Game News Outer Worlds DLC First Ganderlings on ShackNews

[Saint_Proverbius]

Tags: Obsidian Entertainment; The Outer Worlds; The Outer Worlds: Murder on Eridanos

There's a First Impressions for The Outer Worlds: Murder on Eridanos over at ShackNews. So, far, they seem to really, really like it. They discuss new gameplay features, the dialogue, the status quo, and a little bit more. In fact, here's a bit of the love:

While a bit predictable at times, Murder on Eridanos is a fantastic swan song for The Outer Worlds, and it captures everything that Obsidian does well with RPGs and magnifies it even more. My only real regret is that the mystery doesn’t take longer to play out. The new content only takes a few hours to barrel your way through, which means it isn’t adding huge swaths of new story for players to explore.​

So, it doesn't seem like this is the DLC that will make you like it if you didn't like Outer Worlds. If you did like it, there's another scoop of it now available.

 

[Thac0]

I have seen rumors that DLC 1 sold like ass.
Second DLC being short, nothing new, and otherall a void of ambition is definitly a hint in that direction.
Not that it matters, Obsidian is Microsoft's bitch now, delegated to making short games with pretty thumbnails so people buy gamepass.

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

I have seen rumors that DLC 1 sold like ass.
Second DLC being short, nothing new, and otherall a void of ambition is definitly a hint in that direction.
Not that it matters, Obsidian is Microsoft's bitch now, delegated to making short games with pretty thumbnails so people buy gamepass.

I lost interest when they were saying it wouldn't be open world. I figured I'd get it later once the price dropped or went on sale depending on what people said about it. From my gatherings, it's kind of mediocre and they didn't really take a firm stance on the use of skills or actions, i.e. consequences. One example I read is that when you piss off a corporation, it raises prices on things for you but you have so much money that you don't care - then you move on to the next area. So, I figure I'll wait for the inevitable bundle pack release.

 

[Roguey]

Second DLC being short, nothing new, and otherall a void of ambition is definitly a hint in that direction.

DLCs/expansions have guaranteed diminishing returns regardless of quality.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

How many outer worlds threads do we need?

 

[Ol' Willy]

How many outer worlds threads do we need?

All of them

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

17 more days for this sale!

uh... 17 days? Man that's a lengthy sale.

 

[Tyrr]

and it captures everything that Obsidian does well with RPGs

That made me laugh.
But I guess they didn't mean it as a joke.