Game News The Outer Worlds gets Spacer's Choice Edition remaster

[Infinitron]

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

We all thought we'd heard the last of The Outer Worlds after the release of its final DLC in 2021. Well, Obsidian's polished but mediocre corporate space colony RPG is back for one last hurrah. Apparently Private Division needed to fill a hole in their release schedule this year, so they put together The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition, a next-gen remaster featuring a variety of visual improvements and a greatly increased level cap. Naturally it includes both of the game's expansion DLCs. Here's the trailer:

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The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition is available on Steam and GOG for $60, with a 20% launch discount for the next two weeks. Unfortunately it's not a free upgrade for existing owners, but if you also own both DLCs you can get the upgrade for $10. Although judging by the reviews on Steam, perhaps you won't want to. It seems these next-gen remastered editions rarely turn out well.

 

[TheImplodingVoice]

Mr.Shitshiller is at it again

 

[mindx2]

What?! They needed higher definition quest arrows every 10' instead of every 50'?

 

[Falksi]

Fucking awful game which absolutely sucks the joy out of gaming. Hope it sells fuck all.

 

[Jrpgfan]

Now you can even see the bacterial colonies in that turd!

"See that fecal coliform there? You can climb it!"

 

[Roguey]

Apparently Private Division needed to fill a hole in their release schedule this year, so they had them put together The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition

They had Virtuos do it, not Obsidian. Obsidian's community managers having to run PR all over the internet telling people to file all their technical issues and complaints to Private Division, the people responsible for releasing and fixing this.

 

[Lord of Riva]

I played it on gamepass for a bit. It had some okayish shooting mechanics and that was basically everything positive to say about it. Not sure what warrants this remaster or what the point of it is.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

I played it on gamepass for a bit. It had some okayish shooting mechanics and that was basically everything positive to say about it. Not sure what warrants this remaster or what the point of it is.

Older CRPGs are like fine cuisine, modern ones like fast food and TOW is stale fast food.

 

[Delterius]

I played it on gamepass for a bit. It had some okayish shooting mechanics and that was basically everything positive to say about it. Not sure what warrants this remaster or what the point of it is.

5 million copies sold also obsidian and bethesda are now part of an oligopoly and are conspiring to disappoint fans in quick succession to maximize sales (FO76 > TOW > Starfield)

 

[MicoSelva]

Roguey is right, Infinitron , Obsidian did not develop this version Virtuous Games (a set of worldwide studios specializing in ports and support development) did.

 

[Roguey]

Not sure what warrants this remaster or what the point of it is.

Porting from PS4/One to PS5/Series X and trying to inject cash into a failing business https://www.gamesindustry.biz/take-two-cuts-jobs-at-private-division

 

[Mordru]

OMG! I heard this was like Fallout but in space!!

 

[Jrpgfan]

OMG! I heard this was like Fallout but in space!!

But it is.

Like Fallout 76 in space.

 

[Tyrion8338]

OMG! I heard this was like Fallout but in space!!

But it is.

Like Fallout 76 in space.

I think I liked fallout 76 story more.

Fallout 76 could be a pretty interesting story-wise but they had to gut any story choices becasue of mmo nature of the game.

 

[Hellraiser]

OMG! I heard this was like Fallout but in space!!

It sure is, just imagine the temple of trials from Fallout 2, only the whole game is like that!

 

[Ryzer]

Infinishill shilling another Obshitian game, sky is blue, roses are red, shitty is the main page and so is Obsidian.

 

[koyota]

Do developer sign away all rights on remasters for these type of deals?

You would think Obsidian would veto this release considering bad PR for Outer Worlds 2

 

[Roguey]

Do developer sign away all rights on remasters for these type of deals?

You would think Obsidian would veto this release considering bad PR for Outer Worlds 2

Obsidian retained ownership of The Outer Worlds IP, but that went to Microsoft with the sale. Neither of them have any say over what Private Division can do with the game they funded. If any IP owner could cancel any game for being too low quality there'd be a bunch of D&D games that never would have seen the light of day.

 

[markec]

Do developer sign away all rights on remasters for these type of deals?

You would think Obsidian would veto this release considering bad PR for Outer Worlds 2

Playing Outer Worlds is enough of a bad PR for the sequel.

 

[Stokowski]

I'm imagining Feargus standing over a copy of The Outer Worlds and crying, "Look how they massacred my boy!"

 

[Forest Dweller]

Is this worth torrenting if I've already done a torrent of the game plus DLC?

 

[frajaq]

Is this worth torrenting if I've already done a torrent of the game plus DLC?

no because the performance is even worse than the base game
Obsidian did the epic thing where they send it to some third-rate dev to remaster it for them (like Blizzard did Warcraft 3 Reforged to some scuffed devs in Southeast Asia)

 

[BrotherFrank]

The obsidian game that has the least need of a remaster gets a remaster, there is no justice in this world.

Or maybe there is as they seem to have screwed it up.

 

[Glop_dweller]

Is this worth torrenting if I've already done a torrent of the game plus DLC?

Nothing is.

 

[luj1]

We all thought we'd heard the last of The Outer Worlds

Yes we all hoped