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

[AwesomeButton]

Piratebay it is then.

 

[Wunderbar]

day 1 purchase
oh wait, EGS exclusive

you mean windows store?

Evil is Evil. Lesser, greater, middling… Makes no difference. The degree is arbitary. The definition’s blurred. If I’m to choose between one evil and another… I’d rather not choose at all

 

[Orma]

WELCOME TO
THE FUTURE
TRY NOT TO BREAK IT

Lost in transit while on a colonist ship bound for the furthest edge of the galaxy, you awake decades later than you expected only to find yourself in the midst of a deep conspiracy threatening to destroy the Halcyon colony.

As you explore the furthest reaches of space and encounter a host of factions all vying for power, who you decide to become will determine the fate of everyone in Halcyon. In the corporate equation for the colony, you are the unplanned variable.

Prosperity awaits you in Halcyon - humanity's furthest colony, located on the very edge of the frontier! Come bask in a lifetime of guaranteed full employment*, with only a minor term of [REDACTED] years of service!

Site was updated https://outerworlds.obsidian.net/

 

[Infinitron]

Well I'm going to continue my doomed campaign to try to convince them to distribute free Steam keys a year after release to people who pre-order the game: https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/1...rders-announced/?tab=comments#comment-2160669

I'll buy the game anywhere as long as you give it to me for free on Steam at some point. I just don't want to pay twice.

 

[Sailor Woedica]

Bestie.

 

[Zombra]

Nobody has really mentioned a super relevant thing about the trailer: they're clearly embracing the thing that made New Vegas such an important game. Substantial, story-changing responsiveness to different ways of playing. I don't know whether it will be deeper than "puppy kicker vs. orphan rescuer", but I suspect it will. I'm very much looking forward to seeing how far off the rails I can go. Wonder if I can finish a playthrough without ever pushing the attack button.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Nobody has really mentioned a super important thing about the trailer: they're clearly embracing the thing that made New Vegas such an important game. Substantial, story-changing responsiveness to different ways of playing. I don't know whether it will be deeper than "puppy kicker vs. orphan rescuer", but I suspect it will. I'm very much looking forward to seeing how far off the rails I can go. Wonder if I can finish a playthrough without ever pushing the attack button.

It would be worth a playthrough at least to try that. What worries me is the writing team and their ability to provide plausible reactions of the world to player actions which can keep the plot going and at the same time not take the player out of his character and into a critic's role.

I mean shit like the pseudo-reactivity with Eothas in the PoE 5.0 patch, and many other examples from Deadfire I can cite.

 

[Sailor Woedica]

New screenshots from website: https://outerworlds.obsidian.net/

You missed these photos, sis!

 

[Zombra]

Nobody has really mentioned a super important thing about the trailer: they're clearly embracing the thing that made New Vegas such an important game. Substantial, story-changing responsiveness to different ways of playing. I don't know whether it will be deeper than "puppy kicker vs. orphan rescuer", but I suspect it will. I'm very much looking forward to seeing how far off the rails I can go. Wonder if I can finish a playthrough without ever pushing the attack button.

It would be worth a playthrough at least to try that. What worries me is the writing team and their ability to provide plausible reactions of the world to player actions which can keep the plot going and at the same time not take the player out of his character and into a critic's role.

I don't know anything about the writing team, or the differences between NV's writers and this group. Really I doubt writing is a potential problem ... any writer can at least come up with a few different endings for every quest. I'm more concerned with the level of resources put into scripting and implementation, actually getting all those ideas into the game. If they're bragging so hard about reactivity in this trailer, it might mean they put in the investment. Maybe not of course, but I'll at least want to check it out.

Honestly, even if moment-to-moment writing isn't great, I enjoy any game where I can see a substantial impact of my playstyle.

 

[turkishronin]

There's really nothing innovative about this game to advertise. It's basically a colorful Fallout New Vegas mod.

Thats how people described New Vegas though.

Well, pissfilter Fallout 3 mod instead of colorful.

Fallout New Vegas was released 9 years ago

 

[Vulpes]

Bestie.

What kind of tranny is that? Male-to-female or female-to-male? I honestly can't tell

 

[Duraframe300]

There's really nothing innovative about this game to advertise. It's basically a colorful Fallout New Vegas mod.

Thats how people described New Vegas though.

Well, pissfilter Fallout 3 mod instead of colorful.

Fallout New Vegas was released 9 years ago

And Fallout New Vegas looked nearly 5 years out of date at that point as well. Not really the point I’m making here.

 

[undecaf]

Nobody has really mentioned a super relevant thing about the trailer: they're clearly embracing the thing that made New Vegas such an important game. Substantial, story-changing responsiveness to different ways of playing. I don't know whether it will be deeper than "puppy kicker vs. orphan rescuer", but I suspect it will. I'm very much looking forward to seeing how far off the rails I can go. Wonder if I can finish a playthrough without ever pushing the attack button.

Their narrative approach is really intriguing.

It’s just a shame the game looks so boring to play, that enjoying the narrative possibilities and reactivity might just become too much of a chore.

 

[Infinitron]

Easter eggs spotted by Ethics Gradient: https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/109668-e3-trailer-observations/

Pillars of Eternity reference as Ellie fires up a terminal emulator and appears to try launching "D:\OBS\POE.exe"

October 23, the date of Fallout's Great War. War. War never changes...

 

[Jenkem]

Well I'm going to continue my doomed campaign to try to convince them to distribute free Steam keys a year after release to people who pre-order the game: https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/1...rders-announced/?tab=comments#comment-2160669

I'll buy the game anywhere as long as you give it to me for free on Steam at some point. I just don't want to pay twice.

Infinishill trying to push people to buy this day 1 on Epic to drive up sales of EGS...

 

[Zombra]

It’s just a shame the game looks so boring to play, that enjoying the narrative possibilities and reactivity might just become too much of a chore.

You're not wrong; on the other hand, we've only seen action trailers and shooting gameplay, because what else can they substantially show off? It's certainly possible that's all there is, but I'm finding it difficult to envision any trailer or gameplay preview capturing the things I liked about NV. Basically I can't know whether the important stuff is there until I play it.

 

[fantadomat]

Sigh, no I'm also way disappointed by the new trailer

Clearly the game is dead now,even the sailor girl is not happy.


PS: Don't mind playing as a muscle ass dude,it reminds me of mine.

 

[fantadomat]

Bestie.

What kind of tranny is that? Male-to-female or female-to-male? I honestly can't tell

An old artistic design - to - modern SJW unity created one.

 

[Infinitron]

My post: https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/109665-hey-obsidian-relabel-your-outer-worlds-forum-already/

Result: https://forums.obsidian.net/forum/135-fionavar/

lol

 

[turkishronin]

Well I'm going to continue my doomed campaign to try to convince them to distribute free Steam keys a year after release to people who pre-order the game: https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/1...rders-announced/?tab=comments#comment-2160669

I'll buy the game anywhere as long as you give it to me for free on Steam at some point. I just don't want to pay twice.

Bro just wait until CODEX release

 

[Quillon]

Checked Obs forums yesterday, why is it dead?

 

[fantadomat]

Infinitron ,i did miss you during my drunken escapades in golden Praha and Viena.

 

[Terenty]

Checked Obs forums yesterday, why is it dead?

Noone gives a shit about it, even developers

 

[Jenkem]

My post: https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/109665-hey-obsidian-relabel-your-outer-worlds-forum-already/

Result: https://forums.obsidian.net/forum/135-fionavar/

lol

Feargus: Should we hire this Infintron guy as a community manager or something? He is really on top of things.
Cheesecake Factory Waiter: Sir, I just asked if you'd like some more water...
Feargus: Ahh, good point, why pay him when he does all this for free?
Waiter: Sir, I don't understand what you are saying...

 

[undecaf]

You're not wrong; on the other hand, we've only seen action trailers and shooting gameplay, because what else can they substantially show off? It's certainly possible that's all there is, but I'm finding it difficult to envision any trailer or gameplay preview capturing the things I liked about NV. Basically I can't know whether the important stuff is there until I play it.

My issue is, that I've been done with NV for years. I don't hate the idea of a game made in a similiar vein, but I think this game - from the way it looks - "improves/evolves" the gameplay formula in a wrong way, or not at all in places.

Maybe there's a hook there that we don't know of yet, but I'm not too convinced that if it is there, it's also something that would really redeem what's been shown.