The Outer Worlds Pre-Release Thread [GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Duraframe300]

Anyway, Obsidian should have never let John Gonzalez go.

I mean I like John Gonzalez and all, but that guy is no less a leftist nor exactly without fault in the writing department. New Vegas being imo the only one that stands out.

Tim and Leonard have a larger background than one game for you to trust.

 

[Nano]

Anyway, Obsidian should have never let John Gonzalez go.

And George Ziets, Travis Stout, Brian Mitsoda, etc.

But that's in the past. Right now, they should up their standards for hiring writers.

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

steam recommended me this game when I wishlisted outer worlds

is it any good?

I heard it was alright, but it's not really for me at the moment.

 

[Nano]

I mean I like John Gonzalez and all, but that guy is no less a leftist

Quiet, you. The Codex doesn't want to know that so many of their beloved classics are filled with left-wing messages.

 

[Efe]

consortium is alright.
its like fps aod.
you fail and replay again and again to gather new clues and insights and reach different outcomes in a short story.

 

[Quillon]

They should bring JohnGonzo back now. Tim got Leo, Joshy boi needs a partner.

 

[Oracsbox]

Wtf..just happend,all that interesting debate about vegans just disappeared

 

[FreeKaner]

Crafting is a waste of time and resources in RPGs, especially in FPS ones.

 

[Butter]

Crafting is a waste of time and resources in RPGs, especially in FPS ones.

Crafting poisons was useful in Oblivion to deal with HP bloat.

 

[FreeKaner]

Crafting is a waste of time and resources in RPGs, especially in FPS ones.

Crafting poisons was useful in Oblivion to deal with HP bloat.

Consumables are ok at a level, especially if they are experimental.

 

[Chippy]

Crafting is a waste of time and resources in RPGs, especially in FPS ones.

What they did in Arcanum was beautiful. What Obsidian did in KOTOR2 was also pretty great, and to a lesser extent in F:NV. I'd prefer it was in than out anyway.

 

[imweasel]

The only RPG that did crafting well was probably Baldur's Gate 2. It wasn't bloated and promoted adventuring to find the rare ingredients. The stuff you could craft was also very useful.

I also thought that the crafting in New Vegas was kind of neat. It just happens to be completely unnecessary and therefore a waste of time.

Tim and Leonard have a larger background than one game for you to trust.

Well, I trusted them enough not to let shit writers work on the game and was let down.

 

[Master]

Nobody reacts to having a gun pointed at their head.

Not only that but it also makes you feel like your character is some kind of a robot, I mean, who walks like that!? Unless of course it's a dude from an FPS of the 90's. Ugh, at least add the animation to lower the gun when the PC talks to someone. This is definitely not the only game that does that, but it seems very little people pay attention to how awkward it looks. At least games like CP2077 seem to have put some thought into FP animations.

Well, CDP has always pushed the RPG genre forward with stuff that matters. Should we be surprised?
I do remember that in Fallout 1 you had to holster your gun in some place or people would actually start shooting at you. Surely something simmilar happens in the harsh world of CP2077? Or...?

 

[Terenty]

The only RPG that did crafting well was probably Baldur's Gate 2

Crafting in arcanum was great. You could craft unique weapons you couldnt obtain anywhere else in the world. I remember crafting a cool gun from schematic in Vendigrot that used oil instead of bullets.

 

[Sailor Woedica]

mood

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

Wtf..just happend,all that interesting debate about vegans just disappeared

Lord Infinitron is a ruthless ruler.

 

[Oracsbox]

Wtf..just happend,all that interesting debate about vegans just disappeared

Lord Infinitron is a ruthless ruler.

It would seem so !
it was only a mild digression the conversation was already about to swing back to the Outer Worlds.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

Wtf..just happend,all that interesting debate about vegans just disappeared

Lord Infinitron is a ruthless ruler.

It would seem so !
it was only a mild digression the conversation was already about to swing back to the Outer Worlds.

Just let it go, order your soup and leave immediately before he takes it back.

 

[imweasel]

mood

Uh

 

[mondblut]

I wonder if Tim and Leon are reading this thread and having a good laugh.

I wonder who will have a good laugh when sales reports start rolling in

 

[Quillon]

I wonder if Tim and Leon are reading this thread and having a good laugh.

I wonder who will have a good laugh when sales reports start rolling in

Obs, Private Division, maybe Microsoft too.

 

[Roguey]

I mean I like John Gonzalez and all, but that guy is no less a leftist nor exactly without fault in the writing department. New Vegas being imo the only one that stands out.

Gonzalez isn't on twitter or tumblr, which is a big deal. Additionally, while on the bland side, his work on DS3 wasn't bad.
https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/5...-questions-on-the-obsidian-blog/#entry1134451

John G. wrote a good part of Anjali's dialogue, and he did an overall polish pass on many of the side-quest NPCs in the game.

Travis wrote most of Reinhart's dialogue and about half of Katarina. He also wrote a lot of side-quest NPCs like Leona, the Gunderics, Drakomir, Fitch, etc.

The remainder of the side quest dialogue was written by the respective area designers.

I wrote the main plotline dialogues (Marten and Odo, Dapper Gent, Meisters, Jeyne, archons, etc.), plus most of Lucas and some of Katarina.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I hate RPGs that have you go around picking up herbs and metals and shit when you own a fucking castle or something. Which describes DAI perfectly.

shit that's ok:
clearing a mine from monsters and having it provide you with a stream of resources
obtaining rare & valuable resources from dangerous places

shit that's not ok:
having me pick 10 common flowers to make something stupid or for a quest

 

[Seethe]

Crafting is a waste of time and resources in RPGs, especially in FPS ones.

Crafting poisons was useful in Oblivion to deal with HP bloat.

If it's tied to a skill like Alchemy, it's awesome especially for RP purposes. How NOT to do it: Divinity Original Sin 1 & 2. Generally though I prefer my items dropped from corpses.

 

[DeepOcean]

I don't like crafting on most games because it is just a convoluted, wasting time way of getting more power that just adds a ton of inventory juggling that gets incredible annoying in time. There is practically nothing that a crafting add that can't be provided on other ways, less annoying ways that don't involve inventory juggling.

Maybe if the crafting system is really extensive to the point of being the whole way to play a class like the mechanist on Arcanum as it made sense for your class to be some sort of mad engineer or the way Mask of the Betrayer does crafting, playing with the whole soul devouring mechanic granting you powerful essence that you could craft into obscenely powerful items that were all plot related. If the crafting system is a good thematic exploration like it was on Mark of the Betrayer or a mechanical requisition like Arcanum that is connected to the rest of the game, it is okay, if it is just a throw away system to make the player feel he is doing "stuff", that is a waste of time.