"The RPG no one is talking about unless they are being paid for it" The title implies you are going to share a hidden gem that you love with us.....not do an ad.
@@Filsoh Matty has always seemed honest about his reviews. If he doesn't like something, he says that he doesn't like it. He always seems to be doing honest reviews.
He said outright that the content is sponsored. Honest as always. But between the lines, I think it seems to me that he didn’t like the game? Some things he: jank, generic protagonist, bad voice acting, very little to do in the open world, short story with a lot of exposition, not much variation in the environments and game play, and many others. Given the many good games we can choose between in a similar price range, not a great recommendation it seems to me.
Time is expensive. For both players and content creators. They have to pick and choose which games to pay attention to so they don't "waste" 10-20 hours of playing the game they're not sure others are going to be interested in.
I started playing the demo but it is on a 20 min countdown timer. I liked walking around and talking to npc's but I quickly ran out of time before I got to see what the real gameplay is all about. I have it on my wishlist but the price is just a bit high for me right now
Digital Foundry did a comprehensive overview and retrospective of this new game and the original. Also, SpawnWave did a sponsored video as well, which I skipped because he’s started plugging ads, sponsored content, memberships and Patreon crap to an obscene degree lately. He’s on track to catch up to MBG. If it keeps up he’ll be standing in the intersection with a collection bucket like your local fire company.
Reminds me alot of when I bought tons of random games back on my 360 and PS2 and played them. I enjoyed the random hidden gems like what this appears to be to me. I just got Dragons Dogma 2 last night, so after that, I may look into this one!
Oh dear, I feel old now... I played the original game, and for that time it was really something different. Things we now take for granted, where experienced in that game for the first time. A lot of games that came after this original evolved in a better way thanks to this game. I replayed the game again after the remake, and it was a huge improvement. Not that is was perfect, because you could still feel it was a AA game without the massive budget AAA normally get. However - I can perfectly live those little imperfections, because it was a fun game. Now this new game looks like it's miles ahead of that older game, without loosing the charm. It is definitely on my "to buy" list, and of course I am going to buy it on my preferred platform - GOG (I love to have DRM-Free off-line installers). I am sure I am in for a good time...
I truly loved this game. Some of the parkour trials are waaay too many, but you don't need to do them all. Aside from that , I thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope to see another sequel.
To be fair a cpl months back Rogue Trader videos were going around. I had no idea it even existed. I bought it after seeing afew sponsored videos and it was amazing imo. Great game. Actually made me more open minded to sponsored game videos.
1999 Outcast was the most innovative and beautiful open world ever made, with a sublime orchestral soundtrack from Lennie Moore (Star Wars: The Old Republic)
I love the aspect of lack of handholding. Tne biggest ooof in original game was "where you save game" in training zone, and i totaly skipped that leader of rebelion had given you a gamsaav crystal, derp. What is point of game if everything is served on platter.. glossary is nice help. Played remake, missing that voxel feeling 😂 at max of 640x480 resolution.
I’m torn with how we review open world games now because think of what we want we don’t want bloat, but we will quickly say we don’t want a world that feels empty. That would mean we want every event that is put into this world that’s not empty so it will take a lot of events. We want them all or most of them to be handcrafted. That blows up budgets. That makes what we want and what we know is affordable at odds with each other.
Oh crap i had no idea about this!! Ive started fhe original outcast multiple times over the years but never been able to finish if, but it always intrigued me. I'll definetly pick this up!
I saw this game on Steam and wishlisted it. After the debacle with Star Wars Outlaws I'm gonna pick this one up to support the devs who are still making non-predatory single player experiences.
Im actually in the middle of playing this game right now, AND it's AWESOME!!! It's unbelievably awesome, as a matter of fact. It's everything that someone who loves a single-player open world would want in a single-player open world game. There is a lot, and I mean A LOT of voiced dialog and lore dumps in the game. The 360ness and 80/90s action hero aspect of the game is a huge plus for me. Other than that, this video covers everything that you would want to know about the game. I love this game... It's exactly what I needed. It's not Mass Effect 4, but it's the next best thing. If you love the Mass Effect games, then you will definitely enjoy this. Have fun!
I really wanna play this game. Didn't by it yet because here in Brazil gameskeep getting more and more expensive so I usually wait for discounts and sales. Looks like it has a cool universe and the design of the creatures really got my attention.
Outcast 1 is my all-time favorite game ever. It felt like stepping inside the Star Wars Special Editions. Absolute phenomenal game at the time. And now we have a worthy sequel, although not the absolute bestest of best games ever anymore ;) The freedom, general atmosphere, writing and world-building are still top notch though.
Thank you for sharing this game with us. I love THQ and how they resurrect old IPs they don’t get enough credit I’m gonna try this game out tonight. Hoping for kingdoms of amular 2
I love THQ Nordic. They've saved some of my favorite franchises. I always do my part to support them. Sometimes I just want a jank game with some new stuff and charm. I'm going to have to pick this up now.
It plays like I hope the upcoming star wars game will, I really enjoyed the demo and the demo is available on Ps5 and Xbox too! I strongly recommend people give it a try.
The original was terrific, Matty. And I urge everyone to give it a shot. I believe it’s available on ps plus. Definitely going to buy this when I have the time to play it.
I really want this game but here on Brazil the price is absurd. Waiting a price drop to pick! I loved the first one back then, and the game is in my top 10 lists everytime
Me and my dad used to have the original one back on Windows 98 and it was kind of fun we both really enjoyed it it was really big at the time but I be both tried playing the demo on PS5 and it was the frame rate was so low the world exploration just didn't seem to jump out and excite I barely had an hour and I got extremely bored I think it's time has mostly passed but at least some people are enjoying it
I've got over 6,000 hours in my backlog, so competition is fierce. The game looks good enough, but just not enough to take the place of something like Eiyuden Chronicle.
The quality of this remake\sequel is impressive. I remember playing this game as a kid in the 90s and this game blew my mind at the time. I really don't think there was anything like it at the time either. It may have even been one of first truly open world 3D games. It's a little too pricey for me at the current time but I do have it wish listed. Just way too many other games taking the mind share up presently. I wouldn't be surprised if this game doesn't sell well as I really haven't seen any other advertisements on it besides the rare sponsor spots on videos that I watch. Which is a shame but there is a lot of competition in the open world genre right now. Hopefully it does well enough to get a sequel or at least let the dev team keep operating. Solid and fair review Matty. Cheers!
The original game had a similar plot and came out way before Avatar, if anything the biggest inspiration for Outcast was Stargate. I've almost finished A New Beginning and it's okay but imho the first game is better. I really have to praise the new game on a technical level though, the world looks stunning. The foliage density, ground clutter, biome variety etc, in a pretty much seamless open world (load screens only happen when using the not stargates) is wild for a modern AA title. It's just a shame that instead of staying true to the original they went the Ubisoft route with collectible/activity/outpost bloat, that coupled with extremely boring main robot enemies really does the IP a disservice.
Space gaming channels I follow have talked about Outcast - A New Beginning. I've seen Lets Plays. But we all know from the Starfield experience that you don't go to Bethesda and its content creators looking for space or Sci-Fi. Fallout's about as close as you get.
So two questions. 1: Do enemies respawn now? The original game had a set population of enemies and once you killed an enemy soldier or a group of enemy soldiers they were gone for good. 2: Are the questlines that weaken your enemies still preset? In the original as you gained support of the population of the games regions the remaining non-boss enemy soldiers would start suffering permanent debuffs like inflicting less damage or reduced health, based on what type of resources the regions supporting you had provided to the enemy army.
@@connerellis8336 Just depressed modern games arent very...fun. Been playing my ps2 recently and the games were different and engaging. Hard to get from modern games. And yes Antagonistic towarss the game companies today, not towards you
Make sure to go check out Outcast - A New Beginning! For PC players: thqn.net/3Vj84iS. For PS5: thqn.net/4ccWqfl. For XSX: thqn.net/3v35FOy. #ad
Hi Matty, I just saw some guy shat himself
Hi Matty. I just shat myself!
YAY
Bro, you never trust a shart
Once again.. congratulations
Congratulations on shitting yourself
😂
I've been having a lot of fun with Outcast. I've been bouncing between Outcast and FF7 Rebirth
"The RPG no one is talking about unless they are being paid for it"
The title implies you are going to share a hidden gem that you love with us.....not do an ad.
Wah wah wah let our boy Matty get the bag. He can still enjoy something even if he is being paid for it too
Is he really doing an ad for the game or actually likes it?
@@Filsoh Matty has always seemed honest about his reviews. If he doesn't like something, he says that he doesn't like it. He always seems to be doing honest reviews.
He said outright that the content is sponsored. Honest as always. But between the lines, I think it seems to me that he didn’t like the game? Some things he: jank, generic protagonist, bad voice acting, very little to do in the open world, short story with a lot of exposition, not much variation in the environments and game play, and many others. Given the many good games we can choose between in a similar price range, not a great recommendation it seems to me.
I hate that no one is talking about it out of their own desire, rather than it being a sponsor. Lots of these vids.
Money talks
Blame the marketing
There wasnt any
Time is expensive. For both players and content creators. They have to pick and choose which games to pay attention to so they don't "waste" 10-20 hours of playing the game they're not sure others are going to be interested in.
People have a job to do. It’s pretty normal
@@BrandonDenny-we1rw I didn't know it was out till this video and I remember being interested after seeing the first trailer a while back.
Reminds me of Elex! If this one ended up on ps + might try it but Dragons Dogma 2 is my guilty pleasure at the moment
That isn’t a guilty pleasure it’s a great game lol
I heard elex got the inspiration from this game. I'm going to purchase this game
I started playing the demo but it is on a 20 min countdown timer. I liked walking around and talking to npc's but I quickly ran out of time before I got to see what the real gameplay is all about. I have it on my wishlist but the price is just a bit high for me right now
Hi Matty, I heard some guy saw a guy shat himself.
Digital Foundry did a comprehensive overview and retrospective of this new game and the original. Also, SpawnWave did a sponsored video as well, which I skipped because he’s started plugging ads, sponsored content, memberships and Patreon crap to an obscene degree lately. He’s on track to catch up to MBG. If it keeps up he’ll be standing in the intersection with a collection bucket like your local fire company.
yea because god forbid ha trie to make money to get through these tough times. stfu dude , you sound pathetic
I bought it a few days ago. But I am really caught up in Dragons Dogma 2 right now.
Great game
@@greenthumb7405 It really is!
Looks good only thing stopping me is the price. I don’t even spend $70 on fresh AAA releases.
Reminds me alot of when I bought tons of random games back on my 360 and PS2 and played them. I enjoyed the random hidden gems like what this appears to be to me. I just got Dragons Dogma 2 last night, so after that, I may look into this one!
I probably would have grabbed this for $35-$40. $60 is a bit much right now. Ill wait for a sale and better optimization
It's on sale right now at Gamestop for only $27
Oh dear, I feel old now... I played the original game, and for that time it was really something different. Things we now take for granted, where experienced in that game for the first time. A lot of games that came after this original evolved in a better way thanks to this game.
I replayed the game again after the remake, and it was a huge improvement. Not that is was perfect, because you could still feel it was a AA game without the massive budget AAA normally get. However - I can perfectly live those little imperfections, because it was a fun game.
Now this new game looks like it's miles ahead of that older game, without loosing the charm. It is definitely on my "to buy" list, and of course I am going to buy it on my preferred platform - GOG (I love to have DRM-Free off-line installers). I am sure I am in for a good time...
Definitely want to check this out but I need to finish dragons dogma, ronin, and actually start cyberpunk at some point… so many games so little time
I truly loved this game. Some of the parkour trials are waaay too many, but you don't need to do them all. Aside from that , I thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope to see another sequel.
Matty says he "won't spoil much" then proceeds to tell the game's major plot twist
Not while it's $70. I'll wait until it's 50% off.
To be fair a cpl months back Rogue Trader videos were going around. I had no idea it even existed. I bought it after seeing afew sponsored videos and it was amazing imo. Great game. Actually made me more open minded to sponsored game videos.
I remember when the original came out. Curious that it got a sequel, now...
Yes. This game rocks. Bought it on a whim, and I’m loving it. The sense of freedom feels fresh, like I haven’t seen in a game in a long time.
As soon as this comes down in price I might try to buy it for 40
1999 Outcast was the most innovative and beautiful open world ever made, with a sublime orchestral soundtrack from Lennie Moore (Star Wars: The Old Republic)
I like the 360 vibe and I hope we start seeing more game projects in that double AA game category. Hopefully it will let devs passion really flourish
Funnily enough the ad before the video was for this game
I’ve been balls deep in dragons dogma 2 for the past several weeks… might have to finish that up, and check out outcast.
Rebirth took me 150 hrs to 100% Great fun, but thanks for this shorter recommendation. I personally loved the combat in andromeda.
I love the aspect of lack of handholding. Tne biggest ooof in original game was "where you save game" in training zone, and i totaly skipped that leader of rebelion had given you a gamsaav crystal, derp. What is point of game if everything is served on platter.. glossary is nice help. Played remake, missing that voxel feeling 😂 at max of 640x480 resolution.
I’m torn with how we review open world games now because think of what we want we don’t want bloat, but we will quickly say we don’t want a world that feels empty. That would mean we want every event that is put into this world that’s not empty so it will take a lot of events. We want them all or most of them to be handcrafted. That blows up budgets. That makes what we want and what we know is affordable at odds with each other.
Played the demo and it pleasantly surprised me. Will be getting it at some point when it has a decent discount.
4 years old in 1999 eh? What was I doing then… oh yeah……graduating…..high school….you wound me sir 😢
:(
Starting college ouch, talk about inserting a knife and giving it a loving twist.
Oh crap i had no idea about this!! Ive started fhe original outcast multiple times over the years but never been able to finish if, but it always intrigued me. I'll definetly pick this up!
I saw this game on Steam and wishlisted it. After the debacle with Star Wars Outlaws I'm gonna pick this one up to support the devs who are still making non-predatory single player experiences.
Thanks, checking this out now. I haven't heard a peep of this game and I've been craving a sci-fi game.
Im actually in the middle of playing this game right now, AND it's AWESOME!!! It's unbelievably awesome, as a matter of fact. It's everything that someone who loves a single-player open world would want in a single-player open world game. There is a lot, and I mean A LOT of voiced dialog and lore dumps in the game. The 360ness and 80/90s action hero aspect of the game is a huge plus for me. Other than that, this video covers everything that you would want to know about the game. I love this game... It's exactly what I needed. It's not Mass Effect 4, but it's the next best thing. If you love the Mass Effect games, then you will definitely enjoy this. Have fun!
I’ll wait til the game is $20
Won't be long. THQ does deals often
Yea game looks not that interesting for me to pay full price
I was talking about it 3 weeks ago
I just downloaded and played the demo on Xbox the other day! It was kinda surprising
This game looks right up my alley, but I don't by games on release. I'll pick this up on sale down the road for sure.
I really wanna play this game. Didn't by it yet because here in Brazil gameskeep getting more and more expensive so I usually wait for discounts and sales. Looks like it has a cool universe and the design of the creatures really got my attention.
I've been absolutely loving this game.
I played the original way back when. I remember it as being "weird" is the best way I can describe it.
I enjoyed it a lot for what it was. Interesting quest structure, just wish the aliens weren't so ugly and the protagonist so bland lol
They probably feel the same about humans.
@@milesjazz9957oh shut up and touch grass
i had the original, never played it all the way thru but it was one of the (if not the very 1st) true open world games.
The games faithful to the first game they had the lexicon in the first game aswell but qol having it in dialog at same time
Outcast 1 is my all-time favorite game ever. It felt like stepping inside the Star Wars Special Editions. Absolute phenomenal game at the time. And now we have a worthy sequel, although not the absolute bestest of best games ever anymore ;) The freedom, general atmosphere, writing and world-building are still top notch though.
Bruce Campbell should play the hero. Outcast is so underrated.
Thank you for sharing this game with us. I love THQ and how they resurrect old IPs they don’t get enough credit I’m gonna try this game out tonight. Hoping for kingdoms of amular 2
I love THQ Nordic. They've saved some of my favorite franchises. I always do my part to support them. Sometimes I just want a jank game with some new stuff and charm. I'm going to have to pick this up now.
Never even heard of this until now. Looks pretty good!
I don’t think it’s worth $70. If it had been $40 or maybe $50, I’d be apt to try it out.
It plays like I hope the upcoming star wars game will, I really enjoyed the demo and the demo is available on Ps5 and Xbox too! I strongly recommend people give it a try.
I played the demo for this on series x and ps5. Had some fun with it but it didn't really grab me. Maybe down the line I'll revisit when on sale.
It’s better than the demo would suggest
@@raskolnikov6443 good to know, thanks
@@michaelh3715 The demo was indees very lackluster but the gameplay ive seen looks wayy better.
Like Sandland. Bad demo but good game
The original was terrific, Matty. And I urge everyone to give it a shot. I believe it’s available on ps plus. Definitely going to buy this when I have the time to play it.
I really want this game but here on Brazil the price is absurd. Waiting a price drop to pick!
I loved the first one back then, and the game is in my top 10 lists everytime
I’m sure ACG will appreciate that he is NO ONE.
Me and my dad used to have the original one back on Windows 98 and it was kind of fun we both really enjoyed it it was really big at the time but I be both tried playing the demo on PS5 and it was the frame rate was so low the world exploration just didn't seem to jump out and excite I barely had an hour and I got extremely bored I think it's time has mostly passed but at least some people are enjoying it
I played the demo and loved it. I bought the game and I am enjoying the full play though now.😊
I was interested in this game. Thanks for covering it
I've got over 6,000 hours in my backlog, so competition is fierce. The game looks good enough, but just not enough to take the place of something like Eiyuden Chronicle.
You should play this game on pc. The graphics take my breath away! And the gameplay is a metric ton of fun too!
Homie shat himself in the comments
Excellent review. I’m playing the game now and loving it. To me it’s way better than avatar.
I use to work at the hut😂 I need that hoody
The quality of this remake\sequel is impressive. I remember playing this game as a kid in the 90s and this game blew my mind at the time. I really don't think there was anything like it at the time either. It may have even been one of first truly open world 3D games.
It's a little too pricey for me at the current time but I do have it wish listed. Just way too many other games taking the mind share up presently.
I wouldn't be surprised if this game doesn't sell well as I really haven't seen any other advertisements on it besides the rare sponsor spots on videos that I watch. Which is a shame but there is a lot of competition in the open world genre right now. Hopefully it does well enough to get a sequel or at least let the dev team keep operating.
Solid and fair review Matty. Cheers!
Lol let me tell you that’s not how sponsorships work, you have to say you like it unless you don’t want to get paid by them again
By the ones with no confidence in their product and fear criticism.
THQ Nordic isnt like that...yet
Looks like Tak and the Power of Juju
I think the only rpg I’m interested in is Shadow of the Erdtree from Elden Ring
The original game had a similar plot and came out way before Avatar, if anything the biggest inspiration for Outcast was Stargate.
I've almost finished A New Beginning and it's okay but imho the first game is better. I really have to praise the new game on a technical level though, the world looks stunning. The foliage density, ground clutter, biome variety etc, in a pretty much seamless open world (load screens only happen when using the not stargates) is wild for a modern AA title. It's just a shame that instead of staying true to the original they went the Ubisoft route with collectible/activity/outpost bloat, that coupled with extremely boring main robot enemies really does the IP a disservice.
Love it it kind of reminds me of crackdown for some reason
Character creation would be nice
Space gaming channels I follow have talked about Outcast - A New Beginning. I've seen Lets Plays. But we all know from the Starfield experience that you don't go to Bethesda and its content creators looking for space or Sci-Fi. Fallout's about as close as you get.
Is the story good? That's all I really care about. I'm OK with "just ok" gameplay and graphics, if the story is engaging
The game is is about $60 on Steam. No way we can call this a AA game for that price....
Thought it was gonna be Starfield lmao
Jank...when a video game gets videogamey. I've missed that charm.
Yes Matt! Outcast is awesome!
now i gotta check this one out
I played the Demo of this and it bangs so hard.
It's not a AAA? Then why is it $60 on Steam? sheez!!
So two questions.
1: Do enemies respawn now? The original game had a set population of enemies and once you killed an enemy soldier or a group of enemy soldiers they were gone for good.
2: Are the questlines that weaken your enemies still preset? In the original as you gained support of the population of the games regions the remaining non-boss enemy soldiers would start suffering permanent debuffs like inflicting less damage or reduced health, based on what type of resources the regions supporting you had provided to the enemy army.
Just ordered it for the PS5 22 quid😊
Yeah i fancy this one, i also fancy Matty. ❤
I really enjoyed the demo. Deep sale, definitely.
will pick it up on a sale, just a bit sad they made the aliens very humanized.
Just been waiting for the price to go down a bit.
Respects to the demo
The game looks sick, I most likely will pick it up!!
Looks good, ill try it
I’m gonna go try the demo!
I played a little bit of this at the PAX before this last one the flying felt cool it was a bit vusually busy for my tastes tho
Ive been talking about just cant afford it yet.
It looks like a solid game but maybe ill wait for a sale
I have the remake of the first game and it was fun ! I’m gonna grab this one ☝️ also
The original and it's remake are great
Played the demo, felt like a sub par game from 10 years ago. I’m good thanks
Enjoy the sub par games from now then. Nobodies holding your credit card for you
@@BrandonDenny-we1rw I could be wrong but I think your being antagonist. I’m just not sure how or why lol
@@connerellis8336 Just depressed modern games arent very...fun.
Been playing my ps2 recently and the games were different and engaging.
Hard to get from modern games.
And yes Antagonistic towarss the game companies today, not towards you
Was kind of interested until I saw it’s $70 😂 nobody got time for that.
It's the Donny and clearance show!!!!!
How is it Avatar inspired when this existed before Avatar? 🧐
Have you played ELEX and ELEX 2, Matty?