The Outer Worlds

 PlayStation 4
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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1497 Ratings

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  1. Stenbocken
    Oct 25, 2019
    9
    If 3rd person support was possible I would have giving it 10. I usually never play games that are first person but this game is still very good.
  2. Whiw
    Oct 26, 2019
    7
    +Well written questdialogues
    +Atmosphere
    +Interestting characters -Really bad economyammo managment i had over 4-6k of bulletts at the end of the game and i used evry type of it -Zero balance, from like level 7 i just go and oneshoot almost all enemies -Dull perk system, u literally don't need to choose any of them -Simillar boring enemies, there are only 4 types of enemies which i    +Well written questdialogues
    +Atmosphere
    +Interestting characters
    -Really bad economyammo managment i had over 4-6k of bulletts at the end of the game and i used evry type of it
    -Zero balance, from like level 7 i just go and oneshoot almost all enemies
    -Dull perk system, u literally don't need to choose any of them
    -Simillar boring enemies, there are only 4 types of enemies which i encountered

    But it is still a great game i really enjoyed playing but i woulndn't recomendt it for full price, the game is really short    … Expand
  3. MonsieurAthos
    Oct 26, 2019
    9
    Sharp writing and voice acting. A game that tackles politics with actual sophistication by juxtaposing super capitalistic corporations run amok with the fact that their greatest downfall in running a society is actually a rather communist-style autocracy with brutal enforcement of censor-happy culture. The Board behaves very much like a sci-fi Beijing, and were people actually encouragedSharp writing and voice acting. A game that tackles politics with actual sophistication by juxtaposing super capitalistic corporations run amok with the fact that their greatest downfall in running a society is actually a rather communist-style autocracy with brutal enforcement of censor-happy culture. The Board behaves very much like a sci-fi Beijing, and were people actually encouraged to innovate vs. kowtowing before mediocre unelected bureaucrats, the capitalistic utopia would look far different. Graphics are nearly AAA levels, though the art style is superb/timeless, and Obsidian has proven that in an era of titans like Bethesda lying in ruins, they can bring back the glory days of Fallout New Vegas with style and confidence. Bravo!… Expand
  4. Vaikesh
    Oct 26, 2019
    7
    Good game. That's where Fallout Feeling comes in with a new design. I like it. But in the present time and the quite large German speaking market I would have liked a German Synchro. therefore I will not buy it but will only watch it as a last play.
  5. berkus
    Oct 26, 2019
    10
    This is the Fallout we so desperately deserved after all these years - fun, various, with weird weapons and interplanetary travel!
  6. CoD2019Sucks
    Oct 26, 2019
    10
    It's great. Game met expectations. Now The Outer Worlds and Fallout: New Vegas are best and favourite RPG games for me.
  7. Sheldoncurtiss
    Oct 26, 2019
    3
    Better than Fallout 4 but worse than Fallout 3 and New Vegas.

    This game is one of those games that starts strong then the layers peel off once you start to get into the game. I can't recall a single characters name because they were so boring. Inventory is clunky. Leveling kinda sucks. Perks kinda suck. Options kinda suck. Weapon and armor modding kinda suck. No grenades. Look I'm    Better than Fallout 4 but worse than Fallout 3 and New Vegas.

    This game is one of those games that starts strong then the layers peel off once you start to get into the game. I can't recall a single characters name because they were so boring. Inventory is clunky. Leveling kinda sucks. Perks kinda suck. Options kinda suck. Weapon and armor modding kinda suck. No grenades.

    Look I'm impressed with the lack of budget they were able to make something this solid. But I found myself playing this more like it was doom or something since I didn't really care. I eventually gave up all together once I hit the third world because I was just so bored.

    The weird SJW motives forced into the mix on top of this just gross me out. For instance the default character is a black lesbian woman, which I'm sure is the majority or gamers playing their game obviously so it just makes sense for them to try to appeal to that large portion of the market. Not only that but there's this awkward forced in side quest where for 30 minutes you have to assist a lesbian in pursuing her sexual interest.    … Expand
  8. gustavo7489
    Oct 26, 2019
    10
    Jogo muito bom. Te prende do início ao fim. Personagens carismáticos. E história muito boa.
  9. Nation
    Oct 26, 2019
    10
    Not only is a testament to the RPG-making skills of the company, the writing - for this review of the character of Parvati - made me feel less alone. Real cool touch, making the character who she was. Thanks, guys.
  10. OldSchoolGamer1
    Oct 25, 2019
    10
    This game scratches the itch that New Vegas left me wanting more of many years ago. I couldn't be happier with the experience. No game will ever satisfy everyone but this game is a breath of fresh air for me and so many others. It is exactly what I was wanting the game to be.
  11. deftones034
    Oct 26, 2019
    9
    A solid game. Played 80 hours of fallout 4. This game is better is so many ways. Highly recommended.
  12. Revolt23
    Oct 26, 2019
    10
    Fantastic game! Finally!
    Thank you Obsidian for all the hard work and love. This is truly an epic game that will be remembered for years to come. Welcome to the beauty of a single player RPG!
  13. LolitaIsMe
    Oct 26, 2019
    10
    Outer Worlds is amazing. It's a real RPG with choices and consequences, a living world, charismatic characters, freedom of choice. If you "destroy" a place, know that it will have consequences. Characters may or may not like you, some may enjoy sarcastic humor and some may not, so consider that your teammates may abandon you. Anyway, my final opinion is that if you like RPGs, you shouldOuter Worlds is amazing. It's a real RPG with choices and consequences, a living world, charismatic characters, freedom of choice. If you "destroy" a place, know that it will have consequences. Characters may or may not like you, some may enjoy sarcastic humor and some may not, so consider that your teammates may abandon you. Anyway, my final opinion is that if you like RPGs, you should play this game, you will not regret it.… Expand
  14. RPGisTHE_WAY
    Oct 26, 2019
    10
    Outer Worlds does one thing an RPG has to do: respect the player's choices. The game is simple, but that is its appeal, the simplicity of a good RPG. The game catches you and disturbs you with the dystopian world you are in. The world reacts to you, what you do has consequences, whether good or bad. The moral freedom is absurd and most impressive is that the game adapts based on what youOuter Worlds does one thing an RPG has to do: respect the player's choices. The game is simple, but that is its appeal, the simplicity of a good RPG. The game catches you and disturbs you with the dystopian world you are in. The world reacts to you, what you do has consequences, whether good or bad. The moral freedom is absurd and most impressive is that the game adapts based on what you do. If you are a fan of RPGs, true RPGs, play it.… Expand
  15. caronte69
    Oct 26, 2019
    8
    no me gusta tener que hablar de este juego mencionando a fallout, pero es obvia su insipiracion al ser los mismos desarrolladores, pero me hubiese gustado que intentasen algo nuevo y no solo ser "otro fallout" con otro nombre, al juego le falta identidad propia, aun asi al sentirse como un "verdadero fallout" el juego es muy bueno.
  16. Headcase1001
    Oct 26, 2019
    9
    Games great. Simple review incoming. I have played only 6 hours in this game and already love it. Great dialogue and voice acting. First game in a long time were the faces really look like faces. Combat it dated but I'm not here for a fast paced explosion heavy combat system. Play on hard to make combat challenging and fun. Feels alot like FO new Vegas, if you like thatbs you will likeGames great. Simple review incoming. I have played only 6 hours in this game and already love it. Great dialogue and voice acting. First game in a long time were the faces really look like faces. Combat it dated but I'm not here for a fast paced explosion heavy combat system. Play on hard to make combat challenging and fun. Feels alot like FO new Vegas, if you like thatbs you will like this. Easy pick… Expand
  17. Redstripe420
    Oct 26, 2019
    10
    I've been having alot of fun playing this, definitely feels like a Fallout game over Fallout 76. This game is probably what 76 should have been like tbh, they stuck to the roots of character building with NPCs. If you're a true Fallout fan and want a new game to play try it, you'll probably like it.
  18. GlazOk
    Oct 26, 2019
    9
    Как же я соскучился по хорошим рпг. Спасибо обсидиан.
  19. WtPooh
    Oct 26, 2019
    10
    Thank you for your work, Obsidian!
    Очень и очень годная игруля получилась! Любителям РПГ однозначно рекомендую!
  20. Esbejay
    Oct 26, 2019
    10
    Just started playing this game on PC using the Xbox Game Pass and had no issues downloading/installing or launching the game (running Windows 10 1903 version). All I can say is that the character animations, colorful world, voice acting, and branching conversation options is exactly what I was looking for in this game and boy does it deliver. The progression trees have plentiful ofJust started playing this game on PC using the Xbox Game Pass and had no issues downloading/installing or launching the game (running Windows 10 1903 version). All I can say is that the character animations, colorful world, voice acting, and branching conversation options is exactly what I was looking for in this game and boy does it deliver. The progression trees have plentiful of options, combat is excellent, and I am extremely happy I started playing this game. Looking forward to any DLC or updates that may come from Obsidian in future updates. Run's buttery smooth 100+ on my 3700x + RTX 2060 GPU. It is true that ultrawide is not supported. I have to run the game in 1920x1080 resolution but I don't mind because it allows me to run the game in Ultra settings. Magnificent Game! True sequel to Fallout games and I highly recommend it.… Expand
  21. Vague
    Oct 26, 2019
    5
    It's got great RPG elements, and you can play however you want. Player choice is fantastic and the dialogue is done very well. Characters are very interesting, and they all have their own quirks which brought many a smile to my face. City design, and interiors are crafted beautifully.

    The Bads The graphics are just terrible! Everything is a blurry saturated colourful eye-sore, it's    It's got great RPG elements, and you can play however you want. Player choice is fantastic and the dialogue is done very well. Characters are very interesting, and they all have their own quirks which brought many a smile to my face. City design, and interiors are crafted beautifully.

    The Bads

    The graphics are just terrible! Everything is a blurry saturated colourful eye-sore, it's so hard to differentiate anything in this world, everything has the same colour palette and enemies blend in with what's behind them!

    Enemy design leaves something to be admired, blue dinosaurs, pink dinosaurs, green dinosaurs, blue green pink dinosaurs, they might be very well designed, but I can't **** see them!

    The worlds in this game are terrible, everything is exactly the same, it's only the cities and interiors that seem to have had any effort put in, you walk down a highlighted path, bumping into the same marauders situated in the middle of the road, surrounded by a few boxes, it's the same interaction in what feels like the same area over and over and over again. No outposts, structures, places that you would remember, if I asked you to name the last interaction you had with marauders you would say, in the middle of the road surrounded by boxes, it's bad, super bad. I know it's not fallout, but if there was named areas, such as a shopping mall full of marauders, It would have changed this game completely.

    No places to visit outside of the cities, it's just a vast swamp of colours, grass, trees, rocks.

    The loot is nothing special, looting feels janky to me in this game, objects get surrounded by a blue highlight to show that it can be picked up, however nothing seems worth picking up, it's just bottles and food, the occasional gun that looks identical to the others even with it being a different kind, I don't know, looting just feels off in this game to me.

    To summarise,

    It's the best RPG we have had this year, full of choices, consequences, roll playing, character creation, but it's a far cry from what it could have been, it is definitely not game of the year and it is not as good as the feedback it is receiving, outside of the quests and story it's nothing but a copy and paste over saturated eye burner which leaves little in terms of game play.

    5/10.    … Expand
  22. Vintfjard
    Oct 26, 2019
    9
    Finally a game with great graphics and story and no bugs
  23. Claytonbob7
    Oct 26, 2019
    10
    This is by far the best single player game of 2019 imo, everything from the graphics to the gameplay and story have been well thought over and has alot of care and attention put into it, if you're a gamer, get this game!
  24. Yallmae
    Oct 26, 2019
    0
    What a Chore ,

    The Game is boring af it feels like a fallout 4 for the poor. The Open Areas are blend and small and full of Copy/Paste Content. You see the same generic enemies bandits or animals every 10 meters. The Story ? Totaly Forgetable. Cant Remember a single note worthy charachter. Obsidian dont have any good writers now ! The Game is a trainwreck never i was this    What a Chore ,

    The Game is boring af it feels like a fallout 4 for the poor. The Open Areas are blend and small and full of Copy/Paste Content. You see the same generic enemies bandits or animals every 10 meters. The Story ? Totaly Forgetable. Cant Remember a single note worthy charachter.

    Obsidian dont have any good writers now ! The Game is a trainwreck never i was this dissaponited. Even the 1 Buck for Gamepass was to much. I rather go back to the Average Fallout 4 than continuing this nightmare of a game. All Characters , NPC or Building looks the same. Fallout 4 plays in a **** wasteland and has more variety than a Game that play in the **** Space with multilple Planets. Jesus Christ. Worse game i played this year.

    Gunplay is awful. Voice Acting Cheesy and have i allready said how awful and generic the writing is ?    … Expand
  25. kodokuna
    Oct 26, 2019
    10
    Thank you for your work Obsidian. I'm getting all nostalgic as a long time Fallout fan. I wish the later titles were developed by the same team.
  26. Undeadlevi
    Oct 26, 2019
    7
    Played on windows 10 version.
    first of all i will say this game does look very beautiful, however i found my self having stutters and frame rate drops on medium graphics even with my GTX1060. Outer worlds is a great RPG experience, however i felt it was too short lived; it was disapointing when i finished the campaign and found out i could not continue exploring like other RPG    Played on windows 10 version.
    first of all i will say this game does look very beautiful, however i found my self having stutters and frame rate drops on medium graphics even with my GTX1060. Outer worlds is a great RPG experience, however i felt it was too short lived; it was disapointing when i finished the campaign and found out i could not continue exploring like other RPG experiences, recognise that it was going for a fallout 1-2 ending style, however i would have preferred to continue playing. another aspect i found made it shorter was the lack of explorable planets, although there is at least 8 planets on the map there is only around 5 explorable ones which is a bit misleading. the armour and weapons also feels a bit stagnant when you get towards the end of the game, there is not really any new or cool styles to find. playing on hard difficulty i feel like the easiness of the game also made it too short. although it may sound like i didn't like this game overall i had fun even if it was a bit too short for my liking.    … Expand
  27. Notnavope
    Oct 26, 2019
    9
    The game really brings everything what you would expect from this style of RPG. Writing and voice acting are top notch, with interesting characters and their stories, silly and dark at the same time (Leonard's Boyarsky and Tim's Cane signature style is really obvious, and I love it) The space western style of it fits perfectly in this universe. The makro idea is fantastic, corporationThe game really brings everything what you would expect from this style of RPG. Writing and voice acting are top notch, with interesting characters and their stories, silly and dark at the same time (Leonard's Boyarsky and Tim's Cane signature style is really obvious, and I love it) The space western style of it fits perfectly in this universe. The makro idea is fantastic, corporation taking over everything. Can't say, that I enjoy stealth a lot, bit maybe it just needs some time to get used to it. Graphics are ok, but I don't think people who will play this game care much about it. I saw complaints about it not being a full open world game, but personally I like it, reminds of Metro exodus with somewhat smaller areas. All in all Obsidian did a great job! I don't like comparing games, but as much as I'm a Fallout universe fan, I enjoy this game much more, than what Bethesda does for the last ten or so years. Bottom line, imagine Mass Effect and Fallout: New Vegas had a baby, and it was raised by the Wasteland franchise, this is what you would get.… Expand
  28. AnotherGamer93
    Oct 26, 2019
    9
    Games great! Fun story lines and quests, musics very atmospheric, you actually care for the characters!
    The colours are nice, makes the game very dystopian. If you were looking for a game similar to Fallout New Vegas, this is it!
    Gunplay is smooth, easy to get used to, I very rarely use a controller and had no problem. Heaps of customisation to armor and gear! Graphics are beautiful,    Games great! Fun story lines and quests, musics very atmospheric, you actually care for the characters!
    The colours are nice, makes the game very dystopian. If you were looking for a game similar to Fallout New Vegas, this is it!
    Gunplay is smooth, easy to get used to, I very rarely use a controller and had no problem.
    Heaps of customisation to armor and gear!
    Graphics are beautiful, vibrant colours and good textures.

    Story 9/10
    Gameplay 9/10
    Graphics 9/10
    Music 9/10    … Expand
  29. Nagykutya
    Oct 26, 2019
    10
    A real action RPG for a change. This is a must have if you’re a fan of the genre. People comparing it to borderlands and Call of duty? Really? Why not Forza or mario tennis while you’re at it? I was waiting for a game like this since the Witcher 3
  30. DJ_Titan
    Oct 25, 2019
    8
    This game is a breath of fresh air if you liked fallout new Vegas this should be a must own if you have not played any fallout games let me put your mind at ease the shooting is great in this game you never get the feeling that you can't beat an enemy because your guns under powered and useless at the same time weapons and armor degradation does happen but with all the ways to fix it fromThis game is a breath of fresh air if you liked fallout new Vegas this should be a must own if you have not played any fallout games let me put your mind at ease the shooting is great in this game you never get the feeling that you can't beat an enemy because your guns under powered and useless at the same time weapons and armor degradation does happen but with all the ways to fix it from items you buy to stores who can fix them for you you never feel like you're forced to go to shops and buy new gear and if you want to you can kill every NPC in the game and still win the game and if you want you can finish quests in any way you may want a guy in a quest i was on gave me a hard choice kill a whole city or kill a bunch of poor people i shot the guy point blank with a shotgun and gave the poor people the city but thats not the only way to do that quest it really feels up to you on how you wish to play… Expand
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85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 77 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 72 out of 77
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 77
  3. Negative: 0 out of 77
  1. RPGamer
    Feb 3, 2020
    60
    What probably best summarizes The Outer Worlds is that, in spite of my qualms with aspects of it, I still enjoyed my time playing it. It doesn’t overstay its welcome and by the fills a void that feels wider in the wake of many larger western studios losing interest in making dedicated RPG experiences. It’s not the kind of game to stand the test of time and Obsidian has made much better and more interesting games in the past, but there is a pleasant experience to be had. For those looking for that style of single-player RPG will find a lot to like and could do a lot worse.
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  2. GAMINGbible
    Dec 5, 2019
    70
    I can see that while I play, The Outer Worlds is everything needed and expected from a first-person RPG, one that can then be expanded on in the future, with innovative systems, original worlds, and unexpected characters - they now have a hub to fit into. The problem for players is: why play this game instead of waiting for the one that fully escapes the shadow of Fallout?
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  3. Vgames
    Dec 4, 2019
    90
    The Outer Worlds is the Bethesda RPG you always wanted, but it's not made by Bethesda. This is one of the finest RPG experiences that let you take complete control of your storyline, and it's one hell of a ride.
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