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

[Turisas]

Unfortunately this also means you have to sit through the shitshow that is the Game Awards just to see the reveal, look at all those horrible categories: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_Awards_2018

Outer Worlds will probably be somewhere between Best Esports Coach and Best Mobile Game.

 

[Perkel]

Go Tim Go Leo !

 

[frajaq]

please don't be garbage please don't be garbage please don't be garbage please don't be garbage

 

[NullFlow]

Could be a coincidental slight against Bethesda with the retrofuturist aesthetic for the disillusioned Fallout fans and a space sci-fi to compete against Starfield. Anyway, the pedigree of the names attached is enough for some cautious optimism. Might make watching TGA worth it for the oodles of commercials and Fortnite kiddie appeal.

 

[Bocian]

Hope for the best.

Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.

 

[conan_edw]

If the trailer plays out and it's a voiced protagonist I will kill myself

 

[Molina]

Arcanum 2 : 1900's

 

[Ismaul]

At this stage I can't get more excited than:

One half Elex/10

Let's first see if the Steampunk isn't just a "retro is cool you guys" gimmick, and if the "humor" that's talked about is more of the self-deprecating Harold type rather than the Bethesda "look it's Vault Boy" type.

 

[FeelTheRads]

At this point the only thing I hope for is some nice art direction from Boyarsky.
There's literally no chance that the game will be a Black Isle/Troika-style RPG.

 

[TemplarGR]

At this point the only thing I hope for is some nice art direction from Boyarsky.
There's literally no chance that the game will be a Black Isle/Troika-style RPG.

This may be a good thing. This might mean we may get a working version.

 

[Infinitron]

The game is going to be a multiplatform action-RPG, obviously.

The big question, IMO, is whether it will have multiplayer, and to what degree multiplayer will be emphasized if it will.

 

[santino27]

If the trailer plays out and it's a voiced protagonist I will kill myself

Surprise, it's a voiced triangle.

 

[toro]

I want to believe.

 

[Safav Hamon]

I believe

 

[Roguey]

Unfortunately this also means you have to sit through the shitshow that is the Game Awards just to see the reveal, look at all those horrible categories: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_Awards_2018

Outer Worlds will probably be somewhere between Best Esports Coach and Best Mobile Game.

The trailer will be up online minutes after it airs, just as always.

 

[undecaf]

Fingers crossed....

 

[Jenkem]

Martian Dreams successor?

 

[Kyl Von Kull]

Before the anti-triangle jihad goes into full swing, please remember that the triangle system Tim showed in his Reboot presentation last year is a numeric system.

You have six stats (SPECIAL without luck because luck is now a perk) in two separate pools. You distribute the same number of points among three physical stats and three mental stats. Rather than 1-10, each attribute runs from 1-4. One is shit, two is ok, three is good, four is great.

Tim uses the triangles to express the fact that each pool of stats has only two possible distributions: 3-3-1 or 4-2-2.

In point buy terms: say you get 7 points for each pool. Going from 1-2 costs 1 point, going from 2-3 or 3-4 on a single stat costs 2 points. going from 2-3 on a second stat costs 3 points (think of it as a bonus for specialization or a tax on versatility). With that system, there are only two possible distributions for each pool of stats, 3-3-1 or 4-2-2. Unless my simple arithmetic is very off due to sleep deprivation.

Sure, it would be better to have a more granular system like SPECIAL, but Bloodlines did just fine with attributes running from 1-5. So 1-4 may be decline, but it's a smaller decline than you might expect.

 

[glass blackbird]

They waited to see how hard Fallout 76 would flop and can now be hailed as the bringers of incline to Fallout-like games.

Yes! This is such a good marketing lewk, with Bethesda ruining the fallout brand with 76 and Obsidian able to say this game is made by the original creators of Fallout. Outer Worlds is going to be snatched to the gods onstage

It's similar to how Ubisoft has gone all in on Bioware stuff because, fuck it, nobody else is. Even if the game's bad, what are the fans going to do, there's no alternative really so they'll buy it anyway

 

[Infinitron]

Before the anti-triangle jihad goes into full swing, please remember that the triangle system Tim showed in his Reboot presentation last year is a numeric system.

As I said when the idea was revealed, I think the reason people have a particularly negative reaction to "geometric shapes" is that the words conjure up the vision of some kind of childish, Playmobil-esque user interface where words and numbers are literally replaced one-to-one with colorful shapes and symbols. Like instead of the number 3 there's a blue triangle and instead of 4 there's a red square.

Tim should have picked a cooler, more adult-sounding term to use instead of "geometric shapes".

 

[santino27]

I don't think anyone's particularly negative to the concept behind it... it's just easy, low-hanging fruit when it comes time to make a mocking post for internet points. (Case in point; my post. )

 

[Father Foreskin]

This is a completely new approach to rpg stats. You have a triangle, an X, probably a square. All you need then is a circle and you can mash all 4 buttons on your playstation controller.

 

[Sailor Woedica]

shapes rule

 

[Nano]

shapes rule

Especially the shape of Leonard Boyarsky's body.

 

[Ismaul]

Yeah Vagina for the flat top triangle and Penis for the percing tip triangle (and flat ball sac) would've been much more... organic terms.