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. RPG Fan
    Aug 22, 2023
    90
    My unease aside, The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition is a mighty pleasant way for a sci-fi RPG fan to spend 30-40 hours, especially if you haven’t yet played its two DLC packs. It is wonderfully crafted, offers compelling choices between “right” and “wrong,” and gives curious players a few hidden pathways beyond those binaries. Its worlds are compact and homespun. It is not a galaxy of content, but in a world full of corporate bloat, overlong working hours, console wars, and games as a service, all I can say is thank goodness for that.
  2. Digital Chumps
    Mar 7, 2023
    90
    The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition is the quintessential The Outer Worlds experience that I’ve wanted all along for my PS5. With the immense graphical upgrades, Halcyon and the rest of the galaxy look better than ever and visually immerse players in stunning spacescapes while you attempt to navigate a universe that’s effectively ruled by corporate overlords. For new players who are also PS5 owners, the Spacer’s Choice Edition is a no-brainer given the additional QoL upgrades and the DLC packaged together. However, those who’ve faithfully done their time in supporting Obsidian and Private Division’s franchise from the get go may feel like they’ve been left in the space dust because of the lack of cross-generation save transfers.
  3. PSX Brasil
    Mar 7, 2023
    90
    The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition proves to be the perfect version for those who haven't been able to enjoy the game and its expansions previously. There's not much to appeal for those who want to return to this universe beyond the expected visual and technical improvements, although there are notable performance issues that would still need attention.
  5. COGconnected
    Mar 21, 2023
    86
    For sheer memorable and engaging gameplay, I recommend The Outer Worlds. It was an absolute delight to play back in 2019, and it still holds up as one of my all-time favorite gaming experiences. I am pleased with the graphical upgrades and enhancements from The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition. Although, with less new content and more new bugs, it should have been a free upgrade for returning players.
  6. GamingTrend
    Mar 9, 2023
    80
    The Outer Worlds is an awesome game, so it’s nice to have the option to enjoy it with all the amenities of a new generation of hardware. While the performance is a bit iffy, the visuals really pop, and the updated character models add to your immersion in this imaginative space adventure. It’s no surprise we’ve got a second one on the way, and now you can get ready for the sequel on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in style.
  7. Press Start Australia
    Mar 8, 2023
    80
    While maybe not essential if you've already seen everything there is to see in the game, The Spacer's Choice Edition of The Outer Worlds is a worthy upgrade for players jumping in for the first time or wanting to explore new choices and outcomes in a second or third playthrough. It's a bit of a shaky upgrade in parts, but the overall package is decent value and the core game is still bloody excellent.
  8. PlayStation Universe
    Mar 7, 2023
    80
    Though savagely undercut by performance issues, The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice still remains a stellar RPG and a muscular content offering despite its technical problems. Nonetheless, the unstable framerate coupled with frame pacing issues results in the tarnishing of the definitive version of The Outer Worlds that really should have been so much polished than it is here.

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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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