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  1. Nov 22, 2020
    10
    This was a great stand in waiting for something from Bethesda or CD. Had a lot of fun but I also really enjoyed New Vegas so it depends on the person.
  2. Nov 18, 2020
    2
    It's almost impressive how boring this game is. It's not well-designed or well-written. It does the exact same boring **** that every other game has been doing for decades, and it does it all the exact same way. The story is so boring and paint-by-numbers that I'm pretty sure an algorithm could have written it. How many times do I need to fish through desk drawers for scrap metal orIt's almost impressive how boring this game is. It's not well-designed or well-written. It does the exact same boring **** that every other game has been doing for decades, and it does it all the exact same way. The story is so boring and paint-by-numbers that I'm pretty sure an algorithm could have written it. How many times do I need to fish through desk drawers for scrap metal or blindly click through bloated dialogue options to get to a conclusion with no impact on anything? Too many times, Obsidian. I came ready and hoping to be surprised by anything that wasn't a watered-down version of Fallout, a stale point of reference to begin with. Everybody who touted this game as something new ought to feel pretty frickin stupid right about now. Expand
  3. Nov 14, 2020
    6
    The Outer Worlds es el nuevo intento de Obsidian de tomar la corona de Fallout de las manos de Bethesda, aunque sin la licencia del mismo. Y, sinceramente, lo han hecho mejor que Bethesda en sus útlimos intentos, igual que New Vegas era mejor que Fallout 3. Pero eso no significa que el juego no tenga carencias. Las mecánicas principales del juego son buenas, desde el combate al sigilo,The Outer Worlds es el nuevo intento de Obsidian de tomar la corona de Fallout de las manos de Bethesda, aunque sin la licencia del mismo. Y, sinceramente, lo han hecho mejor que Bethesda en sus útlimos intentos, igual que New Vegas era mejor que Fallout 3. Pero eso no significa que el juego no tenga carencias. Las mecánicas principales del juego son buenas, desde el combate al sigilo, aunque algunas podrían haber dado más (la selección de perks disponibles, por ejemplo). El problema, como ellos mismos explican en los documentales de NoClip, es que el juego tiene que lidiar con numerosas limitaciones por cuestiones como hacer que funcione en consolas o las limitaciones de personal y tiempo. El resultado es que, en muchos sentidos, The Outer Worlds es un juego relativamente pequeño para el género: los mapas son pequeños, la variedad de armas y enemigos es relativamente pequeña, el número de quests y cosas a hacer es relativamente escaso, etc. Esto hace una experiencia más intensa y concentrada, lo cual en muchos sentidos está bien, pero también deja un cierto regusto a querer más. Y luego, para mi gusto, se han pasado con el humor, de manera que al menos a mi me ha sido difícil conectar con lo que ocurre en el juego, los personajes y demás, porque no me los puedo tomar suficientemente en serio.

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

    Por todo ello, sin duda The Outer Worlds es un juego que está bien, aunque a mi personalmente no me ha satisfecho tanto como esperaba. Un 6,5.
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  4. Nov 14, 2020
    7
    I had high hopes for this, considering it's obsidian. I walked away feeling a bit disapointed, don't get me wrong it's enjoyable and you get to love the characters in this game. I feel like if you're a fan of any of the fallout games, you should definetly play this. It just felt a bit short for me. It was 40 hours on my playthrough but it ended so abruptly and left me a bit at edge withI had high hopes for this, considering it's obsidian. I walked away feeling a bit disapointed, don't get me wrong it's enjoyable and you get to love the characters in this game. I feel like if you're a fan of any of the fallout games, you should definetly play this. It just felt a bit short for me. It was 40 hours on my playthrough but it ended so abruptly and left me a bit at edge with the feeling of that's it, written all up in my face. Expand
  5. Nov 12, 2020
    10
    Impressive game by Obsidian after marvelous Fallout: New Vegas.
    Colorful world, interesting storyline, many good quests and perfect dialogue system.
    Not best graphics in 2020, but still good for not AAA project.
  6. Nov 2, 2020
    6
    A good game. Graphics can be nice, but quite muddy. The planets are incredibly bland and not at all beautiful or atmospheric. No bugs. Most characters are trash and lack the interesting depth you find in games like DA Inquisition amd ME Andromeda. Combat is very dull like FO4 and Skyrim. There is not a lot of content, I could easily need a couple of more planets. It's very similar to aA good game. Graphics can be nice, but quite muddy. The planets are incredibly bland and not at all beautiful or atmospheric. No bugs. Most characters are trash and lack the interesting depth you find in games like DA Inquisition amd ME Andromeda. Combat is very dull like FO4 and Skyrim. There is not a lot of content, I could easily need a couple of more planets. It's very similar to a bugfree FO4 only in space. Cant remember much of the music and there are too few cinematics. Also the ending feels like a midgame hurdle, rushed and not good. A mediocre game, 6.5/10 Expand
  7. Oct 30, 2020
    1
    I've tried playing this game 3 time, and every time I loss my save data, and online fixes don't help, plus campions spill their life story in every conversation, its just weird and unnatural.
  8. Oct 30, 2020
    8
    Внешние миры очень интересный проект, который явно сделан с любовью и талантом, пусть и с небольшими бюджетными ограничениями. У Абсидиан явно нет 200 миллионов на одну и игру посему полностью открытого мира не вышло.
    Игроку предоставляются ограниченные области на планетах, и ему предстоит открыть небольшую предысторию каждой на своем пути. Попутно решая трудности местного населения, куда
    Внешние миры очень интересный проект, который явно сделан с любовью и талантом, пусть и с небольшими бюджетными ограничениями. У Абсидиан явно нет 200 миллионов на одну и игру посему полностью открытого мира не вышло.
    Игроку предоставляются ограниченные области на планетах, и ему предстоит открыть небольшую предысторию каждой на своем пути. Попутно решая трудности местного населения, куда без этого?
    Стартуя из анабиоза в мир вымирающей колонии в звездной системе Алкион игрок получит одновременно и масс эффект андромеда и светлячок с легким флером Фоллаута в космосе. По ощущениям, если бы мир Фоллаута и смог бы пережить последствия ядереной войны, то в космосе человечество выглядело бы именно так.
    Через всю игру проходит откровенный стеб над расчеловечиванием сотрудников корпорациями, дурацкие директивы начальства и прочая буффонада над потребительским отношением людей друг к другу.
    Можно сказать, что Outer worlds игра про то, как либертарианцы занялись колонизацией других миров и привычно рыночек порешал в руины все начинания. Вплоть до голода рядом с заводом, полным рыбы и космических кораблей, летающих с полным трюмами продовольствия.
    Геймплейно чисто прокаченный New Vegas с небольшим бардаком в инвентаре и замедлением времени прямиком из старины MAx Payne. Так что никаких откровений не ждите.. Тут стрельба намного слабее, чем у ФЛТ4, но живые диалоги, классные напарники и возможность летать на своем корабле дает гораздо больший простор для отыгрыша, чем в условной ста миллионов Андромеде. В целом тут все сделано лучше, чем в других РПГ шутерах с большим бюджетами! И слабый импакт от оружия и малая карта визуального урона тут вообще не мешает наслаждаться дорогой капитана Безнадежного, который подарил надежду Алкиону!
    Рад покупке Майкрософт Obsidian! Очень надеюсь они им мешать не будут, а дадут средств и другой движок, потому что смотреть на недогружающиеся текстуры в UE за эти годы устал смертельно, но оптимизация нормас.
    При gtx980 60фпс+ есть, что по нашим временам большой плюс.
    Покупайте без каких-либо сомнений, если хотите прогуляться по звездной системе с напарниками и почитать-послушать много историй, а часто еще и пострелять во все стороны в этом Диком Западе за много световых лет от Земли!
    Есть задел на сиквелы и тут этого очень даже жду, буду рад продолжениям.
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  9. Oct 29, 2020
    5
    Not as long a game as some people claim, finished it in about 15 hours doing most of the quests in the game. If you just do the main quest you can finish it in under 4 hours I think. Also companions feel rather lackluster, their back-stories are rather boring and dull. They are not really that engaging and I forgot that they were even there most of the time except when they chimed in withNot as long a game as some people claim, finished it in about 15 hours doing most of the quests in the game. If you just do the main quest you can finish it in under 4 hours I think. Also companions feel rather lackluster, their back-stories are rather boring and dull. They are not really that engaging and I forgot that they were even there most of the time except when they chimed in with some comment during conversations.

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

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

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

    Overall though the game has a decent story, the game-play is solid and in this day and age that is high praise when compared to other games. Especially when you consider that most games released nowadays are a broken mess.
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  10. Oct 29, 2020
    8
    Pretty good game overall, good writing, good fighting, act. It does everything pretty good, though the scale of the games maps and what not are quite small, but this game is still really good. I know I said good a lot, but that's what this game is, good. Average, moderate, good.
  11. Oct 29, 2020
    2
    Buggy garbage. I played the first 4 hours without realizing there was a bug that made the saves fail silently. Lost all my progress. The game had already been out for a year and they hadn't bothered patching this game-breaking bug!

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

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

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

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

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

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

    I understand both, but don't mistake this game for an RPG or even an "action RPG". It's a short looter shooter with laughable characters and a story that only really exists on paper. You might want to focus on the main story in absence smart, diverse side missions but beware: The game is then over in less than 15 hours. The ending is hasty, and dumber than Quake 2 and Crysis put together.
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  14. Oct 26, 2020
    5
    I was really let down by this game based on the hype that followed it.

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

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

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

    The combat is...there!

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

    If i can save just one person, honestly, skip this game. I came out of my way to leave this review because I am like in disbelief at how bad it is based on the hype surrounding it for the past year.
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  15. Oct 26, 2020
    7
    I liked this game it was very fallout 4 feeling and I liked that game better than this because it was deeper and had a better cast, especially Nick Valentine. I'll never understand why they didn't expand the Valentine noir detective into a separate game it would have been an immediate buy for me, love noir. It's certainly pretty to look at and has a decent story of a dystopian corporateI liked this game it was very fallout 4 feeling and I liked that game better than this because it was deeper and had a better cast, especially Nick Valentine. I'll never understand why they didn't expand the Valentine noir detective into a separate game it would have been an immediate buy for me, love noir. It's certainly pretty to look at and has a decent story of a dystopian corporate space future, very much a marxist socialism loving theme we've seen since at least the Alien franchise. I would never personally be in any situation where my whole being was dependent absolutely, for long time periods, on a profit seeking "person" corporation/government and that includes all types of governments. Space would be one case, another submarines, airplanes, hospitals you name it. My biggest gripe is that it's not that big, there are only a few worlds but I suppose one of the big talking points is that it's not ponderously long game but to me FO4 wasn't that either, only jubisoft megagames like ac odyssey, later far crys etc would fit that description. Origins didn't even fit that, Just Cause games would if you are dull enough to play them past the main story, or at all really. People say it's very generic but that's just because it doesn't have the lineage of FO etc if they make sequel it would have that and be rated better. But yeah the story wasn't about characters it was about dystopian space corporations so characters are largely forgettable. These big devs are just neo-marxists, antichristians and purveyors of time wasting mind control products. You can see the SJW aspects in these types of games all over the place. Expand
  16. Oct 25, 2020
    0
    I like many others waited for the Steam release for this game because of the Epic exclusivity deal. All I can say is, the two companies deserve eachother. The Outer Worlds makes it painfully obvious that Chris Avellone was the driving force behind the beloved titles this company was known for, and considering all of the themes of this game are exactly what Avellone criticized ObsidianI like many others waited for the Steam release for this game because of the Epic exclusivity deal. All I can say is, the two companies deserve eachother. The Outer Worlds makes it painfully obvious that Chris Avellone was the driving force behind the beloved titles this company was known for, and considering all of the themes of this game are exactly what Avellone criticized Obsidian for, from how the management dealt with things such as sexual harassment, nepotism, and it's general corporate atmosphere....the timing of Chris Avellone getting #metoo'd is WAY too convenient.

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

    I mean.. sure.. every time I die, it is so useful to put the cursor on 'settings' because that is definitely what I want to do every time I die. It's not as if anyone would want to reload their game or continue.
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  18. Oct 24, 2020
    5
    I'm actually rather disappointed that I have to give this game a 5 out of 10.
    It should be noted that I'm not the kind of person who likes to or tends to overhype Games. But this was disappointing even from the perspective of what I was expecting.
    The game was Overhyped and that's not its fault, people really nostalgia goggle New Vegas hard so this game was always going to have that
    I'm actually rather disappointed that I have to give this game a 5 out of 10.
    It should be noted that I'm not the kind of person who likes to or tends to overhype Games. But this was disappointing even from the perspective of what I was expecting.

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

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

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

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

    9/10
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  20. Sep 21, 2020
    7
    The game has its problems but overall its an rpg that is well worth playing through, certainly not a fallout killer though!
  21. Oct 11, 2020
    3
    What a disappointment. I had great hope for this game but it turned out to be a chore.
    Color palette is to make your eyes bleed.
    Gameplay is meh. Companions are mostly the way. For some reasons you cannot remap the ',' key which is stupid and frustrating (has been my reload key for as long as I remember) But to top it all, it's a Marxist story full of insufferable characters, an SJW's
    What a disappointment. I had great hope for this game but it turned out to be a chore.
    Color palette is to make your eyes bleed.
    Gameplay is meh.
    Companions are mostly the way.
    For some reasons you cannot remap the ',' key which is stupid and frustrating (has been my reload key for as long as I remember)
    But to top it all, it's a Marxist story full of insufferable characters, an SJW's wet dream.

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

    Obsidian, do you think I'll ever buy anything from you after that? Dream on.
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  22. Oct 31, 2019
    7
    Fun game, funny characters and a nice scifi world to explore. This game is best enjoyed on hard mode. Really enjoying this game. Well done obsidian.
  23. Oct 10, 2020
    0
    Good game. Wish it to be a bit more hardcore without map/ui pointers on every single action/quest. Also a bit buggy still. However, great game, worth playing and buying.
  24. Oct 7, 2020
    7
    If you are a fan of good old RPSs, it's your choice. I spend 30 hours in and enjoying it rly bad.
    As we sad: "It's not the best choice - It's Spacer's Choice!".
  25. Oct 3, 2020
    1
    Bad graphics and really bad optimized game. Have a RTX 3080 and its no change after upgrade from 2070. Not recommend this game at all.
  26. Oct 2, 2020
    7
    I really wanted to LOVE this game, but somehow it just doesn't capture me to keep going. It's mostly fine! Which maybe is the real issue? It feels way too easy, light on the roleplaying, and while combat can be somewhat satisfying, the weapon diversity isn't enough to keep me coming back. Some of the locales are fun, but they haven't been enough to keep me engaged in the experience.
  27. Sep 29, 2020
    7
    Marred by some lazy design, a boring story, and a bland setting this RPG falls short from greatness.
  28. Sep 29, 2020
    3
    I waited so long to play this game only to be hit with massive disappointment in what it turned out to be. If you took the companion system and the branching storylines of Mass Effect and combined it with the open-world mechanics of Borderlands, you get The Outer Worlds. It seems like a good recipe.

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

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

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

    Thankfully the story was relatively short, because after a while I had a hard time starting the game up to just run through mindless quests. I finished it, however only to not have an unfinished game hovering over my head.
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  29. Sep 28, 2020
    0
    Incredibly disappointed even on though I got it on sale. The mechanics and abilities are shallow, the dialogue and story is boring and cliche - there is a distinct lack of "soul" to this game. Didn't even finish it, couldn't be bothered. Save your money.
  30. Sep 24, 2020
    6
    So yea, I liked Parvati a lot and Vicar Max, I didn't like Felix but that's ok.

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

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

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

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

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

    Could have implemented some romance options?? That would have elevated this game. But you played it safe. So six 4 U. Thank u next.
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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 30
  2. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  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]