The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition

 PlayStation 5
Metascore
72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. KeenGamer
    Mar 10, 2023
    70
    The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition is the best way to experience your adventure on Halcyon. For new players who haven’t touched the game, there’s a good time to be had. A solid storyline, fun combat, and freely building your character's proficiencies. For veterans, the only real draws are increased character customisation and a better looking Halcyon. Even then, it's unlikely that there would be much to do after completing the game. It’s not the strong draw to bring you back that it could have been.
  2. Gaming Age
    Mar 23, 2023
    67
    I’d probably recommend the original release, which is available at a much cheaper price across all platforms, and then maybe pick up the DLC on the side, instead of opting for this new Spacer’s Choice Edition. Ideally additional patches will get this version of the game to where it needs to be, but out of the gate this is not a version of The Outer Worlds I would recommend picking up.
  3. RPGamer
    Apr 7, 2023
    60
    Despite all of the areas that The Outer Worlds could do better, it is still an enjoyable experience. Companions and the relative density of the game make the day-to-day quests by and large engaging, while the inclusion of the DLC goes a long way to raising up the interest in the setting. However, outside of it there is little to recommend Halcyon as a place to explore, particularly as players get assaulted by familiar foes more than necessary. The Outer Worlds sets a solid, if unspectacular, base that has plenty of room to improve.
  5. TheSixthAxis
    Mar 30, 2023
    50
    The Outer Worlds is an excellent game, but the Spacer's Choice Edition remaster doesn't live up to it. Sure, it can look nicer with more prevalent reflections and changes to the lighting, but it can also be really rather dark, and performance on PS5 is far from perfect. You're better off sticking with the original release via backward compatibility.
  6. GamingBolt
    Mar 9, 2023
    50
    The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition wishes to be the definitive edition of this planet-trotting RPG, but a buffet of problems ranging from minuscule visual upgrades to performance issues make it anything but.

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User Score
5.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 25
  3. Negative: 11 out of 25
  1. OdinX1985
    Mar 12, 2023
    0
    Man it's such a shame that this "upgrade" was such a disappointment. For those fake 10s, 9s, and 8s are not honest, performances issues onMan it's such a shame that this "upgrade" was such a disappointment. For those fake 10s, 9s, and 8s are not honest, performances issues on performance is terrible. When the last gen was given a 60fps patch this "upgrade" literally downgraded to unplayable disaster. There is a second mode to which that drops to 22-30fps give or take. The game will crash if you are using not the performance mode..I mean the beginning npc gives you a weapon you shoot the barrels the blast will eat the fps to 5 and no this is not a joke. The lighting is so off and the colors seems unreal, face models looks pretty decent but the issues is the bad fps drops is ridiculous. The devs had the gull to charge full price 60 bucks and charge the existing players 10 bucks to upgrade to which that's ridiculous. At this time of writing there has been confirmed patches on the way but when will that be is uncertain. The devs should be ashamed of themselves for charging this upgrade when it should've been free for owners of the game and new players at least 30 bucks but my word the game is so unplayable so my score of this "upgrade" is a 0: From the experiences in the first 10 mins of terrible performance on both modes.… Full Review »
  2. Aetheris
    Mar 16, 2023
    4
    This review is purely based on this edition of the game and not the base game and dlc. In short it looks stunning vs the ps4 edition, niceThis review is purely based on this edition of the game and not the base game and dlc. In short it looks stunning vs the ps4 edition, nice shadows good lighting, very vibrant and colourful and great loading times but that is where this good streak ends. The rest of the upgrades are woefully underwhelming, extremely poor performance on both graphics settings, nasty graphical glitches that completely break immersion (shinny hair, pop in, non existent shadows etc.).

    All this makes the product very hard to say it's an upgrade but this is rather summed up quite well from one of the games corporate slogans "It's not the best choice, it's spacers choice" (nowhere near the best.)    … Full Review »
  3. deftones034
    Mar 10, 2023
    0
    The game is a disaster in everyway. Performance, grainy picture, aiming reticle disappearing, lag spikes, stuttering, and oh boy performance.The game is a disaster in everyway. Performance, grainy picture, aiming reticle disappearing, lag spikes, stuttering, and oh boy performance. Game has 2 modes. A 60fps and a 30fps. Both run horrible. On PS5, it runs on average in 60fps mode 48-52. In 30fps mode 22-27. In my opinion this was a quick get it out game launch for money and who cares how it plays. Hopefully on PS5 refunds are coming.… Full Review »
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