The Outer Worlds

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  1. patriarchy
    Nov 21, 2019
    5
    It's basically a Fallout game dashed with some Mass Effect flair. It's real decent. Must check for sure, but not necessarily a must have.
  2. Haippari
    Nov 21, 2019
    4
    4/10 Very very overly hyped, extremely mediocre game. I'm glad i got this for free and didn't have to pay 60e only to get super disappointed. I would suggest you wait until you get it for 10-15e on some discount later on.
  3. justishar
    Nov 20, 2019
    3
    Tedious and disappointing. That sums up my experience with this game. I had some time off work and bought this game expecting to love it and play every day. I ended up having to grit my teeth through many parts and losing motivation altogether once I hit the final mission. There's nothing engaging about this game other than some moderately fun battles at a few points. I hate that I paidTedious and disappointing. That sums up my experience with this game. I had some time off work and bought this game expecting to love it and play every day. I ended up having to grit my teeth through many parts and losing motivation altogether once I hit the final mission. There's nothing engaging about this game other than some moderately fun battles at a few points. I hate that I paid $60 for this shallow husk of a game and don't recommend anyone to buy it.… Expand
  4. ultraviper
    Nov 20, 2019
    6
    Not quite fallout in space like has been hyped. Plagued by technical issues: textures and audio take way too long to load, even on a SSD. Many times I try to talk to a NPC they will stand there and stare awkwardly at me until all their textures and audio are loaded, which sometimes takes up to 20 seconds for some reason. Opening the map has the same issue, it will sit there with a loadingNot quite fallout in space like has been hyped. Plagued by technical issues: textures and audio take way too long to load, even on a SSD. Many times I try to talk to a NPC they will stand there and stare awkwardly at me until all their textures and audio are loaded, which sometimes takes up to 20 seconds for some reason. Opening the map has the same issue, it will sit there with a loading circle for many seconds before it shows up. The story is.. eh. There's a lack of conflict and urgency in the context of your character. You're just unfrozen and go around doing things for people. There's no big villain, no impending doom, etc. There is a main goal of unfreezing other people from your ship, but after 16 hours of playing so far, nobody else in the game world is trying to stop you, or even acts like they know about the quest to begin with.

    edit: I've found a workaround for the technical issues: turn on vsync. apparently my framerate was too high for audio and textures to load properly, which of course makes absolutely no sense...    … Expand
  5. PhilTheKrill
    Nov 19, 2019
    4
    straight up im gonna say to whoever is reading this. I do not recommend, very mediocre. (summary at bottom) Like most i got in expecting it to be like fallout (and ik it isnt, but thats not the big concern). right off the bat, I could tell that you really dont have any sense of direction in this game, quests are very unclear on specifics. Something else thats annoying is if you killstraight up im gonna say to whoever is reading this. I do not recommend, very mediocre. (summary at bottom) Like most i got in expecting it to be like fallout (and ik it isnt, but thats not the big concern). right off the bat, I could tell that you really dont have any sense of direction in this game, quests are very unclear on specifics. Something else thats annoying is if you kill someone that's part of a city and you don't know. tough **** Everyone in the city will start attacking you next time u go there, even if there were 0 witnesses to you killing that one random guy. The whole main questline is just so bad. Idk how to say it, it's very unclear on what it really is and it is just not captivating, modding weapons is lame too. Things you kill are either too easy or too ridiculously hard (like **** mantiqueens), no satisfaction in killing, most of the time you don't even need to kill you can just run past everything until they de-aggro. Nothing cool to collect really like bobble heads in fallout. A huge thing for me is how boring and unsatisfying lockpicking and hacking is. u just get a bunch of ''magpicks'' and if something needs like 5 magpicks to open, u use 5 and u just hold ''e'' for 5 seconds. super lame, no skill in it, no satisfaction.

    TL;DR: -Not clear on where to go for quests or any specifics
    -Mainquestline is boring, uncaptivating and just unclear, it doesn't make you wanna play it, but then exploration is also scuffed
    -If you kill someone important in some random place, the big city that he comes from will just attack you on sight next time, even if they have no witnesses of you killing that person and you didnt even know he was part of that city.
    -modding weapons and armor is pretty lame, the mods arent really that cool
    -things are either too ez or too hard to kill, not satisfying at all
    -nothing cool to collect like bobbleheads in fallout
    -Lockpicking and hacking is so... goddamn... boring, its not like in fallout where it make it a bit entertaining, u just hold ''e'' for 5 secs until it opens
    -lockpicking uses lots of ressources so u have to be picky but u dont really know if something is worth picking so that sucks
    -companions die instantly constantly, u need to upgrade ur skills to make ur companions do any stupid thing which is just unfun
    -i get this is post-apocalyptic but the map is just bland and distasteful
    i just don't recommend at all, at least i used xbox gamepass to get it, bc buying wouldve been a waste of 70$. Very disappointed and I can tell they put a lot of effort, but all in the wrong things, like dialogue is cool but they spent too much time on that compared to other stuff that needed work. Waste of 16 hours    … Expand
  6. DioGren
    Nov 19, 2019
    9
    Хорошая игра, немного короткая, но хорошая. Хорошо развиты навыки дипломатии и науки(но можно еще лучше).

    Хотелось бы больше рейд боссов, более длинней сюжет, больше красивой музыки. 8/10. Ждем вторую часть. Делайте сюжет длинней(в 2-3 раза) и интересней (больше выборов концовок, больше влияния) и будет еще лучше. Рейд боссов не забудьте. Музыки больше красивой.    Хорошая игра, немного короткая, но хорошая. Хорошо развиты навыки дипломатии и науки(но можно еще лучше).

    Хотелось бы больше рейд боссов, более длинней сюжет, больше красивой музыки. 8/10. Ждем вторую часть. Делайте сюжет длинней(в 2-3 раза) и интересней (больше выборов концовок, больше влияния) и будет еще лучше. Рейд боссов не забудьте. Музыки больше красивой.
  7. SilphExec
    Nov 18, 2019
    9
    This game is New Vegas lite. Obsidian brings all the charm to their writing, lore and world-building we've come to expect from them, and the game features some fun gunplay to boot. The game could have used a better, more omnipresent soundtrack (please add radio stations if you release DLC!), and there were a few odd glitches and plotholes. But this game's few problems are mere nitpicksThis game is New Vegas lite. Obsidian brings all the charm to their writing, lore and world-building we've come to expect from them, and the game features some fun gunplay to boot. The game could have used a better, more omnipresent soundtrack (please add radio stations if you release DLC!), and there were a few odd glitches and plotholes. But this game's few problems are mere nitpicks compared to how bug-ridden Bethesda's recent offerings have been. To quote Todd Howard: "it just works." Really this time.… Expand
  8. Huntera
    Nov 18, 2019
    7
    I think the game is good and fun to play but that's about it nothing really special or new for me. It doesn't introduce anything new/original but it uses a good formula and uses in a new context which is the space colonization. Although nothing new in terms of the gameplay or storytelling i quite like the world/universe building and actually would consider to play new games in the same universe.
  9. cyberdamn
    Nov 18, 2019
    1
    It would be a solid 5/10 for a unknown developer, but for studio that claims to be the one who made F: New Vegas and claims this game is a spirit successor of NV, well.... NO. It's not in any way you'd choose: the storyline is terribly boring and short, the quests are repetitive and ununique, the NPCs are insipid and poor-written and lore is just cr*p. Even the graphics look like it's someIt would be a solid 5/10 for a unknown developer, but for studio that claims to be the one who made F: New Vegas and claims this game is a spirit successor of NV, well.... NO. It's not in any way you'd choose: the storyline is terribly boring and short, the quests are repetitive and ununique, the NPCs are insipid and poor-written and lore is just cr*p. Even the graphics look like it's some student's home project made on a free engine. Maybe it was one?… Expand
  10. hard897
    Nov 18, 2019
    10
    I love Fallout 1, 2, New Vegas, and The Outer Worlds!
    Good story. Fun dialogue. Fun combat. Interesting skills and perks. Amazing art and music....
    It would be excellent if there are Traditional Chinese, 3rd person POV to switch, and more more content. ( More stories, more quests, maybe DLCs, or The Outer Worlds 2 )
  11. Wool
    Nov 18, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I loved the game.Plot is very simple,default hero/chosen story.I like gameplay a lot,old working rpg.But the most exciting part of the game is companions.Every one of them are interesting persons it was a lot of fun to watch them changing because of you.Love the outtro,its genious!… Expand
  12. FAlNNY
    Nov 17, 2019
    5
    Not a bad game but boring. A lot of dialogs and repetitive environments. Thanks is for free in game pass
  13. mtb1646
    Nov 17, 2019
    4
    I don’t understand the critics on this one. This game is so shallow. It has the facade of a Fallout game but none of the substance. No crafting, no customization. Modification is generic and uninspiring. The loot is just 4-5 tiers of the same gear, over and over again. The special weapons aren’t fun to use, the unique weapons are immediately obsolete damage wise and don’t have any specialI don’t understand the critics on this one. This game is so shallow. It has the facade of a Fallout game but none of the substance. No crafting, no customization. Modification is generic and uninspiring. The loot is just 4-5 tiers of the same gear, over and over again. The special weapons aren’t fun to use, the unique weapons are immediately obsolete damage wise and don’t have any special characteristics. There isn’t a single special item in the game for you to get excited about. The attribute system is generic. The perks are bland.… Expand
  14. WhiteWolf_965
    Nov 16, 2019
    8
    a wonderful game and slap to the face to Bethesda.it has a great and colorful world with many things to do. but stroy-line was linear and a bit short and the story is not that great.I hope Obsidian up their game in the next one.
  15. BulgarianCritic
    Nov 16, 2019
    6
    It's kinda funny how this game criticise capitalism and human greed but the company developing it decided to get cash from the chinesse and release it only on their launcher now thats pretty ironic.This game is a little bit above average.The world felt really bland and the characters felt like they were copy pasted and barely had any charm.The gameplay was average with very fewIt's kinda funny how this game criticise capitalism and human greed but the company developing it decided to get cash from the chinesse and release it only on their launcher now thats pretty ironic.This game is a little bit above average.The world felt really bland and the characters felt like they were copy pasted and barely had any charm.The gameplay was average with very few interesting weapons.The choices that you make in the game barely feel like they have any weight in them and the world just looks bland and uninteresting.There are barely no original or creative world building ideas in this game.One of the few positive things about this game was definitely the humor and the jokes maybe obsidian should start doing stand up comedy from now on.If you were expecting an amazing game like Fallout New Vegas i suggest you look somewhere else since this is not the worse or the best that obsidian has created.It is just the most average that they made.… Expand
  16. Rimsie
    Nov 16, 2019
    4
    I played for many hours with gamepass on PC. (I wouldn't recommend paying over £15 for it) Its quite amateur. The looting and gun play is Fallout but more outdated. This could have been released several years ago. Its a shallow game. The character movement is under developed. No ability to mantle, ladder use is not animated in any way, moving between environments isn't natural as it is aI played for many hours with gamepass on PC. (I wouldn't recommend paying over £15 for it) Its quite amateur. The looting and gun play is Fallout but more outdated. This could have been released several years ago. Its a shallow game. The character movement is under developed. No ability to mantle, ladder use is not animated in any way, moving between environments isn't natural as it is a brief loading screen instead of being seamless. Exploration is limited - there's invisible barriers at water and certain other places. You cannot climb low lying rocks.
    All this leads to a lack of immersion.
    Its basically cheap fun for a bit, which is fine if you haven't paid for it. Looks quite nice though.    … Expand
  17. SenClayDavis
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    First of all, I absolutely love this type of game and hope Obsidian keeps churning them out with regularity. Fallout 3 is probably my favorite game of all-time & I loved New Vegas as well. I have almost completed my first completionist playthrough and I love TOW.

    The game looks and runs brilliantly on PC. The worst thing I can say about it is that the normal and even hard    First of all, I absolutely love this type of game and hope Obsidian keeps churning them out with regularity. Fallout 3 is probably my favorite game of all-time & I loved New Vegas as well. I have almost completed my first completionist playthrough and I love TOW.

    The game looks and runs brilliantly on PC.

    The worst thing I can say about it is that the normal and even hard difficulties are too easy. I'll be trying Supernova on my next playthrough.    … Expand
  18. Grumppi
    Nov 16, 2019
    9
    I thoroughly enjoyed this game. It's a great mix of Fallout and Firefly. Could have used a little bit more development time to really flesh out some side-story content. I did pretty much everything in about 20 hours. Still, a good start. I'd love to see Microsoft really get behind it with money so Obsidian can take it to the next level.
  19. Chani87
    Nov 16, 2019
    3
    Very mediocre game with big premises that never delivers. It adopts many solutions from games like Fallout New Vegas and Mass Effect but in a very limited way. Weren't that the case, I would gladly give higher score but the overall experience i would sum up as buying a pair of cheap abibos shoes, but in this case for a full AAA price which is really too much. I also feel fooled by criticVery mediocre game with big premises that never delivers. It adopts many solutions from games like Fallout New Vegas and Mass Effect but in a very limited way. Weren't that the case, I would gladly give higher score but the overall experience i would sum up as buying a pair of cheap abibos shoes, but in this case for a full AAA price which is really too much. I also feel fooled by critic reviews here and I'm wondering if we played the same game.
    PROS:
    - Nice worldbuilding with retrofuturistic vibe.
    - Clever sneaking mechanics albeit too easy

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

    To sum up, I wouldn't reccomend bothering with this game. In a hindsight I could play much older games, from which Outer Worlds draws inspiration and it would be definitely time better spend.    … Expand
  20. Mandulum
    Nov 15, 2019
    8
    Favorite Thing: It's a solid Fallout-like that doesn't overstay its welcome.
    Least Favorite Thing: The game is a cake walk on normal. And that 100% crash near the end.

    Date Completed: 2019-11-15
    Playtime: 19h
    Enjoyment: 8/10
    Recommendation: Definitely.
  21. SgtWhiskeyJack
    Nov 15, 2019
    10
    You can't beat an Obsidian experience. Such attention to storytelling and choice is rarely seen in the games of instant gratification nowadays.
  22. Viperspider
    Nov 15, 2019
    5
    Honestly, it's boring. I was a big fan of Fallout 3 back in the day, less so Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 4, Fallout 76 didn't interest me. I jumped into this expecting a better version of FNV and I guess that's what this is, but the thing is - this game plays exactly like a game from 2008.

    The combat is boring, enemy AI is as simple as see enemy>run towards in most direct    Honestly, it's boring. I was a big fan of Fallout 3 back in the day, less so Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 4, Fallout 76 didn't interest me. I jumped into this expecting a better version of FNV and I guess that's what this is, but the thing is - this game plays exactly like a game from 2008.

    The combat is boring, enemy AI is as simple as see enemy>run towards in most direct route>attack. The AI perception is god-awful. I was sprinting around in full heavy gear and I could walk right up within 15 feet of an enemy without stealthing as long as they were facing the other way. Gun mechanics are bland and most combats are ended quickly with good aim, usually within seconds.

    The NPCs are bland and boring, they simply stand around and wait for you to interact with them, completely ruining immersion. It's like something out of Morrowind!

    The soundtrack is also boring, you'll basically be hearing long, slow drones repeating in the background constantly.

    The story so far is uninteresting, I find myself avoiding interaction with NPCs in favour of wandering the wilderness and seeking out combat and loot. I was able to skip a portion of it by travelling a "dangerous" planet by foot to the other side, at least that was fun - finding loot 10 levels above my own.

    Everything in this game feels like it was designed to be "safe" and to not take any risks. In other words, not to deviate from FNV in any significant way.

    I got this game via game pass, but if I paid full retail for this game I would be mad. It's worth trying on game pass since it's so cheap but I cannot explicitly recommend it.    … Expand
  23. Evenil
    Nov 15, 2019
    5
    This game is the definition of mediocrity and the devil is in the details.

    Starting with average gun/melee-play, where you may feel the kick of your weapon, but enemies certainly don't. And both of you move, like you have no weight. Good old Fallout 3 style. And you spend a lot of time fighting. Except for Phineas Welles, there are really no memorable characters. Companions are meh,    This game is the definition of mediocrity and the devil is in the details.

    Starting with average gun/melee-play, where you may feel the kick of your weapon, but enemies certainly don't. And both of you move, like you have no weight. Good old Fallout 3 style. And you spend a lot of time fighting.

    Except for Phineas Welles, there are really no memorable characters. Companions are meh, but you need them for skill checks, that give you... experience? Great. Ah, and invest i tech skills. Might sometimes get something usefull out of conversations.

    But the thing, that really kills me is that no one... moves. They are always in the same place, no matter the time of the day. Breaks immersion.

    And the choices. Will you support an corporation, or an idiot. A corporation, or a murderer. Corporation, or ... you get the idea. And why are all the planets the same? I mean, a bit different shade of stones, but the gravity is the same. Ship is static and boring. Cliche's like cannibals? Check.

    If this game premiered 4 years ago, I would give it an 8/10. But today... games moved on.

    Now for a good part. Lore is indeed fun and interesting. Characters, while bleak, have good stories to tell. It has some holes, however, it's enjoyable non the less. Guns and melee weapons are interesting, especially science weapons. Quests are okay, however mainly consist of - go fetch me something.

    Overall - average. But if you just so happen to have windows gold subscription, you might just as well play it.    … Expand
  24. Fated83
    Nov 15, 2019
    9
    This game is so far, my favorite game of the year. I loved the characters, the quests, the guns felt fun to shoot and the combat felt simple but fun. It was not super challenging on the difficulty I played.

    Pros -this feels just like a classic fallout game -lots of choices in dialogue and decisions that make an impact in the game world, and in the ending. -some decent humor    This game is so far, my favorite game of the year. I loved the characters, the quests, the guns felt fun to shoot and the combat felt simple but fun. It was not super challenging on the difficulty I played.

    Pros

    -this feels just like a classic fallout game
    -lots of choices in dialogue and decisions that make an impact in the game world, and in the ending.
    -some decent humor sprinkled throughout
    -INCREDIBLE amount of polish. I played 22 hours and didnt encounter a single bug, thats huge considering what a lot of the other AAA devs are pushing out nowadays.
    -tons of side quests that aren't too grindy
    -tons of loot to find, and upgrading to do
    -huge, awesome branching storyline

    Cons
    -The main story is on the shorter side. You could probably complete it in maybe 10 hours, I chose a pretty mixed route and did all the side quests I came across. It took me about 22 hours.
    -There are some things that break immersion. You can kill people right in front of your companions and they react, but only briefly. Immediately forgetting about it, and there's no dialogue options to discuss it with them after the fact.
    -I wish they'd have made you go through more areas that were gripped heavier by the board, to make me feel their cruelty more. The first town is really the only one being super oppressed, the rest are either outside of board control or living happily.

    Overall I would recommend this game to any who love polished RPGs. Especially the old Fallout games. If it is available to you, Game Pass is relatively cheap and it is available on that service.    … Expand
  25. Apatotes
    Nov 14, 2019
    3
    I played this on the xbox game pass for PC, and I'm glad I didn't outright buy this game for full price.
  26. slayer77
    Nov 14, 2019
    0
    Game is basically a clone of FONV but worse. There's no 3rd person view/ every female seems to be a lesbian or something like that.
  27. Lazydragon
    Nov 14, 2019
    7
    The writing is mostly great, and different ways in which some of the missions can be completed is clever and refreshing. The combat is decent, and the world is interesting enough, but after a while the game feels a bit one-note with the themes and gameplay.
  28. EvanderAziza
    Nov 14, 2019
    8
    This game had the immersive effect that kept pulling me back in until I finished the game. It has been quite a long time since I've played a game that was able to keep me immersed in its world so fully like this (last time was probably Witcher 3). As most have said this has a very "Fallout" feel to it, but in space.

    There are a few things that I think could be improved. The ending feels    This game had the immersive effect that kept pulling me back in until I finished the game. It has been quite a long time since I've played a game that was able to keep me immersed in its world so fully like this (last time was probably Witcher 3). As most have said this has a very "Fallout" feel to it, but in space.

    There are a few things that I think could be improved. The ending feels like it comes too soon, like it finishes a lot of what I wanted to have played, instead its just telling me "and then these other things happened later". If this game has some epic DLCs that come later, perhaps that will help, but as it sits I just wish it went further into the story. Some other small things here and there also were not done to a "10" quality, but other than the story feeling suddenly ended, I could easily forgive any of the other little shortcomings I found here and there.    … Expand
  29. Goosetown
    Nov 14, 2019
    5
    A very well executed RPG as far as graphics, play, and game systems. 10 hours in and I feel like I still don’t care about the characters or anything that’s going on. It’s pretty boring story wise. Questing isn’t exciting, it’s very old WOW model. Talk to this person. Gather that. Go here. Do this. And the NPCs are pretty uninteresting and dumb.

    I wanted to love this. I’ll play a few more    A very well executed RPG as far as graphics, play, and game systems. 10 hours in and I feel like I still don’t care about the characters or anything that’s going on. It’s pretty boring story wise. Questing isn’t exciting, it’s very old WOW model. Talk to this person. Gather that. Go here. Do this. And the NPCs are pretty uninteresting and dumb.

    I wanted to love this. I’ll play a few more hours and if I’m still waiting to be hooked, I’m out.    … Expand
  30. Thilus
    Nov 14, 2019
    6
    TL;DR: The Outer Worlds reminds me more of a Borderlands/Bioshock mix, than a Fallout tribute. It's much more "shooty" and much less "ar-pee-gee" than you'd think. It's not great, but not terrible.

    PROS: - Fun gameplay - Humor (dialogues and writing) - Story's decent enough to keep the player entertained - Good and diverse companions with a character of their own CONS: -    TL;DR: The Outer Worlds reminds me more of a Borderlands/Bioshock mix, than a Fallout tribute. It's much more "shooty" and much less "ar-pee-gee" than you'd think. It's not great, but not terrible.

    PROS:
    - Fun gameplay
    - Humor (dialogues and writing)
    - Story's decent enough to keep the player entertained
    - Good and diverse companions with a character of their own

    CONS:
    - Outdated graphics: I mean it's the end of 2019, and the game looks much more like Fallout 3 than Red Dead Redemption 2. Let's face it, on the outside the game's dated right from the start. It's not a deal breaker, but all those generic faces and interiors get dull pretty quick.
    - Boring quests: most missions in The Outer Worlds are classic fetch-quests, and not of the good kind. Almost every mission seems to follow the same pattern: receive a quest, go somewhere to shoot things, come back withe quest item and/or knowledge. It gets old pretty damn quick, and if it wasn't for the fact that shooting stuff is actually quite entertaining, the game would be a drag.
    - Bad pacing: it's almost always the same; you come across a new area, you gather all the quests you can, then you solve them, and move on to another area. There is no grand scheme of things that would push you forward. It almost seems like a linear shooter with just a tinge of RPG, and that's a definite con. And it's all pretty slow.
    - Poor equipment and character options: this game will seem quite easy even for an average player. It doesn't matter what kind of character you create. The same goes for your equipment. You can use whichever armor and guns, it hardly matters. This ain't no Fallout.

    IMO, The Outer Worlds got published a few years too late. Had it been competing with Borderlands 2, for example, it would have been a close call, but in 2019 it's just a pretty shallow action-RPG that only aspires to be a Fallout successor. In truth, though, it's much more an impostor. Wait for a sale, because it's not a bad game, just not one you NEED to play at the earliest convenience.    … Expand
  31. Gus_kal
    Nov 14, 2019
    9
    The game hit all the right spots for me and i am extremely happy for the genre. Great dialog system, choices do matter and above all everything is so well made considering the budget that makes you wonder what Obsidian would have made if they had more money. The only downhill are the graphics and the optimize which seems luck-luster.
    Overall an enjoying game with high potentials for the sequel!
  32. Izzy0122
    Nov 14, 2019
    10
    In my opinion the best RPG of the year. Dialogue system is as good as in Fallout New Vegas and for me it should be new Fallout. Outer Worlds reached my expectations and gave my marvellous experience in 2019.
  33. TheKrous
    Nov 13, 2019
    6
    I would say this is better than fallout 4 with the RPG elements added back in with the speech which I was happy with the opening of the game was good however the game doesn't seem to be all that long and there was many moments where the a lot NPCs seemed to be heavily SJW themed and all similar 'funny' characters also the main story while decent did really leave me wanting more. I feelI would say this is better than fallout 4 with the RPG elements added back in with the speech which I was happy with the opening of the game was good however the game doesn't seem to be all that long and there was many moments where the a lot NPCs seemed to be heavily SJW themed and all similar 'funny' characters also the main story while decent did really leave me wanting more. I feel like the theme of the game while different just made me miss fallout more there was not enough lore or in game characters that made me like the world itself even minor things like radio is appreciated… Expand
  34. Teamen
    Nov 13, 2019
    7
    Хорошая игра ,но жалко что коротенькая. Есть небольшие недочеты по инвентарю и перевод не совсем точный иногда.
  35. VeterPeremen
    Nov 13, 2019
    10
    Моё почтение, давно игры не затягивали так на 10+ часов без остановки...
    12 из 10
  36. ElMassarotto
    Nov 13, 2019
    9
    Outer Worlds is an Open World RPG that balances REALLY well combat and game machanics, offers good dialog and an interesting, albeit not very unique, setting.
    First let's talk about character creation and progression. It's really clear that a LOT of inspiration was taken from fallout games.There are skill points, perks, attributes and a background choice. There are three big differences    Outer Worlds is an Open World RPG that balances REALLY well combat and game machanics, offers good dialog and an interesting, albeit not very unique, setting.
    First let's talk about character creation and progression. It's really clear that a LOT of inspiration was taken from fallout games.There are skill points, perks, attributes and a background choice. There are three big differences between this process in Outer Worlds and other similar games. The first one is: Every stat, skill and background choice is clearly explained. Not like in most Bethesda games where there is just a vague explenation like "strenght increases your melee combat damage and carry capacity". Ok. But by how much? Or "perception makes you shoot better". Does perception gives me better acurracy, damage, or does it decrease gun spread? Second: Outer World goes into a lot of detail on how stats and skills affect your character, it is WAY easier to build the character you want. It is simplified without losing depth. This is not a complicated game, all skills have clear benefits and give you sepecial "mini-perks" every 20 points invested into it. You level up skills by group until a skill gets to level 50, then you have to invest points directly into it. That gives you the option to have a character that can do a multitude of tasks and gives you a LOT of choices on how to act on quests and problems, without giving you a complete useless character in combat Third: attributes, skills and perks have a REALLY big impact on how you play. They have meaningfull bonuses, if above average, and penalties, if below average. There is also a perk sistem, some perks are somewhat generic but some of them will change the way you'll play. Best of all, none of the perks are auto-includes, you'll have to think about what's better for you, depending on your playstyle. The combination of these three things makes creating a character simple, fast, satisfying and it doesn't punish you too much when you make "bad" choices leveling up, no min-maxing needed.
    Combat: Well, it's the best combat a first person open world-bethesdalike RPG has. Guns are fun. They feel really good, from granade launchers to pistols. They have weight and good soundeffects. Melee feels way better than most first person RPGs, it'sl fun, but there is a lot of room to improve. That being said Outer Worlds melee it's WAY **** better than Skyrim's and all Bethesda Fallout games. Melee weapons feel like they pack a punch. In addition to that there is also bullet time, which makes shooting WAY more diverse and fun. It also gives some interesting options to melee characters.
    Another very important mechanic is dodging. Dodging gives combat A LOT of depth, new ways to avoid attacks, new ways to aproach enemies and having mobility in a FPS is a BIG breath of fresh air. You don't just sit in your ass shoting from cover, ou just run up to your enemies with a big stick furiously pressing right-click. There are better and way more fun options. And considering that games like these usually hava a lot of bland, cookie cutter combat that feels way more like an afterthought than a core part of the game Outer Worlds shines on making combat fun.
    Companions are just bullet sponges with passive perks for your squad, not a lot fun using them, but they can help. You can always go solo and gain bonuses for that!
    Story and Setting: The setting is just Borderlands without the cartoon-like visuals, a grayer pallete and added capitalistic distopian theme. Some areas are dull, some are beautiful and some are average. It's not the game's biggest strength, but it's good enough. Grafics are average. Faces have way more expression than most open world games, this helps a lot with dialog.
    The story is better than most of the open world games, choices don't matter a lot, it's a little too linear and short, but the dialog is awesome, companions have excelent character exploration, and good development. It feels a lot like what mass effect did with it's companion development. You go out, do quests for them, talk to them and that's it. It would be cool to have affection meters and a little conflict with your decisions by the companions, but the most important is there and is done really well.
    About the humour. it's Blackadder in space. Snarky jokes and dumb people getting in dumb situations. A lot of the NPCs and characters act like stooges, but it's fun! Just don't go expecting a gloomy and serious game like Fallout 3, or a mix of gloomy and humour like Fallout New Vegas.
    The last thing to add. The game is short compared to open worlds like Skyrim a and Fallout. But the content is more concentrated, there is way less downtime walking or doing other boring things and a lot of replayability.
    If you like borderlands, the fallout series, mass effect series and snarky humour it's a game for you! If you want a serious game, with a serious story and grimdark characters don't even get close to Outer Worlds.    … Expand
  37. Prensavendida
    Nov 13, 2019
    7
    Me esperaba algo peor, pero me está gustando más de lo que pensaba. La jugabilidad es decente, los diálogos son variados y algunos son de risa. El desarrollo de los personajes podría ser mejor, pero no le voy a pedir más a un rpg. Es cierto que, en muchos momentos, el juego no te incita a explorar el mundo y se queda muy vacío en cuanto a la experiencia. "El sistema VATS" que tiene, no esMe esperaba algo peor, pero me está gustando más de lo que pensaba. La jugabilidad es decente, los diálogos son variados y algunos son de risa. El desarrollo de los personajes podría ser mejor, pero no le voy a pedir más a un rpg. Es cierto que, en muchos momentos, el juego no te incita a explorar el mundo y se queda muy vacío en cuanto a la experiencia. "El sistema VATS" que tiene, no es del todo profundo, lo intenta, pero se queda a medio cocer, una lástima, podría haber dado más.

    Pese a los fallos que posee, los mundo tan vacíos y la IA tan limitada que, básicamente, puedes acabar con ellos sin moverte del sitio en ciertas ocasiones, es el RPG al que más horas le estoy echando sin duda. Los conflictos entre bandos, el transfondo de las ciudades recogidas en terminales, la variedad de armas (que es decente) y la cantidad de opciones que tienes para hablar con alguien, me gustaría decir que me ha gustado.    … Expand
  38. Dalray3s
    Nov 13, 2019
    8
    Una grata sorpresa. con algun fallo que se le perdona
    Puntos positivos:
    -Ambientación -Historia -Lineas de dialogo, realmente lo que dices y haces tiene una gran repercusión en el mundo, de esta manera, te replanteas que responder. -Traducción, tiene un motón de comentarios graciosos traducidos con mucho acierto que te permite dar contestaciones diferentes a las que los npcs    Una grata sorpresa. con algun fallo que se le perdona
    Puntos positivos:
    -Ambientación
    -Historia
    -Lineas de dialogo, realmente lo que dices y haces tiene una gran repercusión en el mundo, de esta manera, te replanteas que responder.
    -Traducción, tiene un motón de comentarios graciosos traducidos con mucho acierto que te permite dar contestaciones diferentes a las que los npcs reaccionan de forma muy natural.
    -Dura entre 15-20 horas, algo ligero también se agradece

    Puntos negativos:
    -Carga entre lugares, algo que en 2019 no debería pasar, en PC los tiempos son cortos pero supongo que en ps4/xbox serán tediosos cuando tienen que entrar y salir de varios lugares en pocos minutos.
    -El combate no esta muy logrado, no es un fps, esta claro, pero le hace falta algo mas de chicha.
    -El combate cuerpo a cuerpo, esta simplemente mal diseñado.

    Muy recomendado, encima esta en el Game Pass, y te hace pasar una semana con ganas de llegar a casa para seguir avanzando en la historia.    … Expand
  39. Ozzkek
    Nov 13, 2019
    8
    A very well made RPG, with a great world and story. The only problem was it's length. I felt that I couldn't get immersed in something that lasted less than 20 hours with all the additional content. I hope the next one (if there is a next one), will provide more playtime.
  40. Seeky
    Nov 13, 2019
    3
    The Outer Worlds is sadly one of the most disappointing games I have played in recent years based on my expectations and the disconnect between the review score and my own experience.

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

    First starting off with the positives:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    I think this is one of the worst RPGs I have ever played. The developers took shortcuts where we should have depth. While I'm not surprised this was launched as a $60 product, please consider trying it with a Microsoft Game Pass for $1 this month before you buy.    … Expand
  43. zeknoss
    Nov 12, 2019
    6
    + Art style is somewhat acceptable
    + The script although short, but is inspired by some "real deal", these guys read some "people"s stories and handled our not-so-far future very well in manner of story-telling
    + I was able to play the game with my XBOX Game Pass for a very very reasonable price + Vicar character is a very well written one. The psychological analysis and crafting on    + Art style is somewhat acceptable
    + The script although short, but is inspired by some "real deal", these guys read some "people"s stories and handled our not-so-far future very well in manner of story-telling
    + I was able to play the game with my XBOX Game Pass for a very very reasonable price
    + Vicar character is a very well written one. The psychological analysis and crafting on that character is one of the best in the industry I've ever seen
    - The game atmosphere is uninspired.
    - Story is too short
    - The gunplay is too shallow, nearly no item diversity
    - Nearly no armor diversity
    - The side missions are too little in numbers
    - The game scope is microscopic when compared to Skyrim, Oblivion and alike
    - You cannot "own" your character

    Verdict: If you are expecting a long, deep, atmospheric RPG game, don't waste your time. If you expect a game with a short play time, some cool action and some RPG mechanics you can give it a try. But like I said, don't expect anything like Elder Scrolls or Fallout level.    … Expand
  44. Bundiee
    Nov 12, 2019
    10
    Fallout as it should be. Absolutely masterpiece. The one problem is optimization, it is laggy on weak systems.
  45. Pioter
    Nov 12, 2019
    0
    Garbage. Straight forward story. Empty world. Shooting is a joke. Boring quests
  46. TheBahvalstvo
    Nov 12, 2019
    4
    В целом игра хорошо держит планку заданную своим же НьюВегасом. Но как в современном проекте в ней есть современные проблемы. Во-первых учитывая очень своебразный графон она не лучшим образом оптимизована. Во-вторых сам геймплей очень топорный и через пару часов это начинает мозолить глаза также как и графон. Ну и вишенка на торте в лице лютого отлизывания всяким меньшинствам и женскомуВ целом игра хорошо держит планку заданную своим же НьюВегасом. Но как в современном проекте в ней есть современные проблемы. Во-первых учитывая очень своебразный графон она не лучшим образом оптимизована. Во-вторых сам геймплей очень топорный и через пару часов это начинает мозолить глаза также как и графон. Ну и вишенка на торте в лице лютого отлизывания всяким меньшинствам и женскому полу - ало епты, они не играют в ваши игры, прекращайте. А до тех пор считаю надо с запасом занижать таким играм оценки пока еще не поздно.… Expand
  47. mo0trix
    Nov 12, 2019
    5
    An average game at best that has only had any real fanfare due to the mess that Bethesda have created with Fallout 76.

    Negatives: Bland looking world and characters Missed a trick with gun customisation as it could have been so much better Too easy Uninteresting story line and lack of exploration options Lack of choice when it comes to gear Positives: Gun play is good Some    An average game at best that has only had any real fanfare due to the mess that Bethesda have created with Fallout 76.

    Negatives:
    Bland looking world and characters
    Missed a trick with gun customisation as it could have been so much better
    Too easy
    Uninteresting story line and lack of exploration options
    Lack of choice when it comes to gear

    Positives:
    Gun play is good
    Some occasional funny moments in the dialect
    Skill tree shows promise

    Overall it just feels unfinished and a bit misguided. After getting about 3/4 of the way into the game (and completing every side quest) I just gave up reading the conversations anymore and just wanted the game to be over.    … Expand
  48. Chocoflan
    Nov 11, 2019
    9
    Sorprende y asoma. La puntuación es por la historia, aventuras y toma de decisiones, además de la cooperación de los compañeros en el viaje y los diálogos. Me la pase muy bien.
  49. Littlesneak
    Nov 11, 2019
    6
    Who did they pay to get this high a rating?

    Yes, graphics are nice. Voice acting is good, a modest rpg at best. But freedom of choice? I did two full playthroughs, a mister nice guy play through and one where i just blatantly kill everyone. To be fair, the 2nd one was more enjoyable only because it skipped allot of useless dialog. Endings where the same regardless. Worlds feel    Who did they pay to get this high a rating?

    Yes, graphics are nice. Voice acting is good, a modest rpg at best.

    But freedom of choice? I did two full playthroughs, a mister nice guy play through and one where i just blatantly kill everyone. To be fair, the 2nd one was more enjoyable only because it skipped allot of useless dialog. Endings where the same regardless.

    Worlds feel empty, no side stories or mediocre ones at best, want to be bad guy? Not in outer worlds you are not.

    Just... **** it, 6 at best, not worth triple A price.    … Expand
  50. Sard
    Nov 11, 2019
    10
    It really feels like playing old good Fallout or Mass Effect game. While no open world, the locations are quite interesting and inspecting every single corner is rewarding. Story is awesome and freedom of choices is nice. I did enjoy this one quite a bit and it was very refreshing in comparison to many other games released lately.
  51. srodney
    Nov 11, 2019
    6
    I got this game thru XBOX Game Pass for PC (got 3 months free for buying a Ryzen 9 3900X) for free.

    I can't recommend buying it full price (80 CAD) for the following reasons: - Game is too short (went thru the campaign + side quests in about 12 hours of gameplay) - Not much variety in weapons/armors - While the character and monster models are great, the saturated palette quickly    I got this game thru XBOX Game Pass for PC (got 3 months free for buying a Ryzen 9 3900X) for free.

    I can't recommend buying it full price (80 CAD) for the following reasons:
    - Game is too short (went thru the campaign + side quests in about 12 hours of gameplay)
    - Not much variety in weapons/armors
    - While the character and monster models are great, the saturated palette quickly becomes bothersome.

    Once price drops to around 40 CAD, I'd gladly recommend it.
    - The storyline is well written.
    - The choices have a real impact (sooner or later)
    - The gunplay is good
    - You'll definately fit with at least 2 companions (Nyoka and Parvati in my case) either for character build reasons (stealth / tech) or personalities (interactions between an extrovert and introvert).

    Great game... but sold at a AAA price, it's a 6/10    … Expand
  52. rowyerboat
    Nov 11, 2019
    5
    As a long-time fan of Obsidian (and Fallout) games, I came into this with very high hopes given the generally very positive reviews, including several glowing ones. Boy was I disappointed.

    The game really drops the ball on several key components of a great RPG, and in the end, seems like it was rushed out about two years too early. The story is okay-ish; I'm not even bothered by the    As a long-time fan of Obsidian (and Fallout) games, I came into this with very high hopes given the generally very positive reviews, including several glowing ones. Boy was I disappointed.

    The game really drops the ball on several key components of a great RPG, and in the end, seems like it was rushed out about two years too early.

    The story is okay-ish; I'm not even bothered by the fact that "dystopian future run by corporations" is a bit of a cliche at this point. It's a big part of the zeitgeist of my generation and, let's face it, probably going to happen. The problem is that neither the overarching plot nor the side stories are developed at all. Several questlines that seem promising resolve themselves in one step by basically confronting somebody and deciding whether to kill them or not. Choices don't really seem to matter much; for example, you might pick one side over another on a certain planet, or reconcile them. But the planet doesn't change much either way, and in any event, there's no reason to ever go back to that planet to experience the "new" version, under new leadership etc. Part of the problem is that the game is less than 30 hours long, but still contains several major planets with numerous quests on each one. So each quest tends to be very short. They are also not interconnected in any meaningful or very satisfying way. The most involved quests are probably the companion quests, which basically involve planet- and fast-travel-point hopping to fetch this or that or talk to somebody, and your enjoyment of those will depend greatly on whether you like that companion.

    The dialogue itself is kinda hit and miss, there are some clever and/or funny bits, but there are also some cringe-worthy lines that would never be spoken by a real human being. I may be being a bit harsh here, but again it seems disjointed and rushed, even if there is some good writing to be found in spots.

    Another key RPG component is player progression, and the game misses pretty badly in this department. You never get new abilities (well, maybe with the exception of being able to hack robots, which I never used). Basically everything is a passive upgrade. I never felt more powerful on level-up; it's more like bumping up the numbers to be able to pass more skill checks. Never felt like I needed to just get two more levels for some sweet, fun ability. Boring. Also, you can basically put plenty of points into everything, unless you want to be great at both melee and ranged weapons (I went ranged).

    In a similar vein, there are no classes and very few possibilities for different builds. I went conversation-and-tech-skill heavy and still had plenty of points to put into guns. I could do a second run as melee bu that would be the only substantial difference, and the thought of doing the whole game as only melee is...not enticing. You would think there might be a stealthy build, but not really. Someone else might have a different experience, but the levels are just not designed like Deus Ex or Dishonored, with vents you can crawl through or alarms or traps you can shut off. Although I didn't try particularly hard to be stealthy, after a few failed attempts, it really seemed like the game was designed with "guns blazing" in mind. As a result, replayability is very low, unless you wanted to do something like a "kill literally everyone" run.

    Combat is ok, in the exact same way that combat from Fallout 3, 4 and New Vegas is ok. The shooting is not as good as a true shooter, nor does it allow you to use and customize extra abilities like, for example, Mass Effect.

    Crafting and itemization is also only ok. On the plus side, you can change the damage type of any weapon you find, which makes for some nice freedom and interesting combinations. There are also a good number of weapon types, and most seem effective. However, most of the other crafting you can do just makes the weapons or armor slightly better. Also, you have access to almost every weapon type very early, and then later you just get "Shotgun 2" or "Assault Rifle 2."

    Finally, while I liked the art design, the graphics are very dated from a technical standpoint. Like 2011 kind of dated. Something like Borderlands 3 gets away with that (also on the Unreal Engine) by going full out cartoony, but Outer Worlds still tries to look semi-realistic. Notably, fabrics on characters' clothing look great in conversation closeups, but environments look very 2011.

    Anyhow, while the game is decent enough for a single run through, especially if you go in with low expectations, nearly every aspect of the game seems half-baked and could have used a LOT more time in development. It's like they took the skeleton of a game that should have covered 90 hours and tried to fill it with 30 hours worth of content.    … Expand
  53. R4katosh
    Nov 11, 2019
    6
    I'd describe Outer Worlds as fine. It is the worst game Obsidian has made since Pillars of Eternity, but it was okay. Unfortunately, the majority of the game felt like a slog through nigh identical tasks assigned by nigh identical NPCs, shooting at nigh identical goons who stood there waiting to die. The action in the game was sub-par, the gear was uninspired and the crafting was tediousI'd describe Outer Worlds as fine. It is the worst game Obsidian has made since Pillars of Eternity, but it was okay. Unfortunately, the majority of the game felt like a slog through nigh identical tasks assigned by nigh identical NPCs, shooting at nigh identical goons who stood there waiting to die. The action in the game was sub-par, the gear was uninspired and the crafting was tedious and silly. The setting and story were nice, and I loved the environments. Here's hoping for a pirate-free Pillars 3.… Expand
  54. kosar1k
    Nov 10, 2019
    0
    Мне не понравилось, скучный коридорный шутер без цепляющего сюжета, открытого мира нет, враги лёгкие хотя проходил на последней сложности, герои вообще без эмоций, кругом страшные лезбиянки... треш одним словом, я разочарован.Мне не понравилось, скучный коридорный шутер без цепляющего сюжета, открытого мира нет, враги лёгкие хотя проходил на последней сложности, герои вообще без эмоций, кругом страшные лезбиянки... треш одним словом, я разочарован.
  55. Notchle
    Nov 10, 2019
    10
    Fantastic game! It feels like the good old fallout days, but in space with better gunplay. And it's only 1€ if you subscribe to Xbox game pass for the first time.
  56. Kenshiro13
    Nov 10, 2019
    8
    One of the better games I have played recently.
    But giving 10/10 is too much in my eyes, while the game is good I wouldn't rate it so high for few reasons.
    -Areas felt empty. Some were worse than other. -Leveling some skills is waste of points (Basically level up all the skills that help in dialogue since combat skills don't affect the gameplay much) -A lot of useless perks -Story    One of the better games I have played recently.
    But giving 10/10 is too much in my eyes, while the game is good I wouldn't rate it so high for few reasons.

    -Areas felt empty. Some were worse than other.
    -Leveling some skills is waste of points (Basically level up all the skills that help in dialogue since combat skills don't affect the gameplay much)
    -A lot of useless perks
    -Story was OK, but like a lot of games it was predictable
    -I hated the sections where you used the holo-disguise
    -Quite a bit of loading screens, but since my PC is a powerhouse it wasn't that big of a deal for me.
    -And few random crashes, the worst offender was in the last mission of the game, went inside the designated area via "sneaky" route and *buff*crash. It continued to happen until I went to YT and was guided to use another door. (Seems to be a bug from a month ago)

    What would I like to see if there is another Outer Worlds;
    -Balancing of the combat
    -Removal of the holo-disguise
    -Less loading screens
    -Areas with more meaning
    -And more interaction possibilities with your companions, outside of the "companion" missions the only interaction was between other companions.    … Expand
  57. soupn
    Nov 10, 2019
    2
    i just finished OuterWorlds and i´m disappointed. for all the hype with the fallout alternative, the story is too simple boring and short, meh ending, fast to finish, no real openworld, they killed ideas for a future dlc with that boring old fashioned end. bah...
  58. AVTOMATOID
    Nov 10, 2019
    5
    Нет, это совершенно заслуженная крепкая твердая пять. Это история которую очень интересно завернули, рассказали, провели. Но меня весь игровой процесс терзало ощущение что это просто удачно изуродованный налётом фоллаута ребенок Масс Еффекта часть 2! Это было на каждом шагу миссий, разговорами с персонажами - соратниками, во всем я видел старину МЕ2, который прошел раз 20. И это уже минусНет, это совершенно заслуженная крепкая твердая пять. Это история которую очень интересно завернули, рассказали, провели. Но меня весь игровой процесс терзало ощущение что это просто удачно изуродованный налётом фоллаута ребенок Масс Еффекта часть 2! Это было на каждом шагу миссий, разговорами с персонажами - соратниками, во всем я видел старину МЕ2, который прошел раз 20. И это уже минус - я знаком с механикой и она была старой уже лет 5 назад, а сейчас я хотел увидеть что-то интересное. Оказалось там хлам, заполненная хрен пойми чем аптечка в инвентарь, и условно "опенворлд" которые переехали из фоллыча. В общем пять. На один раз . Переоценено 100%, я даже жалею о покупке немного.… Expand
  59. DDP
    Nov 10, 2019
    7
    Good game, good ideas, not that long and not that incredible as it is pictured. Better than fallout for sure, still lacking stuff to do. 30 hours in and I managed to finish it, not sure of how many quests are left. A game to have? Maybe. At full price? Not sure.
  60. wolf-mvp
    Nov 10, 2019
    10
    - Fallout 3/NV type of game
    - Good (not bad) story
    - Good (not bad) jokes
    - I found some critical bugs, but i forgive it since there is no any good games (* of this type) on the market for today.
    - Also this game could be longer

    P.S. I wish Obsidian to not stop make good games and I wish that his future games will be better.
  61. Tial0c
    Nov 10, 2019
    10
    Jogo muito bom história completa missões divertidas um dos melhores do ano
  62. DarklikngLord
    Nov 10, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game reminded me of Fallout New Vegas, which I liked. Therefore, I liked her.… Expand
  63. Middlelndex
    Nov 9, 2019
    8
    Loving it so far, been well worth my time. It is fallout in space but that's the genius of it.
  64. AkumaJack
    Nov 9, 2019
    7
    It's an okay-ish game.
    Nothing shines throught the 30 or so hours you'll need to get to the ending (doing every side quest you can).
    Speaking of side quests, most of them are just glorified fetch quest and even when the player has some agency is usually pretty lackluster. Perks and skills are kinda boring. There are no perks for unique dialogues and such. Some mechanics, like    It's an okay-ish game.
    Nothing shines throught the 30 or so hours you'll need to get to the ending (doing every side quest you can).
    Speaking of side quests, most of them are just glorified fetch quest and even when the player has some agency is usually pretty lackluster.
    Perks and skills are kinda boring. There are no perks for unique dialogues and such.
    Some mechanics, like pickpocketing, are really underutilized in the game. At the point that i don't even get why they did put them in to begin with.
    There are stealth section totally unbalanced by the fact that are braindead if you use the cloak and (almost) impossible if you don't.
    Why doing them like that? IDK.

    Companions are hit and miss, and their quest too.
    It's a shame tbh.

    OST is great and so the space cowboy of the first half of the game.

    The game's is really too easy.

    Enemy and weapon variety is lackluster too. BUT science weapons are a nice inclusion to the game.

    Dialogues are good and well written most of the time.
    Plot is meh and falls apart if you start thinking to much about it.

    It is still a decent RPG and even well polished for obsidian standard.
    I'd recomend it to non fan of the genre.
    It is a lot recomended to everyone that is looking for an rpg for first time players of the genre tho.
    Easy, not complex and kinda generic.    … Expand
  65. bladziorek
    Nov 9, 2019
    8
    good game with bugs and old graphic, story line for 2 days is too short, story line is great is everything what i wanted spaceships guns an a loot of fun
  66. UltiDK
    Nov 9, 2019
    8
    PROS:
    Different setting and story, many dialogue options and multiple ways to tacke the objective, great gunplay for an RPG, the Fallout game we needed.

    CONS:
    Graphics aren't as good as other newer titles, main story is a bit short.
  67. Thwompthing
    Nov 9, 2019
    8
    This game is absolutely beautiful on PC. Runs like a charm and the world looks amazing. Much better performance than on my Xbox One X which only runs at 30 fps or lower. PC master race.
  68. Sparoue
    Nov 9, 2019
    0
    Disappointingly mediocre. The beginning of this game is good, but unfortunately it's only downhill from the moment you leave the first planet. It's also a very short game, It only took 28 hours to complete everything. If this game was half the price i'd give it a solid 7.5/10, but it's not, it's $60, so i feel cheated.
  69. fevbwfth
    Nov 9, 2019
    6
    Honestly, its better if Obsidian just stops making RPGs and try their luck with FPSs with good stories. They just cannot make a great RPG because the company itself is insincere as always. And everytime they fail, it damages the entire genre.
    I'd give the vanilla game 8
    After it has been polished and edited to readiness by an Obsidan executive:4.5 final score: 6 Um and don't forget the    Honestly, its better if Obsidian just stops making RPGs and try their luck with FPSs with good stories. They just cannot make a great RPG because the company itself is insincere as always. And everytime they fail, it damages the entire genre.
    I'd give the vanilla game 8
    After it has been polished and edited to readiness by an Obsidan executive:4.5
    final score: 6
    Um and don't forget the unbelievable racism. They should at least tone it down a bit since these games get released worldwide not just in US.    … Expand
  70. JosephKerr
    Nov 9, 2019
    0
    This game is called mediocre by many and I have to disagree this game is worse than that it is bland as bland can get this game is an asset flip, it is as if they took Bioshock, Borderlands, Rage 2 and some random MMO and mixed it all together and called it a game than slapped an RPG sticker on it. To call this game a proper RPG is an insult it has the level of complexity of an RPG fromThis game is called mediocre by many and I have to disagree this game is worse than that it is bland as bland can get this game is an asset flip, it is as if they took Bioshock, Borderlands, Rage 2 and some random MMO and mixed it all together and called it a game than slapped an RPG sticker on it. To call this game a proper RPG is an insult it has the level of complexity of an RPG from the 2000s you know when RPG games where in their infancy it is 2019 I have seen indies with a budget of 20k do better than this in a year. This game was nowhere near ready for release it needed time to be properly made this should be obvious by just looking at how poorly implemented supernova difficulty is.… Expand
  71. anirudh6k
    Nov 9, 2019
    7
    The story at the ending is nice but bland uptill the point.
    The game does a lot of world building but forgets to put quests and plots that are interesting.
    The quests feels like a chore, even though the choices matter, you generally don't care about them and they are generally presented emotionlessly.
  72. Kreo_OL
    Nov 9, 2019
    5
    Минусы: Minuses
    Баланс сломан. The balance is broken.
    Сложность сломана. Difficulty is broken. Экономика сломана. The economy is broken. Боевой стел сломан. Combat stealth is broken. Диалоги однообразны, надоедают уже через часа 2-3 чтения. Dialogues are monotonous, annoying after 2-3 hours of reading. На всю игру не больше 10-15 моделек нпс. For the whole game no more than 10-15    Минусы: Minuses
    Баланс сломан. The balance is broken.
    Сложность сломана. Difficulty is broken.
    Экономика сломана. The economy is broken.
    Боевой стел сломан. Combat stealth is broken.
    Диалоги однообразны, надоедают уже через часа 2-3 чтения. Dialogues are monotonous, annoying after 2-3 hours of reading.
    На всю игру не больше 10-15 моделек нпс. For the whole game no more than 10-15 NPC models.
    Очень коротко, чтобы открыть буквально все, нужно не более 8-10 часов Very short, to open literally everything, it takes no more than 8-10 hours

    Плюсы: Pros:
    Интересные второстепенные квесты. Interesting background quests.
    Стелс. Stealth.
    Багов почти нет) There are almost no bugs)    … Expand
  73. tyr8338
    Nov 8, 2019
    7
    I`ve just finished Outer Worlds. I did all the side quest but got a bit bored at end so I didnt finish few last ones. Generally game is descent but not really all that interesting story-wise. World and characters are interesting enough but nothing as memorable as for example in the fallout games. I liked that many situations could be resolved by using talking skills like lie/persuade orI`ve just finished Outer Worlds. I did all the side quest but got a bit bored at end so I didnt finish few last ones. Generally game is descent but not really all that interesting story-wise. World and characters are interesting enough but nothing as memorable as for example in the fallout games. I liked that many situations could be resolved by using talking skills like lie/persuade or other character skills (hack,science,engineering etc).

    Graphically this game looks pretty descent but nothing awe-inspiring, optimization isnt perfect at times but I didnt experience any major slowdowns on i7 with 1080 ti in 1440p ultra.    … Expand
  74. tonyv6815
    Nov 8, 2019
    9
    graphics: 8/10
    performance: 9/10
    combat: 7/10
    rpg systems: 10/10
    writing: 10/10
    world-building: 9/10
    story: 9/10

    This is the perfected final form of Fallout 3, 4 and New Vegas. Brilliant rpg mechanics and inspired writing paired with the best combat this genre has seen to date makes this the game of 2019 so far
  75. saucyninja007
    Nov 8, 2019
    2
    Fallout New Vegas in space? I only wish. To be fair, I was not expecting this game to be as good as New Vegas, but in the end - after 15 hours of gameplay - I was massively let down by Outer Worlds. Where to begin? Let us talk about how clumsy and unsatisfying character creation is. The bonuses of attributes are bland and or illogical. Intelligence, for example, is oddly the most importFallout New Vegas in space? I only wish. To be fair, I was not expecting this game to be as good as New Vegas, but in the end - after 15 hours of gameplay - I was massively let down by Outer Worlds. Where to begin? Let us talk about how clumsy and unsatisfying character creation is. The bonuses of attributes are bland and or illogical. Intelligence, for example, is oddly the most import attribute in terms of combat. The skill system is awful. There is a combination of too many skill points and not enough skills worth investing in. You cannot even start specializing until all of the skill of a group are at 50/100. Why delay specializing when that is the whole point of an RPG? Leveling up a skill to 20/40/60/80/100 unlocks a single effect. That is about as deep as the skill system ever goes. No special perks that have skill requirements. No skill trees. Nothing. Just boring "+x %" bonuses. You hardly unlock anything resembling a new ability. Some skills are useless. Hacking and lockpicking are not worth it because they are not necessary to complete quests, you will be tripping over resources by the time you are level 10, and the "loot" in the game is repetitive. Seak is not necessary since the AI is pants-on-head retarded and takes 5 seconds to spot you when you are 10 feet away. Dialogue skills are not worth it since high skill checks are extremely rare. The skills that are not useless are too powerful. Having a Science of at least 60 makes the game way too easy. Do the perks save the day? Absolutely not. Most are bland "+x%" effects that do nothing to change the nature of the game or add flavor to your character. In the end, it is extremely difficult to make a character that feels unique. Exploration? Not worth it in this game. You can level up your weapons past you character's level. There is no point in searching for cool weapons since you can make an overpowered rifle early in the game with little investment. There are barely any unique weapons and a whopping 5 science weapons... like seriously... only 5. The final nail in the RPG coffin is the utter lack of important choices. For example, it is far too easy to chose a path that makes all factions happy. Yawn. Boring.

    Okay, so Outer Worlds is not a good RPG. Is it a good FPS? Not really. There is a complete lack of variety when it comes to weapons and armor. Another thing that kills the desire to explore. Even the names are lazy, just adding a 2.0 prefix before the original name. The enemy variety is lacking as well. Hardly any exotic creatures and all of the humanoid enemies look the same. So many areas have buildings with exterior or no interiors. The quests are dull.... even talking about the game feels like a chore.    … Expand
  76. RupmalyaK
    Nov 8, 2019
    10
    9/10 (Giving it 10 because a lot of people gave it 0 which is totally undeserving)

    This is a breath of fresh air in a world and time when literally every game tag itself as an RPG doesn't even have much RP elements in it.

    This game is not an AAA game but you can clearly feel the amount of love developers put into this game.
  77. Borreh
    Nov 8, 2019
    6
    Coming from such a respectful company it's sure to get a lot of 10's just from the anti-Bethesda crowd. I too love old Fallout games (especialy 2) and I despise what Bethesda did with the series.

    And yet, when playing Outer Worlds I couldn't help but think that I'd rather be playing Fallout 4 instead. Can't believe I just wrote that, I hated that game, but here we are. Outer Worlds    Coming from such a respectful company it's sure to get a lot of 10's just from the anti-Bethesda crowd. I too love old Fallout games (especialy 2) and I despise what Bethesda did with the series.

    And yet, when playing Outer Worlds I couldn't help but think that I'd rather be playing Fallout 4 instead. Can't believe I just wrote that, I hated that game, but here we are. Outer Worlds ain't a bad RPG by any means - It's one of the most solid RPGs out there. The problem is that nothing, absolutely nothing about it feels exceptional, in the end making the game feel like a chore. Even the writing, the one thing I counted to be superb coming from the makers of the good Fallout games, feels like stale bread. Add "meh"-level gameplay, oversimplified player progression and some truly out-of-date technicals and you get the most lukewarm fun you can have in 2019, and this is the year we got Rage 2 for crying out loud.

    If you want a good, deep RPG with perfect writing, Disco Elysium is a truly tranformative title for the entire genre. And let's not forget more standard (but much better than Outer Worlds) titles like Divinity: Original Sin 2, Wasteland 2, Atom RPG and the like. And if you want enjoyable FPP exploration with lite RPG elements, Fallout 4 is a much better choice in this regard. Or the Mass Effect series for an enjoyable space opera.

    Not that you can't play The Outer Worlds instead and have some mediocre fun but... Why would you?    … Expand
  78. Iskuri
    Nov 8, 2019
    2
    I had to come give my review since so many people are raving about how good it is, they all say "the writing is good" yeah it has well written dialogue in a boring short story. Also the combat is boring, the skills dont matter the perks are bland, many of the characters are forgettable and the game is very easy even on hard mode. I enjoyed parts of it but its not a "10/10" game.
  79. Anastasyah
    Nov 8, 2019
    8
    The game is pretty awesome BUT...
    Too many women. Too many. They everywhere. And it's annoying.
    I had to manually lower some brightness presets because my eyes were very tired. Sorry for all PS4 players huh.
    And... the game is short. Hope you guys will make it longer and bolder with DLS.
  80. morkot
    Nov 8, 2019
    10
    IMHO the only con for the game is that it's too short. Had to play it through twice

    Hoping for more Obsidian games in this setting. Hopefully more... scaled up games in series - or even DLCs for that one
  81. Fabizem
    Nov 8, 2019
    5
    Achei bem mais ou menos. Não me empolgou, não me importei muito com o que aconteceria na história e achei a imagem bem ruim.
  82. omanak
    Nov 8, 2019
    10
    A beautiful game. Awesome characters. If you are a fan of obsidian's work, or if you've found Bethesda's offerings lacking this games is for you. I made this meta-critic account just to write this review. Has to be my game of the year.
  83. damond5031
    Nov 8, 2019
    6
    This game is totally underdeveloped in its graphics, weapons and quests. It looks rushed, and apparently several planets featured on your map are never used, probably cut to be sold seperately later. I really liked this game in the beginning but quickly discovered that it became a boring slog shortly thereafter.
  84. THEJEBIDIAH
    Nov 8, 2019
    9
    Having grown up with the fallout series, it's great to see Obsidian back at it with this new title. Sure it could use some polish and is a bit on the simple side, I still plan on playing through it again on the hardest setting and to see what other outcomes I can find.

    As far as points, I'm giving this a 9/10 from sheer entertainment value & from the level of fun I had playing this    Having grown up with the fallout series, it's great to see Obsidian back at it with this new title. Sure it could use some polish and is a bit on the simple side, I still plan on playing through it again on the hardest setting and to see what other outcomes I can find.

    As far as points, I'm giving this a 9/10 from sheer entertainment value & from the level of fun I had playing this game. I also really enjoyed the story and couldn't help but to complete all of the side quests. Having reached the end, I'm glad that I did. Only area of improvement for me would be a steeper AI progression as your levels go up.    … Expand
  85. muzmuz
    Nov 7, 2019
    7
    It's space fallout with no third person mode. And it actually isn't a buggy mess made by an incompetent company. The Outer Worlds is what Fallout 5 should strive to be. A polished well-rounded open world FPS-RPG. You can see that Obisidian did well on their New Vegas experience and made something with impressively similar vibes.

    Unfortunately, it also suffers the same downside Fallout    It's space fallout with no third person mode. And it actually isn't a buggy mess made by an incompetent company. The Outer Worlds is what Fallout 5 should strive to be. A polished well-rounded open world FPS-RPG. You can see that Obisidian did well on their New Vegas experience and made something with impressively similar vibes.

    Unfortunately, it also suffers the same downside Fallout New Vegas has, which is a disappointingly mute character; and naturally a simplistic stealth and combat gameplay that plagues the entire franchise ever since Bethesda. Similarly, it doesn't let you play at the end of the game, finishing in a rather disappointing ending after obvious black and white choices.    … Expand
  86. exmac
    Nov 7, 2019
    7
    Почти полная копия Mass Effect 2 (причем именно второго), лишь косметика от Fallout New Vegas. Не скажу, что это плохо, но ожидался правопреемник вселенной Fallout, а по факту вылез внук Шепарда. Сама игра в целом понравилась, но очень короткая (прошел за 19 часов, включая абсолютно все побочные квесты, поручения и т.п., читая все терминалы, заметки и т.д). ИИ просто... ну его нет, вообще.Почти полная копия Mass Effect 2 (причем именно второго), лишь косметика от Fallout New Vegas. Не скажу, что это плохо, но ожидался правопреемник вселенной Fallout, а по факту вылез внук Шепарда. Сама игра в целом понравилась, но очень короткая (прошел за 19 часов, включая абсолютно все побочные квесты, поручения и т.п., читая все терминалы, заметки и т.д). ИИ просто... ну его нет, вообще. Все поведение настолько линейно, что по мере прохождения приедается. НПС там делают 3 вещи - стоят, сидят, лежат - в баре сидят как по струнке и не двигаются, говорят-стоят одни и те же личности между собой одни и те же вещи, опять же, по струнке смирно. Реакции на твои действия почти отсутствуют, привел бы вопиющий пример, да спойлер будет. В общем для B-сегмента игра отличная, но цена говорит о претензиях именно на А. Очень крепкий середнячок и в какой-то мере бальзам на душу фанатам серии Fallout, к коим и я отношусь, но, к сожалению, пока точно не выше.… Expand
  87. Druganov
    Nov 7, 2019
    3
    Sub-average RPG. well polished but it doesn't have a soul. combat mechanics are horrible, why do companions even have an special attack when you never need it?

    It's literally too easy in every aspect, dialog choices don't matter because you always have a skill good enough to meet some check, world feels empty. UI is horrible. you get spammed with quests and you lose track. Weapons    Sub-average RPG. well polished but it doesn't have a soul. combat mechanics are horrible, why do companions even have an special attack when you never need it?

    It's literally too easy in every aspect, dialog choices don't matter because you always have a skill good enough to meet some check, world feels empty. UI is horrible. you get spammed with quests and you lose track.

    Weapons and inventory are sub-par, there is no real difference between the kind of ranged weapons, and all the loot you can pick up is mostly useless except for selling.

    In general i really had the feeling "why am i playing this" while i'm avoiding NPC's because of the nonsense they're telling, and i really didn't care anymore.

    Stats and perks really don't matter. you can just choose whatever you want and you'll do fine anyway.

    I don't get the high review ratings, this is just a dumb RPG shooter designed for people who do not want to think, explore, get excited when finding a unique item, or want to have a challenge.

    Shame on you Obsidian. i'm reinstalling Fallout: NV just to get this bad taste out of my mouth.    … Expand
  88. Ririna
    Nov 7, 2019
    4
    The Outer Worlds is a fascinating RPG, one must say it fills up your imagination to the brightest star but to soon enough succumb you into the darkness of it. It is a universe so full of possibilities yet most of them are never fulfilled. While the gameplay aspects of the game are not bad at all and sometimes it feels very fluid to play, it is its story and final outcome that makes thisThe Outer Worlds is a fascinating RPG, one must say it fills up your imagination to the brightest star but to soon enough succumb you into the darkness of it. It is a universe so full of possibilities yet most of them are never fulfilled. While the gameplay aspects of the game are not bad at all and sometimes it feels very fluid to play, it is its story and final outcome that makes this game one of the most anti-climatic RPG's I've played, paired with a group of generic and forgettable cast of companions, clear sights on good and bad and very scarce meaningful decisions and absolutely boring quests that feels like the developers didn't care that much at all.
    The last arcs of this not very interesting story feel insanely rushed, at the end of the day Obsidian could've done so much more, if only one character was as memorable as Kreia from KotOR 2 maybe this game could've had a little bit of more flavour. It is just an outcast of a game trying to be Fallout-esque, while achieving just very small fun moments and leaving you questioning why they didn't expand this more.    … Expand
  89. IIFoxHoundII
    Nov 7, 2019
    5
    Games looks polished, has not bugs. and no micro-transactions. But the gameplay and the story its just...not good.
  90. MastroCicuta
    Nov 7, 2019
    5
    I already knew it would have been a small project, not a very long main quest line, not a lot of content in general... Ok, I am fine with that. The real problem (at least for me) is its core gameplay : in just one word, BORING. I was expecting instead more creativity and fun mechanics to play around, but no. Basically you can just slow down time and that's it. And it's not even that usefulI already knew it would have been a small project, not a very long main quest line, not a lot of content in general... Ok, I am fine with that. The real problem (at least for me) is its core gameplay : in just one word, BORING. I was expecting instead more creativity and fun mechanics to play around, but no. Basically you can just slow down time and that's it. And it's not even that useful either.
    I appreciate restriction based on a level cap, but I am not really impressed with quality and quantity of the perks system. To cut it short, there is not enough variety to me for justifying making another character, so it falls short of the definition of being an RPG.
    Yes there are a lot of beautifully written scripts and conversations.
    Yes there is a lot of stuff to loot around.
    BUT I still couldn't bring myself to play for more than 5 or 6 hours because the game it's just super boring.
    Come on Obsidian, you can do way better than this.    … Expand
  91. goodmanjoe
    Nov 7, 2019
    10
    this game is like mass effect Andromeda and fallout 4 if they were made by someone who gives a ****
  92. Dank_Serpico
    Nov 7, 2019
    7
    Outer Worlds is a passable but dated RPG. If you loved New Vegas, you will be in familiar territory here. From the art direction all the way down to the music it all feels so very Fallout 3 / Beth soft RPG. The throw back dated nature is almost certainly a design choice yet... even compared to stand out RPGs of yesteryear it doesn't fully stand up. If you dare to compare it to a moreOuter Worlds is a passable but dated RPG. If you loved New Vegas, you will be in familiar territory here. From the art direction all the way down to the music it all feels so very Fallout 3 / Beth soft RPG. The throw back dated nature is almost certainly a design choice yet... even compared to stand out RPGs of yesteryear it doesn't fully stand up. If you dare to compare it to a more modern RPG like Assassins Creed Odyssey, the Outer Worlds shortcomings are as plain to see as the nose on your face.

    At the core Outer Worlds is a very dialog heavy RPG. On the plus side of the equation, diverse outcomes can come about based on your decisions. There are plenty of different load outs and perks for your character so replay appeal could be pretty high . Trying the game with a character with low IQ and low dialog skills for instance would be an interesting experiment.

    Graphically it's all a bit meh. The biome designs of the levels are all very video gamey. They don't feel like real places, more like stylized sets. Again this is most likely a design choice, the developers want this to be a retro style RPG. Sadly though the characters are kind of boring and forgettable. Because of this I'm finding myself dreading asking more questions of a character than absolutely necessary. The more I play the less I talk. This is bad news for a game that doubled down on dialog as a core mechanic.

    Combat in all honesty kind of sucks. If you love bouncy floaty controls and gun play that lacks ooomph, you will love the combat. Sure, the combat is leaps and bounds better than say, Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines from 15 years ago. But VTMB was an infinitely more memorable and groundbreaking experience. VTMB had a great story with strongly designed characters who had interesting things to say. Outer worlds has little to none of those qualities. The combat is so lack luster you can see why dialog became a bigger part of the experience.

    The loot system on hard mode is the most broken loot system I have ever seen. You will find countless vending machines and sales folk with no shortage of things to buy. But, you will never really need to buy or sell anything. I'm halfway through the game and I only purchased one or two things. I only even bought those because the plot wouldn't move forward without them.

    It is entirely possible that playing on the hardest mode (super nova) is the way the good lord (or at least Obsidian) intended you to play this game. If I don't die of boredom on my first play through or if something changes in an amazing way I will play the game again and maybe regret giving the game only a 7.

    I can only guess the Outer Worlds is getting such great reviews because 1. It's not made by Bethesda. 2. It's not entirely broken and 3. Because it's not made by Bethesda.    … Expand
  93. FerociousPony
    Nov 7, 2019
    9
    Some of the best dialogue and choices in gaming. Also probably the best companion system ever
  94. bwh31
    Nov 7, 2019
    8
    This is a great RPG. The people who are rating it so low obviously were expecting something else other than a "Role Playing" game. It has great dialog, great characters, an interesting world and plot, and multiple ways to play through the game. It's weakest point is probably the gun play, but even that is pretty polished. If you enjoyed old school Bethesda before they got money hungry,This is a great RPG. The people who are rating it so low obviously were expecting something else other than a "Role Playing" game. It has great dialog, great characters, an interesting world and plot, and multiple ways to play through the game. It's weakest point is probably the gun play, but even that is pretty polished. If you enjoyed old school Bethesda before they got money hungry, then you will enjoy this. Between New Vegas, the Pillars games, and now The Outer Worlds, Obsidian has become my favorite studio. Edit - After playing for a few more days I am dropping from a 10 to an 8. This is because I am just having a hard time staying "into it". In Fallout I always had a sense of wonder and mystery and couldn't wait to explore the wasteland.....some of that is lost in the Outer Worlds. Still a really solid game, just not deserving of the 10 I had originally had it pegged at.… Expand
  95. lightfelix
    Nov 7, 2019
    2
    I really, really can not understand all that positive vibe towards this game. Based on Metacritic, most of the people just love it. Many people say that its's much better than bethesda's fallout (and I am not talking about 76). And the problem is, that its simply not. No, it's not even as good as New Vegas, Fallout 3 or Fallout 4.
    And it falls short in every aspect. The combat is very    I really, really can not understand all that positive vibe towards this game. Based on Metacritic, most of the people just love it. Many people say that its's much better than bethesda's fallout (and I am not talking about 76). And the problem is, that its simply not. No, it's not even as good as New Vegas, Fallout 3 or Fallout 4.
    And it falls short in every aspect. The combat is very simple and boring - nothing is a real threat to a player. Loot is plentiful, you wont need 99% of it (i am not kidding - you break apart or sell most of it), lock picks are extremely easy to find. Skill checks are joke. You can be jack of all trades from the very beginning of the game. Locations are small an repetitive. Maps try to look like there is a lot of stuff to do, but there really isn't. Quests match the overall quality of the game - they are dull, they are short and they lack content. Yes, most of the time there are multiple approaches to every quest, but it just doesn't feel rewarding to complete any of them - it's as easy as to choose different dialogue option.
    The only decent part is writing, at least for a "fallout" game - its interesting to read and easy to follow. But its's not enough to be an RPG, its not even enough to be a game in most common sense - its just a visual novel, with no gameplay value. And that is really sad.

    Can I just have a new fallout game, or do I have to replay the first one yet another time?    … Expand
  96. Ghua
    Nov 7, 2019
    6
    I am really surprised by negative scores. I am a big fallout fan and this game is solid fallout without all unnecessary crap.
    BUT...
    the game gave my headache and made me motion sick for some reason. I turned off some options and it was better but still lurking. I find it weird. Maybe I am just allergic to huge amounts of estrogen- game is full of it. Most of the engineers are women.    I am really surprised by negative scores. I am a big fallout fan and this game is solid fallout without all unnecessary crap.
    BUT...
    the game gave my headache and made me motion sick for some reason. I turned off some options and it was better but still lurking. I find it weird.
    Maybe I am just allergic to huge amounts of estrogen- game is full of it. Most of the engineers are women. The one guy who is an engineer actually suck at it.
    They even put Queen Zoe in the game (-1 to score for that).
    Shame    … Expand
  97. Iamthecommand
    Nov 6, 2019
    0
    I thought this game somewhere near mediocre until I saw the praise being heaped upon it. Only after realizing how much that made my blood boil did I realize that this isn't a good enough game to be mediocre. In a vacuum this game is fun, maybe it would even be seen as great. It isn't in a vacuum however, it has to be compared to those games that isnt taken inspiration from. Its Fallout,I thought this game somewhere near mediocre until I saw the praise being heaped upon it. Only after realizing how much that made my blood boil did I realize that this isn't a good enough game to be mediocre. In a vacuum this game is fun, maybe it would even be seen as great. It isn't in a vacuum however, it has to be compared to those games that isnt taken inspiration from. Its Fallout, but with boring combat, even less enemy variation, companions that miss their mark on connecting with you 9/10 times, a terrible loot system, almost no weapon variety,space travel that's done almost completely in the background, and many more small issues that add up but I'm not willing to list out here. This game doesn't deserve the praise it's getting and because of that I have to oppose it.… Expand
  98. Gedulah
    Nov 6, 2019
    10
    Few games come out like this. Essentially glitch free, of which doesn't happen very often. This game allows one to live out their passion as a space traveling gunslinger. In comparison with other titles sporting similar DNA, this title is a massive success in story telling and undeniable quality in writing. If you like shooting lasers into twisted mutated bug creatures from outer space,Few games come out like this. Essentially glitch free, of which doesn't happen very often. This game allows one to live out their passion as a space traveling gunslinger. In comparison with other titles sporting similar DNA, this title is a massive success in story telling and undeniable quality in writing. If you like shooting lasers into twisted mutated bug creatures from outer space, what are you waiting for? Give this game company your money. In this day and age of micro-transaction trash and pay to win duds, this game is the breath of fresh air. It is so rare to have a new intellectual property pack such a wonderful punch. If you are a fan of Star Wars, if you are a fan of Firefly or its movie Serenity this game is a must. I took my time with this title, exploring every area and every quest I came across and spent about 30 hours. For the average player I see somewhere in the ball park of 20 hours of game play. Fight the degradation of quality in games, and when a game like this comes along support it. Who knows how many more adventures we will get to have like this?… Expand
  99. BarkFishy
    Nov 6, 2019
    9
    I thought it was a fantastic game. Just way too short, there needed to be more of it.
  100. BurnMyst
    Nov 6, 2019
    10
    It's not a New Vegas level, but it's a game for the RPG genre. The actual score is 8/10 but 10 points because the idiot gives 0.
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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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