The Outer Worlds

it's not fallout: new vegas good but it is good. play this if you like dialogue and well-developed characters and are fine with mid combat.

Pretty Decent Game, Honestly the story didn't really make sense to me, but that could just be a me thing. The story can be long and the character customization isn't that fun. But i love the open world and how the game looks and feels!!

Okay so now imagine all the good parts of FNV, now get rid of the bugs and gambling and make the shooting part slightly more fun. And put it in space. Obsidian dev Is printing money.
Its a great, kinda short game, would recommend you get it on sale though.
Screw Starfeild

It's a great game and with no high end graphics card requirements...Hurray !

Very Fallout. Great story, combat it challenging and fun. Can't wait to see where it takes me

this is the most boring game i've ever played, i got bored as soon as i entered the first town and started doing the endless fetch quests, i litteraly had to force myself to play through the game. the game isnt bad but it isnt good either but obsidian really fell off if this is the best they can do

TLDR: A familiar yet new experience from the makers of Fallout New Vegas that, while deeper than most FPS games, disappoints when compared to the studio's prior works.

Pros:
- Great fast-paced combat with partner abilities/commands, a bullet time system, and effective ammo-types.
- Fun variety of weapons to experiment with
- The story is initially very captivating
- Some beautiful and creatively designed environments

Cons:
- Enemy variety. You'll fight the same 'native species' on multiple planets
- Clunky inventory UI is a LEAP backwards from FONV
- Some characters are too whacky to be 'funny'. Some dialogue is written like it was poorly translated or written by an overly enthusiastic thesaurus-user
- Upgrade scaling of weapons and abilities is lazily implemented
- The story ends on a whimper
- Truly last-gen character design and animation

The Outer Worlds is essentially just Fallout: New Vegas in space. It had a ton of good going for it: interesting setting, talented development team, competent writing, deep role playing opportunities. By all means, it should have been an absolutely amazing game. However, it innovated surprisingly little on a formula established 10 years prior.

The opening scenes and scenarios to Outer Worlds showed so much promise. Well-voiced characters with expressive movement, dancing around a room while holding conversation with you? It was a dream come true that didn't last. After a short introduction, all dialogue takes place EXACTLY like every Bethesda game: zoomed in on the face with some procedural mouth movements.

I really enjoyed the simplified resources and clutter systems. It made inventory management much more streamlined. Companion outfitting and contributions towards your skills also felt good, and opened the way for some stellar roleplaying opportunities. At the same time, however, companion and outfit management to pass skill checks was annoying. I had to go through menus A LOT just to make sure I was equipping the right combination of outfits, hats, and companions. Most combat skills are used extremely sparingly in conversation, or not at all. None of this was a huge problem, however, because the game is just laughably easy on the hardest difficulty setting. Nothing ever really posed a challenge, so my display of power never quite felt satisfying.

The two DLC's offer minor improvements on the formula:

Peril on Gorgon had much more expressive characters, and some fantastic voice acting to boot. The was more music variety, more opportunities to use skills, comments on my outfits and previous ventures, and companion interactions were littered throughout.

Murder on Eridanos didn't live up to its full potential as a murder mystery. The unraveling of the mystery was mostly prescribed, but there were a few optional clues to find that let you discover the murderer early. This offered no real gameplay or plot change, but was a neat touch. Some of the new science weapons were neat, but still, just as the base game, science weapons felt underutilized. There's so much room for interesting weapon design that was untapped in this game.

I'd recommend this to someone looking for more Fallout, but there wasn't anything remarkable or particularly memorable about my 60+ hour playthrough. I don't feel attached to the companions or their struggles, and barely cared about the mroal quandaries the game presents you with.

Boring, did not like it but loved Fallout NV. Same gun skins, boring skill tree and perk.

Constant crashes on the PC. I love this game on console and really enjoyed the upgraded graphics on the PC, but this game is so unstable on the PC that it is downright unplayable. The game crashes immediately when I load my save file. Another time I got stuck in the Community Center in Emerald Vale, because every time I tried to use a door to transition back to Emerald Vale, the game would crash. This game has been out for a long time now. There is no excuse why this hasn't been fixed yet.

Boredom the game. Core of the game is boredom. Combat is generic. Dialogue...wew, first ever RPG in which I skipped every dialogue out there. Good game if u want to fall asleep.

While I don't think it was exceptional nor particularly ambitious, I think that works to its benefit. It's a solid story in a neat presentation and well-developed characters, even if they aren't immediately as interesting as a game like Mass Effect or even New Vegas.

Plus, one of the characters is outwardly ace and I thought that was pretty cool (and very rare) representation.

This is my opinion but i think this game is quite underrated its really a great game. I like the stories and quest within this game and its similar to other games i've played before but its a good game on its own way.

Part Fallout, part BioShock, with a sprinkling of Mass Effect.
This game is not awful. It can be quite fun at times. But it still feels mid overall. The biggest reason for that is because it borrows so heavily from games everyone already loves and has strong nostalgia for. You keep thinking things like, "Oh I remember this from New Vegas, but F:NV did it way better." and then you remember how awesome New Vegas was and spend the next hour of play thinking you should go back and replay New Vegas.
The Outer Worlds also has a fairly constant corporate satire theme. This can get a little tiring at times. Because then you leave the game and remember real life is also a corporate dystopia, and that you're running low on bourbon.
Buy it when it's on sale. Keep your expectations low and you'll have a few hours of diversion from the hellish nightmare of the real world.

I hate all the characters so I went on a chaotic rampage with no companions, and finished the game that way.
I tried to play the game normally at first, talking to everyone, doing side stuff, and doing the companion quests but it is a slog. The only thing I found fun was running around with an LMG or flamethrower and cleansing areas of life
Even though the game is technically sound and I love the studio, I can't say I'd recommend it. The writing is rough in my opinion and the gameplay itself is shallow at best. 6/10

You already know this game is good but if you need me to tell you, this is one of the few games I've ever played where I can literally rip off almost every person I take a job from. Pretending to be a space pirate is so easy and fun

If you like roleplaying options this game is pretty good. Non verbal hero, but multiple dialog options. Definitely pretty small maps considering it's different planets.

I wish this was Kotor 3, the ship access to the map and being able to travel to different planets and talk to companions while on the ship. if this was kotor 3 it would be the goat of games. But even then still 10/10.

100% recommend. Totally did not just play a half marathon of it or anything because of how good it is.

I love this game! but make sure to get this edition and not the spacers choice edition

Absolutely great game. Blends good ideas from No Man's Sky, BreathEdge, SpaceQuest, Skyrim, and even did it before Starfield was released.

It's zany, sarcastic, and witty in it's storytelling and personal narratives for each character in the story. The visuals are gritty and grainy industrial, man-made hells of abandonment. There's a very, "Serenity/Firefly-esque," vibe to it that gives even the most horrific planet a certain charm.

Good story and characters. Shorter than I expected but definitely worth the money for the experience. Excited to see what the next game will bring to the table. 7/10

This game is incredibly boring! You can do anything with no consequences. The game even gives you a tool that makes it so you can infiltrate anywhere while disguised. The gunplay is very simple and there's no variety of weapons. They went for the comedy story and I don't think it serves this game well. It is good when a game offers comedy, but not all the time.

I didn't get sucked into the story. I barely ever knew what I was doing or why. I spent most of the time chasing an objective marker around until the game suddenly ended. Not great, but not a bad way to spend 15-20 hours.

A killer game from one of my all-time favorite game studios! If you enjoy narrative driven RPG's, definitely give The Outer Worlds a go.

Should be a good game, however I don't like the story (too many failed attempt at being funny) and lack of enemies, armor and weapons variety. Also the unnecessary retro futuristic design.

A great way to sum up this game is that it’s a mix of borderlands, fallout new Vegas, and mass effect all while being clearly its own game.

Honestly, this is one of the best games i have ever played. Easy top 20, probable top ten.

How well they nailed this new IP is impressive: the graphics, the story, the quirky comedy, the characters and their arcs, the gameplay and mechanics, the RPG elements, and It all comes together in a beautiful, immersive, brand new world complete with meaningful lore.

Good graphics, various quest lines, and I still have to figure some of the things out but it has not kept me from being able to enjoy the game.

Still a better space adventure than Starfield.

A great game although could have used a little more tlc. Game was fairly short, towns seemed empty. Npcs mostly just stood around doing nothing

Its a great game indeed

With Outer Worlds 2 on the horizon, I see no better time to write my review.

I love this game. I feel the biggest thing that lead to it's bad reception at launch was that people were EXPECTING Fallout: New Vegas in Space, which it was never going to be, and was never trying to be. Sure, it has some SLIGHT similarities, but this isn't Obsidian working on some jank engine, that lead to them getting screwed over, this is Obsidian doing their own thing, not being tied down by Bethesda. I am aware the game had some technical problems at launch... but Obsidian went out of their way to listen to the feed back and fix a lot of the problems. Sure, there are still glitches, but hell, it's a far more polished and stable game in comparison to stuff like Starfield, where no one was happy. With this game, I could tell the devs were having actual fun with it, and not just saying they were having fun because they were being paid to. This game itches the scratch I've been having for a while... a good bethesda style RPG that ISN'T Skyrim. As while I love both Fallout and Elder Scrolls, if I play them too much, I just get sick of them. I've played through the game plenty of times. Doing a plethora of playstyles, even a full Chaos Everyone Dies run! Which with that last one, you have the freedom to do, unlike any bethesda game besides fallout New vegas, WHICH Obsidian made. I really hope to see more from this series of games, as we first heard about Outer Worlds 2 back in June of 2021, so, along with Spacer's Choice, they've been working on OW2 for a while, 3 years at least, and... this is odd coming from me, but I'm actually excited and might Pre-Order OW2, since... after all these years, Obsidian is still obsidian, and they actually put in the effort people wish they could see from other game devs. Hell, this game came out in 2019. and for the sequel to be announced in 2021, they've been working on this a lot longer than other companies do with their games.

I know this isn't a traditional review, and is mainly me glazing obsidian, but... if you play the game, without thinking of Fallout New Vegas or going into it with those expecations, you will see the devs genuinly had fun with the process of creating this game. The music, the modeling, the voice work, the attention to detail, the dialogue, they all just feel fun. Sure, some of the gameplay is a bit simplistic, but one must remember that this was a first attempt at a new IP. I can see potential in this. And hell, when Obsidian was still Black Isle Studios, they made the first 2 fallout games, which we all saw where that ended up. So, give the series some time to grow and mature, this game is it just the series taking it's first few steps, and I feel that it's in the right direction. Sure, the line isn't straight, sure they fall in some places, but that's fine, how are they supposed to get better without learning from their mistakes?

With the sequel coming out for this game, I guess its a good time to post a review; this game clearly needed way more time in development, and perhaps a more solid gameplay bible. I can see why people who preordered it were upset. I got it rather recently awhile back when it was on sale, just out of curiosity, already knowing that the game wasn't well recieved, but wanting mostly to just support the devs and see first hand for myself.

It probably hurt pre-order folks more due to just how much raw TALENT is in here that just doesn't go that far. You can feel the love and enjoyment for their game that went into it. But as rich as the writing and design is? The gameplay itself is a shallow pool, as is the plot itself and the range of potential for actual world impact, which is VERY surprising given both the team involved and how CLEARLY this game is geared for repeat playthroughs. You get a very binary 'white/black' dynamic that doesn't exactly give you much wiggle room; great commentary, sure, and fun characters (the side quests were better than the main quests tbh due to this), buuuuut. That's about it.

Between that and a shockingly tiny weapon pool even including exotic science weapons, I'll be honest; it's hard as heck to want to go in for a second run, and I NEVER bothered to mess with the DLC content still. It's just sat there on my HD after my first run and a idly abandoned second run just due there really not being that much to explore in a game that WANTS you to explore. The intention is there, but the limited range of weapons and rather restrictive story progression and even more restrictive/non responsive world impact just makes it feel...meehh. Arkane's Prey from 2017 gave me a similar sensation; a world made with love and skill that wants you to explore and re-exploer it, but...the pool just ain't that deep.

Here's hoping the remake has benefited from their advertised "three times as long development", because I'd honestly love to see it. As it is, only check this out on a heavy discount, and with lowered expectations. Might revist this myself when the mood finally strikes.

Possibly the most aggressively mid game I've ever played.

It's not bad.
It's not good either.
It's actually kind of boring.
I feel no excitement or revulsion about this game. Just... apathy. I wanted to love it. I really did. I replayed New Vegas multiple times, and I was excited to see what Obsidian could do making their own stylized, retro-futuristic world, and my consistent reaction the entire time I've been playing is "This is it? This is all they could do?"

It looks, feels, and plays like an overly ambitious Fallout 4 mod. It feels weirdly cramped, confined, and empty. And not in a good, desolate, atmospheric "empty" kind of way, just the vague impression that there SHOULD be more, and there isn't. Locking you into first-person perspective was a weird choice, especially since an idle-cam was included and they clearly want you to spend time marveling at all the goofy and "cool" things you can equip... but maybe it was for the best because there's not actually that much variety in the game. Whether it's your wardrobe, your weapons, your environments, or your enemies, it gets stale FAST. There's a lot of reused assets, a lot simple palette swaps, and a lot of padding. And while Bethesda or Capcom are sometimes guilty of the same things, they make up for it by drawing you in with intriguing stories, fun worlds, and interesting characters.
Outer Worlds has none of that. Obsidian took the tongue-in-cheek satire of Fallout and cranked it up to absolutely Loony Tunes levels. The dialogue gets old quickly, as do the fetch quests. The least annoying NPC is possibly your repurposed cleaning droid that now helps you murder marauders as you grind your way to the next quest line. Expecting the masterful factional interplay you got to observe in New Vegas, where even the brutal Caesar's Legion and utterly self-serving House would start to make sense? Well you'll be disappointed. The attempt is there, but it's just... flat. The whole game feels flat.

Again, it's NOT bad. But it feels utterly forgettable, and when I got to the point where I felt like I had to MAKE myself keep playing it, because I just totally lost interest, I knew that I couldn't really recommend it. The closest I got to fun was equipping my entire party with Spacer's Choice moon man heads.

It's just dull.

Nothing feels rewarding or satisfying, companions are very bland, I regret buying this, I bought it with a huge sale, but I would have preferred not to buy it at all, even if it costed me 20$CAN.

Quests aren't really engaging, there is an indecisive "tone" in the DA wether to go cartoon or to remain more realistic. Only "good" thing is how many dialog options we have and paths that can happen I guess, but my interest for those isn't emulated enough for it to matter.
I don't get attached to companions at all or have empathy for anything really in this game. It's very empty, sound design needs to be revamped a little bit to make the player feel something more crisps in the sounds of the gunplay and usage of consummables and items in general. Plus the environment sound design is poor as well. So the game does struggle to flesh out its own world.
Things are also kind of make to give you a "specific view" like a postal card from a point where you stand, which is of course classic scenery management but at the same time, it's nice to have this but it's nice if the world around this postal card view is alive, which isn't the case sadly.

It's too empty for me :( I wish badly I could love this game but I don't feel engaged at all and regret overall having bought it sadly.

On an other note but I didnt took it as a negative or positive point, it feels like they wanted to have their own "fallout" world without it being fallout but it feels a lot like "Hey we want this too since we had worked on it, but it doesn't belong to us anymore, so we will just copy-ish a ok-simili so we can have ours!! :)))" which is I think the main issue that led the DA on that bad steep point of view and made it sink so hard.
So Avowed won't have this issue at least so, it's ok, I get why it was done this way but unfortunately it didn't felt engaging for this reason.

mid in length and depth. capitalism is the butt of every joke, but not funny. lots of small bugs.

It's almost paranormal how this game almost makes the mark.

The combat? Got the makings for being solid but falls just flat of being engaging and fun.
The environment and maps? Visually unique and decently sized, but feels more like you're a hamster in a bright, slightly above average cage than in an actual universe or planet.
The Story and Characters? Funny at times, and clear attempt at depth, but ultimately uninteresting and forgettable.

This game is just one big test of seeing how far you can go 'Surely it will pick up soon!' before you drop it.
For me it was a little over 9 hours.

Skyrim but if it was Firefly and satire instead of high fantasy. Really really enjoying it so far. The time dilation mechanic makes combat much more interesting and tactical than I'd expect from a FPS, which adds to the fun, and the writing and characters are nuanced and multifaceted. The game goes from grim horror at the state of Halcyon's capitalist system, to satire, to little pockets of true comedic moments, and right back again while taking it all in stride, making for what has so far been a very enjoyable ride that balances humour with deeper emotional hits. The care and craftmanship that went into the game's writing and its wonderful characters speaks to a lot of love from its creators, and that shines through in its every facet. Also pew pew sci fi phaser guns fun.

Great Story line. Great job on the skill map and combat system. Hours of fun for sure.

In my opinion its better than fallout 4, great game. A little check list missons but still great with action with consequences

This game is amazing! Imagine a Bethesda game but without the bugs. with way less loading screens, and more humor.

The game is very satirical RPG which is trying to get you immersed in its space adventure but with the constant lightening of dark topics, annoying not humanlike companinions a preaching NPCs, it feels so inconsistent that i cannot be invested in the story or in the RPG elements.
From RPG point of view it feels non intuitive, every loot feels "same-y" if in one same category, e.g. i was trying to play 2H bruiser and all 2H weapons handled the same. Doesn't matter if it was warmaul or spear. The attack speed was same, only the DMG was higher/lower. Decisions were somewhat meaningfull but the game made me so unimmersed and annoyed by NPC so usually after taking Q, i've quick saved and quick load if you catch my drift.

I don't recommend this game just because the satire on everything was too much exaggerated for my taste and the character progression felt not fulfilling.

Ofcourse i only share my subjective opinion and if you like what you were reading so far, i strongly recommend to play this game.

Edit was only grammar adjustments (i am not native english speaker)

This game is a polished mashup of A+ franchises: Mass Effect, Fallout, and BioShock. That might be it's problem - it feels incredibly generic. The NPC and story is extremely bland and cookie cutter - I didn't feel bad for one of them. Gameplay is okay, Music/Sound/Controls - okay. Graphics - pretty good. This game has no soul. If you want to waste some time with an average game, this is for you.

I have played through the game and beaten it 5 times (Just not on steam) This game is 100% worth the money. The dialogue is good, the combat is okay, but its decent for a RPG of this nature. The companions are some of the best imo, and the exploration is good. The downfalls are the game is short, and its not a true open world so the game feels smaller than it is.

I really enjoyed playing the game. The story line is almost eye opening if you consider the state of our planet. The only thing is I felt like the main quest was short. I was able to go through it rather quickly. Otherwise, 10 out of 10.

Game was interesting for a short time mostly due to dialogue. After thirty hours you start to see there is actually very little to the game overall and becomes very boring. The quests are all very boring fetch quests and the weapon diversity is poor. By the end I realized I had spent most of my time looting worthless items that are absolutely everywhere and constantly having to empty your inventory.

SUMMARY: Once the humor wears off and you encounter the "awkward" quests in the game, it shows itself for what it is. Just get New Vegas and mod it to perfection.

It's an actual space colony game. It is from the team that created Fallout so the setting is charming, the people are cool, and the factions are neat. The crew are all well realized, and the mechanics are better than a lot of games. Combat was the part I liked the least, but honestly it's fine, my only major issue was that a lot of the goons look the same, and there are some endgame areas that have multiple factions present, which made this section hard as they will react to friendly fire. There are some bugs here and there but honestly I didn't mind them.

Game feels like it was made with some love. My only true complaint is that I wish it were longer and bigger, which won't be an issue as they're making another soon.

I bought this game knowing it had performance and crashing issues but I was ready to deal with it, but it tuned out much worse then I ever imagined. I played the game up until you get your first ship and at that point the game crashed. Fine no big deal it happens but after I rebooted the game it froze instantly and crashed my whole computer. After which my computer would not boot past the splash screen. After an hour or so of research plus trial and error I found that the game had somehow corrupted my boot files. My computer has never crashed while playing a game or for any other reason but this game superbly screwed me. Please be careful because I thought I just lost my system.

A seriously underrated FPS RPG, especially if you can snag it on a sale.

Oh man, I like the game, but the negative effects of being evil are only worth it once you've completed the game (my opinion)