The Outer Worlds 2 - the Earth Directorate strikes back - coming 2025

[Jenkem]

(who we kiddin dis gon b GUD)

We are so back.

 

[Atlantico]

Obsidian has been publishing shit since Pillows. The nuObsidian with diversity hires and faggots is a sad incompetent and lazy simulacrum of the original team, wearing its name like a skinsuit.

 

[Butter]

Obsidian has been publishing shit since Pillows. The nuObsidian with diversity hires and faggots is a sad incompetent and lazy simulacrum of the original team, wearing its name like a skinsuit.

OK sure, they haven't been able to match the quality of New Vegas in the 8 or so attempts they've made since then, but maybe this time will be different.

 

[Nikanuur]

I mean, the trailer is kind of cool, same vibe as the 2021 trailer, taking the piss abit out of itself and the industry etc.

Is the game gonna be good? I mean if they improve on virtually every pat of the first game, it might be. TOW 1 was aggressive mediocre in large parts, and suffered from lack of money and time to develop it further.
If TOW2 has this, then the game might actually be fleshed out and good.

Obviously if you dislike the artstyle, and general vibe of the world, aint nothing gonna save it for you, but for me, I generally was fine with the universe and worldbuilding, it just needed alot more time to cook.

The little jab at fallout 3 part 2 (new vegas) in the trailer, makes me think the team is hyper aware of the fact, that people actually wanted TOW 1 to be New Vegas 2 in space, but didn't get it.

This time around, we might actually get just that? The trailer certaintly doesn't discourage me from that opinion at the time of writing.

we'll see come 2025.

Very very causiously optimistic (who we kiddin dis gon b GUD)

I don't think Outer Worlds was a horrible game per-se. There were some memorable moments, some good quests and plots, the shooting was okay at times, the exploration mattered sometimes, and heck there even were some love-letters to initial Fallouts to encounter, too.
If it were presented like that; a FPS with lightweight RPG elements and some questing, *somewhat* inspired by Fallout, it may have been a different tale to tell.
But there were broken promises, posings for something and baiting people into buying your product that was way less/different than what you have advertised, false and abusive exploitations of renown terms, etc.
That's what made it a bad product.

 

[duskvile]

I would really like TOW2 establishes interesting lore, serious story and horror thematic. This lighthearted comic relieves don't work, at least for me.

 

[Gargaune]

I would really like TOW2 establishes interesting lore, serious story and horror thematic. This lighthearted comic relieves don't work, at least for me.

Dude, this is what I meant, we're talking about a different game. You've so far stated that you don't like TOW's mechanics and level design, its tone and writing, and implicitly its art direction (since it's part of that "lighthearted comic relief" style), what's left? You don't want another TOW, you want a completely different FPS/RPG, one that's... good. So would I, but it ain't happening here.

 

[duskvile]

Dude, this is what I meant, we're talking about a different game. You've so far stated that you don't like TOW's mechanics and level design, its tone and writing, and implicitly its art direction (since it's part of that "lighthearted comic relief" style), what's left? You don't want another TOW, you want a completely different FPS/RPG, one that's... good. So would I, but it ain't happening here.

I won't judge the game by the trailer. Wait and see.

 

[duke nukem]

Another masterpiece coming from Obsidian entertainment. Graphics might be outdated again, but im sure that characters will be memorable as in the first game.

 

[Gargaune]

I won't judge the game by the trailer. Wait and see.

You truly are an optimist, can't argue with that.

 

[Atlantico]

I won't judge the game by the trailer. Wait and see.

You truly are an optimist, can't argue with that.

He crossed the line into delusional. Granted there is a fine line between optimism and delusion

 

[cpmartins]

The Outer World was great, until 6 hours in I realized I didn't care about the world, the characters, any of my party members, and especially the main quest.
Ran flawlessly though, no bugs except one building that I could get in that didn't have an interior, so I got trapped there forever.
?/10 maybe I don't know. I don't remember anything about it.

 

[Child of Malkav]

The Outer World was great, until 6 hours in I realized I didn't care about the world, the characters, any of my party members, and especially the main quest.
Ran flawlessly though, no bugs except one building that I could get in that didn't have an interior, so I got trapped there forever.
?/10 maybe I don't know. I don't remember anything about it.

I did like the shroud as a disguise mechanic.
Hated the perks though.
Also, playing as a non combat stealth/persuasion character with a focus on TTD perks to aid in sneaking was a lot fun.
Other than that it was very boring. The writing was also stale. All about corporations. And slogans.
Companions and romances should be forbidden by law.
IDK, I just hope to get more mechanics from FONV. And perks from FONV that open up utility/combat/dialogue unique interactions like: cannibal with its dine and dash upgrade, terrifying presence, sandman, robotics expert etc.

 

[Sordid MCA/Prosper Hybryd]

Gameplaywise, it looks much more competent than Avowed. The setting is still cringeworthy.

 

[Dr1f7]

I wrote a quest for Outer Worlds 2, hope they include it in the game. Here's a sneak preview:

Quest name: All that Brine...
Your companion, Rick, finds himself in quite the pickle...​

Rick: Hey! %PC! Come over here!
%PC: Where are you?
Rick: Down, dumbsh!t! Look Down!
You look down at the table and see a talking pickle
Rick: See? The fricking CORPORATION turned me into a pickle! I'm Pickle Rick!!!
%PC laughtrack plays

Dialogue options:
1) Why are you a pickle? (Serious)
2) *Stomach Gurgle* I'm getting hungry (Funny)

Player picks 1 or 2, regardless of which the same dialogue follows:

%PC: My pronouns are they/them, and I respect your trans-nature, Rick. The Fat White-Cis Man Orange Cheeto Man, Tonald Dump, is responsible for this, Isn't he, Rick?

********crew applauds*********

Rick: That's fr!cking Right, %PC, I'm Pickle RICK!

 

[Child of Malkav]

I wrote a quest for Outer Worlds 2, hope they include it in the game. Here's a sneak preview:

Quest name: All that Brine...
Your companion, Rick, finds himself in quite the pickle...​

Rick: Hey! %PC! Come over here!
%PC: Where are you?
Rick: Down, dumbsh!t! Look Down!
You look down at the table and see a talking pickle
Rick: See? The fricking CORPORATION turned me into a pickle! I'm Pickle Rick!!!
%PC laughtrack plays

Dialogue options:
1) Why are you a pickle? (Serious)
2) *Stomach Gurgle* I'm getting hungry (Funny)

Player picks 1 or 2, regardless of which the same dialogue follows:

%PC: My pronouns are they/them, and I respect your trans-nature, Rick. The Fat White-Cis Man Orange Cheeto Man, Tonald Dump, is responsible for this, Isn't he, Rick?

********crew applauds*********

Rick: That's fr!cking Right, %PC, I'm Pickle RICK!

You piqued my interest Mr. Pickle.
Can't wait to see how it all plays out.
Pickle lives matter.

 

[Atlantico]

I don't remember laughing at a single "joke" in the Outer Worlds. Everything was R*ddit "humor".

It really was a R*ddit game.

 

[Fearlessjay]

Outer Worlds was a wierd one. A lot of talent involved. The first hour or so is great, and then it's the first hour endlessly repeated. Not the Tim Cain comeback I was expecting, still better then Richard Garriot or Peter Molyneux's attempts. Such a shame.

 

[PlayerEmers]

the only few things I remember from the first game were related to that priest companion, but I totally forgot his name lol
from what i remember of him, he was based but hist final quest was kinda lame
the game was aggressively average, totally forgettable

 

[NaturallyCarnivorousSheep]

Honestly just like with avoweds newest showcases, the actual gameplay doesn't look that bad(wasn't that much of it), yep, anothee 50%+ sale filler

 

[Yoomazir]

Hey, the Secret Level episode actually fits with the setting. It even had the ugly dykes haircuts and colors!

 

[The Nameless One]

Outer Worlds was a wierd one. A lot of talent involved. The first hour or so is great, and then it's the first hour endlessly repeated. Not the Tim Cain comeback I was expecting, still better then Richard Garriot or Peter Molyneux's attempts. Such a shame.

Molyneux was just a name after Fable. Putting it in any sentence not followed by con, scam, swindle or any related term makes it feel like out of context.

 

[pOcHa]

Outer Worlds was a wierd one. A lot of talent involved. The first hour or so is great, and then it's the first hour endlessly repeated. Not the Tim Cain comeback I was expecting, still better then Richard Garriot or Peter Molyneux's attempts. Such a shame.

Molyneux was just a name after Fable. Putting it in any sentence not followed by con, scam, swindle or any related term makes it feel like out of context.

"after" Fable

 

[Butter]

Fun (depressing) fact: Most people who use the name Peter Molyneux as a marketing ploy only know him from Fable. They never played a Populous game in their lives.

 

[Comrade Goby]

Fun (depressing) fact: Most people who use the name Peter Molyneux as a marketing ploy only know him from Fable. They never played a Populous game in their lives.

Most normies didn't even know who he was

 

[Orange Clock]

If it were presented like that; a FPS with lightweight RPG elements and some questing, *somewhat* inspired by Fallout, it may have been a different tale to tell.
But there were broken promises, posings for something and baiting people into buying your product that was way less/different than what you have advertised, false and abusive exploitations of renown terms, etc.
That's what made it a bad product.

I can’t recall it quite well, but wasn’t there an interview with Cain&Boyarsky before release, there they said not to expect anything big, that it’s gonna be a relatively short game with tight but branching main quest. Of course the marketing was all other the place with “From developers of FNV” and “Creators of Fallout” slogans, but actual game directors didn’t lie or give false promises unlike some. They didn’t said that writing gone be shit and boring either tho, but hey maybe they thought it was quirky and funny.

Tldr: listen to developers and don’t trust marketing ads. For all obsidian developers faults and shortcomings, lying seems to be not one of them(in recent times at least). Eg: it’s a visual adventure, not an RPG(Pentiment), it’s not so big as FNV(TOW), it’s not gonna have X feature(Awoved), i hate all white people and want a nigger to steal my job/wife/money(Awoved again)