The Outer Worlds

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5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 174 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 85 out of 174
  2. Mixed: 27 out of 174
  3. Negative: 62 out of 174
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  1. flbergeron
    Dec 3, 2020
    9
    I really enjoy this game, i cant stop playing! closest thing to fallout 3 you can get!
  2. CDizzness
    Oct 20, 2020
    10
    I cannot believe the hate on this game....the graphics are phenomenal for a handheld, pre update I must add! I bought the game on sale, so I could see what it looks like before the update. Also, I waited to really get into the game so I could play it on here. The graphics are sooo much better than what people have made them out to be. I can only imagine what this update will bring. P.S.I cannot believe the hate on this game....the graphics are phenomenal for a handheld, pre update I must add! I bought the game on sale, so I could see what it looks like before the update. Also, I waited to really get into the game so I could play it on here. The graphics are sooo much better than what people have made them out to be. I can only imagine what this update will bring. P.S. the game itself is awesome.… Expand
  3. labuschin
    Aug 13, 2020
    8
    After reading the other reviews, I was a bit afraid about very bad graphics. But it's not bad at all considering the Switch's hardware.

    I already loved the game play, dialouges and story on the Xbox version. Now I can play it while commuting. I love it.
  4. TORANTUL
    Aug 11, 2020
    10
    I like RPG, good RPG and this game is better than Fallout 76. But Graphic is not good.
  5. DikNekim
    Aug 9, 2020
    10
    Not bad, Graphic and Frame rate are not bad (For Switch), Role-system is good.
  6. RedBro
    Aug 24, 2020
    10
    The Outer worlds has been a great experience so far, I’ve haven’t completed it yet, but I’ve played a few hours. So far, I’ve destroyed and murdered an entire town and have found out one thing that stands this game apart from any Fallout or Skyrim. This games has so many freedoms I’ve thought to my self huh I wonder if I could kill this guy, I knew he was a story character so I thought heThe Outer worlds has been a great experience so far, I’ve haven’t completed it yet, but I’ve played a few hours. So far, I’ve destroyed and murdered an entire town and have found out one thing that stands this game apart from any Fallout or Skyrim. This games has so many freedoms I’ve thought to my self huh I wonder if I could kill this guy, I knew he was a story character so I thought he would kneel down or something like Bethesda games, but nope gone dead and when I watched a walkthrough to see what would have happened if I left him alive and apparently he was supposed to show up again but he didn’t, you know because I shot him. So so far this game has been real fun and I will update this review when I finish the game!… Expand
  7. ThatLeaf
    Jul 16, 2020
    7
    Let's face it... We've wondered at some point what life would be like if we were able to fly across the galaxy and visit alien worlds. Games like Starcraft, Star Fox and whatnot have tickled our fancy for Sci-Fi adventures. And this game, The Outer Worlds, is the latest of these adventures...

    Published by Private Division and developed by Obsidian, the same company involved with the    Let's face it... We've wondered at some point what life would be like if we were able to fly across the galaxy and visit alien worlds. Games like Starcraft, Star Fox and whatnot have tickled our fancy for Sci-Fi adventures. And this game, The Outer Worlds, is the latest of these adventures...

    Published by Private Division and developed by Obsidian, the same company involved with the successful Fallout; New Vegas, this game is a combination of shooting, sci-fi, adventure and RPG rolled into one. In this game, you play as one of the colonists (called the Stranger) that was sent to the Halcyon Cluster to start your new life there. To pass the long time spent traveling there, you and all the other colonists were put in frozen hibernation. The only thing is... Your ship didn't exactly arrive there on time. in fact, you and the Hope colonists were long thought to be dead. After being revived by a mad scientist, you are sent down below to the surface of one of the colony's planets to try to find a means of bringing back your fellow colonists to life..

    I found myself engaged with the story as well as the motif for the game itself. Controls were a bit stiff at times when it came to aiming for enemies, but it was enjoyable like on other consoles. Sound was also rather pleasing, particularly the music found in the background (sadly, there's no radio for you to listen to while traversing the Halcyon colony).

    However, graphics had the appearance of previous generation console games (ala Wii U or the Wii), which can be a letdown for those who are used to graphics found on PC as well as XBox One and Playstation 5. Also, the gameplay was dragged down by a serious issue I had while on my ship. If had stayed on there for too long, the game would suffer from serious lag. Whether this is because of the Switch's limitations or the programming of the game itself, I do not know. Luckily, that was the only major issue I had with the game.

    Overall, the game itself is basically Fallout:New Vegas, but a space/sci-fi setting instead of a post-apocalyptic setting. While I enjoyed the game, I can't really recommend buying this game at full price. It's best to wait until it goes on sale or a used copy is available for you to obtain.    … Expand
  8. Faravo
    Jun 5, 2020
    0
    This port is so poor that it shouldn't be allowed to be realese! Did not expect it to be this bad.
  9. Vitolo98
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Piss poor port. The textures and assets are not designed for switch, so they downgraded everything so switch could handle it. If a game is made on ue4, it will need to be made with switch in mind, because if not, ue4 ports will suffer. Nintendo needs sting hardware, especially since new 10-12tf consoles are coming
  10. The_Martian
    Jun 5, 2020
    0
    Like Pillars 1 port, should not have been released and when deciding to port, this should have been done correctly (like Witcher 3). Porting for no other reason than to make money on a subpar experience speaks volumes on corporate greed.
  11. Dantebyura
    Jun 8, 2020
    0
    Hay veces en la que se agradece que un juego salga en varias plataformas, pero para sacar un cutre port al mercado y encima cobrarte precio completo por él... simplemente no tienen vergüenza.
    No recomiendo este juego en Switch, ya que es un buen juego y se merece algo mejor que este bodrio.
  12. Zwei76
    Jun 5, 2020
    5
    I played on xone x and this port looks terrible, It looks as if it had been released prematurely, without finishing polishing it.
  13. barce1ona
    Jun 5, 2020
    3
    Did not expect it to be this bad. The downgrade is huge which is unacceptable as the Switch can do a lot better. It doesn't look much better than Oblivion! You'd be better off just watching some Youtuber playing one of the other versions if you're out and about. Grim!
  14. hkjhkjh
    Jun 7, 2020
    0
    This port shouldn't exist, it's just straight up aweful. If you have any other plattform where this game is available, play that game there, the portable aspect of the switch version is in that case absolutly not worth the downgrade
  15. unbridled_anger
    Jun 5, 2020
    0
    This is a bad port, and it needs to be fixed. Such a shame for a good PC RPG.
  16. Kangaroos_R_Bad
    Jun 10, 2020
    0
    Even my animation friend at Obsidian thinks this is a bad port, but she says they didn't do it, Private Division is to blame. Whatever, this port is ugly with a capital UG, but graphics aside, as far as gameplay goes? I can't play a ranged character because every enemy at long range has a "Buffering" shield while they load in so what choice is there? None. Fix this mess, it's not worth $6,Even my animation friend at Obsidian thinks this is a bad port, but she says they didn't do it, Private Division is to blame. Whatever, this port is ugly with a capital UG, but graphics aside, as far as gameplay goes? I can't play a ranged character because every enemy at long range has a "Buffering" shield while they load in so what choice is there? None. Fix this mess, it's not worth $6, let alone $60.… Expand
  17. Dghd
    Jun 11, 2020
    2
    I don't understand why they've actually created this port. I don't like to judge games by graphics, but in this case it is awful, you cannot even see anything which is further than 1 meter. Game is unplayable and it is really awful that I've waited for it and payed 50 dollars.
  18. frenchdog85
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    I almost want to give it a 10 to help with the bombing but decided to be honest. Great game so far, although I haven't finished it. Yes it doesn't have the best framerate on the switch, which I expected and am happy to trade off for the portability. No content was cut, it's the full experience.

    The game itself is a 9 so far for me, the port quality is maybe a 6 (better than I    I almost want to give it a 10 to help with the bombing but decided to be honest. Great game so far, although I haven't finished it. Yes it doesn't have the best framerate on the switch, which I expected and am happy to trade off for the portability. No content was cut, it's the full experience.

    The game itself is a 9 so far for me, the port quality is maybe a 6 (better than I expected on this hardware) and portability is a 10 (for me). Anybody expecting xbone or ps4 performance doesn't understand the basics of hardware specs, and should only buy Nintendo-only games on their switches. Take a second and look at some of the "0's" review histories. Many of them follow a pattern of 0's and 10's of the same games with no nuance. Anybody can honestly follow that trail...    … Expand
  19. Spinnning_Jenny
    Jul 7, 2020
    0
    This is one of the worst ports of a game that I've ever played and deeply regret the money spent and the time wasted discovering this.
  20. pokegod11
    Jul 20, 2020
    10
    This port is very underrated for what it is, It is a decent version of the outer worlds on the go
  21. Just1nsane
    Jun 6, 2020
    2
    I got through the opening and it was fine then you create your character and ok its still decent then he drops you to the planet and I start playing and instantly was hit with ....wow this graphics are extremely disappointing. Stopped playing and now will just wait for a pro system and an update from obsidian because I just spent 50 bucks on this game...oh wellll
  22. SillyVase
    Jun 5, 2020
    0
    "It's not the best chooooooice, it's Switch's choice!" This is as BROKEN as Pillars 1 Switch port, especially visuals and loading times. Was an idiot to preorder this - "evil corps," if you can't do a port right DON'T DO IT - play both on PC instead.
  23. RIPtile
    Jun 7, 2020
    3
    This game looking for a garbage. Graphics 2/10. Most popular platform take this terrible port.
  24. DrkAsDeath
    Jul 31, 2020
    2
    Tho the story is good. just the way it runs is like, WHY WOULD U ADD THIS? This should never has come to the switch. And for 60$ NON THE LESS. For almost Ark level of garbage textures. If you want a successful game on the switch, make sure it can actually run on it before you release broken messes. IF YOU WANT TO PORT A GOOD GAME [[Fallout New Vegas]]. It has the power to run on theTho the story is good. just the way it runs is like, WHY WOULD U ADD THIS? This should never has come to the switch. And for 60$ NON THE LESS. For almost Ark level of garbage textures. If you want a successful game on the switch, make sure it can actually run on it before you release broken messes. IF YOU WANT TO PORT A GOOD GAME [[Fallout New Vegas]]. It has the power to run on the switch. Its an amazing game cherished my many. Youd get so many sales and you could probably get away with a 40$ price tag. Hell id pay 60.… Expand
  25. Daher
    Jun 5, 2020
    8
    The game still amazing and now you can okay it on the go. Te graphica have some downgrade on the open world sections, but nothing that breaks the experience. An amazing game for an amazing console. Love it!
  26. Andreolo
    Jul 5, 2020
    1
    Quality of the graphics is very poor. It is not compromise, it is fail. I lost my money.
  27. die600
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Very poor port, I'm highly disappointed with it. It doesn't run as devs claim (1080p while docked neither and 720p in handheld and forget about steady 30 fps). Things poping in everywhere, bad textures, weird loadings in your face.. it makes the game unplayable and unjoyable. Don't waste your money with this port, play it on PS4/Xbox or pc instead.
  28. Vesser90210
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    This port shows what you should not port to the Switch. Huge disappointment.
  29. Cooldod
    Jun 30, 2020
    3
    This game is has a amazing story and is a amazing game.Buttt not so much for the Nintendo switch.Outer worlds on the the switch has very frequent frame rate drops bad textures and a low resolution in handheld.And it doesn’t help that the game pause sometimes and just loads when going a high speeds like sprinting if you can get the outer worlds on a different console if you don’t have a ps4This game is has a amazing story and is a amazing game.Buttt not so much for the Nintendo switch.Outer worlds on the the switch has very frequent frame rate drops bad textures and a low resolution in handheld.And it doesn’t help that the game pause sometimes and just loads when going a high speeds like sprinting if you can get the outer worlds on a different console if you don’t have a ps4 Xbox one or pc you will most likely enjoy this port of the outer world on the Nintendo switch… Expand
  30. erick3366
    Jul 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. if it would be this bad, this game should not have gotten a port.
    just proves that there is no need for a port like this to exist just because it can run on switch, not if it will be this bad.    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 49 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 49
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 49
  3. Negative: 2 out of 49
  1. GameMAG
    Sep 13, 2020
    40
    Without exaggeration, The Outer Worlds for Nintendo Switch is one of the worst games in terms of graphics, compared to which any remaster from the PlayStation 2 looks amazing. A team created a truly terrifying port of a very good game. In order not to feel cheated, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with the creation of Obsidian on PC, PS4, PS4 Pro or Xbox One X.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    40
    Do not do this to yourself, if you want to play this game (which you should) go ahead and play it on any other platform than Nintendo Switch. This port was so poorly done that it made me wonder am I losing sight.
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  3. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Aug 29, 2020
    80
    The Outer Worlds is a must-play for fans of choice-driven sci-fi roleplaying games. That said, it's hard to recommend the Switch port. [Issue #47 – July/August 2020, p. 68]
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