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

[Quillon]

Y'know, I gotta say... Making a sequel wasn't their best choice,

Spoiler

it's a Spacer's Choice™!

you've tried the best(fnv) now try the rest

 

[jebsmoker]

why is tim cain even fucking with this. he should just make an indie isometric crpg with a small cabal of highly talented people since he has a wealth of knowledge from his education and his time at interplay

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

Once the muse is gone, only the Sawyer is left...

 

[Deadass]

Flou what is boyarsky doing? did he retire too?

 

[Jenkem]

did tim cain really retire?

and before realizing his dream of shape-based stats?

 

[Gargaune]

why is tim cain even fucking with this. he should just make an indie [...] with a small cabal of highly talented people

 

[jebsmoker]

why is tim cain even fucking with this. he should just make an indie [...] with a small cabal of highly talented people

tim cain didn't work on that game

 

[Zombra]

https://outerworlds2.obsidian.net

New star system. New crew. Same Outer Worlds.

I wish I could believe that they'd stick with the gag. A sequel that didn't take itself seriously and went all in on parodying big entertainment could be very much worth playing, in the vein of Blood Dragon.

 

[Jenkem]

apparently this thursday microsoft is going to have another event and show off more footage of games coming soon like psychonauts 2 as well as "conversations with some of internal MS teams," obsidian included.

unsure if they will talk about this or other projects (perhaps they will mention avowed?) Infinitron

 

[Ezeekiel]

I wish I could believe that they'd stick with the gag. A sequel that didn't take itself seriously and went all in on parodying big entertainment could be very much worth playing, in the vein of Blood Dragon.

I cannot imagine their sense of humor improving to such a degree out of nowhere.

 

[Reader]

What do you mean?

Ken Rolston was credited as a lead designer for both Morrowind and Oblivion. Now his name is kinda forgotten but twenty years ago it was big. Oblivion turned out to be nothing compared to Morrowind to say the least. Rolston admitted later in an interview that his contribution was very small.

Same with TOW. Now i clearly understand what nu Obsidian is but i expected at least some degree of interesting characters like in VtMB, level architecture like in VtMB, maybe some unusual system..Nothing. The game is forgettable. Also it failed hard to establish the lore.

"Directors Boyarsky/Cain" is just PR move. Or they don't have an enthusiasm to work. TOW sucks and i don't see why TOW2 should be different.

 

[fantadomat]

https://outerworlds2.obsidian.net

New star system. New crew. Same Outer Worlds.

Fierce

Someone is back....again....

 

[fantadomat]

All the top tier trolls are in this thread,it will glorious shitshow. All that is left is for Lacrymas to tell us about his gay sex life and Hóngwèibīng to post some red fists.

 

[Flou]

If Brandon's directing this, then Tim's gone.

Or they just wanted to take a breath from leading a big project. Wouldn't be the first time at Obsidian.

 

[Lacrymas]

All that is left is for Lacrymas to tell us about his gay sex life

The lack of one you mean.

 

[fantadomat]

All that is left is for Lacrymas to tell us about his gay sex life

The lack of one you mean.

Stop being such weirdo,mate. Find yourself some decent woman and make a family while you still can.

 

[Quillon]

If Brandon's directing this, then Tim's gone.

Or they just wanted to take a breath from leading a big project. Wouldn't be the first time at Obsidian.

so how long it will take "them" to find out badler's been posting here and to cancel him?

"breaking news: tow2 game director's is a nazi blabla"

 

[Justicar]

Goty incoming.

 

[likash]

Boyarksy and Tim should work on Arcanum 2 instead of this piece of junk. I would settle even for a remake of the original Arcanum.

 

[Bad Sector]

Ken Rolston was credited as a lead designer for both Morrowind and Oblivion. Now his name is kinda forgotten but twenty years ago it was big. Oblivion turned out to be nothing compared to Morrowind to say the least. Rolston admitted later in an interview that his contribution was very small.

I see. The only interview i remember about Rolston on Oblivion was that he thought voice acting was inferior to text-based dialog but that is what kids want these days (in 2006).

 

[Grunker]

why is tim cain even fucking with this. he should just make an indie [...] with a small cabal of highly talented people

are you people really still apologizing for this motherfucker after the ball of mediocre boredom Outer Worlds was

 

[HoboForEternity]

why is tim cain even fucking with this. he should just make an indie [...] with a small cabal of highly talented people

are you people really still apologizing for this motherfucker after the ball of mediocre boredom Outer Worlds was

I actually have a little hope now that they aren't the directors anymore

 

[Reader]

Ken Rolston was credited as a lead designer for both Morrowind and Oblivion. Now his name is kinda forgotten but twenty years ago it was big. Oblivion turned out to be nothing compared to Morrowind to say the least. Rolston admitted later in an interview that his contribution was very small.

I see. The only interview i remember about Rolston on Oblivion was that he thought voice acting was inferior to text-based dialog but that is what kids want these days (in 2006).

From here
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news..._secrets_of_The_Elder_Scrolls_IV_Oblivion.php

With Oblivion, I made hardly any of the content myself, just a few scraps in the main quest and a couple of different quests. So my design was changed from a highly centrally controlled, centrally authored content to something which had as many different voices as possible.

Then he actually praises some work of his former colleagues but what can he do, critique them?
Surprisingly he's still working. Canadians behind Long Dark took him on board.
Maybe Boyarsky/Cain should go to canadians too?.. Outward guys seem perspective..

Boyarksy and Tim should work on Arcanum 2 instead of this piece of junk. I would settle even for a remake of the original Arcanum.

The thing with Arcanum is that it belongs to Bobby.

 

[Infinitron]

Tim Cain may have had a relatively hands off role on The Outer Worlds after its initial conception, but Leonard Boyarsky was narrative lead and created characters like Vicar Max, etc. He seemed more invested in the game's development and was disappointed by how much content they had to cut. Remember, he left Blizzard specifically to make it.

 

[Grunker]

Tim Cain may have had a relatively hands off role on The Outer Worlds after its initial conception, but Leonard Boyarsky was narrative lead and created characters like Vicar Max, etc. He seemed more invested in the game's development and was disappointed by how much content they had to cut. Remember, he left Blizzard specifically to make it.

But content cutting is obviously not an excuse here. VtM:B was a diamond despite it flaws - so excuses work there, because you can say "yeah development was shit, there were a lot of problems, but look at the core of what we produced, it's exceptional."

That's why Outer Worlds is so damning. Everything from idea to writing to design to execution - everything is bland and uninspired. Bad ideas on bad ideas.

Especially the way the villain and the plot was crafted is really indicative that these guys aren't really very clever. It's the type of stock anticorp satire I thought was hilarious when I was 13-year-old.