Yeah, looks like an empty MMO, which is even worse. And an MMO that is trying to emulate the combat and interface of Dark Souls. The concept and the description of the game sounds interesting, but it seems that in practice it didn't work out so well. It looks pretty boring.
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Outward - open world RPG where you are an ordinary adventurer and survival is harsh
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Yeah, looks like an empty MMO, which is even worse. And an MMO that is trying to emulate the combat and interface of Dark Souls. The concept and the description of the game sounds interesting, but it seems that in practice it didn't work out so well. It looks pretty boring.
BANANA CONDUCT
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Went from cautiously optimistic after reading all the descriptions, to almost completely uninterested after seeing the video
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If you guys think this will be empty you're going to be mistaken. This game is like a 3D Kenshi. You'll stumble on all sorts of things I'm sure, enemies, patrols, ruins, etc.. And the world will be vast so survival will be important and immersive. Trust me, after 90 hours with Kenshi, this game looks like it will be taking things from Kenshi for the good of it, and this is going to be a fantastic title I feel. As long as the difficulty options allow hard difficulties so it doesn't become a pushover.
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This looks incredible. This is not a game to sleep on. This is shaping up to be a 3rd person action CRPG Kenshi-like, in that you have to survive a harsh world, eat and worry about the environmental hazards as well as the enemy hazards. I'm sure they took some inspiration from Kenshi while that was in development because even backpacks work similarly. So this is a good thing. Day one purchase for me.
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I don't
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I just hope the world of Outward is truly vast, like really huge. Not the size of Skyrim's map but more like Kenshi's. We'll see. It would be great to see this survival type CRPG set in an enormous open-world rather than a smaller one.
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Apparently not, from October last year: https://steamcommunity.com/app/794260/discussions/0/1733216893881567486/
Hey there! Today is the first time I hear about Kenshi, but it sounds like it has interesting features and I admit that there seems to be similar conceptual roots as Outward. I should try it once it leaves Early Access. I am honestly glad to find another game that goes against the trend of saying you're some sort of special superhero. Kingdom Come was recently released and also has a more humble approach, I really like that and I hope to see more
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Interesting. It's definitely good then to see like-minded devs taking this approach. I want to see more Kenshi-likes like this one in the future. I love the idea of survival in vast, harsh land, as long as the land is interesting enough and vast enough to sustain it. As well as challenging, which is important. Outward seems like it is going to be a great step in the right direction for this type of game and Kenshi-likes in general.
Although don't get me wrong, I want to see more squad-based and isometric Kenshi-likes, too. This game seems like it will just take a more action-oriented approach to things, which will add variety to the genre.
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Who cares? It's not like Netflix where you have to pay another 15 bucks for a new platform.
Its just a launcher. Takes a tiny bit of extra HDD space and adds another icon.
Big fucking deal. Already got Steam and GOG. My computer can handle another program...
Viata
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A lot of people cares, though.
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Right, but you do realize the article links to a steam page, aye?
Viata
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Yes. I just answered the "who cares".
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Bro, not hating but every single post you make in any thread there is Kenshi you mention. We get it you like the game.
Viata
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What is more funny is that ALL posts he made in this thread, he mentioned Kenshi.
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There's a thread in the Steam Discussions for the game on this topic and one of the developers popped in to confirm that it will be available on Steam on launch day.
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Really cool concept, but the combat and factions look shallower than Regina George.
- Combat will underly the whole experience. This will suck if the combat isn't good a variation on Dark Souls, which it clearly aspires to be. Unfortunately, the combat AI is functionally retarded, and animations are choppy, clunky garbage.
- Factions, side stories, NPC's, worldbuilding, etc. are the only way to give the game legs beyond "survive another day and get a better weapon." Doesn't look like the devs have put much emphasis on this at all though.
- Combat will underly the whole experience. This will suck if the combat isn't good a variation on Dark Souls, which it clearly aspires to be. Unfortunately, the combat AI is functionally retarded, and animations are choppy, clunky garbage.
- Factions, side stories, NPC's, worldbuilding, etc. are the only way to give the game legs beyond "survive another day and get a better weapon." Doesn't look like the devs have put much emphasis on this at all though.
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and is done by totally unknown developers. 
over it.
Kem0sabe
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