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Gather your questions for an Outer Worlds leads interview

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Here's an important question. We know a bit about who the game's writers are. But who are its area designers/quest designers? Just as important if not moreso.
Seems like a bit of useless trivia given that Obsidian's area designer aren't exactly well-known or have detailed work history.
 

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Another question you could ask: Are you deliberately attempting to design a game that handles somewhat like Bethesda's Gamebryo engine did in Fallout: New Vegas? The rhythm of combat, animations, movement and so on.

Here's an important question. We know a bit about who the game's writers are. But who are its area designers/quest designers? Just as important if not moreso.
Seems like a bit of useless trivia given that Obsidian's area designer aren't exactly well-known or have detailed work history.

Well let's make them known. (Note: I may be trying to give the people who are currently obsessing about the game's writers a bit of perspective.)
 

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Well let's make them known. (Note: I may be trying to give the people who are currently obsessing about the game's writers a bit of perspective.)
It's established Codex Consensus that they don't give a damn about C&C if they don't care about the writing. :)
 

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Here's an important question. We know a bit about who the game's writers are. But who are its area designers/quest designers? Just as important if not moreso.
Area designers rarely have the aim or opportunity for soapboxing, so it's unlikely there's anything to discuss.
 

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My team has the sexiest and deadliest waifus you can recruit.
Another question you could ask: Are you deliberately attempting to design a game that handles somewhat like Bethesda's Gamebryo engine did in Fallout: New Vegas? The rhythm of combat, animations, movement and so on.

Here's an important question. We know a bit about who the game's writers are. But who are its area designers/quest designers? Just as important if not moreso.
Seems like a bit of useless trivia given that Obsidian's area designer aren't exactly well-known or have detailed work history.

Well let's make them known. (Note: I may be trying to give the people who are currently obsessing about the game's writers a bit of perspective.)

So you specifically want to know how many of the level designers are women so the Codex can creepily fixate on them now too? For shame.

:D
 

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Another question you could ask: Are you deliberately attempting to design a game that handles somewhat like Bethesda's Gamebryo engine did in Fallout: New Vegas? The rhythm of combat, animations, movement and so on.

Here's an important question. We know a bit about who the game's writers are. But who are its area designers/quest designers? Just as important if not moreso.
Seems like a bit of useless trivia given that Obsidian's area designer aren't exactly well-known or have detailed work history.

Well let's make them known. (Note: I may be trying to give the people who are currently obsessing about the game's writers a bit of perspective.)
This is something I myself have been wondering and I had a similar question about PoE back in the day, but of course no one would have answered it sincerely: when you are making a game "in the lines of" another game, do you also copy the trademark flaws of the source game, or do you try to rectify them?
 

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To follow up on the "pacifist run" question, will it be possible, albeit probably difficult, to knock someone out?
 

sapetto

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My questions:
  1. Will there be some kind of crafting/upgrading gear? Is there some RNG involved?
  2. Is there a fast travel possibility? If yes can you travel between planets? Are there any random encounters during the fast travel?
  3. Can you fly a spaceship?
  4. If you are in a town and do something bad can the NPCs report crimes to authorities?
  5. Are there stealth mechanics? Can you choose to do a quest by sneaking without killing anyone?
  6. Is there a weapon degradation system?
 

Jimmious

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Steve gets a Kidney but I don't even get a tag.
Ah another question that I think is nice to ask:
Are they trying to create a "living world" with some sort of AI and NPCs doing things off screen, with their own schedules etc?
 

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Will it be possible to customize my character's armpit hair color? Living Coral (PANTONE 16-1546) is the color of 2019, FYI.
 

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How do skillchecks work? In the demo video there was lockpicking with a timer, but is the check behind it deterministic or non-deterministic? Is the same principle used in all the other in-world skillchecks?
 

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Is there a disconnect between Earth and its farthest colony? Will we hear news/see recent arrivals from Earth/other colonies far away?
 

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1. Were the [Dumb] options in the demo made available because of the character's statistics?
2. You can apparently involve the character Ellie in a number of the discussions in that same demo, will such companion involvement be a thing for all of them?
 

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It's been weeks, so is this something they've agreed to do or was it all just wishful thinking? :)
 

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