The Outer Worlds

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  1. leonardray
    Nov 22, 2020
    10
    This was a great stand in waiting for something from Bethesda or CD. Had a lot of fun but I also really enjoyed New Vegas so it depends on the person.
  2. 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
  3. Sepherim
    Nov 14, 2020
    6
    The Outer Worlds es el nuevo intento de Obsidian de tomar la corona de Fallout de las manos de Bethesda, aunque sin la licencia del mismo. Y, sinceramente, lo han hecho mejor que Bethesda en sus útlimos intentos, igual que New Vegas era mejor que Fallout 3. Pero eso no significa que el juego no tenga carencias. Las mecánicas principales del juego son buenas, desde el combate al sigilo,The Outer Worlds es el nuevo intento de Obsidian de tomar la corona de Fallout de las manos de Bethesda, aunque sin la licencia del mismo. Y, sinceramente, lo han hecho mejor que Bethesda en sus útlimos intentos, igual que New Vegas era mejor que Fallout 3. Pero eso no significa que el juego no tenga carencias. Las mecánicas principales del juego son buenas, desde el combate al sigilo, aunque algunas podrían haber dado más (la selección de perks disponibles, por ejemplo). El problema, como ellos mismos explican en los documentales de NoClip, es que el juego tiene que lidiar con numerosas limitaciones por cuestiones como hacer que funcione en consolas o las limitaciones de personal y tiempo. El resultado es que, en muchos sentidos, The Outer Worlds es un juego relativamente pequeño para el género: los mapas son pequeños, la variedad de armas y enemigos es relativamente pequeña, el número de quests y cosas a hacer es relativamente escaso, etc. Esto hace una experiencia más intensa y concentrada, lo cual en muchos sentidos está bien, pero también deja un cierto regusto a querer más. Y luego, para mi gusto, se han pasado con el humor, de manera que al menos a mi me ha sido difícil conectar con lo que ocurre en el juego, los personajes y demás, porque no me los puedo tomar suficientemente en serio.

    Gráficamente el juego está bien, aunque no es nada del otro mundo, especialmente en la estética. En esas zonas con más feeling de "western" (casi a lo Cowboy Bebop) creo que el juego tiene mucha personalidad, otras zonas son algo más genéricas. El sonido cumple bien, aunque tampoco de un modo especialmente destacado. Y, al menos en mi experiencia, el juego no ha tenido grandes bugs ni problemas.

    Por todo ello, sin duda The Outer Worlds es un juego que está bien, aunque a mi personalmente no me ha satisfecho tanto como esperaba. Un 6,5.    … Expand
  4. swaggyd69
    Nov 14, 2020
    7
    I had high hopes for this, considering it's obsidian. I walked away feeling a bit disapointed, don't get me wrong it's enjoyable and you get to love the characters in this game. I feel like if you're a fan of any of the fallout games, you should definetly play this. It just felt a bit short for me. It was 40 hours on my playthrough but it ended so abruptly and left me a bit at edge withI had high hopes for this, considering it's obsidian. I walked away feeling a bit disapointed, don't get me wrong it's enjoyable and you get to love the characters in this game. I feel like if you're a fan of any of the fallout games, you should definetly play this. It just felt a bit short for me. It was 40 hours on my playthrough but it ended so abruptly and left me a bit at edge with the feeling of that's it, written all up in my face.… Expand
  5. Jagger510
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    Impressive game by Obsidian after marvelous Fallout: New Vegas.
    Colorful world, interesting storyline, many good quests and perfect dialogue system.
    Not best graphics in 2020, but still good for not AAA project.
  6. Xemnuz
    Nov 2, 2020
    6
    A good game. Graphics can be nice, but quite muddy. The planets are incredibly bland and not at all beautiful or atmospheric. No bugs. Most characters are trash and lack the interesting depth you find in games like DA Inquisition amd ME Andromeda. Combat is very dull like FO4 and Skyrim. There is not a lot of content, I could easily need a couple of more planets. It's very similar to aA good game. Graphics can be nice, but quite muddy. The planets are incredibly bland and not at all beautiful or atmospheric. No bugs. Most characters are trash and lack the interesting depth you find in games like DA Inquisition amd ME Andromeda. Combat is very dull like FO4 and Skyrim. There is not a lot of content, I could easily need a couple of more planets. It's very similar to a bugfree FO4 only in space. Cant remember much of the music and there are too few cinematics. Also the ending feels like a midgame hurdle, rushed and not good. A mediocre game, 6.5/10… Expand
  7. 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.
  8. KARF4GEN
    Oct 30, 2020
    8
    Внешние миры очень интересный проект, который явно сделан с любовью и талантом, пусть и с небольшими бюджетными ограничениями. У Абсидиан явно нет 200 миллионов на одну и игру посему полностью открытого мира не вышло.
    Игроку предоставляются ограниченные области на планетах, и ему предстоит открыть небольшую предысторию каждой на своем пути. Попутно решая трудности местного населения, куда    Внешние миры очень интересный проект, который явно сделан с любовью и талантом, пусть и с небольшими бюджетными ограничениями. У Абсидиан явно нет 200 миллионов на одну и игру посему полностью открытого мира не вышло.
    Игроку предоставляются ограниченные области на планетах, и ему предстоит открыть небольшую предысторию каждой на своем пути. Попутно решая трудности местного населения, куда без этого?
    Стартуя из анабиоза в мир вымирающей колонии в звездной системе Алкион игрок получит одновременно и масс эффект андромеда и светлячок с легким флером Фоллаута в космосе. По ощущениям, если бы мир Фоллаута и смог бы пережить последствия ядереной войны, то в космосе человечество выглядело бы именно так.
    Через всю игру проходит откровенный стеб над расчеловечиванием сотрудников корпорациями, дурацкие директивы начальства и прочая буффонада над потребительским отношением людей друг к другу.
    Можно сказать, что Outer worlds игра про то, как либертарианцы занялись колонизацией других миров и привычно рыночек порешал в руины все начинания. Вплоть до голода рядом с заводом, полным рыбы и космических кораблей, летающих с полным трюмами продовольствия.
    Геймплейно чисто прокаченный New Vegas с небольшим бардаком в инвентаре и замедлением времени прямиком из старины MAx Payne. Так что никаких откровений не ждите.. Тут стрельба намного слабее, чем у ФЛТ4, но живые диалоги, классные напарники и возможность летать на своем корабле дает гораздо больший простор для отыгрыша, чем в условной ста миллионов Андромеде. В целом тут все сделано лучше, чем в других РПГ шутерах с большим бюджетами! И слабый импакт от оружия и малая карта визуального урона тут вообще не мешает наслаждаться дорогой капитана Безнадежного, который подарил надежду Алкиону!
    Рад покупке Майкрософт Obsidian! Очень надеюсь они им мешать не будут, а дадут средств и другой движок, потому что смотреть на недогружающиеся текстуры в UE за эти годы устал смертельно, но оптимизация нормас.
    При gtx980 60фпс+ есть, что по нашим временам большой плюс.
    Покупайте без каких-либо сомнений, если хотите прогуляться по звездной системе с напарниками и почитать-послушать много историй, а часто еще и пострелять во все стороны в этом Диком Западе за много световых лет от Земли!
    Есть задел на сиквелы и тут этого очень даже жду, буду рад продолжениям.    … Expand
  9. lord_sammael
    Oct 29, 2020
    5
    Not as long a game as some people claim, finished it in about 15 hours doing most of the quests in the game. If you just do the main quest you can finish it in under 4 hours I think. Also companions feel rather lackluster, their back-stories are rather boring and dull. They are not really that engaging and I forgot that they were even there most of the time except when they chimed in withNot as long a game as some people claim, finished it in about 15 hours doing most of the quests in the game. If you just do the main quest you can finish it in under 4 hours I think. Also companions feel rather lackluster, their back-stories are rather boring and dull. They are not really that engaging and I forgot that they were even there most of the time except when they chimed in with some comment during conversations.

    Companions actually don't bring that much to the table and you will most likely choose your companions based on your play-style to boost the stats you need at a certain time.

    Environments are pretty neat but maps are rather small and don't really have all that much on them.
    Weapons are pretty meh and unfortunately most armors look exactly the same with just some color variations. As I've seen some people comment on the item list seemed to have been padded out with consumables and vendor items to fill out the rather lackluster weapon and armor selection.

    There really is no point in going melee either considering that ranged weapons are so much better and unless you manage to sneak up on your enemies you can get killed rather quickly trying to fight in melee.

    Overall though the game has a decent story, the game-play is solid and in this day and age that is high praise when compared to other games. Especially when you consider that most games released nowadays are a broken mess.    … Expand
  10. Dasamurai34
    Oct 29, 2020
    8
    Pretty good game overall, good writing, good fighting, act. It does everything pretty good, though the scale of the games maps and what not are quite small, but this game is still really good. I know I said good a lot, but that's what this game is, good. Average, moderate, good.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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
  14. Djinni
    Oct 26, 2020
    5
    I was really let down by this game based on the hype that followed it.

    The game has no soul, charm or flavor. The writing is bland and uninteresting. Everything is generic. Everyone talks way too much and has way too much to say, but you won't want to hear any of it. The combat is...there! The leveling and progression system is not impactful/seems pointless/dont feel progress    I was really let down by this game based on the hype that followed it.

    The game has no soul, charm or flavor.
    The writing is bland and uninteresting. Everything is generic.

    Everyone talks way too much and has way too much to say, but you won't want to hear any of it.

    The combat is...there!

    The leveling and progression system is not impactful/seems pointless/dont feel progress

    If i can save just one person, honestly, skip this game. I came out of my way to leave this review because I am like in disbelief at how bad it is based on the hype surrounding it for the past year.    … Expand
  15. hertzian68
    Oct 26, 2020
    7
    I liked this game it was very fallout 4 feeling and I liked that game better than this because it was deeper and had a better cast, especially Nick Valentine. I'll never understand why they didn't expand the Valentine noir detective into a separate game it would have been an immediate buy for me, love noir. It's certainly pretty to look at and has a decent story of a dystopian corporateI liked this game it was very fallout 4 feeling and I liked that game better than this because it was deeper and had a better cast, especially Nick Valentine. I'll never understand why they didn't expand the Valentine noir detective into a separate game it would have been an immediate buy for me, love noir. It's certainly pretty to look at and has a decent story of a dystopian corporate space future, very much a marxist socialism loving theme we've seen since at least the Alien franchise. I would never personally be in any situation where my whole being was dependent absolutely, for long time periods, on a profit seeking "person" corporation/government and that includes all types of governments. Space would be one case, another submarines, airplanes, hospitals you name it. My biggest gripe is that it's not that big, there are only a few worlds but I suppose one of the big talking points is that it's not ponderously long game but to me FO4 wasn't that either, only jubisoft megagames like ac odyssey, later far crys etc would fit that description. Origins didn't even fit that, Just Cause games would if you are dull enough to play them past the main story, or at all really. People say it's very generic but that's just because it doesn't have the lineage of FO etc if they make sequel it would have that and be rated better. But yeah the story wasn't about characters it was about dystopian space corporations so characters are largely forgettable. These big devs are just neo-marxists, antichristians and purveyors of time wasting mind control products. You can see the SJW aspects in these types of games all over the place.… Expand
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. WCM320
    Oct 24, 2020
    5
    I'm actually rather disappointed that I have to give this game a 5 out of 10.
    It should be noted that I'm not the kind of person who likes to or tends to overhype Games. But this was disappointing even from the perspective of what I was expecting.
    The game was Overhyped and that's not its fault, people really nostalgia goggle New Vegas hard so this game was always going to have that    I'm actually rather disappointed that I have to give this game a 5 out of 10.
    It should be noted that I'm not the kind of person who likes to or tends to overhype Games. But this was disappointing even from the perspective of what I was expecting.

    The game was Overhyped and that's not its fault, people really nostalgia goggle New Vegas hard so this game was always going to have that issue.

    But the game itself has.
    Boring gameplay, this is a FPS with more or less the same system as New Vegas which was a poor FPS system then and its a worse one now, the AI is also basically useless. The game world is interesting but shallow, with about 20 hours of gameplay if you go to everything. And it's pretty technically bad, if this was a small indy studio I would be nicer to it. But its not.

    People keep forgetting that Obsidion is a mid sized professional game studio.    … Expand
  19. Bozonini
    Oct 13, 2020
    9
    Outer worlds is more a book then a game. Its a "walking simulator" with some shooter elements. Its NOT a sandbox like Bethesda games.
    This game doesn't have what Fallout have but has something fallout 3 and 4 do not have - an amazing writing and dialogues! This game made me laugh so hard and get sad out of compassion.
    You should buy this game if you like interesting RPG dialogues,    Outer worlds is more a book then a game. Its a "walking simulator" with some shooter elements. Its NOT a sandbox like Bethesda games.
    This game doesn't have what Fallout have but has something fallout 3 and 4 do not have - an amazing writing and dialogues! This game made me laugh so hard and get sad out of compassion.

    You should buy this game if you like interesting RPG dialogues, making decisions and indie RPGs because this game does feel like an indie game.

    9/10    … Expand
  20. PBrann88
    Sep 21, 2020
    7
    The game has its problems but overall its an rpg that is well worth playing through, certainly not a fallout killer though!
  21. 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
  22. Meeleepit
    Oct 31, 2019
    7
    Fun game, funny characters and a nice scifi world to explore. This game is best enjoyed on hard mode. Really enjoying this game. Well done obsidian.
  23. 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.
  24. bumamun
    Oct 7, 2020
    7
    If you are a fan of good old RPSs, it's your choice. I spend 30 hours in and enjoying it rly bad.
    As we sad: "It's not the best choice - It's Spacer's Choice!".
  25. 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.
  26. commstarbase
    Oct 2, 2020
    7
    I really wanted to LOVE this game, but somehow it just doesn't capture me to keep going. It's mostly fine! Which maybe is the real issue? It feels way too easy, light on the roleplaying, and while combat can be somewhat satisfying, the weapon diversity isn't enough to keep me coming back. Some of the locales are fun, but they haven't been enough to keep me engaged in the experience.
  27. Traxillion
    Sep 29, 2020
    7
    Marred by some lazy design, a boring story, and a bland setting this RPG falls short from greatness.
  28. 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
  29. 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.
  30. honest_rev7
    Sep 24, 2020
    6
    So yea, I liked Parvati a lot and Vicar Max, I didn't like Felix but that's ok.

    It's a very safe game still. While your sidekicks are neat and your talking ship is nifty, NPC's are all very much "safe". Nobody says or does anything outrageous or surpiring. It's not too bad, but it's all just very safe, it doesn't push the envelope. At least Parvati and Vicar Max weren't obnoxious, I    So yea, I liked Parvati a lot and Vicar Max, I didn't like Felix but that's ok.

    It's a very safe game still. While your sidekicks are neat and your talking ship is nifty, NPC's are all very much "safe". Nobody says or does anything outrageous or surpiring. It's not too bad, but it's all just very safe, it doesn't push the envelope.

    At least Parvati and Vicar Max weren't obnoxious, I enjoyed their company.

    World itself is just kinda predicatble srry. Still, your sidekicks are better than Anthem where you have no sidekicks but a bunch of zombies with you in Fort Tarsis.

    Some likeable sidekicks, and some lighthearted banter, the world is just...eh...

    Could have implemented some romance options?? That would have elevated this game. But you played it safe. So six 4 U. Thank u next.    … Expand
  31. 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
  32. 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.
  33. boddhisattva
    Sep 12, 2020
    8
    Great game. It does basically everything better than Fallout 3, 4, and especially 76.
  34. 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
  35. ChiefInvicta
    Sep 1, 2020
    9
    I had almost lost hope that a company could make a compelling game in this day of micro-transactions but Obsidian does a AA game that has delivered so much more than the latest batch of AAA games.
  36. crazyking321
    Aug 31, 2020
    6
    This is not a bad game but this is not a super game, I would prefer to play fallout NV or fallout 3 / 4 over this.

    It has a very short story with a lot of side missions what felt like main part of this game, It had no characters what gave any lasting impression, But the combat is fun you can do a lot of the game just by talking your way through what is a nice change and the story is    This is not a bad game but this is not a super game, I would prefer to play fallout NV or fallout 3 / 4 over this.

    It has a very short story with a lot of side missions what felt like main part of this game, It had no characters what gave any lasting impression, But the combat is fun you can do a lot of the game just by talking your way through what is a nice change and the story is just good enough to make me keep going to the end.    … Expand
  37. Solidsphere
    Aug 26, 2020
    10
    I had a lot of fun with this game. Really enjoyed the combat and story. I found the quests, even the side quests I did to be interesting and engaging.
  38. leontas2007
    Aug 24, 2020
    9
    Let's start simple. For all the people expecting and huge mind-blowing rpg with every single choice that matters with complex ways to finish each quest. Please stop play video games and play a pen and paper rpg. Now for anyone still that believes that it is possible to create a decent rpg on pc. Then you don't really know what an rpg is, go and play baldur's gate and leave us alone.

    Now    Let's start simple. For all the people expecting and huge mind-blowing rpg with every single choice that matters with complex ways to finish each quest. Please stop play video games and play a pen and paper rpg. Now for anyone still that believes that it is possible to create a decent rpg on pc. Then you don't really know what an rpg is, go and play baldur's gate and leave us alone.

    Now about Outer worlds.

    Leveling system.
    You do stuff you get xp. As long as you use your skills (lockpicking, persuading etc) you get xp to level up. After you level up you choose to what skills you want to allocate your xp points.
    Pretty simple stuff here. There are bonuses with one perk per 2 levels and 1 perk per flaw.
    You can accept a flaw if you want while you are playing the game.
    eg. you took fall damage too many times you can have the cripple flaw and get a bonus perk.

    This way you can sort of roleplay if this is your thing but personally I find funny to roleplay on a video game.

    Dialogues:
    The characters are colorful and full of charm in my opinion. Every character has something to say in their own perspective and give you a good look on what the world has become.
    Skill play small role here as you can unlock shortcuts and benefits through intimidation, persuasion, or lie.

    Gameplay:
    For me there are two parts in this game. You talk a lot and then you shoot a lot. The talking part is like a Bethesda game just a little more in depth. You can actually talk down to others and make your job harder or just not take a path the game is set to you. An example is that one of my companions asked me a favor and when we got there I didn't like the quest giver, I was negative to everything he said, in the end I shoot him on the head, killed his entire gang and left his base, simply because I hated him and I didn't want to do his dirty work for him.
    It doesn't change much, but there are some choices here and there.

    The shooting part is really well made us well. Depending on your skills there are different ways to fight, personally I didn't find it difficult, it was just fun. Your companions have different skills and there are synergies depending on which companion you choose to bring with you.

    Graphics:
    The graphics are fine, if you don't like them, then you are the reason that games nowdays are **** It's better to have mediocore graphics and good gameplay than AAAAAAAA+++ graphics and garbage gameplay.

    Bugs:
    I haven't had a single problem with the game.

    Level design:
    Really nice and compact, instead of having a huge empty map to explore and find nothing at all. Outer worlds has places for you to see in a nice small compact map, divided with building and planets.

    The bottom-line:

    The game is as good as it gets with the budget and time they had.

    Is it an rpg? Yes, if you think rpgs are levels and skills. No, if you have played a real pen and paper rpg.

    Does it worth the money? Definitely, if you like bethesda games (and you are not a crybaby who thinks it's better that anyone because you have played old schools rpgs) and have fun shooting stuff while having a some control on choices.

    What's that? you played the game and you didn't liked it? Such life, this is how things work in this world, not everything is for everyone.    … Expand
  39. Lucianeitor1
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The outer worlds is the best game i played this year, it has good controls, good graphics, excellents mechanics and the good thing is that the npc's are not as robotic as in fallout 4 and 76 (and that i love fallout)… Expand
  40. Crisener
    Aug 19, 2020
    8
    The mechanics of this game may not be the the most innovative or engaging and they would still need some work to be really great but they do support the atmosphere of a serious RPG game that doesn't mean to mess around. Most importantly though, they do support the charming narrative, well fleshed out characters, and climatic, comically fitting dialogue. The most confusing part of this gameThe mechanics of this game may not be the the most innovative or engaging and they would still need some work to be really great but they do support the atmosphere of a serious RPG game that doesn't mean to mess around. Most importantly though, they do support the charming narrative, well fleshed out characters, and climatic, comically fitting dialogue. The most confusing part of this game is the unbalanced quality of graphics, so let's hope Obsidian will release sequels to improve on it and explore this game's universe full potential, as it seems to still have some of its original space glamour left, just waiting to be discovered.… Expand
  41. MarcioCavalcant
    Aug 18, 2020
    5
    DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE TRAILERS! This game is mediocre!

    I bought this game on EGS with an awesome discount code coupon + regional pricing, and the great price I got is the only thing that makes me not regret buying this game! First things first: the dialogues are mostly amazing in this game. If this game was supposed to be only a dialogue simulator, I would probably rate it 9/10.    DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE TRAILERS! This game is mediocre!

    I bought this game on EGS with an awesome discount code coupon + regional pricing, and the great price I got is the only thing that makes me not regret buying this game!

    First things first: the dialogues are mostly amazing in this game. If this game was supposed to be only a dialogue simulator, I would probably rate it 9/10.
    But this is not.
    This was advertised as a FPS/RPG that had at least a minimally deep trope but it all just came out as one of the most hypocritical and shallow plot argument that I've ever seen in any RPG game. It is filled with teeganer edgyness in what could actually be some valid points on their arguments of anticorporations or anti-anarcocapitalism, but then the game goes against itself bringing "cool edgy" anarchists who fight against capitalism, yo! And all that with the most shallow arguments ever, which are the ones coming from ignorance of people that confuse capitalism with anarco-capitalism and welfare state with socialism (or communism). Too bad the plot argument creator of this game clealy missed his science politics classes.
    The FPS is also very weak - not only because it is clunky but also because there are less than 10 different kinds of guns and the general weapon upgrades are way too limited.

    With all that edgyness and shallow arguments one can easily understand how blatantly weak is the plot.    … Expand
  42. Umadbro
    Aug 17, 2020
    7
    It doesn't do anything new but what it does is solid enough up to the end. If it was a little bigger and with a bit more variety it could be great, so maybe if it gets sequel one day.
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. Cyan-Aid
    Aug 7, 2020
    5
    As a fan of Obsidian and Fallout: New Vegas, I was wholeheartedly disappointed by the game.

    Full disclosure, I have only played the game through the first area but after having started multiple times I quickly find myself losing interest. Everything just felt completely "meh" and I was having a lot of "been there, done that" moments. The combat is extremely limited and basic. You can    As a fan of Obsidian and Fallout: New Vegas, I was wholeheartedly disappointed by the game.

    Full disclosure, I have only played the game through the first area but after having started multiple times I quickly find myself losing interest. Everything just felt completely "meh" and I was having a lot of "been there, done that" moments.

    The combat is extremely limited and basic. You can shoot, you can do a little sidestep hop (which accomplishes nothing), you can slow down time for a few seconds, and there are some very basic stealth mechanics. Combat often devolves into frustratingly frantic affairs where you are often up against several enemies with half-baked AI (this includes your AI companions) and you just keep shooting until things are dead and mash the heal key when your HP falls low. Enemy groups are often oriented in a way in which a stealth approach isn't viable and you will be lucky to KO a single target before the group is alerted. The time slow mechanic is nice but very limited and rarely seemed to be useful.

    Remember No Bark from FO:NV? Remember Mr. Fantastic? I never ran into ANY NPC that had half that amount of personality in Outer Worlds in the small time I could tolerate it. Some of the companions seemed like they could be interesting but I also personally prefer the lone wolf approach to these games so I didn't spend much time chatting with them.    … Expand
  47. Pikathulhu
    Jul 26, 2020
    5
    Every aspect of this game is botched. Once you get past the hype, there is nothing that this game offers. Combat is too easy, skills don't matter, the story is painfully boring, you can beat the main quest in literally a couple of hours if you wanted to ignore the rest, etc.

    This is a genuinely bad game. All of its predecessors are better, including even Fallout 4, which was also bad.
  48. Xvatch
    Jul 24, 2020
    0
    Absolutely nothing on Fallout at all, incredibly basic and everything is OP.
  49. grit7
    Jul 23, 2020
    8
    I thought I'd never feel like I used to when playing Fallout New Vegas or Mass Effect, but I did. The game is not perfect, nor it has a quality of other big AAA titles but we get a great single player story-oriented space RPG which we lack so much right now. Per aspera ad astra!
  50. SAMF2000
    Jul 22, 2020
    8
    After Hearing This Game was made by the same people as Fallout :New Vegas I was very excited to try this title. As the game Began , I had flashback of fallout 4 and was wondering if obsidian did that on purpose or was it a coincidence. ? Regardless as the game begins it gives you a quick tutorial in the basic mechanics and controls. dialogue options are great and lets you go deep into theAfter Hearing This Game was made by the same people as Fallout :New Vegas I was very excited to try this title. As the game Began , I had flashback of fallout 4 and was wondering if obsidian did that on purpose or was it a coincidence. ? Regardless as the game begins it gives you a quick tutorial in the basic mechanics and controls. dialogue options are great and lets you go deep into the lore of the world your in. graphics are a mixed bag. the World itself is not photo realistic but has an artistic quality between No mans sky and Fallout NV... Where the graphics seem out of place is the enemies mostly creatures that almost look comical . imagine a giant bright blow up green plastic alligator that you plucked out of your swimming pool...place it in the world and thats basically it. very out of place...creatures should have been made with better colors and textures...overall gameplay is stable and fun although ive only played about 10 hours. Worth a buy if you liked New Vegas you will enjoy this...… Expand
  51. Lixons1
    Jul 21, 2020
    5
    A good looking, fallout like adventure RPG game with choice options, create your own story.
    At least this is what the trailer was telling us. I will not lie, the game glued me to the chair, i was exciting to play it, i wanted to explore every bit of map, do every missions.
    But sooner or later you will start noticing that the game lacks content, although while gametime wise it can be a    A good looking, fallout like adventure RPG game with choice options, create your own story.
    At least this is what the trailer was telling us. I will not lie, the game glued me to the chair, i was exciting to play it, i wanted to explore every bit of map, do every missions.
    But sooner or later you will start noticing that the game lacks content, although while gametime wise it can be a fine 30-40 hours or more, but there's really not much.
    The game has like 10-15 generic NPC faces (what is slightly change by hair color and such), and maybe only some story related character's face can be remembered.
    The goomd soon falls in the boring, because you meet with the same enemy, the same loot, the same buildinds, structures, the same animals on every planets, the loot is also starts to be boring because there are like 10 different gun and the rest is the same, just the name and properties differ.

    It would be a good game, you can choose between the better and the worse side what is casual but at least you have a choice, but soon you will just do the missions for achievement or completion wise, not because you care. The planets are abandoned, plain, After a while you just jump from fast travel point to another to do fetch quests, watch loading screens half the time. The skill tree is lacking creativity. After choosing 2-3 perks i didn't care about it anymore because none of them made too much usefullness, and the fighting system is very weak, the AI is not soo bright.

    I recommend it to those who likes discovering and adventures in places or just the Fallout feeling, but those who looks for complicated story, RPG it's not the game you are looking for.
    As an Xbox Gameplus game it worths it.    … Expand
  52. apiro
    Jul 10, 2020
    9
    This is Fallout New Vegas without bugs on launch (or at least I have not encountered any).
  53. lautaropw
    Jul 6, 2020
    6
    I love RPG's, I love open-worlds (Or semi in this case), and I love Obsidian. I don't get why I don't like this game, It's all there, I couldn't even finish It because of how bored I was.
  54. Sabastionf
    Jul 5, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is overall amazing. I loved every moment of playing it. The only downside is i feel like the story is very short. I wish it was longer.… Expand
  55. The_Eleatic
    Jul 5, 2020
    8
    I didn't take to this game, at first. I started playing at launch and, about eight hours in, simply lost interest. The review I wrote at that time is below.

    Nine months later, I've given the game another chance, playing it through from beginning to end. It's more engaging and more satisfying than I had thought. I've come to appreciate that the story is modest in its scope and ambition,    I didn't take to this game, at first. I started playing at launch and, about eight hours in, simply lost interest. The review I wrote at that time is below.

    Nine months later, I've given the game another chance, playing it through from beginning to end. It's more engaging and more satisfying than I had thought. I've come to appreciate that the story is modest in its scope and ambition, entirely self-contained (no sequel-bait here), and reasonably well crafted. I'm just not sure it will linger long in my memory.

    The game mechanics, visual style, and exploration potential of the game are serviceable.

    With this revision, I'm also changing my rating from 5/10 to 8/10. It's a good game, though I don't think it's a great one.
    _____________
    Previous review:

    The best thing I can say about The Outer Worlds is that it is no less than a competently constructed RPG. The very worst I can say is that it is no more than a competently constructed RPG.

    It looks okay, all the various mechanics work as well as they need to, but it somehow fails to engage the imagination. Eight hours in, I'm having trouble finding the motivation to continue.

    There isn't one big reason for this, as far as I can tell, but a number of little things that are pushing me away, preventing any kind of immersion or emotional engagement:

    - the overall look of the game is flat and dull; it's not actually ugly, in that brownish-greenish New Vegas kind of way, just not very interesting;
    - related to this, the landscapes and buildings are small and spare, almost to the point of being simplistic; there's nothing here that calls me to explore, nothing to inspire wonder;
    - the style of the architecture, clothing, and technological devices is cute, but entirely derivative; it comes across as a strange mix of Bioshock Infinite and Firefly; the dining area on the Unreliable is a ringer for the dining area on Serenity, and - with all due respect to the voice-acting talents of Ashly Burch - the character of Parvati is essentially a discount Kaylee;
    - possibly major characters are introduced in off-hand and perfunctory ways, and we're given no reason to really care about them at all;
    - the story is a paint-by-the-numbers corporate-dystopia affair, even more broad and ham-handed in its satire than the Fallout franchise - or even the Borderlands franchise; again, there's little here that's novel or compelling or revelatory;
    - choices do seem to shape the story, but the writing is such that I never feel the weight of them, perhaps again because I'm given so little reason to care what happens to any of these people.

    To weigh in on the inescapable comparison, I found Fallout 4 to be in many ways less competent in its execution than The Outer Worlds, but far, far more engaging. I happily poured hundreds of hours into romping around the Commonwealth, bugs and wonky mechanics and all, but I'll have to grit my teeth to get through 30 hours in the Halcyon Colony.    … Expand
  56. Molasdin
    Jul 5, 2020
    1
    Dull soulless world. Fills like plastic. Distracting humour - makes world looking like stage in some satiric play. Ugly characters.
  57. robrat
    Jul 4, 2020
    10
    Well Paced Story driven RPG game. great graphics and atmospheric sound..

    This game is NOT on rails. make you choices and play the way you want to.

    Risque and humour give an adult feel to the game. Jokes are actually funny and lots of surprises.
  58. 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.
  59. Kotofon
    Jul 2, 2020
    7
    The Outer Worlds — новая однопользовательская научно-фантастическая ролевая игра с видом от первого лица, над которой работают Obsidian Entertainment и Private Division.

    В The Outer Worlds вы пробуждаетесь после гибернации на корабле поселенцев, пропавшем по пути к Альциону — самой дальней земной колонии на краю галактики. Вы оказываетесь в центре масштабного заговора, который угрожает    The Outer Worlds — новая однопользовательская научно-фантастическая ролевая игра с видом от первого лица, над которой работают Obsidian Entertainment и Private Division.

    В The Outer Worlds вы пробуждаетесь после гибернации на корабле поселенцев, пропавшем по пути к Альциону — самой дальней земной колонии на краю галактики. Вы оказываетесь в центре масштабного заговора, который угрожает существованию всей колонии. Созданный вами персонаж сможет повлиять на ход этой истории, исследуя глубины космоса и встречая многочисленные группировки, которые сражаются за власть. В системе уравнений корпоративной колонии возникает новая непредсказуемая переменная — это вы.    … Expand
  60. Kururu303
    Jun 30, 2020
    10
    Il gioco non è perfetto, ma ci tengo a dargli un voto così alto per avermi finalmente regalato una bella avventura gdr come non si vedeva da Fallout New Vegas. Il combat system è limitato ma divertente e i dialoghi sono la parte sicuramente migliore. Non vedo l'ora del nuovo capitolo!
  61. Smymor
    Jun 26, 2020
    8
    Is a good game, a good FPS game, as an RPG I found it most lacking in content. There is no reason to go back to previous planets as there is nothing more to do. Cities are small and mostly 3 or 4 quests and you're done, up to the next.

    Exploring is almost non existent, only one or two planet is big enough to explore, but there are not secrets or anything really interesting to see out of    Is a good game, a good FPS game, as an RPG I found it most lacking in content. There is no reason to go back to previous planets as there is nothing more to do. Cities are small and mostly 3 or 4 quests and you're done, up to the next.

    Exploring is almost non existent, only one or two planet is big enough to explore, but there are not secrets or anything really interesting to see out of the normal questing areas.

    Campaign is good, Story goes very fast but is interesting enough, the characters are nice, but as everything goes so fast you really didn't know them to dept, maybe one or two of the companions. for most of NPC, you see them 1 or 2 times and that's it.

    I really like the looks of the game, there is a good variety of weapons looks, even if many play the same. Armors not so much, the major part are just recolors, so there are like 2 armor models, some clothes and that's it. That really doesn't matter at the end because the game is mostly FPP so you never see your character, only in equipment window (And if you're using a helmet, you will never see his/her face or hair for the rest of the game).

    As an RPG it lacks a lot, is too short, there's nothing to do outside of the main and some secondary quests (not much of them), replayability is very low, (maybe experience the two of the most different endings), and you will complete everything in 20-25 hours, including secondary quests and going unhurried.

    So, i'm giving the game the score as an FPS guided with some nice story, is enjoyable, and very fun to play (Love the humor).    … Expand
  62. Bottlecaps
    Jun 24, 2020
    8
    after finishing the outer worlds all i could think was " wow no wonder everyone thinks this game is great" but then i come on metacritic and see how much people hate it ????? did we play the same game ? decidedly not as i'm sure most of the poor reviews played on easy mode as i played on easy first and got so bored i quit the game. supernova difficulty is what this game was designed forafter finishing the outer worlds all i could think was " wow no wonder everyone thinks this game is great" but then i come on metacritic and see how much people hate it ????? did we play the same game ? decidedly not as i'm sure most of the poor reviews played on easy mode as i played on easy first and got so bored i quit the game. supernova difficulty is what this game was designed for and if you don't play it on that difficulty you will be disappointed. not only that The outer worlds is NOT FALLOUT but is an open world RPG like fallout it is very easy to compare the outer worlds and fallout 3,nv and 4 . but please take it as its own thing it has its flaws sure and fallout dose do somethings better but the outer worlds is leagues better in other things.

    Story: the story is somewhat basic and what you would expect ......at first there is a lot of choice and directions the story can go based on your choices ( like how a good rpg should) how you treat your crew , who you help , who you kill , who you negotiate with ect ect , now for me i saved halcyon with phineas welles , nyoka and felix died on me in the final boss fight but the rest of the crew survived. the game has a slide show ending detailing how all of your decisions turned out in the long run ( much like fallout nv) for an rpg with branching story trees is a good move. over all i think the story is well written and paced , bogged down by some cliches here and there and some predictable quests but makes up for them by being mostly self aware and not afraid to poke fun at it self
    Story: 8.7/10

    World building: honestly this is the best part of the game and this genre/style of game the world in the outer worlds is fantastic and mirrors our own so well. capitalism has run rampant in a place where starvation and feral wild life out to kill ya and then those who are so desperate they become raiders those who will kill you for a scrap of leather everything has a place in this world. you are a wild card and people treat you like one. you are just as much a part of this world as they are though but you aren't brain washed like the rest of the residents. every planet has its own ecosystem and human condition , terra 1 has frontier towns , a big city and secret labs , terra 2 is a lawless place and has very few people besides those who were abandoned there , or tartarus the prison planet , the world is so well thought out and everything down to what items are where seems to be thought of.
    World building: 10/10

    Graphics: this game looks pretty good , im much less impressed by its graphics than i am the rest of the game. the art direction is good but the tech doesn't really keep up with it. with on exception , The sky textures no skys look better than the outer worlds they are truly beautiful. animations are stiff and reused a lot witch bugged me a little as it lessens the variety of the game and makes it feel cheap. it is nevertheless a game with visual character , its look stands out thanks to its art direction of retro futurism meets modern day capitalism
    Graphics:7.5/10

    Gameplay: to play the game you will have to forgive it for a lot of clunk with everything else this game does right it is easy to forgive its bare bones copypasta combat. on supernova you need to use enough tactics to make it feel like a challenge but on easier difficulty it's a breeze to get through just point and click. the choices and dynamically changing story saves this game from being a bore all together. but its an obsidian RPG made in the same style as fallout and fallout is not known for its thrilling fps combat. is it better than new vegas , YES the studio has improved and that's all you really need to know any improvement should be praised . it just feels like the game gets in its own way sometimes
    Gameplay 6.8/10

    Sound design : big disappointment here the voice acting for the companions and main characters are find but the rest is just good Enough , again better than new vegas but not really up to the industry standard. gun sounds are good though especially the plasmas or lazer guns but i think the music was forgettable i don't know any of the individual tracks even now thinking about it except for the final rush , but i do know the music always fit the mood and that in video games is important enough
    Sound design:6/10

    8.7+10+7.5+6.8+6=39
    395= 7.8/10

    this game is very good for rpg players , for first person shooter players use to spectacle not so much , it is a welcome addition to my library of games. i enjoyed the game thoroughly even if i did forgive a lot of its flaws , flaws i think can be easily ironed out in the eventual sequel because it deserves one    … Expand
  63. Svetlendrius
    Jun 19, 2020
    7
    Not bad RPG, good pumping, nice shooting, not bad teammates, normal quests, interesting weapons, well optimized, with good graphics, solid, but not enticing plot.
  64. 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.
  65. zzz_DeV1L_zzz
    Jun 6, 2020
    6
    An interesting idea, gameplay, but a terrible and very short story, unfortunately 6.
  66. Leagars
    Jun 3, 2020
    9
    Very solid story and classic "fallout" RPG scheme - what should be even better?
  67. Karp
    May 29, 2020
    8
    I disagree with the negative reviews. Money well spent. Thoroughly enjoyed to the game. It really put the hook in me. Art, textures, voice acting and dialogue all met or exceeded my expectations. Please continue developing this as a series.
  68. Boyar
    May 26, 2020
    8
    Старомодная, крепко сбитая ролевая игра не без недостатков. Но некоторые вещи в век штампованных пародий на рпг уже удивляют, хотя еще десять лет назад это было в порядке вещей. Хорошая, качественная игра, в которой приятно находиться. Обсидиан снова делают игру с "квестами", а не с помойными "заданиями" вида "сходи и убей всех", предостаточно разговорных квестов, а диалоги в игре отличноСтаромодная, крепко сбитая ролевая игра не без недостатков. Но некоторые вещи в век штампованных пародий на рпг уже удивляют, хотя еще десять лет назад это было в порядке вещей. Хорошая, качественная игра, в которой приятно находиться. Обсидиан снова делают игру с "квестами", а не с помойными "заданиями" вида "сходи и убей всех", предостаточно разговорных квестов, а диалоги в игре отлично исполнены… Expand
  69. 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.
  70. Elidion
    May 24, 2020
    4
    Really good quests and bad action. and no one positive man characters, wtf?
  71. ferrydune
    May 21, 2020
    5
    I was really excited about this game, as Fallout New Vegas and KOTOR 2, both from Obsidian, are two of my all-time favorite games. And boy was I disappointed! It is a poor imitation of New Vegas, in space. In bullet points:
    - The inventory system is horrible. Midway through the game I stopped swapping the weapons and armor of my character and those of the NPCs and I stopped opening any    I was really excited about this game, as Fallout New Vegas and KOTOR 2, both from Obsidian, are two of my all-time favorite games. And boy was I disappointed! It is a poor imitation of New Vegas, in space. In bullet points:
    - The inventory system is horrible. Midway through the game I stopped swapping the weapons and armor of my character and those of the NPCs and I stopped opening any containers for loot. Also, every nook and corner in the game is full of loot containers, it is crazy.

    - The story is bland. You can still get a taste of the good writing Obsidian is known for, but the overall story so uninteresting and your protagonist is so lacking in background that you simply don't care. The NPCs were also mostly one-dimensional caricatures: the sweet, insecure engineer, the drunk boisterous hunter, the swashbuckler doctor and so on. There wasn't a single piece of dialog with them that interested me. Compare this to the NPC interaction on KOTOR 2 for instance.

    - The combat is in a CRPG for me very secondary, however I still found it extremely tedious here. You keep on fighting three types of enemies, they all have similar tactics, you only click the left mouse button....

    - The gameworld (physical interiors and exteriors plus politics, belief system etc.) is very shallow. Except for some colorful exteriors all of the graphics seemed to be copied from KOTOR. The socioeconomic and political structure is one-dimensional. All your decisions as the protagonist fall somewhere within this single dimension.

    - The abilities you and the NPCs obtain are, in my opinion, pretty much irrelevant to gameplay. I spent some points on speech skills early on, afterwards starting distributed them randomly. The perks are basically useless. I never used a single companion ability.

    Overall, Obsidian simply repeated itself instead of coming with some innovative and new concepts, regarding storytelling, game design, role playing, player advancement etc. It is a pity that in 15 years they did not move the bar one bit.    … Expand
  72. mantips
    May 19, 2020
    7
    I feel a little weird rating a game I haven't finished--but that's exactly the problem. I was intrigued by the opening world with its morally ambiguous choices, funny dialogue, all mixed in with combat. But then somehow the game devolved into a never ending sequence of fetch quests, backtracks, and boring dialogue with characters I do not care about. The companions are reasonably wellI feel a little weird rating a game I haven't finished--but that's exactly the problem. I was intrigued by the opening world with its morally ambiguous choices, funny dialogue, all mixed in with combat. But then somehow the game devolved into a never ending sequence of fetch quests, backtracks, and boring dialogue with characters I do not care about. The companions are reasonably well written, but I care so little about the locals it hurts. The combat is also really low quality. It is slow, floaty, lacks impact, and the AI is truly horrible. The level of immersion is also very low--inside a space ship where multiple people have referenced how dangerous it is to fire a gun? Well, go ahead and shoot at the giant window. Absolutely nothing happens. No explosive decompression, no gasps of horror, no reaction from the security force. After leveling up dialogue, I can talk my way out of every possible situation, until I can't, then the combat is bad. So I'm stuck either avoiding combat, in which case the game might as well be a novel, or I don't, and I slog through boring combat with no enemy variety or good AI. The one positive is that the hammer is kinda funny at first. I spent 40 bucks on this, and after 16 hours, I'm genuinely disappointed. It takes a lot for me to uninstall a game I paid good money for, but somehow this game did it.… Expand
  73. tbick
    May 19, 2020
    6
    A textbook definition of wasted potential. While nothing in the game was truly bad (I was genuinely having fun at points), combat was dull and mediocre, the dialogue was fine and yet unremarkable (not good enough to carry the game), and the world, while beautiful and full of possibility, ends up feeling very shallow and empty, honestly, due to a lack of things to do. What a shame, as thisA textbook definition of wasted potential. While nothing in the game was truly bad (I was genuinely having fun at points), combat was dull and mediocre, the dialogue was fine and yet unremarkable (not good enough to carry the game), and the world, while beautiful and full of possibility, ends up feeling very shallow and empty, honestly, due to a lack of things to do. What a shame, as this game could have truly been a masterpiece, but ended up being nothing more than mediocre.… Expand
  74. 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
  75. wayrez
    May 14, 2020
    6
    The game could have had great potential but unfortunately due to lack of money and tight deadlines we got a rather boring and mediocre game. The plot is very simple. "Choice without choice" - that's what I want to say about rpg component of the game and quests in the game.
  76. Comradely
    May 14, 2020
    8
    If you're a fan of Fallout 1, 2 or New Vegas, this is a near-perfect follow-up from the same people involved in both Black Isle studios and Obsidian. Very neatly follows that tradition and the legacy they're known for. However, the ending to the main quest line feels quite abrupt to me. Not bad. Just abrupt and I sincerely hope they will release some Blood and Wine-size DLC for this gameIf you're a fan of Fallout 1, 2 or New Vegas, this is a near-perfect follow-up from the same people involved in both Black Isle studios and Obsidian. Very neatly follows that tradition and the legacy they're known for. However, the ending to the main quest line feels quite abrupt to me. Not bad. Just abrupt and I sincerely hope they will release some Blood and Wine-size DLC for this game to perhaps remedy this itch that it doesn't quite scratch.… Expand
  77. 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
  78. 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
  79. 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
  80. 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
  81. Piruz
    May 7, 2020
    9
    Let's be realistic, if we compare this to what we really do have today it is nearly ideal or at least excellent. Yes, it is not as big as you could expect, but it is maximum what could be done. And yes, Obsidian just made a fanservice game in new interesting universe with ease and crashed AAA projects. And it's not **** Vegas! If you have a brain that small that your only association isLet's be realistic, if we compare this to what we really do have today it is nearly ideal or at least excellent. Yes, it is not as big as you could expect, but it is maximum what could be done. And yes, Obsidian just made a fanservice game in new interesting universe with ease and crashed AAA projects. And it's not **** Vegas! If you have a brain that small that your only association is Vegas you should not share your priceless opinion, please.… Expand
  82. OoohSoShiny
    May 7, 2020
    6
    I expected a game in the range of Fallout New Vegas and Mass Effect - Outer Worlds seemed to aim to target that action-RPG niché, which was left unsatisfied since Mass Effect 3.

    The graphics are nice and colorful, the combat, for the most part, was fluent and without major problems. The voice acting (English) was decent enough, so the game had lots of potential to be very immersive.    I expected a game in the range of Fallout New Vegas and Mass Effect - Outer Worlds seemed to aim to target that action-RPG niché, which was left unsatisfied since Mass Effect 3.

    The graphics are nice and colorful, the combat, for the most part, was fluent and without major problems. The voice acting (English) was decent enough, so the game had lots of potential to be very immersive.

    Immersion:
    Sadly, this potential was not tapped into. The first city was probably the most fun in the entire game, with minor surprises, believable characters, and overall design. Over the course of the game, it deteriorated away to nothing, sadly. This is enhanced by the fact that the game has a very forgettable soundtrack.
    The companions stayed flat and boring, of which only two of the six have a meaningful storyline, the same problems were repeated over and over again, and the most obvious solutions were always the best ones.

    Even though the game wants to make you think that you have a choice, it really doesn't matter. To verify this, I killed the entire first town in a second playthrough right off the start, and it had virtually no impact on any of the following dialogs. Going so far as using the information you would've gotten from a character can still be used, even though I never talked to them.

    This led to the fact that I had the deepest bond in the entire game was made with my weapons, which leads to:

    RPG Elements
    The potential for your character customization at the start is great. You have a decent array of skills and perks. Perks are usually gained every couple levels. Sometimes you get the neat option to get a "flaw", a decrease in stats in certain situations for a bonus perk point, which was probably the most fun idea in the entire game, gameplaywise. Contrary to New Vegas or Mass effect, the new Dialogueoptions you get via skill points and level are very minor, and has the most effect on

    Combat:
    As stated, the combat was fluent and solid for the most part. But it is very soured by the fact that there are only 5 different kinds of enemies, which all have the same ~5 subclasses. (Brawler, ranged fighter, support, Boss, etc.) - with only one major bossfight with unique mechanics in the entire game.

    This makes combat really repetitive. And since you're "encouraged" by the tinkering tool, which gives you the option to enhance a weapon by pumping bits (the currency) into it, and the fact that you spend skillpoints to be better with certain weapons, you usually stick with very few weapons over the course of the game.

    Conclusion:
    Overall, the game just feels unfinished. Even though I had my fair share of fun in certain situations, when I saw the ending credits, it moved nothing in me. From the start of the game until the very end nothing really changes, no big plot twists (Well they tried, obviously, it just left me uncaring).

    If you really, really have a ME/Fallout itch, this is at least a placebo. It is playable, but dont expect to get the same kind of investment out of it.    … Expand
  83. spitfire1769
    Apr 28, 2020
    5
    I am going to do this review by dividing it into pros and cons, and then giving an overall review.

    Pros- Writing is solid, with the dialogue and voice acting being great -Companions are fun and feel like real people -Settlements look like real people actually lived there -Multiple ways of going about doing one task -Solid story -Tons of ideas ripped from other games and slapped    I am going to do this review by dividing it into pros and cons, and then giving an overall review.

    Pros- Writing is solid, with the dialogue and voice acting being great
    -Companions are fun and feel like real people
    -Settlements look like real people actually lived there
    -Multiple ways of going about doing one task
    -Solid story
    -Tons of ideas ripped from other games and slapped into this one
    -Good soundtrack

    Cons- Very boring gunplay
    -Lack of good looting system
    -Game looks dated
    -Your choices just ultimately do not matter, it just comes with multiple ways to do one thing
    -Lack of affect of choices
    -No real reason for you to feel obliged to do the main story
    -Swarms upon swarms of bullet spongy enemies
    -Lack of things outside of settlements
    -Tons upon tons of fetch quests
    -The outside environment is an eyesore and is awful to play in. Swarms upon swarms of enemies wait for you there

    Overall: 5/10
    The game just feels rushed, with so much potential it almost falls flat. Th environments feel stale and old after 3 minutes of being in them. The outside environments are horrible to play in and look at. The fantastic writing and dialogue is overshadowed by this huge smudge of bad gameplay and it brings the whole game down.    … Expand
  84. geesloper
    Apr 24, 2020
    9
    This was a game where I was genuinely sad when it ended. It has an amazingly in-depth narrative where the player's choices matter, likeable and relatable characters, and enough character customisation to keep any RPG fan happy.
  85. Bitek
    Apr 22, 2020
    7
    This game is very much like Fallout because game mechanics are similar,graphics are similar, humor is Fallout like, load screens look like from Fallout.There is just a lot of resemblance to Fallout games. Which is not necessarily bad if you like Fallout. It is just more of the same with different story, characters and somehow more colorful graphics. There are tons of missions / sideThis game is very much like Fallout because game mechanics are similar,graphics are similar, humor is Fallout like, load screens look like from Fallout.There is just a lot of resemblance to Fallout games. Which is not necessarily bad if you like Fallout. It is just more of the same with different story, characters and somehow more colorful graphics. There are tons of missions / side missions to do, combat is cool, there are many different worlds to explore. companions are interesting and some of the conversations between them are hilarious. The game is good but it is not ground breaking. If you like Fallout type of games then you will enjoy Outerworlds.… Expand
  86. Shebetun
    Apr 21, 2020
    5
    Посредственность в боевке, дизайне квестов, структуре мира. Хотелось бы чего-то свежего и оригинального. Лучше перепойти New Vegas.
  87. Truthman
    Apr 18, 2020
    5
    This game is pretty good, but to me, it is a bit over-hyped.

    --Some things I like about the game are-- Has a good dialog system (How a dialog system SHOULD be) Has very decent graphics and cool things to check out and see Time dilation mechanic is awesome. Has a good level and perk system, although a bit LESS customizable then i'd like --Some things I don't like about the game    This game is pretty good, but to me, it is a bit over-hyped.

    --Some things I like about the game are--
    Has a good dialog system (How a dialog system SHOULD be)
    Has very decent graphics and cool things to check out and see
    Time dilation mechanic is awesome.
    Has a good level and perk system, although a bit LESS customizable then i'd like

    --Some things I don't like about the game are--
    Kind of trying to be like Boarderlands a bit too much.
    The enemies are SO dumb, is almost not even fun battling them.
    A lot of the women in the game are trying way too hard to be men.
    Pretty simple and linear quests.
    Npc's are a bit bland, and the voice acting is sub par.
    Feels like they were going for a little kid demographic.    … Expand
  88. 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.
  89. SgAkErRu
    Apr 15, 2020
    8
    Игра от Обсидианов. В целом, игра очень похожа на Fallout: New Vegas, несмотря на вырвиглазный цветастый космический сеттинг. Но, к сожалению, чувствуется какой-то самоповтор. Проблемы игры - чересчур стёбный сюжет, три категории огнестрельного оружия (три вида патронов, вроде бы пистолетный, автоматный и энергетический что ли, или типо того). А также самый главный минус в том, что играИгра от Обсидианов. В целом, игра очень похожа на Fallout: New Vegas, несмотря на вырвиглазный цветастый космический сеттинг. Но, к сожалению, чувствуется какой-то самоповтор. Проблемы игры - чересчур стёбный сюжет, три категории огнестрельного оружия (три вида патронов, вроде бы пистолетный, автоматный и энергетический что ли, или типо того). А также самый главный минус в том, что игра просто сделана наспех и не проработана как надо. Многого тут не хватает, много дверей закрыто, самих локаций не очень много и они маленькие, квестов тоже мало, да и какая-то у них недосказанность. Короче, если бы разрабы покарпели еще пару лет, было бы куда лучше, а так, сделали по-бырому и выпустили. Хотя саму игру проходил не отрываясь, на протяжении нескольких дней, но это больше не заслуга самой игры, а просто в тот момент особо не во что было играть из нормального, и было стойкое неприятное ощущение, что можно было сделать лучше, было стойкое ощущение, что игра не доделана, как будто я в какую-то большую демку играю. И я бы не сказал, что мне очень понравился сеттинг, но ничего так, он неплохой. Вот и все, что можно о игре сказать. Очень жаль, можно было намного круче.… Expand
  90. VanCrio
    Apr 14, 2020
    10
    After all they have been through, Obsidan deserves every dollar. This game is very good. It has its shortcomings, but it is not wasted money.
  91. RussianKeki4
    Apr 14, 2020
    8
    Игра не плохая, но и очень хорошей её не назвать. Разок пройти можно, но на второй она не тянет, несмотря на её вариативность прохождения и множество доп. квестов. Это не то чтобы Fallout на минималках, но до него всё равно не дотягивает (но немного). В целом разок посмотреть можно.Игра не плохая, но и очень хорошей её не назвать. Разок пройти можно, но на второй она не тянет, несмотря на её вариативность прохождения и множество доп. квестов. Это не то чтобы Fallout на минималках, но до него всё равно не дотягивает (но немного). В целом разок посмотреть можно.
  92. LaundrySauce15
    Apr 6, 2020
    8
    This is game is an instant classic and close to being a masterpiece, I would rate it a 8.5 if I could. The graphics are beautiful, I love the art style, it may look pretty similar to other games but there are some details that make it unique and gorgeous. The game play is fun sure it's not that original but it's still fun as hell, there are some mechanics that are kind of useless but, theyThis is game is an instant classic and close to being a masterpiece, I would rate it a 8.5 if I could. The graphics are beautiful, I love the art style, it may look pretty similar to other games but there are some details that make it unique and gorgeous. The game play is fun sure it's not that original but it's still fun as hell, there are some mechanics that are kind of useless but, they do not get in the way so it does not matter that much, the quests are nice however I don't like how sometimes you have to risk your life for a quests, and get the same reward as a different quest where you just had to do a small favor like ask someone out for someone, but this rarely happens. The story is alright it's not complex at all, but I can't say much about it since I'm only 10 hours in the game. The music is pretty bland nothing really memorable, but other than music the sound design is really good, and the voice acting is phenomenal so far. The characters are great I love almost all of the companions I've encountered so far. That about sums up my thoughts, great game if you love RPG's definitely play this, especially if you have the Xbox game pass.… Expand
  93. 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
  94. zaftgun
    Apr 4, 2020
    8
    Good story and game play. Character and the game world feels consistent and real. Great shooter RPG for a casual player like me.
  95. D3D11
    Mar 30, 2020
    6
    Technically it is not a bad game. It has interesting graphics, a just not so mediocre story line and an above average game mechanics. Nothing is so good at its own, but the mixture is excellent. The guys clearly have talents.

    My two biggest issues are the following: 1. Sudden FPS drops, which are very annoying. 2. The walking / fighting mechanics is seriously outdated. It is about    Technically it is not a bad game. It has interesting graphics, a just not so mediocre story line and an above average game mechanics. Nothing is so good at its own, but the mixture is excellent. The guys clearly have talents.

    My two biggest issues are the following:

    1. Sudden FPS drops, which are very annoying.

    2. The walking / fighting mechanics is seriously outdated. It is about 10 years old. You literally can not play the game after playing Far Cry 5-6, or Dying Light. This is a very big issue and it completely ruined the game for me. This is why I gave it a 6 score, and not 8.    … Expand
  96. 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.
  97. IgnacVonBojler
    Mar 28, 2020
    9
    I thorougly enjoyed the game.
    There are some issues with side missions. You can't pick more than one, like in TES. And if you want to finish everything, you are forced to be frolicking around to many times to be enjoyable.
    I'm really hoping for sequel... Maybe it's not best choice, but it's spacer's choice.
  98. The-best-gamer
    Mar 27, 2020
    9
    One of the Best Games of all time (in my opinion). No matter how much you don't like or don't like fallout or Destiny, I guarantee you will most likely like this game. The PVP is amazing, on normal mode It deferentially isn't the hardest as in my 20+ hours in the game I only redid a few levels or areas, no not the boss level at the end with the head of the board. The PVP is similar toOne of the Best Games of all time (in my opinion). No matter how much you don't like or don't like fallout or Destiny, I guarantee you will most likely like this game. The PVP is amazing, on normal mode It deferentially isn't the hardest as in my 20+ hours in the game I only redid a few levels or areas, no not the boss level at the end with the head of the board. The PVP is similar to Destiny 2, I don't know about the first destiny as I've never played that before but the gunplay is fun. The storyline and dialogue is pretty good as it was made by the same people that made Fallout New Vegas. I like the aspect that you can use your skills as dialogue and that you can lie etc. To summarise the game, good fun game that's similar to Fallout 4 and Destiny 2 with great visuals and gives you an all-around fun time.… Expand
  99. Avoltech
    Mar 25, 2020
    8
    The game was really good, but I felt it didn't take enough risks. Many of the choices aren't quite as substantial as they may seem. If you're into fully completing a game, you can easily do that, but a debatable complaint that I may mention is that the game doesn't give you a high enough level cap to fully exploit the skills set in the game. A lot of the armor and weapons are tooThe game was really good, but I felt it didn't take enough risks. Many of the choices aren't quite as substantial as they may seem. If you're into fully completing a game, you can easily do that, but a debatable complaint that I may mention is that the game doesn't give you a high enough level cap to fully exploit the skills set in the game. A lot of the armor and weapons are too repetitive, and it's almost as if the developers were too scared to take a chance, or maybe the development of the game was rushed. The only reason I'm giving this game an above average score is because if you are into story, this game definitely will give you one that will keep you at the edge of your seat.… Expand
  100. 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
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#42 Best PC Game of 2019
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#7 Most Discussed PC Game of 2019

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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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