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

[Yosharian]

Parvati is the internet favorite companion because:
All the companions are boring as fuck, but Parvati is the only female companion that can be visually identified as a (gamebryo-esque potato-replica of a) human female.

I like her because she's a clone of Kaylee from Firefly. That's probably the only reason though.

Firefly Nostalgia, eh? Too bad Whedon is incapable of making another show like that.

I don't really remember what the character was like, tbh. Been forever (edit: since 2003??? what the fuck) since I watched Firefly.
Was she an Asexual Pajeet-girl?

No, she was sexy as fuck (and bad-ass too) and there were many moments that showed she had an interest in guys sexually







Probably because, you know, it's fucking normal to have an interest in sex

 

[Yosharian]

 

[Jrpgfan]

I wish they just copy-pasted every single character from firefly instead of trying to create their own. This game would be much more enjoyable.

I've given up hope on good writing in "mainstream" RPGs. Not even a game led by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyasrky managed to have atleast decent writing. Bloodlines next year is probably gonna be the same shit despite Mitsoda being the lead writer.

Is it so hard for these vidya writers just focus on creating a good story and interesting characters instead of pushing a fucking agenda?

 

[Yosharian]

Aaaand now I have to watch all of Firefly again

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

Bought it the other day on Epic, installing it now. Stay tuned for the Real Fluent Opinion on whether this game is good or not (spoiler: I'm very much probably going to like it.)

 

[Yosharian]

"I'm asexual by the way, that's pretty much my main personality trait! Please help me make an idiot of myself in front of this girl I like. Like as in I just want to hold her hand and stuff, I don't actually want to have sex with her, eww that would be gross."

I can't imagine why there aren't more characters like this in mainstream media

 

[Yosharian]

Apparently three quarters of the population can't even define what asexuality is. Interesting, especially considering asexuality can be defined as follows by researchers:

Researchers generally define asexuality as the lack of sexual attraction or the lack of sexual interest, but their definitions vary; they may use the term "to refer to individuals with low or absent sexual desire or attractions, low or absent sexual behaviors, exclusively romantic non-sexual partnerships, or a combination of both absent sexual desires and behaviors". Self-identification as asexual may also be a determining factor.

And the Asexual Visibility and Education Network defines an asexual as

"someone who does not experience sexual attraction" and stated, "[a]nother small minority will think of themselves as asexual for a brief period of time while exploring and questioning their own sexuality" and that "[t]here is no litmus test to determine if someone is asexual. Asexuality is like any other identity – at its core, it's just a word that people use to help figure themselves out. If at any point someone finds the word asexual useful to describe themselves, we encourage them to use it for as long as it makes sense to do so."

If that sounds like a bunch of nonsensical fantasy bullshit made up by special snowflakes LARPing as scientists, then you must be a fucking bigot, because it seems real fucking simple to me.

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

What's wrong with an asexual character? It hasn't been done much, I welcome diversity and characters that aren't the usual knock-offs we always get. Deal with it.

 

[Riddler]

I hadn't noticed this while playing, but most of the NPCs in a prominent position are women. And when they are men, they are often incompetent, or of questionable character. After you see this, it's practically impossible to unsee, because it's very explicit. I can't say that this was a big problem for me because, as I said, I hadn't noticed it when I was playing, it wasn't something that I consciously paid attention to. But on the other hand, looking back, it's really impossible not to notice that, yes, there is an agenda behind these choices, it's too obvious to be by chance.

Tyranny was a bit like that, although I remember there were decent male characters too. I'm trying to remember if Pillows had anything similar yet every single time I think of that game my mind draws a blank.

PoE wasn't like that but Deadfire was but I'd argue that it was less on the nose.

 

[Yosharian]

What's wrong with an asexual character? It hasn't been done much, I welcome diversity and characters that aren't the usual knock-offs we always get. Deal with it.

YAAAS. Diversity is sooo important. So glad you're on board with the program.

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

YAAAS. Diversity is sooo important. So glad you're on board with the program.

Yeah, why have diversity, let's just recycle every tired cliche and knock-off we always get, right? Who wants anything new when you can have the usual?

 

[DalekFlay]

Found out the level cap is 30 and am rushing to the finish with my ruthless corporate merc. Haven't even been the mining planet, though I might go to finish Max's storyline. Skipped a ton of shit, why the fuck do you level so fast? Not that I necessarily want to play longer.

P.S. Asexual girl ain't a problem. One asexual character I can ever remember in the history of RPGs? Not a threat. The matriarchy bullshit is fucking ridiculous though.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

What's wrong with an asexual character? It hasn't been done much, I welcome diversity and characters that aren't the usual knock-offs we always get. Deal with it.

Because asexuality doesn't exist, it's a medical disorder that we have treatments for(e.g., bremelanotide)

 

[rusty_shackleford]

YAAAS. Diversity is sooo important. So glad you're on board with the program.

Yeah, why have diversity, let's just recycle every tired cliche and knock-off we always get, right? Who wants anything new when you can have the usual?

You're right. Instead of having a good story involving her finding her original birth mother/learning more about her father(as was obviously intended by her backstory when you meet her/read her terminal), we get a retarded "LOL ASEXUAL DATE NIGHT XD" quest that has you go around playing fedex picking up dumb shit on planets.
Thank you, diversity. You surely made this game better.

 

[Yosharian]

I'm sick to death of people pretending like sexual disorders like asexuality are 'interesting' and 'fresh' and 'bringing something new to the genre'. Fuck off already. There is NOTHING interesting about someone who doesn't like sex, are you fucking kidding me? Sex is like one of the top 5 most fun things you can do with another person, along with Magic: The Gathering and face-painting with glue. If your main character trait is that you don't like sex, I'm pretty sure I'm going to dislike your character.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

Hating on Obsidian isn't fun for me. Despite their games getting increasingly worse

TBH I think TOW is way better or at least way interesting than Deadfire so far. Not a high bar for you guys i know

What makes you like it better/find it more interesting?

It's a different genre with the first person combat and whatnot, is that it, or do you prefer the setting?
Lack of Sawyer influence?

The game not being a big open world helps a lot. Everything is smaller so i don't waste time walking/travel between places to find my objective.

Combat is more fun in TOW. RTwP was a mess, slow , confusing and not very enganing.
Turn Based isn't very balanced , it's slow af and trash mobs combat make really boring after a while. After a while in my game was buff Aloth a lot , spam stun with Eder and him, let Xoti buff us and two damage dealer.

I still find that they relies too much on lore that nobody give a fuck like PoE1. The companions quests and banter was really lacking, not mentioned romance was very weak too.

 

[Eirinjas]

I'm sick to death of people pretending like sexual disorders like asexuality are 'interesting' and 'fresh' and 'bringing something new to the genre'. Fuck off already. There is NOTHING interesting about someone who doesn't like sex, are you fucking kidding me? Sex is like one of the top 5 most fun things you can do with another person, along with Magic: The Gathering and face-painting with glue. If your main character trait is that you don't like sex, I'm pretty sure I'm going to dislike your character.

The asexuals on Reddit are "psyched" by it though.

 

[DalekFlay]

The asexuals on Reddit are "psyched" by it though.

Translation: "internet addicts who can't get laid."

 

[Riddler]

I'm sick to death of people pretending like sexual disorders like asexuality are 'interesting' and 'fresh' and 'bringing something new to the genre'. Fuck off already. There is NOTHING interesting about someone who doesn't like sex, are you fucking kidding me? Sex is like one of the top 5 most fun things you can do with another person, along with Magic: The Gathering and face-painting with glue. If your main character trait is that you don't like sex, I'm pretty sure I'm going to dislike your character.

It could have been interesting if she had to deal with the natural consequences of her asexuality, namely that the other engineer lady wouldn't want a relationship with her since every normal person considers sex an integral part of a romantic relationship.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I'm sick to death of people pretending like sexual disorders like asexuality are 'interesting' and 'fresh' and 'bringing something new to the genre'. Fuck off already. There is NOTHING interesting about someone who doesn't like sex, are you fucking kidding me? Sex is like one of the top 5 most fun things you can do with another person, along with Magic: The Gathering and face-painting with glue. If your main character trait is that you don't like sex, I'm pretty sure I'm going to dislike your character.

It could have been interesting if she had to deal with the natural consequences of her asexuality, namely that the other engineer lady wouldn't want a relationship with her since every normal person considers sex an integral part of a romantic relationship.

It wouldn't be an author self-insert/fanfic anymore then

 

[Yosharian]

I'm sick to death of people pretending like sexual disorders like asexuality are 'interesting' and 'fresh' and 'bringing something new to the genre'. Fuck off already. There is NOTHING interesting about someone who doesn't like sex, are you fucking kidding me? Sex is like one of the top 5 most fun things you can do with another person, along with Magic: The Gathering and face-painting with glue. If your main character trait is that you don't like sex, I'm pretty sure I'm going to dislike your character.

It could have been interesting if she had to deal with the natural consequences of her asexuality, namely that the other engineer lady wouldn't want a relationship with her since every normal person considers sex an integral part of a romantic relationship.

Right, that would actually have been interesting to dive into. Of course that could never be a storyline because it's far too offensive and/or triggering to suggest that an ace might have trouble finding a partner like themselves.

 

[RNGsus]

The asexuals on Reddit are "psyched" by it though.

Translation: "internet addicts who can't get laid."

More pussy for me.

 

[Broseph]

It only took me about 25 hours to finish everything. Some of the quests were pretty decent, the aesthetics/graphics are fairly nice, but it's very much style over substance and I really couldn't give a damn about most of the characters. Funny how almost every single female character in the game has a butch lesbian haircut. The whole thing feels like a very sanitized, safe, by-the-numbers type game with some good ideas but there's less than meets the eye. That being said, I did still enjoy it a fair amount, so 7/10 good for what it is.

 

[Yosharian]

YAAAS. Diversity is sooo important. So glad you're on board with the program.

Yeah, why have diversity, let's just recycle every tired cliche and knock-off we always get, right? Who wants anything new when you can have the usual?

You're absolutely right, Fluent! I definitely want developers to "recycle every tired cliche and knock-off" that we usually get. I definitely don't want anything new! That's a super insightful and charitable interpretation of my post. Thanks dude!

(Sorry, is it offensive if I call you 'dude'? I wouldn't want to.. well, you know.)

 

[Riddler]

I'm sick to death of people pretending like sexual disorders like asexuality are 'interesting' and 'fresh' and 'bringing something new to the genre'. Fuck off already. There is NOTHING interesting about someone who doesn't like sex, are you fucking kidding me? Sex is like one of the top 5 most fun things you can do with another person, along with Magic: The Gathering and face-painting with glue. If your main character trait is that you don't like sex, I'm pretty sure I'm going to dislike your character.

It could have been interesting if she had to deal with the natural consequences of her asexuality, namely that the other engineer lady wouldn't want a relationship with her since every normal person considers sex an integral part of a romantic relationship.

Right, that would actually have been interesting to dive into. Of course that could never be a storyline because it's far too offensive and/or triggering to suggest that an ace might have trouble finding a partner like themselves.

Or that she might have to go through the HORROR of having to put up with having sex with the person she loves occasionally..