I'm guardedly hopeful for Outer Worlds 2. I loved the first game, but could see it clearly had much more they'd wanted to do but couldn't due to budgetary constraints.
And you think they dont have budgetary constraints now ? Lol...where do you live ? Everything is double as expensive nowadays, so you can bet your own ass its way worse now then it was 5 years ago...for a company, and with the inflated taxes ? With the world politicians getting greedier and greedier and more corrupt by the millisecond ? The world population doing nothing just taking it like a champ up their ass ? Letting them steal everything we have ? Dont get your hopes up, I only wish Outer Worlds 2 will be as good as OW1. At least that, Obsidian should try to achieve, then mission accomplished.
"Guardedly hopeful". This is the first time I'm hearing a synonym for "cautiously optimistic". Definitely heard "cautiously optimistic" far more in common usage. But I like this one too. Nice synonym. 🙂
I am loving this game!! Our 18yo son came downstairs and I asked him to download some new games off of Game pass that he thinks his old mom (me!) would like. I was getting a bit bored with what we had. Boy was he spot on with this one. This game reminds me of Borderlands and Fall Out, which are great games. I can't wait till hubby falls asleep so I can keep playing!! ❤
Outer Worlds wonderfully delivered on its premise. It wasn't built to be an infinite sandbox of possibilities like Skyrim or Fallout. It was built to be a puzzlebox that hands you a swiss army knife. It has two, maybe three playthrough's worth of content if you really rinse it out, but the point is about giving the player the tools to approach the game entirely as they choose. If you don't want to kill anyone, you can do that. If you want to kill everyone you run into, that works too. Extreme examples, but furthermore, whether you choose melee, stealth, guns, science weapons, speech, leadership, solo or an actual idiot as a playstyle, you can finish the game without ever being demanded to compromise from your chosen style. Maybe the person who sells you the navkey really annoys you and you don't want to help her. Sneak behind her and steal the navkey from the safe instead of working out a deal. You can take over Edgewater with a robot army if you want to! The game wants you to play it your way and it's wonderful.
It’s a fun game full of possibilities but Obsidian had no clue how to design fun, engaging combat. Enemies might as well be made of butter and you never feel threatened, which drains any sense of tension or challenge. It’s so easy it’s as if you’re playing with cheats on, and there’s no excuse for that.
@@the5thmusketeer215 There are, but the issue is that it feels like the devs had no clue about how to balance the combat and overall difficulty. If you want a typical Normal mode sort of challenge for example, with peaks and valleys of hard sections and easy sections, you’re not going to get that, even if you play on Hard. I can’t speak for Super Nova, the hardest difficulty I believe, but I think that just makes enemies super tanky and introduces Perma Death and survival mechanics.
Good 10 minutes review. Subscribed. I think that there are also more negatives aspect to this game, the world itself feels cheap, and melee weapons were no fun at all. I hope that with the new injection of money from xbox they will be able to complete their vision in the outer worlds 2, this game had so much potential.
I started playing this again, and it's such a fun game. It's not so big it's exhausting, it's just right. Hope they end up doing a second one at some point
I felt some what disappointed it wasn't longer. About to do my 2nd playthrough a year after my 1st. I also bought this thinking it was no man's sky, which I still have yet to try lol.
Mele stealth is this game underappreciated. There are 6 states of awareness for the enemies. You can lure them out, provoke and then style on them with your blades or hammers.
After playing the game 4 times ( my go to smooth talking run, genocide run, low intelligence run and super nova run) and I still love it. But I do have issues with it I would like to see resolved in the sequel. 1. The leveling was way too lenient and by the end of the game you were practically a god who was great at everything. 2. The gun play is serviceable but the AI and enemy variety was very bad. Most of the enemy's either just rushed you or ran for cover to then shoot you very basic. And most of the enemy's were either Canids, Marauders, Raptadons, Primals or Mechanicals. 3. The dialog while very well written was very almost like a rubber band. I would make a different choice in dialog and I think I would be getting new dialog but I would get a new snippet then it would rubber band back to the default response. 4. Choices felt very hollow, if I helped one side I would still be able to help the other. There were no real consequences to my actions. It was like if I was in one part of the world the others didn't exist. And most major choice boiled down to help one side or the other or compromise and everyone is happy. There were no real gut wrenching decisions. 5. The NPCs were not very dynamic and felt like old Morrowind characters. They just stand in place waiting for you to come by and give them a reason to exist. Those are my main problems but most can be fixed with proper time and budget. Hopefully obsidian has learned from the outer worlds and we can see their growth in Avowed. And even more so in The outer worlds 2.
I have been starting Outter Worlds a couple of weeks ago. Still a very good game in my opinion. If you like RPG games with a gameplay oriented on the narrative, go for it. (I bought the Spacer's Choice Edition).
I love this game. I played and beat it about a year and 1/2 ago. Randomly thought about it the other day and now I'm getting the urge to play it again. It deserves much more love than it got.
I'm hoping they can implement the things that were missing in the second game if we get one. I think vehicles would have been awesome. More diverse enemies, I can't stand games with coppy past "raider" enemies.
I am so glad I stumbled upon this review. I bought this game when it came out and it didn't really click the first time but this has inspired me to try again and boy is it good. I too appreciate the contained focus of this game, especially considering the overwhelming open world arenas in some recent games. Thank you for posting this and inspiring me to pick this up again.
I don't usually comment on vids but damn Mate, this is one hell of a review. Look forward to seeing your channel grow because this kind of quality, it's inevitable.
always wanted to play this game when I saw the trailer and heard of the idea behind the Outer Worlds, but it just passed me due to life I guess. I finally got to play it last month and I absolutely loved it, but unfortunately the main story was really short. Even with doing some side quests, I only got to about 25 hours play time. In a way that was a good thing, since this way I don't spend 3000 hours on a video game, but kid me would have loved to do so.
8:02 that's what I thought: having all traits help you in combat in some way is such a good decision. I hate it when RPGs have specific endings that require a certain persuasion/charisma/whatever you wanna call it, but focusing on non combat skills to achieve them only makes the gameplay less enjoyable.
Great review man I love The Outer Worlds! I believe it to be underappreciated It's sad to me most people think it's average or boring. I was pretty blown away on my first playthrough!
The game itself is not boring but half of your time goes to watching loading screens and thats fucking waste of time and boring. I cannot recommend it to anyone because of that reason. Life is too short for watching loading screens for 15 hours
@@djcook watching a movie is 2 hours full content. Watching loading screen, same picture 15 hours from 30 h game is waste of time. And is same for you? And games are not movies, if I wanna watch movie I watch movie, if I wanna play I wanna play. And I was not talking about the dialogies but loading times. Do u have brain capacity to understand the difference?
What how did I miss this game??? I’ve played all the fallout games since F3 and elder scrolls since morrowind and waiting on star field. I must live under a rock
Agreed. Smaller world and too much dialogues and time spent in town. A lot of quests are also teleporting from town to town, loading time didn’t help either.
had this on my list for a while but didn't realize it had some similarities to Bioshock. Puts it up higher on my list and yes 20-25 hours is perfect for me too
Great review man. Definitely will pick up the second game of this series. In my opinion Obsidian is undefeated in terms of story telling I also loved KOTOR and New Vegas
Good review! I’m 20 hours into my first playthrough. I’ve completed the main and all side quests for Terra 2 and Monarch. Hate to say but the quests are incredibly boring with all kinds of political faction fetch quests that do little to make me care. I hope that changes soon. However, where this game wins for me is in at least two areas - First, interesting and even hilarious characters and dialogue, like you said, especially in your party. Dark witty humor, a la Guardians of the Galaxy. Other games like this have included a lot of corny or silly humor, but this game went into fifth gear with the dark and even mean humor, and I eat that right up. The personality of these characters is way more appealing than anything in Bethesda‘s games. Second, graphics are better than the trailer showed in my opinion.
Really hoping they keep the double AA rpg tradition. These kind of practice wasn't noticed enough for the people appreciate a decent price and well made game. Outer Worlds went for the safe route for now by focusing on the writing where it can interesting to hook the players for more discovery. The gameplay mechanics are fun for serving it's purpose, graphics are good on the eyes and the characters are interesting!
IMHO, Outer Worlds is damn near a masterpiece and better than Starfield in several aspects. The ironic thing is Microsoft (mega corporation) owns them. That said, hopefully Microsoft gives them the time and resources to make Outer World 2 even better. That Obsidian documentary revealed Avowed was going to be multiplayer but Microsoft allowed them to ditch that feature and focus on what makes Obsidian does best, Award-winning single player games.
One of the most underrated games ever. After watching reviews on Starfield my first thoughts were Bethesda tried to make their version of Outer Worlds but failed.
@@AmateurGameReview no and i might not so far from reviews and i ususally wait a while, plus im more of into fantasy so baldurs gate will be my next rpg to play
@cantandwont6636 if you like fantasy, you can’t go wrong with Baldurs Gate 3. Fantastic game. I will say, Starfield starts off slow, but once it picks up it gets really good.
I'm replaying it right now, it's such a great and fun game. The Spacer's Choice Edition DLC was a mess when it was released but I was pleasantly surprised when I saw they fixed all the problems with it, especially the performance issues. I'm currently playing at 1440p with Ultra settings and I get a solid 60 fps. That's with an AMD Ryzen 5 5600x and a GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. I can't wait for Outer Worlds 2, personally.
Eridanos is still one of my all-time favorite areas in gaming. That hotel, man, I spent hours just walking around without furthering the main quest because I was so enjoying the immersive quality of the environment. Not to mention the humorous storyline and NPCs.
I just started a replay of OW since I just got gifted the Spacer's Choice edition. I previously had the regular release version. I know people complain but I love the game, awkward humor and all! Looking forward to OW2.
I remember starting this game and dropping it midway, once I was told that there wouldn't be any romantic options for me to go for. Maybe I'll give it another go.
I wanted to like this game so badly, but I tried an int and charisma build like i normally do in rpgs and every enemy became a bullet sponge, it was a huge pain. Weird that you mention enemies running with high persuasion. Is that something they added later? I don't think i ever had that happen.
I think the biggest mistake the Outer Worlds made and anyone can make playing this game, is comparing it to FNV. It's more like a CRPG, but first person (and having the name fallout drop during marketing) people (myself included) wanted this to be like FNV. Though it can take a while for games to take hold, for the hype to die down and to gain a fresh perspective. It's an awesome game and I knew I'd enjoy it eventually and I'm glad I'm here now.
i was reading an article in australia that said "Energy prices SURGE". I scrolled to the bottom of the page, the next suggested article was "Investors jump on Energy company shares as record profits SURGE"
Because that's all fake, obviously. Also, article titles play with numbers in a way that most people can't imagine. It's gematria, and it simply MUST happen. I don't think there are letters-to-numbers masterminds making it happen, but just that it does. Soon after I discovered gematria, like the next day, I opened my web browser and got a strange feeling when I read this one article title. "Meet Earendel, the most distant star ever detected". Put that into a gematria calculator... reverse ordinal is 666. I'm not religious but I know how important that number is to many people (even if they misunderstood it in the Bible. The fact that news articles can align with numbers in this way is CRAZY. And that's just the one I randomly found on my d
I bought this when it came out and got bored about midway through. I recently started a new game and I am amazed by how good the writing is and how solid the gunplay feels. There are some genuine laugh out loud moments for me and a really engrossing world. I can't recommend this enough for others who are fed up with sprawling, diluted open world action games with rpg mechanics.
The enhanced enviroment in the Spacer's Choice Edition is so much better than the original Standard Edition. I found exploration a chore when I played the game 4 years ago. But I recentlynplayed the Spacer's Choice edition and it was real fun. Someone with the name Phineas could only be a crazy scientist guy.
A few years ago I tried playing Skyrim, and didn’t end up liking it, though that was 100% for subjective reasons. Finished this game last night. It was freaking amazing. So much fun and the writing was brilliant and hilarious. I loved the characters and it had a more nuanced look at a revolution than many other stories. (Phineas is my fav character, love the man.) So many dialogue options too! I legitimately do not understand how people can say this game is bad. But hey, I didn’t like Skyrim, so what do I know lol
Its better to buy regular version with dlcs Spacer Choice is terrible not only it runs terrible but also looks worse because of color pallete they turned vibrant colors to pink tint most of the time.
I'm not sure why the age of a game should hold any barring on if a game is "still" good or not, I will still go back to WWF No Mercy on the N64 as one of the best beat em up games of all time, and Super Mario 3 is still to this day one of my all time favorite video games. If a game held up when you first played it, then it still holds up today. Minus graphics, at which point you should just buy a painting if you want something beautiful to look at.
I think different eras hold up better than others. Nes snes genesis and even into the PS1 N64 era hold up remarkably better than more recent games. I have a harder time convincing myself to play something from the 360 or even the PS4..... That being said. How dare you like no mercy more than wcw now world tour????? Hahahah
I think once I got the most overpowered build for every category and all separate endings, I called it. Couldn't be asked to achievement hunt, but I damn near completed everything it had to offer. It was a neat game, while it lasted, and that's not to discredit it, because it actually had a lot more endings than what I asked of FO3/4 and Skyrim. Maybe I should sample some soundtracks.
My main complaint with these mega open worlds is that there’s very little to do. Take Assassin’s Creed for instance; I think it’s amazing that they can recreate Egypt or Greece… but if all you have is empty land with the occasional basic fetch quest, what’s the point?
Outer Worlds is one of those mixed bag kind of games. Every time I notice something good, something equally bad sticks out to me. You often have multiple choices to finish quests but these quests are seldom mentioned by anyone again. It had an in depth reputation system but no penalty for stealing and a pretty shallow end result (nobody mentions your reputation until you’re kill on sight, where the entire faction comically flips on their killswitches in front of you for refusing to turn in their quest item) The weapon mod system gives you a fair deal of options, but there isn’t much variety in mods and weapon tinkering makes a lot of guns pointless. The weapons are neat but half of the roster are just the same guns with better stats. There’s a LOT of character writing but most of it feels a little flat, and the corporations are straight up cartoon villains with no nuance whatsoever. Outer Worlds is worth playing but I don’t see myself coming back to it, especially seeing how few mods there are.
@@AmateurGameReviewdefinitely the game. It tries to hard to be funny and satirical, but wants to be taken seriously at the same time. Like it's almost always trying to get a joke in, then it's back to the utter bleakness of the universe.
Your points about what makes the game good despite some features being complaints (like shorter completion time) resonated with me as well. I do wish they had added a couple more DLCs, because the Murder mystery one was so fun on its own!
Loved the Outer Worlds but for the sequel they should improve: - Perks (were very basic and boring) - Loot (no variation at all) - Npcs (no npc schedules, they were just there standing doing nothing) - Consumables (are useless) - Stores (sell the same gear and weapons you can collect by just killing enemies)
Have been thinking of writing my first review ever since nearing the end of my play through with Atlas Fallen. Being that “perfectly casual/intermediate RPG” game I’ve been itching for. You were mentioning in the start how the outer worlds is but not too big. I’m on 23 hours in Atlas fallen; with I’d say 70-80% completing everything and exploring as I go. I remember loving OW when I played through it for that exact reason. Same with the Metro series. RPGs and/or story games that are open world but not exhausting to even think about playing, yet still leave room for experimentation. Anyway, whoever reads this, Atlas fallen is awesome, if it interests you go for it. I think it’s worth the 60$ I spent.
Honestly, I wasn't thrilled with this game. It had some funny dialogue, but my biggest issue with the game was that my actions didn't feel like they mattered outside of the planet I was on. These big corporations weren't affected by anything you were doing outside of their planet, and nobody came to really know you by name or your ship. You were a stranger everywhere you went. Even in New Vegas, rumors of your deeds would spread and people would know of what you did through hearsay and the radio broadcasts. Having a slight reputation loss or inability to use certain stores didn't really immerse me into the world. But maybe I'm just too used to games where you're the center of the universe. Mass Effect, Fallout, etc.
here because epic games gave away the dlc edition of this, i somehow never played it even though fall out new vegas is one of my alltime favorite games. along with most obsidian games. i am now excited to try it out! getting older we have less and less time to game so its nice that this isnt a giant exploration rpg. i like it confined sometimes
There are far worse games, but The Outer Worlds is aggressively mediocre, especially coming from Obsidian, and the simplistic one-note “corporations are bad and dumb” joke got old in a hurry. It felt like the majority of their development time was spent on the Edgewater and Groundbreaker hub areas, but then they ran out of money and didn’t flesh out the rest of the game, which felt half-baked and hastily rushed together with lots of re-used assets. The gear/level balancing falls off a cliff really quickly too and becomes so ridiculously easy midway through that I mostly stopped engaging with the skill system. It’s a surprisingly small and shallow game that is saved by some well written and voice acted companions. Here’s hoping they get the resources they need to make a much better sequel.
That isn't how it is at all. If you skip all the dialogue in the game then yes it appears that way because it's surface level intentionally. If you listen to conversations then you'll actually begin to notice it's a pretty even split depending on your perspective, which is the entire point of an RPG. You play a role. It does fall off slightly in Monarch but the pacing picks up again just fine in Byzantium. Gear and level balancing doesn't fall off at all. They specifically include a perk that doubles the amount of bonus points armour gives you because it's encouraging you to build into a specific playstyle and see how you can use it to overcome challenges. Then the perk and collecting certain armour pieces allows for a little diversity in skills where you haven't pumped a load of points. I actually found this refreshing compared to every late game in RPG's where you just mow through enemies and beat every skill check with collecting items made entirely unnecessary. I'm currently in Byzantium in my playthrough, still needing to collect weapon and armour parts because resources actually run out. It's strange. Most people complain this game is way too short but then have no patience to actually sit and explore the world, then call it a shallow experience.
I didn't like this game at first but after revising it a few times I am finally coming to appreciate it. Partially because I played star citizen for a while and then returned to this simple game. While the game is very simple it's still fun and the setting is absolutely beautiful. While Star Citizen has spent 500M developing a boring simulator with little actual gameplay, and boring/bland worlds with nothing to do or explore. I know that there is no comparison of these two in terms of the "type" of games they are, but I guess playing something like SC that has had so much money/effort poured into it, and its still not fun at all just makes me appreciate every other game that much more.
@@AmateurGameReviewI love it on switch. I also love Skyrim Overwatch Fortnite Apex Legends on switch Bioshock on switch LOL I’ve played them all on other ports before that though, it’s really fun when you’re traveling on vacation
Yes. Yes you should. Unless you hate games with great humor, great visual design, unique characters and clever gameplay. In which case you should skip it and go back to playing whatever deathmatch or sports game you prefer.
past fallout and elder scrolls games always seemed overwhelming ot me, this game was "short" and striaght forward i actually loved it and enjoyed the "sumbed down" elements that many fallout fans came to dislike it for, which is a shame cuz clealry there's an audiance for it like me
I played it like a year after it came out. New Vegas is one of my favorite games ever. There was just nothing about the Outer Worlds that felt better than "good" imo. I enjoyed the game. It just didn't wow me at all, at any point. It felt a little shallow and bare at times. I have gone back to play it a couple times and couldn't make it through because I wanted to play other games. If they made a second one, that would be amazing. I think they could build an amazing series out of this title.
You should drop a new video on this game to take advantage of the current hype because being free on epic. Cause a lot of people probably sort videos by a recent ish time frame when they want to check something out.
I liked the expansions especially Murder on Eridanos, being a space detective in a hotel was funny since the first time I did it was with my super dumb build and got the ''special conversation'' prompts :P
YES SIR The Outer Worlds is my absolute favorite game of all time (I have yet to play Fallout New Vegas though, so that might change). I played the game over the summer last year, and it's been the only video game I've ever played to genuinely make me cry. I felt so connected with the characters and the stuff so many of them were going though, and I felt that my choices in the game reflected my values in real life, and that was a very special experience for me. Also, peril on gorgon made me SOB, running through that dlc was, I think, the best and one of the most impactful parts of the game. Seriously couldn't recommend this game enough, I'm thinking about running through it again with a different build and character so I can see the other parts of the story i missed the first time.
I’m here after my 906th Skyrim play through inspired me to actually try and find another epic RPG - fallout is obvs pretty decent but I never got into it - I’ve legit just started, trying to find Vicar, so far it’s pretty decent - I just don’t like that you can’t go into 3rd person. Tips anyone? Edit- also thanks for the epic video my guy 🙌⚡️
Thank you so much! It’s not like Skyrim, but if you’re interested in old school RPGs like Fallout 1 and 2, Tyranny, or Baldurs Gate check out Pillars of Eternity (also developed by Obsidian) and Wasteland 2 and 3!
Epic (Canada, if it matters, since I don't recall us being offered this back in Dec/Jan) is promoting it as next weeks "free game of the week" for beginning of April 2024. The upgraded version, with the DLC included. I hope that's true, I'll grab it and take it off my Steam wishlist (were it's on sale for $70). I say "hope" because Epic has teased a free upcoming game that ended up disappearing (original Fallout trilogy, last month)
Ok so I guess I live under a rock. I just noticed this game and passed it up before I realized it was by obsidian. I’m taking a second look. Huge fallout/morrowind fan for years. I might give this a whirl.
Who's here after epic realesed it for free
Me😂
Idk much about this game so here I am too 😂
about to download it again tonight since when i first played it on gamepass i thought it was boring af.. hopefully my mind changes this time.
Wait they did?!?
@@WinterBoots15 yes few days ago
I'm guardedly hopeful for Outer Worlds 2. I loved the first game, but could see it clearly had much more they'd wanted to do but couldn't due to budgetary constraints.
This is what gaming commentary come to nowadays.
And you think they dont have budgetary constraints now ? Lol...where do you live ? Everything is double as expensive nowadays, so you can bet your own ass its way worse now then it was 5 years ago...for a company, and with the inflated taxes ? With the world politicians getting greedier and greedier and more corrupt by the millisecond ? The world population doing nothing just taking it like a champ up their ass ? Letting them steal everything we have ? Dont get your hopes up, I only wish Outer Worlds 2 will be as good as OW1. At least that, Obsidian should try to achieve, then mission accomplished.
I believe in Tim Cain
"Guardedly hopeful". This is the first time I'm hearing a synonym for "cautiously optimistic". Definitely heard "cautiously optimistic" far more in common usage. But I like this one too. Nice synonym. 🙂
@@KKomalShashankit's better than saying cap or shiiiii
I am loving this game!! Our 18yo son came downstairs and I asked him to download some new games off of Game pass that he thinks his old mom (me!) would like. I was getting a bit bored with what we had. Boy was he spot on with this one. This game reminds me of Borderlands and Fall Out, which are great games. I can't wait till hubby falls asleep so I can keep playing!! ❤
You're a cool mom!
I love this comment, made me think of my mom. ❤
This is so wholesome 🥹
(Also I love your profile picture 🐱)
I think U dropped this ma'am 👑
Game with him instead
4 YEARS AGO? TIME FLYS
No, 3 years ago. It hasn't been 4 years yet until October 25th.
COVID helps
Flies*
4 years ago I was preparing to buy cigarettes legally for the 2 time in my life😂
4 years is fucking insane
Outer Worlds wonderfully delivered on its premise. It wasn't built to be an infinite sandbox of possibilities like Skyrim or Fallout. It was built to be a puzzlebox that hands you a swiss army knife. It has two, maybe three playthrough's worth of content if you really rinse it out, but the point is about giving the player the tools to approach the game entirely as they choose. If you don't want to kill anyone, you can do that. If you want to kill everyone you run into, that works too. Extreme examples, but furthermore, whether you choose melee, stealth, guns, science weapons, speech, leadership, solo or an actual idiot as a playstyle, you can finish the game without ever being demanded to compromise from your chosen style.
Maybe the person who sells you the navkey really annoys you and you don't want to help her. Sneak behind her and steal the navkey from the safe instead of working out a deal. You can take over Edgewater with a robot army if you want to! The game wants you to play it your way and it's wonderful.
Skyrim and Fallout definitely never got close to being 'infinite sandboxes of possibilities' either.
It’s a fun game full of possibilities but Obsidian had no clue how to design fun, engaging combat. Enemies might as well be made of butter and you never feel threatened, which drains any sense of tension or challenge. It’s so easy it’s as if you’re playing with cheats on, and there’s no excuse for that.
@@bizmonkey007 Is there no adjustable difficulty level at the start of the game then?
@@the5thmusketeer215
There are, but the issue is that it feels like the devs had no clue about how to balance the combat and overall difficulty. If you want a typical Normal mode sort of challenge for example, with peaks and valleys of hard sections and easy sections, you’re not going to get that, even if you play on Hard. I can’t speak for Super Nova, the hardest difficulty I believe, but I think that just makes enemies super tanky and introduces Perma Death and survival mechanics.
@@bizmonkey007super nova only introduces perma death for companions
Good 10 minutes review. Subscribed. I think that there are also more negatives aspect to this game, the world itself feels cheap, and melee weapons were no fun at all. I hope that with the new injection of money from xbox they will be able to complete their vision in the outer worlds 2, this game had so much potential.
I started playing this again, and it's such a fun game. It's not so big it's exhausting, it's just right. Hope they end up doing a second one at some point
A sequel is coming! :)
I never played it so I just got the spacer choice on sale tonight. I loved new vegas so I'm looking forward to this.
@@thekingofkingsrp how're you liking it so far?
@@thekingofkingsrpI recently bought the spacers choice sale too and I'm enjoying the game. Not one of the companions is unlikeable too.
I felt some what disappointed it wasn't longer. About to do my 2nd playthrough a year after my 1st.
I also bought this thinking it was no man's sky, which I still have yet to try lol.
Mele stealth is this game underappreciated. There are 6 states of awareness for the enemies. You can lure them out, provoke and then style on them with your blades or hammers.
After playing the game 4 times ( my go to smooth talking run, genocide run, low intelligence run and super nova run) and I still love it. But I do have issues with it I would like to see resolved in the sequel.
1. The leveling was way too lenient and by the end of the game you were practically a god who was great at everything.
2. The gun play is serviceable but the AI and enemy variety was very bad. Most of the enemy's either just rushed you or ran for cover to then shoot you very basic. And most of the enemy's were either Canids, Marauders, Raptadons, Primals or Mechanicals.
3. The dialog while very well written was very almost like a rubber band. I would make a different choice in dialog and I think I would be getting new dialog but I would get a new snippet then it would rubber band back to the default response.
4. Choices felt very hollow, if I helped one side I would still be able to help the other. There were no real consequences to my actions. It was like if I was in one part of the world the others didn't exist. And most major choice boiled down to help one side or the other or compromise and everyone is happy. There were no real gut wrenching decisions.
5. The NPCs were not very dynamic and felt like old Morrowind characters. They just stand in place waiting for you to come by and give them a reason to exist.
Those are my main problems but most can be fixed with proper time and budget. Hopefully obsidian has learned from the outer worlds and we can see their growth in Avowed. And even more so in The outer worlds 2.
Had to go back and replay it recently due to missing so much from the first play through.
Yes, it is still fun, humorous, & looks great.
Bruh the fact that you can pre end the game by taking control of yourself, flying your spaceship into a sun. 10/10 😂
I love that
I have been starting Outter Worlds a couple of weeks ago. Still a very good game in my opinion.
If you like RPG games with a gameplay oriented on the narrative, go for it.
(I bought the Spacer's Choice Edition).
I love this game. I played and beat it about a year and 1/2 ago. Randomly thought about it the other day and now I'm getting the urge to play it again. It deserves much more love than it got.
I'm hoping they can implement the things that were missing in the second game if we get one. I think vehicles would have been awesome. More diverse enemies, I can't stand games with coppy past "raider" enemies.
I am so glad I stumbled upon this review. I bought this game when it came out and it didn't really click the first time but this has inspired me to try again and boy is it good. I too appreciate the contained focus of this game, especially considering the overwhelming open world arenas in some recent games.
Thank you for posting this and inspiring me to pick this up again.
It's free right now on epic games launcher
Playing Starfield just make me realise how good Outer worlds game was lol
I don't usually comment on vids but damn Mate, this is one hell of a review. Look forward to seeing your channel grow because this kind of quality, it's inevitable.
always wanted to play this game when I saw the trailer and heard of the idea behind the Outer Worlds, but it just passed me due to life I guess. I finally got to play it last month and I absolutely loved it, but unfortunately the main story was really short. Even with doing some side quests, I only got to about 25 hours play time. In a way that was a good thing, since this way I don't spend 3000 hours on a video game, but kid me would have loved to do so.
also, the simplicity of the NPCs way of thinking results in some hilarious dialogue, so it's quite a comedic game too.
8:02 that's what I thought: having all traits help you in combat in some way is such a good decision. I hate it when RPGs have specific endings that require a certain persuasion/charisma/whatever you wanna call it, but focusing on non combat skills to achieve them only makes the gameplay less enjoyable.
Great review man I love The Outer Worlds! I believe it to be underappreciated It's sad to me most people think it's average or boring. I was pretty blown away on my first playthrough!
I'm one of the people who say it's average. However, I do not find it boring. I think overall pretty alright.
The game itself is not boring but half of your time goes to watching loading screens and thats fucking waste of time and boring. I cannot recommend it to anyone because of that reason. Life is too short for watching loading screens for 15 hours
@@susanna8612 ppl watch hundreds of hours of movies per yeat
@@djcook watching a movie is 2 hours full content. Watching loading screen, same picture 15 hours from 30 h game is waste of time. And is same for you?
And games are not movies, if I wanna watch movie I watch movie, if I wanna play I wanna play. And I was not talking about the dialogies but loading times. Do u have brain capacity to understand the difference?
@@djcook movies move, loading screens don’t.
What how did I miss this game??? I’ve played all the fallout games since F3 and elder scrolls since morrowind and waiting on star field. I must live under a rock
Hahaha! Wait until you look up Avowed and learn about Outer Worlds 2! ;)
3:45
I can’t even watch UA-cam without hearing Mason bring up this damn deal.
Me either. Him and his love for Xbox makes me sick lol
Nice review but I personally find the game boring. It doesn't have the appeal of the Fallout games, a little too Borderlands-ish.
I don’t think it was trying to be a fallout game.
Nothing wrong with that mind, but that might explain why it was not your cup of tea.
Agreed. Smaller world and too much dialogues and time spent in town. A lot of quests are also teleporting from town to town, loading time didn’t help either.
I loved it
I almost love it but the gun play is a little too meh
Stop comparing it to Fallout. It's more like KOTOR.
Just beat the spacers choice edition a couple days ago and absolutely loved it! Honestly my favorite rpg now so good!😊
had this on my list for a while but didn't realize it had some similarities to Bioshock. Puts it up higher on my list and yes 20-25 hours is perfect for me too
Great review man. Definitely will pick up the second game of this series. In my opinion Obsidian is undefeated in terms of story telling I also loved KOTOR and New Vegas
KOTOR is practically my entire childhood… I wish Obsidian was doing the remake, to be honest. I don’t have faith in its current developer :(
Coming back to this game to play the dlcs. Picked up the original version on sale on steam and been having tons of fun
Good review! I’m 20 hours into my first playthrough. I’ve completed the main and all side quests for Terra 2 and Monarch. Hate to say but the quests are incredibly boring with all kinds of political faction fetch quests that do little to make me care. I hope that changes soon. However, where this game wins for me is in at least two areas - First, interesting and even hilarious characters and dialogue, like you said, especially in your party. Dark witty humor, a la Guardians of the Galaxy. Other games like this have included a lot of corny or silly humor, but this game went into fifth gear with the dark and even mean humor, and I eat that right up. The personality of these characters is way more appealing than anything in Bethesda‘s games. Second, graphics are better than the trailer showed in my opinion.
I'm playing it on my phone through cloud gaming, and I'm loving it so far. I'm a big fallout fan. This was right up my alley.
now that I've finished the game I can't wait for them to build on it with a part 2.
Picked it up in Humblebundle this week. Fun and weird, and yes, the writing is as good as Fallout New Vegas.
I finally played this for the first time in 2023 and I enjoyed every bit of it. I can’t wait for the sequel 👌
Really hoping they keep the double AA rpg tradition. These kind of practice wasn't noticed enough for the people appreciate a decent price and well made game. Outer Worlds went for the safe route for now by focusing on the writing where it can interesting to hook the players for more discovery. The gameplay mechanics are fun for serving it's purpose, graphics are good on the eyes and the characters are interesting!
IMHO, Outer Worlds is damn near a masterpiece and better than Starfield in several aspects. The ironic thing is Microsoft (mega corporation) owns them. That said, hopefully Microsoft gives them the time and resources to make Outer World 2 even better. That Obsidian documentary revealed Avowed was going to be multiplayer but Microsoft allowed them to ditch that feature and focus on what makes Obsidian does best, Award-winning single player games.
One of the most underrated games ever. After watching reviews on Starfield my first thoughts were Bethesda tried to make their version of Outer Worlds but failed.
Not really underrated. It was a full priced game. It’s worth half it's price point.
the game holds a special place in my heart, it was basically to me what fallout 3/skyrim were to some people
That makes me happy to hear! Have you tried Starfield yet?
@@AmateurGameReview no and i might not so far from reviews and i ususally wait a while, plus im more of into fantasy so baldurs gate will be my next rpg to play
@cantandwont6636 if you like fantasy, you can’t go wrong with Baldurs Gate 3. Fantastic game. I will say, Starfield starts off slow, but once it picks up it gets really good.
I'm replaying it right now, it's such a great and fun game. The Spacer's Choice Edition DLC was a mess when it was released but I was pleasantly surprised when I saw they fixed all the problems with it, especially the performance issues. I'm currently playing at 1440p with Ultra settings and I get a solid 60 fps. That's with an AMD Ryzen 5 5600x and a GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. I can't wait for Outer Worlds 2, personally.
Very well made video, I'm playing through for the first time and I'm very impressed
Thank you so much!!! Enjoy the game! :)
Eridanos is still one of my all-time favorite areas in gaming. That hotel, man, I spent hours just walking around without furthering the main quest because I was so enjoying the immersive quality of the environment. Not to mention the humorous storyline and NPCs.
I absolutely like your narration in this video, very simple and explicit voice.
Thank you soooo much 🥹
I just started a replay of OW since I just got gifted the Spacer's Choice edition. I previously had the regular release version. I know people complain but I love the game, awkward humor and all!
Looking forward to OW2.
I remember starting this game and dropping it midway, once I was told that there wouldn't be any romantic options for me to go for. Maybe I'll give it another go.
I'm a sucker for romance options also so that did suck
I wanted to like this game so badly, but I tried an int and charisma build like i normally do in rpgs and every enemy became a bullet sponge, it was a huge pain. Weird that you mention enemies running with high persuasion. Is that something they added later? I don't think i ever had that happen.
I think the biggest mistake the Outer Worlds made and anyone can make playing this game, is comparing it to FNV. It's more like a CRPG, but first person (and having the name fallout drop during marketing) people (myself included) wanted this to be like FNV.
Though it can take a while for games to take hold, for the hype to die down and to gain a fresh perspective. It's an awesome game and I knew I'd enjoy it eventually and I'm glad I'm here now.
It does have more in common with a CRPG. Good comparison! Can’t wait to play Avowed and Outer Worlds 2!
i was reading an article in australia that said "Energy prices SURGE". I scrolled to the bottom of the page, the next suggested article was "Investors jump on Energy company shares as record profits SURGE"
Because that's all fake, obviously. Also, article titles play with numbers in a way that most people can't imagine. It's gematria, and it simply MUST happen. I don't think there are letters-to-numbers masterminds making it happen, but just that it does. Soon after I discovered gematria, like the next day, I opened my web browser and got a strange feeling when I read this one article title. "Meet Earendel, the most distant star ever detected". Put that into a gematria calculator... reverse ordinal is 666. I'm not religious but I know how important that number is to many people (even if they misunderstood it in the Bible. The fact that news articles can align with numbers in this way is CRAZY. And that's just the one I randomly found on my d
looks really interresting, and i love that it's not too long.
it's currently free to grab on epic
I bought this when it came out and got bored about midway through. I recently started a new game and I am amazed by how good the writing is and how solid the gunplay feels. There are some genuine laugh out loud moments for me and a really engrossing world. I can't recommend this enough for others who are fed up with sprawling, diluted open world action games with rpg mechanics.
Now this is a professional reviewer
Thanks mate
Your review is fantastic mate, when I watched the video the overall quality, gameplay and critics everything is on point. Keep up the good work ++
Thank you so much!!! It means a lot to all of us here at AGR! :)
@@AmateurGameReview I swear dude I thought the channel is at least a million sub. Quality over quantity I'd like to see you at million club :)
The enhanced enviroment in the Spacer's Choice Edition is so much better than the original Standard Edition. I found exploration a chore when I played the game 4 years ago. But I recentlynplayed the Spacer's Choice edition and it was real fun.
Someone with the name Phineas could only be a crazy scientist guy.
It's currently free on epic games
A few years ago I tried playing Skyrim, and didn’t end up liking it, though that was 100% for subjective reasons. Finished this game last night. It was freaking amazing. So much fun and the writing was brilliant and hilarious. I loved the characters and it had a more nuanced look at a revolution than many other stories. (Phineas is my fav character, love the man.) So many dialogue options too! I legitimately do not understand how people can say this game is bad. But hey, I didn’t like Skyrim, so what do I know lol
Thanks for the video, it just became free in Epic today
Its better to buy regular version with dlcs Spacer Choice is terrible not only it runs terrible but also looks worse because of color pallete they turned vibrant colors to pink tint most of the time.
I bought this on release and beat it, then not too long ago I decided to replay it, and I still adore the game.
its free on epic today all dlc :) hope someone sees this
I'm not sure why the age of a game should hold any barring on if a game is "still" good or not, I will still go back to WWF No Mercy on the N64 as one of the best beat em up games of all time, and Super Mario 3 is still to this day one of my all time favorite video games. If a game held up when you first played it, then it still holds up today. Minus graphics, at which point you should just buy a painting if you want something beautiful to look at.
I think different eras hold up better than others. Nes snes genesis and even into the PS1 N64 era hold up remarkably better than more recent games. I have a harder time convincing myself to play something from the 360 or even the PS4.....
That being said. How dare you like no mercy more than wcw now world tour????? Hahahah
I'm here because this game became free to claim on Epic games store 😂
Did love the game, very under rated game.
I think once I got the most overpowered build for every category and all separate endings, I called it. Couldn't be asked to achievement hunt, but I damn near completed everything it had to offer. It was a neat game, while it lasted, and that's not to discredit it, because it actually had a lot more endings than what I asked of FO3/4 and Skyrim. Maybe I should sample some soundtracks.
Definitely sample the soundtrack. Some good stuff to work with!
I couldn't agree more about being burnt out on sprawling "mega" games. I want something I can finish in a few weeks and feel satisfied.
My main complaint with these mega open worlds is that there’s very little to do. Take Assassin’s Creed for instance; I think it’s amazing that they can recreate Egypt or Greece… but if all you have is empty land with the occasional basic fetch quest, what’s the point?
Outer Worlds is one of those mixed bag kind of games. Every time I notice something good, something equally bad sticks out to me. You often have multiple choices to finish quests but these quests are seldom mentioned by anyone again. It had an in depth reputation system but no penalty for stealing and a pretty shallow end result (nobody mentions your reputation until you’re kill on sight, where the entire faction comically flips on their killswitches in front of you for refusing to turn in their quest item)
The weapon mod system gives you a fair deal of options, but there isn’t much variety in mods and weapon tinkering makes a lot of guns pointless. The weapons are neat but half of the roster are just the same guns with better stats. There’s a LOT of character writing but most of it feels a little flat, and the corporations are straight up cartoon villains with no nuance whatsoever.
Outer Worlds is worth playing but I don’t see myself coming back to it, especially seeing how few mods there are.
The cheesy humor/dialog didn't do it for me, but I enjoyed the game. Hope the sequel is better
Cheesy humor of the game or of mason? I'll fire him just say the word 😂
@@AmateurGameReviewdefinitely the game. It tries to hard to be funny and satirical, but wants to be taken seriously at the same time. Like it's almost always trying to get a joke in, then it's back to the utter bleakness of the universe.
Great video man! I absolutely love this game!
Your points about what makes the game good despite some features being complaints (like shorter completion time) resonated with me as well. I do wish they had added a couple more DLCs, because the Murder mystery one was so fun on its own!
Loved the Outer Worlds but for the sequel they should improve:
- Perks (were very basic and boring)
- Loot (no variation at all)
- Npcs (no npc schedules, they were just there standing doing nothing)
- Consumables (are useless)
- Stores (sell the same gear and weapons you can collect by just killing enemies)
Have been thinking of writing my first review ever since nearing the end of my play through with Atlas Fallen.
Being that “perfectly casual/intermediate RPG” game I’ve been itching for.
You were mentioning in the start how the outer worlds is but not too big. I’m on 23 hours in Atlas fallen; with I’d say 70-80% completing everything and exploring as I go.
I remember loving OW when I played through it for that exact reason. Same with the Metro series. RPGs and/or story games that are open world but not exhausting to even think about playing, yet still leave room for experimentation.
Anyway, whoever reads this, Atlas fallen is awesome, if it interests you go for it. I think it’s worth the 60$ I spent.
I still need to play Atlas Fallen… judging from your comment it sounds like a perfect game for me!
Honestly, I wasn't thrilled with this game. It had some funny dialogue, but my biggest issue with the game was that my actions didn't feel like they mattered outside of the planet I was on. These big corporations weren't affected by anything you were doing outside of their planet, and nobody came to really know you by name or your ship. You were a stranger everywhere you went. Even in New Vegas, rumors of your deeds would spread and people would know of what you did through hearsay and the radio broadcasts. Having a slight reputation loss or inability to use certain stores didn't really immerse me into the world.
But maybe I'm just too used to games where you're the center of the universe. Mass Effect, Fallout, etc.
Checking this out because it's currently on huge sale with all dlc for a ps5 version for 50 bucks.
Dude I love this game I can’t believe so many people think it’s boring the writing is good especially just with how insanely corrupt the companies are
Fully agree!!!
here because epic games gave away the dlc edition of this, i somehow never played it even though fall out new vegas is one of my alltime favorite games. along with most obsidian games. i am now excited to try it out! getting older we have less and less time to game so its nice that this isnt a giant exploration rpg. i like it confined sometimes
So many games, so little time… getting old sucks :(
I just finished this game. Genuinely incredible experience. Can't wait to replay the story as a bootlicking asshole!
Came back after getting it free on epic
There are far worse games, but The Outer Worlds is aggressively mediocre, especially coming from Obsidian, and the simplistic one-note “corporations are bad and dumb” joke got old in a hurry. It felt like the majority of their development time was spent on the Edgewater and Groundbreaker hub areas, but then they ran out of money and didn’t flesh out the rest of the game, which felt half-baked and hastily rushed together with lots of re-used assets. The gear/level balancing falls off a cliff really quickly too and becomes so ridiculously easy midway through that I mostly stopped engaging with the skill system. It’s a surprisingly small and shallow game that is saved by some well written and voice acted companions.
Here’s hoping they get the resources they need to make a much better sequel.
That isn't how it is at all. If you skip all the dialogue in the game then yes it appears that way because it's surface level intentionally. If you listen to conversations then you'll actually begin to notice it's a pretty even split depending on your perspective, which is the entire point of an RPG. You play a role.
It does fall off slightly in Monarch but the pacing picks up again just fine in Byzantium. Gear and level balancing doesn't fall off at all. They specifically include a perk that doubles the amount of bonus points armour gives you because it's encouraging you to build into a specific playstyle and see how you can use it to overcome challenges. Then the perk and collecting certain armour pieces allows for a little diversity in skills where you haven't pumped a load of points. I actually found this refreshing compared to every late game in RPG's where you just mow through enemies and beat every skill check with collecting items made entirely unnecessary. I'm currently in Byzantium in my playthrough, still needing to collect weapon and armour parts because resources actually run out.
It's strange. Most people complain this game is way too short but then have no patience to actually sit and explore the world, then call it a shallow experience.
This makes me want to play Outer Worlds again, even though i've already played it 2 times.
Third times the charm 😉
the outer worlds is a better starfield
We should not be setting the bar that low for an obsidian title
lmao
For someone who doesn't like talking politics, you covered that part very well.
I didn't like this game at first but after revising it a few times I am finally coming to appreciate it. Partially because I played star citizen for a while and then returned to this simple game. While the game is very simple it's still fun and the setting is absolutely beautiful. While Star Citizen has spent 500M developing a boring simulator with little actual gameplay, and boring/bland worlds with nothing to do or explore. I know that there is no comparison of these two in terms of the "type" of games they are, but I guess playing something like SC that has had so much money/effort poured into it, and its still not fun at all just makes me appreciate every other game that much more.
Who’s here after Epic games gifted it
Such a fun game. Even on the Switch is fun despite the technical limitations
I hadn't had the chance to try it on switch
@@AmateurGameReviewI love it on switch. I also love Skyrim Overwatch Fortnite Apex Legends on switch Bioshock on switch LOL I’ve played them all on other ports before that though, it’s really fun when you’re traveling on vacation
It’s on gamepass I still can’t decide if I like this game.
Yes. Yes you should. Unless you hate games with great humor, great visual design, unique characters and clever gameplay. In which case you should skip it and go back to playing whatever deathmatch or sports game you prefer.
past fallout and elder scrolls games always seemed overwhelming ot me, this game was "short" and striaght forward i actually loved it and enjoyed the "sumbed down" elements that many fallout fans came to dislike it for, which is a shame cuz clealry there's an audiance for it like me
I played it like a year after it came out. New Vegas is one of my favorite games ever. There was just nothing about the Outer Worlds that felt better than "good" imo. I enjoyed the game. It just didn't wow me at all, at any point. It felt a little shallow and bare at times. I have gone back to play it a couple times and couldn't make it through because I wanted to play other games. If they made a second one, that would be amazing. I think they could build an amazing series out of this title.
You should drop a new video on this game to take advantage of the current hype because being free on epic. Cause a lot of people probably sort videos by a recent ish time frame when they want to check something out.
Might be a good idea! This video has done very well so far just day though. Made for a nice little Christmas surprise 🥹
3:37 Blackrock is the Majority shareholder of most major companies.
Correct
Absolutely. Obsidian should get a budget for outer worlds 2!
They need a significantly larger budget
POV: You were here because you just received the game for free from Epic Game
I liked the expansions especially Murder on Eridanos, being a space detective in a hotel was funny since the first time I did it was with my super dumb build and got the ''special conversation'' prompts :P
Great game. Im playing on Epic now but bought it for Xbox on release.
YES SIR The Outer Worlds is my absolute favorite game of all time (I have yet to play Fallout New Vegas though, so that might change). I played the game over the summer last year, and it's been the only video game I've ever played to genuinely make me cry. I felt so connected with the characters and the stuff so many of them were going though, and I felt that my choices in the game reflected my values in real life, and that was a very special experience for me. Also, peril on gorgon made me SOB, running through that dlc was, I think, the best and one of the most impactful parts of the game. Seriously couldn't recommend this game enough, I'm thinking about running through it again with a different build and character so I can see the other parts of the story i missed the first time.
I’m going to play this game right now. Let’s see if it’s any good…
I’m here after my 906th Skyrim play through inspired me to actually try and find another epic RPG - fallout is obvs pretty decent but I never got into it - I’ve legit just started, trying to find Vicar, so far it’s pretty decent - I just don’t like that you can’t go into 3rd person.
Tips anyone?
Edit- also thanks for the epic video my guy 🙌⚡️
Thank you so much! It’s not like Skyrim, but if you’re interested in old school RPGs like Fallout 1 and 2, Tyranny, or Baldurs Gate check out Pillars of Eternity (also developed by Obsidian) and Wasteland 2 and 3!
Couldn't you just raise the difficulty setting? I've learned to do this at the very beginning for any game with a choice of difficulty.
I just got this game since it was on sale and always wanted to play it. Any suggestions or tips for someone who hasn’t played it yet?
I just finished my second playthrough of this. Had the original on Steam, then got the updated Spacers Choice version free on Epic.
loved replaying this game, especially playing the murder on eridanos dlc, seeing the rizzos distillery was amazing
The game is awesome. I’m playing it right now on the switch, after playing through it on pc and Xbox
Epic (Canada, if it matters, since I don't recall us being offered this back in Dec/Jan) is promoting it as next weeks "free game of the week" for beginning of April 2024.
The upgraded version, with the DLC included. I hope that's true, I'll grab it and take it off my Steam wishlist (were it's on sale for $70).
I say "hope" because Epic has teased a free upcoming game that ended up disappearing (original Fallout trilogy, last month)
Who came here after epic gave it for free😂
guilty 😅
Ok so I guess I live under a rock. I just noticed this game and passed it up before I realized it was by obsidian. I’m taking a second look. Huge fallout/morrowind fan for years. I might give this a whirl.