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The Outer Worlds | Review Thread
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It was a placeholder which enabled your PC to download it when ready. GoW5 was the same just a small file until the full preload was available.
in the Xbox app's settings, when you choose a different default drive, make sure to untick "Ask me for drive selection on every install" as well
Pillars had some of my favorite evil role playing choices in awhile so I'm not too worried about Outer Worlds in that department.
I really need to get back to and finish that.
One of my favorite CRPG game concepts ever.
I hope this is successful, it seems to have a lot of hype, and could be a huge franchise going forward. I think MS and Obsidian should stick to thier guns and turn this into the true Fallout killer. With an even larger budget, the sequel could be epic. It's possible Fallout might even conoletely skip next gen, leaving OW as the only option.
Congrats to Obsidian for all the excellent reviews, Incan't wait to play.
Obsidian was able to make 3 85+ games in the last 5 years.
With a bigger budget and all the devs on board on a big AAA title, they will easily reach 90 and beyond.
With a bigger budget and all the devs on board on a big AAA title, they will easily reach 90 and beyond.
thats what concerns me to some exstent. by working in that mid tier space, they have been allowed to do interesting stuff. I am concerned that if they went AAA they would be forced to play it too safe.
Welp, guess I'm waiting!
There has literally not been an RPG like this since New Vegas.
I really hope they don't give on the isometric RPG's. Having said that, Matt said that there have been almost zero complaints about the devs that were bought by MS, which i imagine ends up being that they are having a lot of creative freedom.
It was rough, true. But the review specifically quantifies the bugginess as a score decrease of 1. Filter that out and even Eurogamer themselves would consider the game more than an 8.
Earlier than I thought it was coming based on your earlier post. Sorry you're so pressured! Thanks, watching now.
You said that you only encountered two bugs (which is impressive, as Fallout 76 may have legitimately hit that mark for me in about five minutes). Out of curiosity, what were they? Were they major?
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I really, really enjoyed this style of reviewing, especially with the amount of content and video editing. Thanks.
why you keep making sense in this thread ?
but you are right we need more traditional rpg like the last gen
I am really curious how the "X" version compares to the Base Xbox/PS4/PRO versions? The "X" has the 4k Textures and the game size is about 36gb or so versus the base consoles/Pro it being about 18gb. That is 18gb of 4k textures so it should have a nice impact and would love to see a side by side.
That PC Gamer review sounded kinda harsh. That being said 1 review isn't going to keep me from diving in and enjoying this game, but I didn't expect that line from PC Gamer at all.
Self-indulgent and bloated. The reviewer has a history of wordcraft reviews which are more written for him than informing readers about the attributes and mechanics of a game.
But the review goes in detail about the attributes, mechanics, world design, quests, and structure of the game and he just found the territory trodden a bit too comfortable and predictable. The story trying to be a satire of capitalism comes out as cliched and cute rather than cutting, which sounds like a shame. I can't see how the review was bloated or self-indulgent?
Do we have any information whether Digital Foundry will conduct an analysis prior to the games' release?
I really want to check up on the framerate side of things because it seems like base consoles are suffering and I really want to see whether the "big guns" (X,Pro) are rock solid or not...
I really want to check up on the framerate side of things because it seems like base consoles are suffering and I really want to see whether the "big guns" (X,Pro) are rock solid or not...
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This is a lot to dig through and all I really have is one question: Are there immortal, "essential" NPCs?
Pretty sure Microsoft isn't messing with or dictating to any of the recent acquisitions, so any playing it safe would be coming from Obsidian management.
Great review as always. Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for keeping it real.
Cant wait to dive in.
i think this is answered in the rapid fire question video. Iirc there are no immortal npcs.
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Found it.
Q: Can I beat this game by killing everybody?
A: Yes. Sadly, we know that to be true.
The last interview I saw, there was one immortal NPC, but they were trying to fix that. Not sure of it's status.
As long as they have full autonomy from Microsoft for creative freedom, I can easily see that
Was surprised by that. They really leaned into how much they didn't like it on the podcast, and listener beware as they really seem to talk about tons of story stuff; I started skipping through at some point.
Gameinformer podcast said it nicely. Its a good game and deserves a good score by itself. But it feels extra nice because the people who wanted this kind of experience again were left out abit the last years with the likes of Fallout and Mass Effect. That this feels extra sweet.
They kind of dig deep on how they don't seem to like games where you're basically the all encompassing savior and other political stuff which I understand, but I don't think any of what they didn't like is making the game less fun for me.
Certainly. I'm still looking forward to it. A lot of it was definitely coming from a place of what the game "could/should be" rather than "what it is", as well as what seemed like a lack of a general affinity/nostalgia for these sorts of games. All legitimate takes, but not takes that necessarily apply to me.
Interesting. The game is very clear that there are few morally absolute choices. So while capitalism is certainly the bad and corruptive force, it's not necessarily presented as evil. Beyond that, the whole point of this world is that people don't understand what they're living. Exactly the counterpoint Rob asks for is Parvati, who is both compassionate and also raised by this system. But in many ways, it seems Obsidian is trying to tell a story about what happens when even the resistors are brought up so deeply in this system that they don't even realize it. That should really be up Waypoint's alley. It's still a bit surprising (from that angle, anyway).
but this kind of things happens to a lot of games for good or bad. There are games that feels refreshing because the audience is eager for that kind of game, and games that feel tired because people is bored of a certain genre. I don't think many games are reviewed on an isolated bubble where trends, nostalgia and other things don'tt affect reviewers and public.