Outward - open world RPG where you are an ordinary adventurer and survival is harsh

[HoboForEternity]

i used all my traps and potions to kill a manticore. that was the very first i killed and it dropped this: really powerful. really fast.

am i just very lucky or this sword is common with manticore? looks very cool too

 

[HoboForEternity]

also that geb guy saved me twice now. gods bless him

 

[ERYFKRAD]

also that geb guy saved me twice now. gods bless him

Indeed. He's a champ.
Okay if I'm skipping magic entirely, which faction works for me? Plan on going to Levant once I beat a particular sonofabitch in the Montcalm camp.

 

[Elex]

i used all my traps and potions to kill a manticore. that was the very first i killed and it dropped this: really powerful. really fast.

am i just very lucky or this sword is common with manticore? looks very cool too

you killed the royal manticore 100% drop.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Indeed. He's a champ.
Okay if I'm skipping magic entirely, which faction works for me? Plan on going to Levant once I beat a particular sonofabitch in the Montcalm camp.

The forest region has a bunch of undead, and there's also

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a necropolis under the city of Berg.

Although there is a potion that temporarily adds ethereal damage to weapons, it's far more convenient to use magic. Thus, you probably don't want to join the Blue Chamber Collective. Not sure about the Holy Mission in the swamp region, but you're probably better off with the Heroic Kingdom in the desert.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

it's far more convenient to use magic

I'd rather not.

 

[Murk]

Just did this guy's quest, and ofc I didn't have any of the friggin items. Had to go back to Emerkar for the alpha meat. Bastard.

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[Elex]

why a pizza deal fire damage?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

why a pizza deal fire damage?

It's been in an oven.

 

[DJOGamer PT]

How do you save and load in this game?
The tutorial has lengthy but it does seem like a kind of ARPG I might enjoy.
Also, who the fuck thought that making skills having cooldowns in a ACTION rpg is in any way a good idea?

 

[Renevent]

There is no saving and loading. Well, technically the game is saving all the time but you have no control over it and you can't save scum, reload a bad choice, avoid a death, etc.

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

I'm in a super creepy place right now, creepy because I know if I get knocked out, I'm going to be imprisoned there, and who knows what sort of madness awaits with that fate. Luckily the enemies so far are pretty easy, but I'm not going to expect that for long. The game has some tense moments, that's for sure.

 

[filpan]

So, do you recommend this game to an oldschool player?

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

How do you save and load in this game?
The tutorial has lengthy but it does seem like a kind of ARPG I might enjoy.
Also, who the fuck thought that making skills having cooldowns in a ACTION rpg is in any way a good idea?

Cooldown is fine here, it works. There is no saving and loading, which is nice because you never have to remember to quicksave or risk losing progress. Just play the game but understand that if you lose all your Health you will be subject to a random "loss scenario" which could impede your progress or throw you for a loop. It's a cool system that I find better than the typical save-scum after every battle approach.

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

So, do you recommend this game to an oldschool player?

Absolutely. It's got an old-school flair to it in that there's no fast travel and survival is harsh with a dangerous world. I'm an old-school player myself and love the game, so I'd definitely recommend it to you. Just keep in mind the combat is going to challenge you, and the game is no pushover (which should be perfect for an old-school gamer).

 

[rusty_shackleford]

So, do you recommend this game to an oldschool player?

If you like empty worlds full of nothing, yes.

 

[Murk]

How do you save and load in this game?
The tutorial has lengthy but it does seem like a kind of ARPG I might enjoy.
Also, who the fuck thought that making skills having cooldowns in a ACTION rpg is in any way a good idea?

Only way to do it manually is to use the debug tools (you just put a file called DEBUG.txt in the data folder) or to manually delete the most recent save files you don't want.

Unrelated to above, but my next build I think I'm going to do a dedicated gunslinger. Guns stay loaded even if you put them in your backpack or swap from them to another, so you can -- if timed well or using high impact guns/shots -- cycle an enemy with it, and if you get a DOT like from the obsidian pistol on, it can easily knock out some enemies. Time to get a top-hat.

I really wish you could dual wield pistols, since this is one of few games where the single-shot flintlock mechanic means dual wielding pistols makes sense beyond a rule-of-cool factor. Anyway, sneak preview of my upcoming dude.

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[toro]

I'm looking at this and it looks like a single-player MMORPG.

So what's the point of the survival elements? Survive the game!?

 

[Murk]

The survival element is trying to get your gene pool to survive despite being forced to play an ugly manlet.

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

I'm looking at this and it looks like a single-player MMORPG.

So what's the point of the survival elements? Survive the game!?

Why do people throw around this term of "single player MMO" ? I don't get it here, and I never get it in other games where that similar term is used. What to you looks like an MMO? It's a singleplayer RPG with a co-op feature. The game feels like a singleplayer RPG.

Anyway, survival elements, yes, survive is the name of the game. They're non-intrusive as I've already mentioned and they're fun elements to the game. It's part of the reason the open-world works as well as it does, you have to survive at all times, manage your health, mana, stamina and of course hunger, thirst and sleepiness. It comes together as a great package of interesting mechanics to keep the world you're exploring even more interesting (on top of the good exploration). So yes, survive, survive and survive.

 

[Murk]

Actually I think 'single player mmo' is an appropriate description in the most vague sense, though it's literally inaccurate since the game does feature large-scale changes like a city being destroyed that an MMO could not accomodate.

But the time based replenishment of quests, resources, chests, monsters, does make it reflect characteristics that are common to MMOs for obvious reasons.

Contrast that with say Elex where quests, items, and resources don't respawn (though monsters do).

Regardless, the game is _fun_ and I don't think it's at all empty -- it just has a different scale and density. Most 3rd person action-rpgs would reduce the "space" by a factor of 3x and have a higher density of items -- in outward, the space is much higher but that's part of it's intention. Is that best? Dunno. Is the game fun? Yep.

 

[Jack Of Owls]

Those giant swords that look like typical tiny-penis compensators you see in so many jRPGs look a little troublesome but any aRPG where a pizza deals fire damage has to be A-OK so I might just give it a go.

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

I don't see MMO unless you want to call ELEX and New Vegas MMOs too. I just don't understand the vague label.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I don't see MMO unless you want to call ELEX and New Vegas MMOs too. I just don't understand the vague label.

because it's empty like an MMO sans players

 

[Murk]

I don't see MMO unless you want to call ELEX and New Vegas MMOs too. I just don't understand the vague label.

I didn't play New Vegas; but Elex didn't have quests that can be re-done infinitely or chests in dungeons that respawn on a timer (MMOs use daily quests/cooldowns where you repeat dungeons/areas for RNG loot from a specified pool; same as Outward in that sense). It also had much richer NPC interactions, more consistent C&C, and didn't feature co-op.

It's more of a small-multiplayer-online-role-playing-game than a massive one.