The Outer Worlds

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  1. kirby667
    Jan 12, 2021
    4
    Tried it briefly, had all the signs of a bad game. In the first few minutes I was bombarded with pop up menus. It's felt like the game was going to be pretty cumbersome. Immediately it was clear that nothing at all about this game stands out. I don't think it's a total fail, but it clearly didn't get the basics pinned down well enough to be good.
  2. WCM320
    Oct 24, 2020
    5
    I'm actually rather disappointed that I have to give this game a 5 out of 10.
    It should be noted that I'm not the kind of person who likes to or tends to overhype Games. But this was disappointing even from the perspective of what I was expecting.
    The game was Overhyped and that's not its fault, people really nostalgia goggle New Vegas hard so this game was always going to have that    I'm actually rather disappointed that I have to give this game a 5 out of 10.
    It should be noted that I'm not the kind of person who likes to or tends to overhype Games. But this was disappointing even from the perspective of what I was expecting.

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

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

    People keep forgetting that Obsidion is a mid sized professional game studio.    … Expand
  3. NanoThunderGod
    Mar 28, 2020
    2
    I got this game on a sale. I had high hopes for it and then I started playing. The story, mechanics and almost everything feels bland. I do not know if it is me or the game. I just did not like it. It was like they had a good marketing team. That is my opinion so please be careful when buying this game.
  4. KARF4GEN
    Oct 30, 2020
    8
    Внешние миры очень интересный проект, который явно сделан с любовью и талантом, пусть и с небольшими бюджетными ограничениями. У Абсидиан явно нет 200 миллионов на одну и игру посему полностью открытого мира не вышло.
    Игроку предоставляются ограниченные области на планетах, и ему предстоит открыть небольшую предысторию каждой на своем пути. Попутно решая трудности местного населения, куда    Внешние миры очень интересный проект, который явно сделан с любовью и талантом, пусть и с небольшими бюджетными ограничениями. У Абсидиан явно нет 200 миллионов на одну и игру посему полностью открытого мира не вышло.
    Игроку предоставляются ограниченные области на планетах, и ему предстоит открыть небольшую предысторию каждой на своем пути. Попутно решая трудности местного населения, куда без этого?
    Стартуя из анабиоза в мир вымирающей колонии в звездной системе Алкион игрок получит одновременно и масс эффект андромеда и светлячок с легким флером Фоллаута в космосе. По ощущениям, если бы мир Фоллаута и смог бы пережить последствия ядереной войны, то в космосе человечество выглядело бы именно так.
    Через всю игру проходит откровенный стеб над расчеловечиванием сотрудников корпорациями, дурацкие директивы начальства и прочая буффонада над потребительским отношением людей друг к другу.
    Можно сказать, что Outer worlds игра про то, как либертарианцы занялись колонизацией других миров и привычно рыночек порешал в руины все начинания. Вплоть до голода рядом с заводом, полным рыбы и космических кораблей, летающих с полным трюмами продовольствия.
    Геймплейно чисто прокаченный New Vegas с небольшим бардаком в инвентаре и замедлением времени прямиком из старины MAx Payne. Так что никаких откровений не ждите.. Тут стрельба намного слабее, чем у ФЛТ4, но живые диалоги, классные напарники и возможность летать на своем корабле дает гораздо больший простор для отыгрыша, чем в условной ста миллионов Андромеде. В целом тут все сделано лучше, чем в других РПГ шутерах с большим бюджетами! И слабый импакт от оружия и малая карта визуального урона тут вообще не мешает наслаждаться дорогой капитана Безнадежного, который подарил надежду Алкиону!
    Рад покупке Майкрософт Obsidian! Очень надеюсь они им мешать не будут, а дадут средств и другой движок, потому что смотреть на недогружающиеся текстуры в UE за эти годы устал смертельно, но оптимизация нормас.
    При gtx980 60фпс+ есть, что по нашим временам большой плюс.
    Покупайте без каких-либо сомнений, если хотите прогуляться по звездной системе с напарниками и почитать-послушать много историй, а часто еще и пострелять во все стороны в этом Диком Западе за много световых лет от Земли!
    Есть задел на сиквелы и тут этого очень даже жду, буду рад продолжениям.    … Expand
  5. Gaudy
    May 17, 2023
    8
    Gran rpg de elecciones. Me lo he pasado muy bien eligiendo y viendo el destino del personaje. Se nota que el presupuesto del juego no es muy alto pero creo que han hecho un gran trabajo para lo que tienen. Se nota muchisimo la influencia de Fallout pero miro este jugo como un mini Fallout. 30 horas de diversión. Graficamente no es gran cosa, se siente obsoleto. Lo mundos son amplios peroGran rpg de elecciones. Me lo he pasado muy bien eligiendo y viendo el destino del personaje. Se nota que el presupuesto del juego no es muy alto pero creo que han hecho un gran trabajo para lo que tienen. Se nota muchisimo la influencia de Fallout pero miro este jugo como un mini Fallout. 30 horas de diversión. Graficamente no es gran cosa, se siente obsoleto. Lo mundos son amplios pero no son interesantes de explorar y se echa de menos mas vida en las ciudades. Los nps son todos iguales y se hecha en falta variedad sobre todo en las mujeres. Aun así, por divertido y por variedad rpg le doy un 8.… Expand
  6. D3D11
    Mar 30, 2020
    6
    Technically it is not a bad game. It has interesting graphics, a just not so mediocre story line and an above average game mechanics. Nothing is so good at its own, but the mixture is excellent. The guys clearly have talents.

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

    My two biggest issues are the following:

    1. Sudden FPS drops, which are very annoying.

    2. The walking / fighting mechanics is seriously outdated. It is about 10 years old. You literally can not play the game after playing Far Cry 5-6, or Dying Light. This is a very big issue and it completely ruined the game for me. This is why I gave it a 6 score, and not 8.    … Expand
  7. RazorSamurai
    Feb 8, 2020
    4
    poor optimization, it lags on decent pc in city locations. anyway its boring, shooting is awful even nv felt way more better. characters are uninteresting and every fking girl looks same ugly. lost my money btw
  8. AvdaninAlex
    Feb 12, 2021
    4
    Вообще игра неплохая, нынче сложно встретить интересный проект с хорошей задумкой, проработкой . Особенно в наше время ассасин крид и прочего. Видна была работа с лицевой анимацией, можно даже сказать что это революция, но отсюда и истекают основная претензия , где русская озвучка Карл ? Как я могу наслаждаться диалогами и проработкой лицевой анимации , читая при этом субтитры . НеужелиВообще игра неплохая, нынче сложно встретить интересный проект с хорошей задумкой, проработкой . Особенно в наше время ассасин крид и прочего. Видна была работа с лицевой анимацией, можно даже сказать что это революция, но отсюда и истекают основная претензия , где русская озвучка Карл ? Как я могу наслаждаться диалогами и проработкой лицевой анимации , читая при этом субтитры . Неужели так дорого заказать озвучку на русском языке , между прочим 9 языком мира , по количеству говорящих? Так что за жадность не выше красного интервала референсных значений.… Expand
  9. rezo_21
    May 24, 2023
    8
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  10. Bottlecaps
    Jun 24, 2020
    8
    after finishing the outer worlds all i could think was " wow no wonder everyone thinks this game is great" but then i come on metacritic and see how much people hate it ????? did we play the same game ? decidedly not as i'm sure most of the poor reviews played on easy mode as i played on easy first and got so bored i quit the game. supernova difficulty is what this game was designed forafter finishing the outer worlds all i could think was " wow no wonder everyone thinks this game is great" but then i come on metacritic and see how much people hate it ????? did we play the same game ? decidedly not as i'm sure most of the poor reviews played on easy mode as i played on easy first and got so bored i quit the game. supernova difficulty is what this game was designed for and if you don't play it on that difficulty you will be disappointed. not only that The outer worlds is NOT FALLOUT but is an open world RPG like fallout it is very easy to compare the outer worlds and fallout 3,nv and 4 . but please take it as its own thing it has its flaws sure and fallout dose do somethings better but the outer worlds is leagues better in other things.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    this game is very good for rpg players , for first person shooter players use to spectacle not so much , it is a welcome addition to my library of games. i enjoyed the game thoroughly even if i did forgive a lot of its flaws , flaws i think can be easily ironed out in the eventual sequel because it deserves one    … Expand
  11. Cz3rw0ny
    Dec 15, 2020
    6
    The game is quite good, maybe the graphics or the mechanics are not next-gen like but passable. But the story did not suck me in like it did in many other RPGs. I played it for roughly 10h and left it unfinished.
  12. Kael_Ebbs
    Mar 21, 2020
    1
    Boring, uninspired, and very very bland game. Most characters, and armor designs look virtually the same. From the short haired women, bandits, to the corporate security, to even your ship AI. The entire game feels like the developers are just trying to copy fallout, and borderlands while failing miserably at it. The gunplay is awful, as well as the character building, little or noBoring, uninspired, and very very bland game. Most characters, and armor designs look virtually the same. From the short haired women, bandits, to the corporate security, to even your ship AI. The entire game feels like the developers are just trying to copy fallout, and borderlands while failing miserably at it. The gunplay is awful, as well as the character building, little or no progression. They try WAY too hard to be funny with the writing. The entire 6 hours I spent in game feels like it was built on false expectations. I have played through New vegas, (even games like Fallout 4) and Borderlands, multiple times, with hundreds of hours in them. This isn't even mildly entertaining. Not worth your $60.… Expand
  13. svonton
    Mar 20, 2020
    9
    so what i can say about this game - let me think - i definitely like it =D. as i saw a many people write something like 'meeeh its ok not great' or "rpg game must be better". maybe it because i not played for a long time rpg type game, with all this variations of dialog answer when u can beat the mission without killing anyone or get compromise between two aggressive fractions. yeah theso what i can say about this game - let me think - i definitely like it =D. as i saw a many people write something like 'meeeh its ok not great' or "rpg game must be better". maybe it because i not played for a long time rpg type game, with all this variations of dialog answer when u can beat the mission without killing anyone or get compromise between two aggressive fractions. yeah the biggest fun of this game i got by dialogs cuz it powerful "weapon" if u lvl up it more than 90 =D (yeah at the end i got something like 120 points in all language skills XD). but not only dialogue is pros of this game. leveling system, upgrading your weapons and armor (yeah is rpg what you expecting for?=D). partner system is important part of game too. maybe it because i never played fallout series but i think guys from obsidian done great game that can bring you a lot of fun =3… Expand
  14. Mooteddy
    Oct 9, 2021
    5
    Sadly only half of the game is good. The first half is like...9/10 after that it turns into a 0/10 thus = 5/10.

    Very sad, considering I loved the first half. Things that got real bad after the first half: -Story -Characters -Dialogue -Lore -Quests -Difficulty curve. Difficulty curve being that you need stats to be say....40/100 half the game and then suddelny you need    Sadly only half of the game is good. The first half is like...9/10 after that it turns into a 0/10 thus = 5/10.

    Very sad, considering I loved the first half.

    Things that got real bad after the first half:
    -Story
    -Characters
    -Dialogue
    -Lore
    -Quests
    -Difficulty curve.

    Difficulty curve being that you need stats to be say....40/100 half the game and then suddelny you need 100/100 for a dialogue option. Pretty dumb. Countless things like that.    … Expand
  15. Shebetun
    Apr 21, 2020
    5
    Посредственность в боевке, дизайне квестов, структуре мира. Хотелось бы чего-то свежего и оригинального. Лучше перепойти New Vegas.
  16. ziyddwh
    Mar 14, 2023
    6
    No interesting story and characters, long time to beat, easy to play even with the first-run hard difficulty.
  17. Highlander117
    Dec 31, 2019
    8
    This game is great. Currently at 17 hours of playtime and it keeps on going. Good gameplay, really nice storytelling, awesome dialogue. Yes the characters could be better and there could be a bit more depth to the world and gameplay, but other then that its pretty solid.
  18. StankSoda
    Feb 17, 2020
    9
    Overall theme is a bit on the nose. But it's also a very unique game apart from the fallout components, which originally Obsidian created. If you like Orwell, you'll like this game.
  19. Welkinz
    Feb 24, 2021
    8
    Truly it is not a game with a storyline that will leave a deep impression in your mind, but gameplaying is fun and graphics are quite unique. It is worth playing, but I can see why Disco defeated it and got the Best RPG award in 2019.
  20. renatofontes
    Apr 18, 2021
    9
    I really like it, maybe it's because I've never played a fall out game?
    There are many things that could be improved, but for me there's nothing that detracts from the overall experience.
  21. Alecseus
    Dec 17, 2019
    5
    Absolutely mediocre game. It seems that Obsidian did not evolve since release of NV, but rather degraded.The RP system was completely failed, there were never any options unavailable in the dialogue, all the safes and locks were opened. The perks are divided into boring and useless. Companions are made of cardboard (only vikar is at least somewhat interesting).Ada seemed interesting,butAbsolutely mediocre game. It seems that Obsidian did not evolve since release of NV, but rather degraded.The RP system was completely failed, there were never any options unavailable in the dialogue, all the safes and locks were opened. The perks are divided into boring and useless. Companions are made of cardboard (only vikar is at least somewhat interesting).Ada seemed interesting,but no.Quests are mostly boring and monotonous. Something interesting appeared at 25 hours of the game.Craft are terrible. Thank you for the need to raise level of weapons with money, otherwise you have nowhere to put them. And yes, the in-game economy does not exist. By the time I had the option to pay 10,000 I already had 20,000.
    I did not have high expectations after PoE2, but damn it is the level of Alpha Protocol.    … Expand
  22. Nerevarinho
    Dec 14, 2019
    4
    Clunky combat, empty world, shallow Fallout clone. I dont feel connected to any of the NPCs. No italian voiceovers, damn even Fallout 3 had italian voiceovers.
  23. Meeleepit
    Oct 31, 2019
    7
    Fun game, funny characters and a nice scifi world to explore. This game is best enjoyed on hard mode. Really enjoying this game. Well done obsidian.
  24. Boyar
    May 26, 2020
    8
    Старомодная, крепко сбитая ролевая игра не без недостатков. Но некоторые вещи в век штампованных пародий на рпг уже удивляют, хотя еще десять лет назад это было в порядке вещей. Хорошая, качественная игра, в которой приятно находиться. Обсидиан снова делают игру с "квестами", а не с помойными "заданиями" вида "сходи и убей всех", предостаточно разговорных квестов, а диалоги в игре отличноСтаромодная, крепко сбитая ролевая игра не без недостатков. Но некоторые вещи в век штампованных пародий на рпг уже удивляют, хотя еще десять лет назад это было в порядке вещей. Хорошая, качественная игра, в которой приятно находиться. Обсидиан снова делают игру с "квестами", а не с помойными "заданиями" вида "сходи и убей всех", предостаточно разговорных квестов, а диалоги в игре отлично исполнены… Expand
  25. Elidion
    May 24, 2020
    4
    Really good quests and bad action. and no one positive man characters, wtf?
  26. VigilanteOito
    Mar 13, 2021
    8
    Igual fallout, porem com tematica espacial.
    visuais legals.
    O unico defeito é a duração da campanha, muito curta.
  27. moonlaba
    Jan 17, 2022
    7
    인디와 AAA 그 사이 어딘가.. 세세한 사이드퀘스트만 신경써서 만들고 전체적인 메인스토리가 오히려 겉도는 느낌이라 아쉽다. 세계관은 매력적이라 속편을 기대해볼수도?
  28. SealClubber95
    Dec 18, 2019
    6
    Cons : No replayability, linear gameplay, poor roleplaying gameplay, your choices mean literally nothing. Pro: Combat was fun, characters are fleshed out and are fun.
  29. Bubber
    Dec 21, 2019
    7
    It's far from perfect, but overall an enjoyable experience. It doesn't reach the level of the best Fallout games like New Vegas and Fallout 3, but it's great to see Obsidian have an IP and an engine they can use to produce more Outer Worlds games.
  30. PBrann88
    Sep 21, 2020
    7
    The game has its problems but overall its an rpg that is well worth playing through, certainly not a fallout killer though!
  31. heitz0908
    Jan 4, 2020
    7
    Men, i was enjoyed with this game 'cause this game remember skyrim that my favorite game. But the history is nothing awesome. Score 7 because your freedom who you have
  32. onurcan
    Jan 26, 2020
    9
    A space RPG, without the elements which don't contribute to the story directly, like unnecessarily detailed crafting, homebuilding, excessively branched skill trees etc. I don't like to struggle with these stuff, so The Outer Worlds has been a purely story ridden adventure for me.

    Graphics, UI, level design, combat etc. all satisfied me well. Especially liked the art style of the game.    A space RPG, without the elements which don't contribute to the story directly, like unnecessarily detailed crafting, homebuilding, excessively branched skill trees etc. I don't like to struggle with these stuff, so The Outer Worlds has been a purely story ridden adventure for me.

    Graphics, UI, level design, combat etc. all satisfied me well. Especially liked the art style of the game.

    The only not positive comment I can leave is the palpable weirdness in nearly every dialogue and personalities of characters. Whole character of Parvati, the somewhat-cringy allegedly-cool dialogues of Nyoka, the idea behind creating the personality of Vicar Max, the far from being original crazy professor Phineas, important faces of ALL factions, the cuteness in cute characters, the edginess in edgy characters. After seeing all these I feel like I kinda know what kind of people the developers behind these parts are. Feels like all the conversations in this game are written by a guy who learned the world and social interaction through movies, games and TV, internalized tolerance not by genuinly believing, but because it is the norm in this circle now. This feeling hit me nearly in every conversation in the game, and near the end, this started to bother me very much.

    Even though I found the dialogues kinda cringy, and the story not genuine and not original, I liked them too.    … Expand
  33. geesloper
    Apr 24, 2020
    9
    This was a game where I was genuinely sad when it ended. It has an amazingly in-depth narrative where the player's choices matter, likeable and relatable characters, and enough character customisation to keep any RPG fan happy.
  34. ToljAga_47
    Jan 27, 2020
    7
    Really good experience with this one. Good story, great gameplay and nice looking. This game is something that people wanted from Fallout but we all know how that ended xD.
  35. laertan
    Jan 29, 2020
    7
    I did enjoy this game a lot, it was like a mix from Mass Effect 2 & Fallout 3. Awesome dialogues, perfect satire in news and in computer records, and this was the first game on my memory that told us about right of the workers (that's not a small thing in my eyes). This was a bright side. As for the dark side - companions didn't have enough dialogues, game often lagged (even though graphicI did enjoy this game a lot, it was like a mix from Mass Effect 2 & Fallout 3. Awesome dialogues, perfect satire in news and in computer records, and this was the first game on my memory that told us about right of the workers (that's not a small thing in my eyes). This was a bright side. As for the dark side - companions didn't have enough dialogues, game often lagged (even though graphic was not exceptional, not like in the Witcher 3 - which didn't lag btw), and the story at the end seemed a bit hasty. Also, there were no romances (which was odd, considering the setting).… Expand
  36. MixMaster91
    Jan 4, 2021
    7
    It's an amazing game, look's like fallout 3 but in a better version, good game, but not perfect.
    In this game is missing some mechanics that u can find in all rpg games,eat drink sleep needs to be in all difficulty's, npc are very static and no active, I don't like the fact that u can't play in third person That's very sad.
  37. Lexa2004
    Feb 22, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is great! +
    1)It has got nice story.
    2)Not bad and good graphic.
    3)Interesting and nice characters.
    4) Wonderful Tree of improvements(You can be whoever you want).
    5) Interesting side quests.
    -
    The game is short..But you can restart game and change all story!    … Expand
  38. VaulterDisney
    Feb 25, 2020
    10
    Plot good, nice companions at least for me, Parvati is one of the first voices in games i heard that doesn't sound artificially. The time slowing V.A.T.S. is better than the one made in Bethesda games.
    Just make a sequel.
  39. ZLOE_MOLOKO228
    Mar 2, 2020
    10
    игра просто ШЕДЕВР!!!
    противников маловато, но факт того, что игра потрясающая это не отменяет...
  40. Sepherim
    Nov 14, 2020
    6
    The Outer Worlds es el nuevo intento de Obsidian de tomar la corona de Fallout de las manos de Bethesda, aunque sin la licencia del mismo. Y, sinceramente, lo han hecho mejor que Bethesda en sus útlimos intentos, igual que New Vegas era mejor que Fallout 3. Pero eso no significa que el juego no tenga carencias. Las mecánicas principales del juego son buenas, desde el combate al sigilo,The Outer Worlds es el nuevo intento de Obsidian de tomar la corona de Fallout de las manos de Bethesda, aunque sin la licencia del mismo. Y, sinceramente, lo han hecho mejor que Bethesda en sus útlimos intentos, igual que New Vegas era mejor que Fallout 3. Pero eso no significa que el juego no tenga carencias. Las mecánicas principales del juego son buenas, desde el combate al sigilo, aunque algunas podrían haber dado más (la selección de perks disponibles, por ejemplo). El problema, como ellos mismos explican en los documentales de NoClip, es que el juego tiene que lidiar con numerosas limitaciones por cuestiones como hacer que funcione en consolas o las limitaciones de personal y tiempo. El resultado es que, en muchos sentidos, The Outer Worlds es un juego relativamente pequeño para el género: los mapas son pequeños, la variedad de armas y enemigos es relativamente pequeña, el número de quests y cosas a hacer es relativamente escaso, etc. Esto hace una experiencia más intensa y concentrada, lo cual en muchos sentidos está bien, pero también deja un cierto regusto a querer más. Y luego, para mi gusto, se han pasado con el humor, de manera que al menos a mi me ha sido difícil conectar con lo que ocurre en el juego, los personajes y demás, porque no me los puedo tomar suficientemente en serio.

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

    Por todo ello, sin duda The Outer Worlds es un juego que está bien, aunque a mi personalmente no me ha satisfecho tanto como esperaba. Un 6,5.    … Expand
  41. Blewyn
    Mar 9, 2020
    2
    The FPS game mechanics are terrible. Bullet sponge enemies, poor animation, enemies deaf to gunshots happening within earshot, creatures that give up an attack if you step outside their zone. Resources (even on hard setting) are so abundant as to make collection devoid of challenge. Poor explosion and gun effects, illogical NPC behaviour. Fallout clone done by marketing commitee.
  42. VanCrio
    Apr 14, 2020
    10
    After all they have been through, Obsidan deserves every dollar. This game is very good. It has its shortcomings, but it is not wasted money.
  43. The-best-gamer
    Mar 27, 2020
    9
    One of the Best Games of all time (in my opinion). No matter how much you don't like or don't like fallout or Destiny, I guarantee you will most likely like this game. The PVP is amazing, on normal mode It deferentially isn't the hardest as in my 20+ hours in the game I only redid a few levels or areas, no not the boss level at the end with the head of the board. The PVP is similar toOne of the Best Games of all time (in my opinion). No matter how much you don't like or don't like fallout or Destiny, I guarantee you will most likely like this game. The PVP is amazing, on normal mode It deferentially isn't the hardest as in my 20+ hours in the game I only redid a few levels or areas, no not the boss level at the end with the head of the board. The PVP is similar to Destiny 2, I don't know about the first destiny as I've never played that before but the gunplay is fun. The storyline and dialogue is pretty good as it was made by the same people that made Fallout New Vegas. I like the aspect that you can use your skills as dialogue and that you can lie etc. To summarise the game, good fun game that's similar to Fallout 4 and Destiny 2 with great visuals and gives you an all-around fun time.… Expand
  44. IgnacVonBojler
    Mar 28, 2020
    9
    I thorougly enjoyed the game.
    There are some issues with side missions. You can't pick more than one, like in TES. And if you want to finish everything, you are forced to be frolicking around to many times to be enjoyable.
    I'm really hoping for sequel... Maybe it's not best choice, but it's spacer's choice.
  45. mantips
    May 19, 2020
    7
    I feel a little weird rating a game I haven't finished--but that's exactly the problem. I was intrigued by the opening world with its morally ambiguous choices, funny dialogue, all mixed in with combat. But then somehow the game devolved into a never ending sequence of fetch quests, backtracks, and boring dialogue with characters I do not care about. The companions are reasonably wellI feel a little weird rating a game I haven't finished--but that's exactly the problem. I was intrigued by the opening world with its morally ambiguous choices, funny dialogue, all mixed in with combat. But then somehow the game devolved into a never ending sequence of fetch quests, backtracks, and boring dialogue with characters I do not care about. The companions are reasonably well written, but I care so little about the locals it hurts. The combat is also really low quality. It is slow, floaty, lacks impact, and the AI is truly horrible. The level of immersion is also very low--inside a space ship where multiple people have referenced how dangerous it is to fire a gun? Well, go ahead and shoot at the giant window. Absolutely nothing happens. No explosive decompression, no gasps of horror, no reaction from the security force. After leveling up dialogue, I can talk my way out of every possible situation, until I can't, then the combat is bad. So I'm stuck either avoiding combat, in which case the game might as well be a novel, or I don't, and I slog through boring combat with no enemy variety or good AI. The one positive is that the hammer is kinda funny at first. I spent 40 bucks on this, and after 16 hours, I'm genuinely disappointed. It takes a lot for me to uninstall a game I paid good money for, but somehow this game did it.… Expand
  46. Leekah
    Dec 11, 2021
    9
    It's literally the best Fallout game. I didn't play with New Vegas, but because of that, I will definitely play it in a few days. I really like the fact, that there is choices what have consequences, and there is the humor, which was really funny for me sometimes.
  47. honest_rev7
    Sep 24, 2020
    6
    So yea, I liked Parvati a lot and Vicar Max, I didn't like Felix but that's ok.

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

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

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

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

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

    Could have implemented some romance options?? That would have elevated this game. But you played it safe. So six 4 U. Thank u next.    … Expand
  48. diveru4i
    Apr 16, 2020
    4
    I feel sad and cheated.

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

    After trying to give this game a chance for about 10 hours of struggle, I gave up. It's a half-baked **** riding on a back of Fallout: New Vegas. If I could refund this, I would.
  49. spitfire1769
    Apr 28, 2020
    5
    I am going to do this review by dividing it into pros and cons, and then giving an overall review.

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

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

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

    Overall: 5/10
    The game just feels rushed, with so much potential it almost falls flat. Th environments feel stale and old after 3 minutes of being in them. The outside environments are horrible to play in and look at. The fantastic writing and dialogue is overshadowed by this huge smudge of bad gameplay and it brings the whole game down.    … Expand
  50. swaggyd69
    Nov 14, 2020
    7
    I had high hopes for this, considering it's obsidian. I walked away feeling a bit disapointed, don't get me wrong it's enjoyable and you get to love the characters in this game. I feel like if you're a fan of any of the fallout games, you should definetly play this. It just felt a bit short for me. It was 40 hours on my playthrough but it ended so abruptly and left me a bit at edge withI had high hopes for this, considering it's obsidian. I walked away feeling a bit disapointed, don't get me wrong it's enjoyable and you get to love the characters in this game. I feel like if you're a fan of any of the fallout games, you should definetly play this. It just felt a bit short for me. It was 40 hours on my playthrough but it ended so abruptly and left me a bit at edge with the feeling of that's it, written all up in my face.… Expand
  51. yes_commander
    May 7, 2020
    3
    The skyboxes are pretty. >.>

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

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

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

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

    I'm not leaving a bad review out of spite or some misguided blind-faith loyalty to another company. I've followed Obsidian for years, back in the Black Isle days, through the Troika phase, all the way up until today. I've supported probably dozens of their games over the years because they delivered really enjoyable games more often than not. I wanted to enjoy this, I tried, but after 20 thoroughly disappointing hours I truly just feel that this game utterly fails to deliver on everything it set out to do.    … Expand
  52. Piruz
    May 7, 2020
    9
    Let's be realistic, if we compare this to what we really do have today it is nearly ideal or at least excellent. Yes, it is not as big as you could expect, but it is maximum what could be done. And yes, Obsidian just made a fanservice game in new interesting universe with ease and crashed AAA projects. And it's not **** Vegas! If you have a brain that small that your only association isLet's be realistic, if we compare this to what we really do have today it is nearly ideal or at least excellent. Yes, it is not as big as you could expect, but it is maximum what could be done. And yes, Obsidian just made a fanservice game in new interesting universe with ease and crashed AAA projects. And it's not **** Vegas! If you have a brain that small that your only association is Vegas you should not share your priceless opinion, please.… Expand
  53. OoohSoShiny
    May 7, 2020
    6
    I expected a game in the range of Fallout New Vegas and Mass Effect - Outer Worlds seemed to aim to target that action-RPG niché, which was left unsatisfied since Mass Effect 3.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    If you really, really have a ME/Fallout itch, this is at least a placebo. It is playable, but dont expect to get the same kind of investment out of it.    … Expand
  54. Palms
    May 7, 2020
    3
    So sorry I purchased this game. Gets boring so quickly. I have not changed my weapons in 5 hours as there is no variety. Boring and unoriginal skills and perks.

    Couldn't even be bothered to finish the game
  55. Nerevahkiin
    May 12, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. not good.....................................................................................… Expand
  56. Elysium82
    May 13, 2020
    4
    Boring conversations, boring quests. I dont know why people seem to be so crazy about this game.

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

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

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

    By the way, I have just finished a quest (the last one for sure): I had to deliver a pack of cigarettes. Not joke. I took the quest, went to find a pack of cigis, and took it back. I understand that it was a side-quest only, but still. The other quests are similar too.    … Expand
  57. wayrez
    May 14, 2020
    6
    The game could have had great potential but unfortunately due to lack of money and tight deadlines we got a rather boring and mediocre game. The plot is very simple. "Choice without choice" - that's what I want to say about rpg component of the game and quests in the game.
  58. tbick
    May 19, 2020
    6
    A textbook definition of wasted potential. While nothing in the game was truly bad (I was genuinely having fun at points), combat was dull and mediocre, the dialogue was fine and yet unremarkable (not good enough to carry the game), and the world, while beautiful and full of possibility, ends up feeling very shallow and empty, honestly, due to a lack of things to do. What a shame, as thisA textbook definition of wasted potential. While nothing in the game was truly bad (I was genuinely having fun at points), combat was dull and mediocre, the dialogue was fine and yet unremarkable (not good enough to carry the game), and the world, while beautiful and full of possibility, ends up feeling very shallow and empty, honestly, due to a lack of things to do. What a shame, as this game could have truly been a masterpiece, but ended up being nothing more than mediocre.… Expand
  59. Leagars
    Jun 3, 2020
    9
    Very solid story and classic "fallout" RPG scheme - what should be even better?
  60. hoanns
    Nov 29, 2020
    7
    It's a good game but honestly I found Fallout more immersive.

    This is a bit too cartoony and NPCs and the world are really kind of lifeless. But it still has a entertaining story, good mechanics and humor.
  61. lesiuML
    Jul 24, 2023
    7
    I gotta be honest that I was really engaged in the story of the outer worlds. Almost every interaction with NPC it this game was fun to listen, often dialogs are funny or clever and it's just a joy to make a conversations in this game. Main story is really short and that was really shocking at first but honestly side quest are equally good as main story and there is a lot of them. AlthoughI gotta be honest that I was really engaged in the story of the outer worlds. Almost every interaction with NPC it this game was fun to listen, often dialogs are funny or clever and it's just a joy to make a conversations in this game. Main story is really short and that was really shocking at first but honestly side quest are equally good as main story and there is a lot of them. Although RPG mechanics aren't too complex and fighting mechanics are also not the best in the business and Sadly there wasn't any romances or deeply bonds with the crew or any NPC, overall experience was really enjoyable and definitely the other worlds is worth a shot! If you don't like wasting time just focus on main story and you will complete this game in no time.… Expand
  62. Svetlendrius
    Jun 19, 2020
    7
    Not bad RPG, good pumping, nice shooting, not bad teammates, normal quests, interesting weapons, well optimized, with good graphics, solid, but not enticing plot.
  63. explorerbay
    Dec 31, 2020
    7
    This game was exactly what I wanted from Fallout 4, it has the same spirit, its a really good looter shooter rpg
  64. Kururu303
    Jun 30, 2020
    10
    Il gioco non è perfetto, ma ci tengo a dargli un voto così alto per avermi finalmente regalato una bella avventura gdr come non si vedeva da Fallout New Vegas. Il combat system è limitato ma divertente e i dialoghi sono la parte sicuramente migliore. Non vedo l'ora del nuovo capitolo!
  65. ricky6
    Mar 9, 2023
    8
    Loved it , bad optimisation on pc indeed, but beautiful world and story , the choices we make doesn’t have lot of different consequences , expect the radical ones but the game have a strong identity and pleasant to discover and play
  66. Traxillion
    Sep 29, 2020
    7
    Marred by some lazy design, a boring story, and a bland setting this RPG falls short from greatness.
  67. hertzian68
    Oct 26, 2020
    7
    I liked this game it was very fallout 4 feeling and I liked that game better than this because it was deeper and had a better cast, especially Nick Valentine. I'll never understand why they didn't expand the Valentine noir detective into a separate game it would have been an immediate buy for me, love noir. It's certainly pretty to look at and has a decent story of a dystopian corporateI liked this game it was very fallout 4 feeling and I liked that game better than this because it was deeper and had a better cast, especially Nick Valentine. I'll never understand why they didn't expand the Valentine noir detective into a separate game it would have been an immediate buy for me, love noir. It's certainly pretty to look at and has a decent story of a dystopian corporate space future, very much a marxist socialism loving theme we've seen since at least the Alien franchise. I would never personally be in any situation where my whole being was dependent absolutely, for long time periods, on a profit seeking "person" corporation/government and that includes all types of governments. Space would be one case, another submarines, airplanes, hospitals you name it. My biggest gripe is that it's not that big, there are only a few worlds but I suppose one of the big talking points is that it's not ponderously long game but to me FO4 wasn't that either, only jubisoft megagames like ac odyssey, later far crys etc would fit that description. Origins didn't even fit that, Just Cause games would if you are dull enough to play them past the main story, or at all really. People say it's very generic but that's just because it doesn't have the lineage of FO etc if they make sequel it would have that and be rated better. But yeah the story wasn't about characters it was about dystopian space corporations so characters are largely forgettable. These big devs are just neo-marxists, antichristians and purveyors of time wasting mind control products. You can see the SJW aspects in these types of games all over the place.… Expand
  68. boddhisattva
    Sep 12, 2020
    8
    Great game. It does basically everything better than Fallout 3, 4, and especially 76.
  69. ErayTellezi
    May 7, 2023
    9
    Fallout New Vegas'ın uzaylısı. Obsidian'ın karakterin diyalog yeteneklerini de geliştirebildiğimiz rpg oyunlarını seviyorum. New Vegas'ta son boss'u konuşarak geçmiştim, bunda da aynı şeyi yaptım. Karizmatik ve bilim insanı karakterimle koloniyi kurtardım. Sanırım.

    Oyunun New Vegas'a benzeyen çok yönü var. Bunlardan birisi de birlikler arasında istediğimizi destekleyebilmemiz, onlara    Fallout New Vegas'ın uzaylısı. Obsidian'ın karakterin diyalog yeteneklerini de geliştirebildiğimiz rpg oyunlarını seviyorum. New Vegas'ta son boss'u konuşarak geçmiştim, bunda da aynı şeyi yaptım. Karizmatik ve bilim insanı karakterimle koloniyi kurtardım. Sanırım.

    Oyunun New Vegas'a benzeyen çok yönü var. Bunlardan birisi de birlikler arasında istediğimizi destekleyebilmemiz, onlara karşı tavırlarımıza tepki olarak dost veya düşman olmaları. Ben karakterimin yetenekleri doğrultusunda barışçıl bir politika izledim ve her şeyi konuşarak çözmeye çalıştım. Büyük ölçüde başarılı da oldum.

    Oyunun yan görevleri ve ana görevleri bence gayet iyi. Hepsinde bir hikaye, alengirli işler, alt hedefler var. Çoğu zaman yan görevler ve ana görevler birbirleriyle paralel ilerliyor. Ayrıca her faction'ın kendi görevleri de var.

    Genelde olay örgüsü şu şekilde ilerliyor: Yeni bir gezegene gidiyorsunuz, çıkarları çatışan iki gurup oluyor, ikisinin de yan görevlerini yapabiliyorsunuz, o gezegendeki ana görevin sonunda iki guruptan birisini vahşice veya barışçıl yolla başa getiriyorsunuz. Kimi zaman da iki grubun işbirliği yapmasını sağlayabiliyorsunuz. Ama tüm bu süreçteki kararlarda iş tamamen sizde. Mesela bir grubun bir görevindeki fonksiyonel görevi yapmadığım için gruptaki ikinci adamı gurubun başına geçiremedim ve bu nedenle diğer gurupla işbirliği yaptırtamadım. Neden sonuç ilişkisi gayet iyi işliyor yani.

    Oyunda Mass Effect'teki gibi yoldaşlarınız var. Bunları savaşlarda verdiğiniz emirlerle etkili bir şekilde kullanabiliyorsunuz. Aynı şekilde bunların da kendi görevleri oluyor. Ama Mass Effect'teki gibi bağlılıkları falan değişmiyor. Yine bu görevler de güzeldi. Bir de bu yoldaşlar kendi karakterlerine uygun şekilde diğer görevlerde veya açık dünyada yorum yapabiliyorlar. Bazen onlara danışabiliyorsunuz. Mesela Parvati tam bir üzümlü kek.

    New Vegas'a benzeyen bir diğer şeyse combat'ın dandikliği. Üstelik bu 2019 oyunu, mazereti yok yani. Vuruş hissi kötü, düşman çeşitliliği çok az. Silah çeşitliliği epey fazla. Acayip ve ender bulunan bilim silahları var. Bir tanesi düşmanı küçültüyordu örneğin. Çok ilginçti.

    Grafikler çok eski görünüyor. Hiç 2019 oyunu gibi değil. DLC'ler ana oyunun seviyesinde değil ama fena da değiller.

    Neticede hikayesiyle, görevlerinin kalitesiyle, yarattığı dünyasıyla oynamaktan çok keyif aldığım bir oyun oldu. Fallout hasreti çekenler için birebir.    … Expand
  70. Purple666
    Sep 20, 2020
    4
    where do you even start with this?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    You really have to wonder what kind of brain dead individual thinks that this is a good game and managed to play it for more than ten hours.    … Expand
  71. commstarbase
    Oct 2, 2020
    7
    I really wanted to LOVE this game, but somehow it just doesn't capture me to keep going. It's mostly fine! Which maybe is the real issue? It feels way too easy, light on the roleplaying, and while combat can be somewhat satisfying, the weapon diversity isn't enough to keep me coming back. Some of the locales are fun, but they haven't been enough to keep me engaged in the experience.
  72. jarvitom
    Nov 15, 2021
    7
    This is a suprisingly decent game with nice gameplay, unique design, the story was a bit dull for me
  73. TFricMC
    Oct 29, 2020
    2
    Buggy garbage. I played the first 4 hours without realizing there was a bug that made the saves fail silently. Lost all my progress. The game had already been out for a year and they hadn't bothered patching this game-breaking bug!

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

    2* because the start was fun.
  74. lord_sammael
    Oct 29, 2020
    5
    Not as long a game as some people claim, finished it in about 15 hours doing most of the quests in the game. If you just do the main quest you can finish it in under 4 hours I think. Also companions feel rather lackluster, their back-stories are rather boring and dull. They are not really that engaging and I forgot that they were even there most of the time except when they chimed in withNot as long a game as some people claim, finished it in about 15 hours doing most of the quests in the game. If you just do the main quest you can finish it in under 4 hours I think. Also companions feel rather lackluster, their back-stories are rather boring and dull. They are not really that engaging and I forgot that they were even there most of the time except when they chimed in with some comment during conversations.

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

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

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

    Overall though the game has a decent story, the game-play is solid and in this day and age that is high praise when compared to other games. Especially when you consider that most games released nowadays are a broken mess.    … Expand
  75. paud
    Oct 30, 2020
    1
    I've tried playing this game 3 time, and every time I loss my save data, and online fixes don't help, plus campions spill their life story in every conversation, its just weird and unnatural.
  76. matee75
    Aug 17, 2021
    8
    Good story writing, characters and dialogue system, while playing I encountered no bugs through the 12 hour gameplay, The combat system was average for me. Upgrading the skills were not that significant, and it would have took to much to maximize them.
  77. leonardray
    Nov 22, 2020
    10
    This was a great stand in waiting for something from Bethesda or CD. Had a lot of fun but I also really enjoyed New Vegas so it depends on the person.
  78. Gervant228
    Mar 7, 2022
    7
    Забавные диалоги,возможность убить всех,Парвати,удобоваримая боевая система,хорошая продолжительность. Покупать не рекомендую,т.к сам скачал с торрента,но скачать,побегать,пострелять советую. От меня 7,5 из 10.
  79. Nikita_Kabanoff
    Dec 1, 2020
    8
    This game is а good project for Obsidian, but still needs work. Thank you so much.
  80. vova22379
    Dec 18, 2021
    6
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  81. 3t3rnal
    Apr 10, 2022
    7
    The Outer Worlds is a fun game, a good RPG with decent combat and some interesting plot points. Overall, I believe it's nothing less than a good game. On the other hand, it's also nothing more than just good, and where I have seen, especially in the professional critics space, the game often lauded as Obsidian's return to form, I would argue if you want to experience something close toThe Outer Worlds is a fun game, a good RPG with decent combat and some interesting plot points. Overall, I believe it's nothing less than a good game. On the other hand, it's also nothing more than just good, and where I have seen, especially in the professional critics space, the game often lauded as Obsidian's return to form, I would argue if you want to experience something close to KOTOR 2, or even the high moments of Neverwinter Nights 2 and Fallout: New Vegas, you will have to reach out for Tyranny or the Pillars of Eternity games instead.

    Another thing I have seen pop up several times is "Fallout: NV, but in space" - and you could not be further from truth. Perhaps the only things that tie the two games (aside from the studio itself) are the use of a simplistic and overtuned weapon durability system and a silent MC. TOW is not Obsidian's attempt to do a complete version of FO:NV in space, but rather, an attempt to make their own Mass Effect, more specifically a trilogy / series setup of Mass Effect 1, where you build a team of specialists and run around trying to save the galaxy (with two teammates at a time), or with the humbler TOW - one solar system.

    To be fair, it's pretty challenging to be completely original, if not impossible at this point, and the game does a lot to fix the issues of ME1. However, it also brings a couple new issues of its own, a lot of it due to Obsidian's attempt to make the game, especially in terms of the characters "quirky and original", and as a result, turning quite a few of them into some twitteresque morons. At the same time, the game often repeats some pretty stale tropes - and does it multiple times, sometimes within the span of couple minutes. For example, in the opening scene, which probably everyone already saw, as it is a part of the promotional materials for the game, the pre-teen cartoon trope of mad scientists gadgets not working so he has to push a button multiple times for it to miraculously work is used twice, in a span of some 4-5 minutes! I've lambasted Crackdown 3 for this recently, and I will say it again here: If you say or do something retarded, stating "Actually I was only pretending to be retarded!" afterwards doesn't fix or excuse your prior behavior, but makes you look even more retarded. "We were only doing a satire of stereotypes!" - Yeah, but you still flooded your game with characters based off of them, and in addition, you further made it worse by making them more fitting for a Tom & Jerry episode than an M rated game.

    That being said, there are some genuinely interesting things about most of the characters, and there are moments where they have really well written and believable dialogue, but this makes things even worse, because it really clashes with their dumbass behavior outside of these moments. Honestly, it reminds me of Guardians of the Galaxy, except the writers weren't really able to balance out and connect the wacky and serious moments, and so the game feels disjointed and goes from bat crap insane to noir thriller to realistic interpersonal relations drama and then back again all in the span of a few moments.

    This is probably the largest complaint overall, actually. The game is disjointed, because it tries to be multiple things. It's trying to be ME1, a wacky parody of ME1, and an original Obsidian game, and is neither as a result. In some cases, you make a really big decision, and in one affected place you see a huge change, and in another, which should have a similar large effect applied to it, you get a one-liner mention of the whole thing and then nothing else. Some individual rare weapons are really interesting and original, but the weapon roster in general is just heaps of the same crap with the occassional "+3 fire damage". There's a bunch of factions that supposedly focus on different things, but they all use the same armor and weapons, just different colors, and so on.

    The game does fix some issues of ME1 though - specifically, the "worlds" you visit are more condensed, there's much less running around tons of large and near completely barren maps, the pacing, especially in case of side content, is much much better as a result. The simplistic karma system is replaced with a much better one with individual relations with each faction, and your individual decisions themselves play a larger role, the dialogues are much better and most often not constrained to paragon/renegade/neutral/ask-question, and feel more natural, and so on.

    The game also has a very distinct graphical style, a retro-futuristic mix between wild west and art deco and a few other elements, all locations and planets are pretty distinct and well crafter from design perspective.

    Anyways, in the end, the game is saved by a few great moments and a handful of well thought out and implemented mechanics and design choices that stand well above the rest of the game, and I mean a lot above the rest of the game. Without them, solid 3/10.    … Expand
  82. Wiesmak
    Jan 23, 2022
    7
    The gun play is okay in general, same goes for the missions, character progression and the story are good, the music is great, the graphics and the performance on the other hand are just bad.
  83. Mazma
    Dec 25, 2020
    3
    No, come si fa anche solo a pensare di continuare dopo le prime 2 missioni, un pezzo di legno mascello sarebbe piu' flessibile e fluido, per no parlare del sarcasmo da 2 soldi.
  84. awagam34
    Jul 7, 2021
    9
    KORPORACYJNA DYSTOPIA
    Klimat zniszczonej korporacyjnymi łapami Arkadii przesiąka tą produkcję od deski do deski. Kontrast między biednymi robotnikami z Nadbrzeża a bogatymi elitami z Bizancjum, Wpisy w terminalach pokazujące w jak słabej sytuacji finansowej jest cała kolonia, czy świetnie napisane dialogi. To wszystko łączy się w naprawdę spójny i przede wszystkim interesujący i    KORPORACYJNA DYSTOPIA
    Klimat zniszczonej korporacyjnymi łapami Arkadii przesiąka tą produkcję od deski do deski. Kontrast między biednymi robotnikami z Nadbrzeża a bogatymi elitami z Bizancjum, Wpisy w terminalach pokazujące w jak słabej sytuacji finansowej jest cała kolonia, czy świetnie napisane dialogi. To wszystko łączy się w naprawdę spójny i przede wszystkim interesujący i nietypowy świat przedstawiony. Ogólne nastroje panujące wśród ludzi przypominają te spotykane w falloucie, oczywiście z lekkim korporacyjnym twistem, to w połączeniu z retrofuturyzmem, daje naprawdę nietypową mieszankę.
    OPRAWA AUDIOWIZUALNA
    Sama gra nie posiada wybitnej grafiki, celuje w realizmy ale gry AAA odjeżdżają jej na kilka długości. Nie powiedziałbym że The Outer Worlds jest brzydkie, ponieważ całość jest bardzo spójna, idealnie komplementuje charakter odwiedzanych przez nas miejsc. Muzyka jest tutaj raczej tylko wypełniaczem, na świeżo po ograniu gry pamiętam jeden soundtrack, który budzi we mnie miłe wspomnienia, ale tylko dlatego że kojarzę go z grą, a nie dlatego, że sam w sobie jest jakiś ponadprzeciętny. Na uwagę zasługują hologramowe plakaty, neonowe reklamy występujące w świecie gry, lub te które możemy zaobserwować na ekranach ładowania. Są bardzo wiarygodne, prześmiewcze, satyryczne i posiadają retro vibe.
    FABUŁA
    Historia walki człowieka z olbrzymimi korporacjami, czy zdecydujemy walczyć z nimi, przyłączyć się do nich, czy tylko udawać, że jesteśmy po ich stronie, tylko po to, żeby na końcu wsadzić im nóż w plecy. Wszystko zależy od nas i podejmowanych przez nas decyzji. Grę można spokojnie przejść kilka razy, za każdym razem z innym skutkiem. Większość questów możemy wykonać na różne sposoby, w zależności od tego jakie umiejętności mam rozwinięte. Sama fabuła jest dość wciągająca, nie jest też zbyt oczywista, więc gracz oczekuje na to jak rozwinie się przygoda. Powoduje to czasami opuszczenie kilku pobocznych questów a niektóre z nich prezentują naprawdę przyzwoity poziom i poza wprowadzaniem nas w klimat czy nastroje społeczne w danym miejscu, często też dostarczają nam naprawdę ciekawą historię.
    MODEL STRZELANIA
    Jak na grę rpg model strzelania jest naprawdę przyzwoity, oczywiście większość dmg zależy od naszych statystyk, ale wprawny strzelec powinien nadrobić braki punkcików swoim skillem. Szczególnie przyjemne jest strzelanie w słabe punkty przeciwników, nakładające konkretne efekty.
    WSZYSTKIEGO ZA MAŁO
    Jak na razie wszystko brzmi bardzo dobrze, jednak The Outer Worlds ma jeden problem. Brakuje tutaj trochę kontentu. Misje są świetne, ale główny wątek jest wyjątkowo krótki. Podobnie jest z uzbrojeniem. Widząc wszystkie bronie na pierwszych lvlach nie możemy się doczekać żeby znaleźć broń idealnie pasującą do nas, tylko po to, żeby po 10 godzinach gry zorientować się, że większość typów broni już odkryliśmy. Tak samo jest też z przeciwnikami, którzy praktycznie wszędzie mają podobne modele, czasami tylko różniące się kolorem zbroi, mimo że często dane lokacje są od siebie oddalone o lata świetlne w grze.    … Expand
  85. D3jaVu
    Jan 10, 2021
    6
    The game overall seems decent, but a little over hyped. Voice acting is great, graphics I would call current. I felt the mood of the game to be kind of campy but fun. In my playthrough I didn't run into any major bugs and everything felt like it worked like it should.

    For the negatives, the game didn't have much depth. If you took out all the fluff with the dialogue it would just be    The game overall seems decent, but a little over hyped. Voice acting is great, graphics I would call current. I felt the mood of the game to be kind of campy but fun. In my playthrough I didn't run into any major bugs and everything felt like it worked like it should.

    For the negatives, the game didn't have much depth. If you took out all the fluff with the dialogue it would just be fetch quests. This tried to be a 30 hour version of fallout 4 with a touch of mass effect, but without any real substance. There wasn't much variety when it came to enemies either.    … Expand
  86. beauchrist
    Jan 26, 2021
    3
    So i'm all for great story but in 2020, with all settings at ultra-High,,,,that's all you can give me for 80$?
    I mean, i prefer to play Fallout 3 than a game that has clunky controls and even weirder environment variables. In 2020, immersive is being able to jump on a crate and not just on THE crate developers wanted me to jump on.
    Graphically, it's outdated and moving around feels    So i'm all for great story but in 2020, with all settings at ultra-High,,,,that's all you can give me for 80$?
    I mean, i prefer to play Fallout 3 than a game that has clunky controls and even weirder environment variables. In 2020, immersive is being able to jump on a crate and not just on THE crate developers wanted me to jump on.
    Graphically, it's outdated and moving around feels unfinished, the first person view reminds me of quake 2, constant wide angle that seems juvenile programming.
    I cannot says for the storymode because 37 minutes in, i just got a refund from steam.
    Cyberpunk got me 2 minutes in and has not let me down for the 100 hours spent in there.

    So if you want a beautiful game, go elsewhere, even at ultra high graphics, it's still does not cut it for me.
    If your just in for the story i guess you'll have fun but i will not pay good money for that.    … Expand
  87. Krmassil24
    Feb 20, 2021
    10
    The outer worlds is definitely one of the best rpg games in recent years, yes there are some problems in action and optimization, but it offers a perfect RPG and a beautiful universe, but the open world turned out to be shallower than I expected.
  88. HoundFromHell
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    Finally got around to playing this game. forgot it even came out. to be straight to the point. its a simple game that borrows fallout mechanics. story nothing to get excited about. no romance, no side missions that will really standout. its just a simple easy going game that you really dont need to pay to much attention to. i hope the second one has more to it.
  89. Woolee
    Sep 29, 2021
    9
    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.
  90. Shnd3r
    Sep 4, 2022
    6
    Good game to play. Suitable for Fallout fans. The impression was spoiled by a small variety of weapons and armor, as well as unjustified SJW characters. Solid 6/10.
  91. pokeaatrox
    Jun 15, 2023
    0
    Pas de doublage français. ça casse l'immersion. C'est décevant ! surtout à ce prix
  92. agekbaten
    Nov 27, 2021
    10
    An excellent game with a well-developed role-playing system, nice graphics, cool lore, witty jokes on the topic of radical capitalism, the absence of monotonous tasks. The price is high, but considering that such soulful games are the diamonds of the gaming industry, you can buy. It's hard not to like obsidian games when there is so much soul and love in them and they do not go down theAn excellent game with a well-developed role-playing system, nice graphics, cool lore, witty jokes on the topic of radical capitalism, the absence of monotonous tasks. The price is high, but considering that such soulful games are the diamonds of the gaming industry, you can buy. It's hard not to like obsidian games when there is so much soul and love in them and they do not go down the path of oversimplification to please new players.
    I would give it 8 out of 10, but to increase the rating of the meta critic I will give it 10 out of 10.
    I'm waiting for the second part from obsidian hard workers.    … Expand
  93. Mesut10
    Nov 30, 2021
    9
    Different type of game, Amazing story......
    simply......
  94. Johnnycakes80
    Dec 13, 2021
    10
    Absolutely love it. A very fun adventure and fun to replay to try different things and interactions as well. The graphics and worlds are beautiful.
  95. Radrin
    Dec 26, 2021
    7
    The game has decent rpg mechanics, you can choose a lot of different play styles and they're all viable and your decisions have a real impact on the narrative.

    There isn't a LOT of enemy variety but the ones you face are quite well designed, they're different enough and have their own strengths and weaknesses. That being said, the game lacked any challenging content on any of the    The game has decent rpg mechanics, you can choose a lot of different play styles and they're all viable and your decisions have a real impact on the narrative.

    There isn't a LOT of enemy variety but the ones you face are quite well designed, they're different enough and have their own strengths and weaknesses.

    That being said, the game lacked any challenging content on any of the builds I have tried on the hard difficulty (full melee, sneak, guns blazing), the enemy A.I. is easy to overcome and the combat stats that you are able to get even early on end up overpowering them quite easily.

    Supernova difficulty makes you pay more attention in managing your consumables and taking certain fights more carefully because you can't save but in the end the unique mechanics of the difficulty make the game more annoying rather than challenging.

    Your companions have their own quest which is usually pretty good in terms of offering them character development but I wish they got more than just that.

    The main story is quite short but it does offer different endings due to its branching narratives, although to be perfectly honest I've only found a handful of decisions to be somewhat hard to make due to their morally grey characteristics. Unless you're roleplaying an overtly evil character without any moral consideration then it's pretty obvious what you would choose to do most of the time. It's worth mentioning that there are a few side quests and areas that contain some endearing or humorous stories, especially if you bother reading messages on terminals as well for more context. I do wish they had more of those and cut back on some of the standard fetch/kill quests.

    The dialogue is witty and creative most of the time. and the voice acting is quite good.

    The sounds, music and graphics don't stand out in terms of overall quality but the world they've crafted is brimming with color and style. The character models and face animations could benefit from more polish.

    There are some unique science weapons that can make the combat a lot more fun so I'd definitely recommend trying to find them.

    Overall, it's an enjoyable game especially if you like the setting and premise.    … Expand
  96. PanchiLoveShady
    Apr 14, 2023
    4
    Bad RPG, it doesn't have the level of other such as the criticised cyberpunk beats outer worlds in RPG mechanics. The graphics are OK in general and the story is just boring, repetitive and it makes you doesn't care about it.

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

    Mal RPG, No tiene el nivel de criticadísimo cyberpunk que lo pasa en el aspecto RPg entre otros. Los gráficos son decentes pero la historia es aburrida, repetitiva y decae según avanzas.    … Expand
  97. imreviewingstuf
    Mar 30, 2022
    7
    Very good rpg with solid gameplay. Know that this is not an open world but a collection of levels you move through with not many reasons to backtrack. Very short compared to other games of this genre I completed full story and all side quests in 27 hours, main story does have replay value though.
  98. KinimodYunmi
    Mar 22, 2023
    10
    Ein schönes RPG ohne lästiges Open World Bonus Zeug und ohne unnötige Funktionen!

    Tolle Dialoge die gute und schlechte Beziehungen aufbauen, ein sehr schönes Reisesystem, eine schöne und übersichtliche Basis, Skillen und Verbessern ist ebenfalls einfach gehalten. Zudem kann man viele Missionsausgänge frei entscheiden. Hier kann man sein wie man möchte, es gibt keine Nachteile,    Ein schönes RPG ohne lästiges Open World Bonus Zeug und ohne unnötige Funktionen!

    Tolle Dialoge die gute und schlechte Beziehungen aufbauen, ein sehr schönes Reisesystem, eine schöne und übersichtliche Basis, Skillen und Verbessern ist ebenfalls einfach gehalten. Zudem kann man viele Missionsausgänge frei entscheiden.

    Hier kann man sein wie man möchte, es gibt keine Nachteile, einfach spielen wie man will - super!

    Ich würde empfehlen: Einschüchtern, Überzeugen, Hacken und Lügen Minimum auf 75, 75, 65, 75 zu skillen und Technik ist auch nicht verkehrt, das erleichtert "Dungeons".    … Expand
  99. JussaGamber
    May 22, 2023
    8
    It's fine for a FPSRPG. It's not New Vegas 2, it's a New Vegas Clone. Playing the game seems more like a bigger version of Bioshock. The game is pretty easy if you're an RPG expert, survival mode is probably a better challenge. And It gets better when you leave the first environment.
  100. somovbiu
    Jul 9, 2023
    5
    I absolutely cannot recommend this game. Everything you do has a chance to botch the game for you. If you do a mission with insufficient reputation, mission botched; if you go to someplace earlier than the game intended you to, mission botched; if your companion kills mission related NPC by accident, mission botched; if you talk to some NPC without knowing all their conversion options willI absolutely cannot recommend this game. Everything you do has a chance to botch the game for you. If you do a mission with insufficient reputation, mission botched; if you go to someplace earlier than the game intended you to, mission botched; if your companion kills mission related NPC by accident, mission botched; if you talk to some NPC without knowing all their conversion options will botch some of your other missions, mission botched.

    -- All of this wouldn't be a big problem if this game has a decent autosave mechanism. Sadly, it doesn't. Autosave is next to non-existent. You rely on your own manual saves.

    This is truly a laughable piece of terrible spaghetti coding. I believe somewhere during the process of developing this game, the developer found out their open-world and open-end approach had just gone out of hand, so they invented this concept of "botched missions", so even if the player messed up all the missions, they can still "finish" the game. What a lame cop-out solution.

    If you do want to try this game, read guides [diligently] and [in detail]. The game will be spoiled for you, but at least you don't have to restart the whole game just because you went to the wrong place at the wrong time.    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

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