The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition - Obsidian's first-person sci-fi RPG set in a corporate space colony

[Doktor Best]

It has been said several times in this thread: If you want to criticize the game, do it properly. So far the Codex has been doing a very poor job at that imho.

Or you will summon critic police?

wat

I'll translate: You are strawmanning.

 

[cvv]

"Just one more container." "Just one more sidequest." "Just one more firefight." The core gameplay loop is solid

Sure it is. "Bury players in busywork so mind numbing they completely forget they're bored out of their skull" is a true and tested tactic. Been there, done that, learned a lesson, became a better man.

 

[Doktor Best]

It has been said several times in this thread: If you want to criticize the game, do it properly. So far the Codex has been doing a very poor job at that imho.

Or you will summon critic police?

So what you're saying is that TOW is not garbage?

From what ive gathered so far it is no new New Vegas, but its also not garbage. I will post my thoughts when ive had time to play more.

 

[toro]

I dont get one thing.

Apparently Tim Cain played the game for 20 or whatever times from start to finish and they still managed to fuck up the balance so much. How come?

his brain has gay aids now

 

[Prime Junta]

it is no new New Vegas, but its also not garbage

It's a (vegan) McRPG.

Only problem is that given who was in the kitchen, I expected an actual meal.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

That's the saddest thing about it. People keep recommending TOW not because of it's merit, but because it hasn't been stuffed with symptomatic AAA trash like microtransactions and DLCs

How many times in the last 10 years we've been telling ourselves that "mods will fix it" or to "wait a year for patches?"

A $60 game that doesn't launch in beta-state, is actually polished and finished on launch and doesn't try to sell you horse armor for 50 dolla is practically a unicorn nowadays. Of course TOW gets praise for that, as it should.

I'm sure DLCs will come eventually, but planet-hopping structure is well-suited for that. Downloadable content should expand on TOW's world nicely, unlike most other games where DLCs always feel like cheap money grab.

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Failed a Volition check I guess.

Also I'm thinking that if I manage to finish this I might write a review and tell you lot wot I REALLY think. Don't hold your breath though.

Edit: also what Shadenuat said. The core gameplay loop is solid, and this is dead easy. "Just one more container." "Just one more sidequest." "Just one more firefight." The evil ape is not a learning animal

Yep. Tim Cain certainly picked up a few tricks during his time making MMOs.

 

[CyberWhale]

She's introduced late and isn't very interesting. She really doesn't have a personality to speak of and feels like another victim of multiple writers pulling in different directions.

I got her into the party pretty early, not long after I got onto Groundbreaker. You're right about lacking a personality, but ... well, no more than the others really.

I finished Parvati's love-quest and man... really, whoever wrote that shit has no inner life. At all. It was just utterly vapid from start to finish. I was hoping there would be some kind of twist but nah. Go drinking, introduce them, buy soap, get casserole, get pie, buy something nice to wear, arrange date, it went well, everybody's happy, the end. Like... how much more vapid can you get?

Spoiler

None. None more vapid.

It's a shame because she's otherwise pretty well written. Her quest doesn't mesh with her character at all.

Isn't it pretty banal tho? Searching for her mother would be much more logical, dramatic and potentially more interesting in the gameplay department as well.

 

[Reinhardt]

It has been said several times in this thread: If you want to criticize the game, do it properly. So far the Codex has been doing a very poor job at that imho.

Or you will summon critic police?

wat

I'll translate: You are strawmanning.

where?

 

[Goral]

When I've posted this:

Finally some contemporary non-politically correct game:

Can't believe no one has posted it yet.

Edit:
Strange Fellow

Spoiler

It's not fake, I've really photoshopped it.

almost a year ago I knew nothing like that would happen but those cucks outdid themselves.

 

[cvv]

picture

An obvious shop. P. funny tho.

 

[toro]

She's introduced late and isn't very interesting. She really doesn't have a personality to speak of and feels like another victim of multiple writers pulling in different directions.

I got her into the party pretty early, not long after I got onto Groundbreaker. You're right about lacking a personality, but ... well, no more than the others really.

I finished Parvati's love-quest and man... really, whoever wrote that shit has no inner life. At all. It was just utterly vapid from start to finish. I was hoping there would be some kind of twist but nah. Go drinking, introduce them, buy soap, get casserole, get pie, buy something nice to wear, arrange date, it went well, everybody's happy, the end. Like... how much more vapid can you get?

Spoiler

None. None more vapid.

What is the meaning of vapid?

 

[Prime Junta]

What is the meaning of vapid?

Dictionary sez "offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; bland." I'll go with that.

Edit: it's a shame the game doesn't let you name your party, or even the ship, could go with Vapid Response Force.

 

[Goral]

picture

An obvious shop. P. funny tho.

Reddit or imgur don't think so though, they're deleting and banning for it :D.

 

[Reinhardt]

What is the meaning of vapid?

Dictionary sez "offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; bland." I'll go with that.

Edit: it's a shame the game doesn't let you name your party, or even the ship, could go with Vapid Response Force.

Are you sure it's not banned?

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

I think this might be my favourite rpg ever…like ever (maybe even ever more than Deadfire and Horizon Zero Dawn and Bloodlines) it’s like Obsidian released the most amazing Netflix series over the weekend

I’m still only in Emerald Vale but the writing and the characters are amazing the world is IG filtered so good and the ships AI is voiced by Damsel!!!! To go from high cult lewks like Deadfire and glow up to the Outer Worlds and have everyone online and irl talking about it….Leonard Boyarsky and Tim Cain are like Cher and Dionne they are that fierce at makeovers!

Yes, you are right. I am sorry for ever criticizing TOW. GotY 2019 for sure.

 

[Junmarko]

I finished Parvati's love-quest and man...

Remember them saying in development it would have no romances, which was good to hear. Felt like there was focus driving the writers to break out of the Bioware mould. Can't be done, writers need to shove a romance in by proxy

 

[Nifft Batuff]

Carrie Patel is a she/her. What the fuck is a she/her?

She's female

Really not hard to get

No, 'she/her' is not necessarily correlated with 'her' genome.

 

[Nano]

Dictionary sez "offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; bland." I'll go with that.

You used a word to describe something when you weren't sure what it means?

 

[Prime Junta]

You used a word to describe something when you weren't sure what it means?

Words mean whatever you want them to mean. It's just a question of who's boss.

 

[the mole]

parvati isnt the most attractive character in the game, it's just a preschool best friend experimentation thing, she'll come around

 

[Junmarko]

You used a word to describe something when you weren't sure what it means?

If they had put a lesbian scene in, he wouldn't have said vapid obviously.

 

[Prime Junta]

If they had put a lesbian scene in, he wouldn't have said vapid obviously.

Well that would have made it more stimulating I suppose.

 

[Ivan]

Parvati is a cutey. Really like brunettes.

 

[Paul_cz]

Parvati bugged on me so my quest with her is botched because she "died" eventhough she is chilling right besides me walking around. Pretty annoying little bugfucker.

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

Parvati is a cutey. Really like brunettes.

Looked even more gorgeous in "red".