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
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#42 Best PC Game of 2019
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#7 Most Discussed PC Game of 2019

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

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