MULTI [OT] The Outer Worlds | Welcome to the Future

[Chandoo]

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https://www.polygon.com/features/20...worlds-obsidian-entertainment-new-rpg-preview

Obsidian Entertainment is responsible for some extraordinary video games. Legendary titles such as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republicand Fallout: New Vegas easily come to mind, but also popular homegrown franchises like Pillars of Eternity and smaller titles like 2016’s Tyranny. The Outer Worlds, announced last night during the Video Game Awards, is a blend of old gameplay mechanics and a new, science fiction setting.

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[manigamer]

allthough ms bought obsidian, outer worlds wont be an ms game

 

[Radical]

It looks like a bug free and polished bethesda studios game.
They desperately need to hire better programmers!

 

[Necrokiller]

That Game Informer video wasn't too hot. Gameplay is janky af.

Info dump:

Locations

• One solar system called Halcyon
• The solar system contains two main planets, several moons, asteroids, and space stations that players can explore
• One planet is terraformed, the other is not
• The terraformed planet is considered "kinder to human life" while the other planet is not and is considered more dangerous and contains alien predators
• Players will have a home base space ship like Mass Effect's Normandy
• Passkeys needed to access certain locations and docks
• Environments are small but have intense detail
• Roaming around environments is possible
• There are points of no return

Characters

• ADA - A.I. for your Spaceship
• Ellie - Companion
• Felix - Companion
• Berke - Just the fucking tarmac guard
• Anton Crane - Scientist
• Cassandra O'Malley - Outlaw
• Porter - Mad kid

Companions

• Inventory, when companions are with you, is shared
• No romancing companions
• Companion customization
• Only two companions at a time
• Each companion comes with three skills
• Each companion comes with a perk tree
• Every time you level up, your companions level up
• You can choose which perks your companions get when they level up with you
• Each companion as a special attack
• Companions will leave you and go back to the ship if you piss them off too much

Flaw System

• When fighting a certain type of enemy many times, you are given the choice to take on a Flaw
• Flaws negatively impact you and your companion's stats
• You can choose to accept or reject them
• If you choose to accept the Flaw, you are immediately granted 1 perk point
• If you reject the Flaw, the game continues as before
• Flaws are permanent
• Can only have 3 flaws in normal difficulty, can have 5 on a hard difficulty
• Flaw examples include Robophobia, a fear of heights, a fear of the dark, a fear of fire, etc.

Tactical Time Dilation

• Very similar to VATS from Fallout
• Time slows down and allows you to view information on enemies like their health, faction, enemy type, and armor level
• Unlike VATS, aiming is 100% manual
• Skills and Perks allow for more frequent use or longer use

Weapons

• 4 weapon types - Bullet weapons, Energy weapons, Melee, and science weapons
• Bullet weapons have 3 types of bullet ammo - Light, medium, heavy
• Science weapons have special effects like a shrink ray for instance
• No RNG for shooting enemies with weapons
• Weapons can have mods
• Mods for weapons include ones that give fire damage and shock damage
• Damage is based on the damage output from the weapon and your character
• There is a weapon selection wheel

 

[golabucha]

Really excited about this game and farcry new dawn game

 

[venom]

Gameplay is janky af.

TBH it still looks way better than Fallout 4. As long as the world, characters and story is interesting, the combat would be more than serviceable even in its alpha state it is in at the moment.

 

[iampasha]

It's looks kinda dated and gameplay looks a bit janky but personally this is my favourite game to come out from the game awards. A pleasant surprise and it's made by obsidian so... But they should price it around 50$ cause this doesn't look and feels like a AAA 60$ game. Price will make or break this game let's see...here's hoping it has modding support

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[Necrokiller]

It's looks kinda dated and gameplay looks a bit janky but personally this is my favourite game to come out from the game awards. A pleasant surprise and it's made by obsidian so... But they should price it around 50$ cause this doesn't look and feels like a AAA 60$ game. Price will make or break this game let's see...here's hoping it has modding support

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This sums up my thoughts too. Its Obsidian so I expect it to be a solid RPG but I expect alot more from a full priced game. But we do not know if it will be a $60 game yet so lets see.

 

[Chandoo]

This sums up my thoughts too. Its Obsidian so I expect it to be a solid RPG but I expect alot more from a full priced game. But we do not know if it will be a $60 game yet so lets see.

I think people will be happy with this as long as it's not a bug ridden mess like the 76 (or most Bethesda games are). New Vegas was a great game, but it was built on top of Bethesda's crappy engine so it inherited a lot of the bugs as well. Depending on what engine this is, this could actually be the 'real' Fallout 4. Obsidian games usually have great writing and the game play clips in the OP show the dialogue/choice system is a lot more enriched than Fallout 4.

 

[Necrokiller]

I think people will be happy with this as long as it's not a bug ridden mess like the 76 (or most Bethesda games are). New Vegas was a great game, but it was built on top of Bethesda's crappy engine so it inherited a lot of the bugs as well. Depending on what engine this is, this could actually be the 'real' Fallout 4. Obsidian games usually have great writing and the game play clips in the OP show the dialogue/choice system is a lot more enriched than Fallout 4.

Have you played any of their Pillars of Eternity game? Good writing and world building shouldn't be a problem.

Dialogue system of Fallout 4 was realllllly bad. I would've liked to see a voiced main character here. Also don't like the fixed head-on camera during dialogues. It isn't 2010 anymore.

This is UE4 btw, which is capable of much more than what this game is pulling off. Good use of color though. Its kinda like a cross between Destiny 2, No Man's Sky and Borderlands.

 

[Necrokiller]

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We know now that its a full fledged $60 release.

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[Chandoo]

Looking forward to this game and Fallout done right on a new generation.

 

[Chandoo]

https://www.gameinformer.com/exclus...1-rapid-fire-questions-about-the-outer-worlds

- Cannot play game in third person.
- You can lower (put down) weapons.
- Day night cycle present in the game.
- Game features 2 "worlds", multiple moons, asteroids and space stations to visit.
- You can wear hats/helmets.
- "4K" support for consoles (mid-gens) and they were unsure about 60 FPS modes.
- No idea about a Switch version right now.
- NG+ in discussion.
- Modding support will be looked into after the game's shipped.
- Only Human character choice, cannot play as an alien race.
- No Morality system, but a Reputation system is present.
- Factions players can join are present in the game.
- No Kids in the game, Hacking present, no mini-games.
- You don't need to have companions but players can get companions, each have their own side quests.
- Companions can be lost permanently in hardest difficulty if they die. In normal modes they just go unconscious.
- Cannot upgrade space ship.
- No "boss" fights per say, but there are designed encounters with more difficult scenarios present in the game.
- Character can develop "flaws", typically 3 in a play through, 4 to 5 in harder difficulties. Total of 12 flaws.
- "Lots" of endings in the game with Fallout 3 like end-slides.
- No co-op.

 

[Necrokiller]

https://www.gameinformer.com/exclus...1-rapid-fire-questions-about-the-outer-worlds

- Cannot play game in third person.

I wonder if the internet is going to lose their minds over this like they did with Cyberpunk 2077.

 

[Chandoo]

I wonder if the internet is going to lose their minds over this like they did with Cyberpunk 2077.

It's likely not going to be received the same way because this is a direct analog to the Fallout series, and for all intents and purposes .. Fallout is known as a primarily first person RPG now, with a wonky third person mode which no one uses.

Compared to CP77 which is a direct analog to that developer's previous work, i-e the Witcher series .. which has always been a third person thing.

 

[Necrokiller]

It's likely not going to be received the same way because this is a direct analog to the Fallout series, and for all intents and purposes .. Fallout is known as a primarily first person RPG now, with a wonky third person mode which no one uses.

Compared to CP77 which is a direct analog to that developer's previous work, i-e the Witcher series .. which has always been a third person thing.

By that logic, Outer World has no right to be first person. It should rather be top-down like Pillars, Wasteland, Baldurs Gate, and first two Fallout games the developers have previously worked on.

I wish Fallout was far removed from this games publicity and expectations. These guys have nothing to do with desiging the first person modern mainline Fallout games. They've only worked on New Vegas which is a decade old. For all intents and purposes, much like CDPR, this is their first ever first person game.

 

[Chandoo]

Well .. these guys *are* responsible for what is many people's favorite recent, first person, Fallout game. So ... if the shoe fits

 

[Necrokiller]

Then i hope the gun play gets better because it feels like a step back from Fallout 4.

 

[Chandoo]

As part of their weekly show, GI have 40 minutes of new game play footage from this game. It looks pretty good.

 

[Necrokiller]

None of that footage is new.

Hope there is regional pricing on this. This does not feel like a $60 game at all. Pillars 2 launched at $16 in South Asia region.