The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition - Obsidian's first-person sci-fi RPG set in a corporate space colony

[GentlemanCthulhu]

As a true fan of their IP in the fullest sense... give up. It's all over.

Oh i'm not naive enough to think we'll get another Morrowind or New Vegas. It's just that i'm willing to forgive and convince myself to enjoy their games, so long as they don't disappoint in the way TOW does.

 

[jf8350143]

Are people really praising Greedfall's "character progression" here? Where you have six skills(each with only 3 level and do jack shit other than passing checks) and you can master all of them at the same time?

 

[RNGsus]

Its awesome buying this brand new computer and the only good game out there is the new Metro.

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

I have no issue with asexual lesbian companion, some strong independent wymen as NPCs and any of that stuff in particular.

Me neither, but i do have an issue when that becomes the norm. In TOW, most heads of institutes are women while most of the dumb peons are men. So there is no balance here (which would be okay) and its instead a feminist pip-dream forcing itself in a videogame. It has no place in my entertainment.

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

Pretty much the only argument I need re: writing for Deadfire.

Isn't that from Tranny and not Deadfire?

 

[HarveyBirdman]

Pretty much the only argument I need re: writing for Deadfire.

Isn't that from Tranny and not Deadfire?

Forgive me, for I am post-World Series drunk posting.

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

Forgive me, for I am post-World Series drunk posting.

Deadfire did, imo, manage to strike a balance when it came to gender stuff. There's a reasonable distribution of power (and while equality is still far from reality, among fuckin' pirates no less) it still doesn't offend me the way TOW does with its "ALL positions of power are filled by women while all peons are men" feminist pipe-dream/pseudo-essay.

 

[JDR13]

People who have played this: was I right?

Is this Borderlands with Deadfire C&C?

I haven't played Deadfire yet, but TOW is nothing like Borderlands. Other than being Sci-fi, they have very little in common.

I'm still fairly early in the game, but it's the best Sci-fi RPG I've played in a long time. Of course that isn't saying much because the only other modern Sci-fi RPGs are Mass Effect, KotOR, and Borderlands (if you consider Borderlands an RPG).

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

I'd say it's the best Sci-fi RPG I've played in a long time.

Ah fuck off.

 

[JDR13]

I'd say it's the best Sci-fi RPG I've played in a long time.

Ah fuck off.

Your mom.

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

Your mom.

You*re.

 

[Danikas]

Its awesome buying this brand new computer and the only good game out there is the new Metro.

Why buy new computer when my 3 year old clunker runs everyhting that comes out on high settings thanks to console degenerates.

 

[cvv]

I'd say it's the best Sci-fi RPG I've played in a long time.

Both nuDeus Exes are bleeding edge masterpieces next to this brainless goo you muppet.

 

[Konjad]

 

[HarveyBirdman]

Who is mom?

Anyway:

People who have played this: was I right?

Is this Borderlands with Deadfire C&C?

I haven't played Deadfire yet, but TOW is nothing like Borderlands. Other than being Sci-fi, they have very little in common.

I'm still fairly early in the game, but it's the best Sci-fi RPG I've played in a long time. Of course that isn't saying much because the only other modern Sci-fi RPGs are Mass Effect, KotOR, and Borderlands (if you consider Borderlands an RPG).

Sci-fi is a creatively bankrupt setting for all media. But I liked Mass Effect, so I'll take your word for it. Everybody likes junk food.

I'll see for myself in a year. No way I'm paying Epic or Microsoft

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

Both nuDeus Exes are bleeding edge masterpieces next to this brainless goo you muppet.

Fuckin' AGREED.

 

[JDR13]

I'd say it's the best Sci-fi RPG I've played in a long time.

Both nuDeus Exes are bleeding edge masterpieces next to this brainless goo you muppet.

Not disagreeing that the DX games are good, but I consider those to be more cyberpunk than Sci-fi.

*Edit* Ah right.. this is where you parrot that cyberpunk is a subgenre of Sci-fi. Nevermind that I was obviously talking about more traditional Sci-fi.

 

[Danikas]

INSTANT CLASSIC

 

[the mole]

Its awesome buying this brand new computer and the only good game out there is the new Metro.

How do you know it's good, I couldn't get past the 3 hours of hand holding and story faggotry the game threw at me

 

[Konjad]

I tried to play for a few hours more, visit different planets, do different quests, but the game seems even worse than it was at the beginning. Gamplay isn't engaging, but I never expected it from Obsidian anyway. However, I just can't digest this abysmal boring writing. I don't really care about any SJW you guys do, but I must say it's probably one of the games with most boring dialogues and quests I have ever played.

 

[Zerginfestor]

INSTANT CLASSIC

Makes sense, because as soon as you play it, you forget about the game for years to come!

 

[Drakortha]

I knew it was bad after I returned to Edgewater and expecting the boss to be pissed at me after having got Parvati killed, as well as wiping out all of the Botanists (when the bossman explicitly told me not to), yet he didn't give a shit.

 

[DalekFlay]

Deadfire C&C is quite meaningful and its not a feminist "essay" masking as a video game. So no.

I usually mock the anti-SJW crusade some have on here, but I will say 25ish hours in that it's getting laughable how all the strong leaders are women and the few men in leadership positions are idiots. It's the American sitcom trend of "smart wife/dumbass husband" in video game form. The male companions are alright though.

 

[Drakortha]

Deadfire C&C is quite meaningful and its not a feminist "essay" masking as a video game. So no.

I usually mock the anti-SJW crusade some have on here, but I will say 25ish hours in that it's getting laughable how all the strong leaders are women and the few men in leadership positions are idiots. It's the American sitcom trend of "smart wife/dumbass husband" in video game form. The male companions are alright though.

You actually cannot ignore it no matter how hard you try. It is so on the nose it's ridiculous.

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-outer-worlds

82 critic score average
80 player score average