Jason says, "I went into this with little in the way of expectations except having skipped it initially because it, indeed, looked like a cheaper Fallout game using a bit of that Bioshock writing. I turned out to be correct but adding to the pile isn’t necessarily a bad thing. What the game lacks isn’t in its mimicry: they’ve competently captured the “magic”, and even improved on the dialogue design despite not having the combat complexity of either. What the game lacks is content, direct consequences, weapon and enemy variety, and the need for a slightly higher graphical budget (namely to eliminate many of the “map doors”). I did smile at the writing, though, and that’s always worth something."
The Outer Worlds could distinguish itself from other Obsidian IPs by going in the opposite direction as Avowed and the Pillars of Eternity series.
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The Outer Worlds, like most Obsidian games, was well written. Not their best work, but really solid.
The game, itself, needed to be fleshed out more though. Felt some mechanics were half baked, and wanted a bit more of an in-depth experience.
A fun, solid framework for what I hope to be a much stronger sequel. I'm definitely hopeful that will happen being they're now 1st party, with access to a lot more resources.
character design is bland and stereotypical
My favorite Action RPG since Fallout: New Vegas.
I went back and played it after the 60fps patch, decent gameplay the voice acting and dialog were the strong points.