the moment you leave the first planet. It's also a very short game, It only took 28 hours to complete everything. If this game was half the price i'd give it a solid 7.5/10, but it's not, it's $60, so i feel cheated.
  100. JosephKerr
    Nov 9, 2019
    0
    This game is called mediocre by many and I have to disagree this game is worse than that it is bland as bland can get this game is an asset flip, it is as if they took Bioshock, Borderlands, Rage 2 and some random MMO and mixed it all together and called it a game than slapped an RPG sticker on it. To call this game a proper RPG is an insult it has the level of complexity of an RPG fromThis game is called mediocre by many and I have to disagree this game is worse than that it is bland as bland can get this game is an asset flip, it is as if they took Bioshock, Borderlands, Rage 2 and some random MMO and mixed it all together and called it a game than slapped an RPG sticker on it. To call this game a proper RPG is an insult it has the level of complexity of an RPG from the 2000s you know when RPG games where in their infancy it is 2019 I have seen indies with a budget of 20k do better than this in a year. This game was nowhere near ready for release it needed time to be properly made this should be obvious by just looking at how poorly implemented supernova difficulty is.… Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 30
  3. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. Cubed3
    Nov 16, 2020
    70
    The problem with this isn't that it is a bad game (far from it), but the fact that it failed to reach its true potential… or maybe the expectations were simply too high, because there's nothing here that anyone can point to and say that it is terrible. Sadly, there's almost nothing that's great either, apart from the role-playing element and the quality of writing. The gunplay? Ok. The exploration? Decent. The plot? Fine. The dominant feeling here is of a game that is good enough so that you won't hate it, but also not as good for it to be the flawless classic that it could definitely be - but again, that's probably those darn high expectations speaking, because flaws or no flaws, The Outer Worlds shouldn't be missing from any RPG collection.
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  2. GameCritics
    Dec 9, 2019
    85
    An excellent effort from Obsidian, and though The Outer Worlds doesn’t surpass its predecessors by offering a world worth visiting over and over, the adventure it presents is more than worth the time spent.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Dec 6, 2019
    84
    Usually, a planet has just one or two settlements and a bit of wildlands to explore. But that’s for the best – instead of exploring miles of filler content, Outer Worlds keeps you moving from planet to planet, from one tense situation to another. [Issue#241, p.34]
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