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

[Duraframe300]

Sony and MS can't really BS 100% when physical distribution is still high on consoles, distributors give a good indication of sales figures. Figures on PC here are no doubt muddy and likely lower than consoles due to Epic. Any data is probably from "Game-Pass sales" (Microsoft looking at Windows & Xbox as one platform).

NPD numbers are also just America. Looking into them too much is dumb and retards should stop deliberately forgetting to mention that little tidbit when posting NPD crap.

Well, yeah. But, America is still the biggest video gaming market. And NPD numbers are still the closest you get to any real indication of a games performance in the states, unless you believe publishers.

 

[jf8350143]

The companion quests feels really linear and didn't really have much choices other than just "not doing it properly", which is strange since most of the other quests are not like this.

 

[Commissar Draco]

Got around the bug of Chairman Rockwell crashing my game by killing his fat useless ass, the rest was two conversation and couple of skill checks away, I am surprised there is no word about Rose valley in endings nor its acknowledged I killed Sublight and also continued the research about nutrition it was three planets quests after all, It was fun for price I payed thanks Micro-soft I guess, but last three dungeons were blur for me only wanted the game to finish sooner. So much was caught away or just left for sequel I guess but i am really not eager to play it again if only how board endings differs from mine:

You bought an end to the chaos on Tartarus and proved yourself the most capable leader left in the colony.

You administered the colony in your own image. With the old power of the Board destroyed, a new government of Halycon rose with you at its center. With your steady hand, you guided Halcyon through the turbulent years that were to follow and helped ensure the survival of the colony until the end of your days.



So Chairman by your own hand and generous application of machine gun fire, Have fun discussing this shit game Comrades, I am finished.

 

[fantadomat]

Outer Worlds is 2nd best selling game in october.

https://venturebeat.com/2019/11/14/...of-duty-and-outer-worlds-deliver-solid-month/

Retard,it is a bunch of big words meaning nothing. Every time is the same,epic and the publisher say that they sold good or above expectations,then half a year later some dev leaks that it wasn't actually true. Either show some hard data or fuck off shill!

NPD doesn't give hard data to the public anymore (their statistics are meant for business analysts in the first place), except general numbers of software and hardware sales (for a few years now). So, you're not going to get exact numbers.It's also not measuring sold units, but hard cash value.

So, the only hard fact here is, as I said, that Outer Worlds was the second best selling game in october in the US. That's a fact. What that means, we don't know. It could be that Modern Warfare ate up all game sales in the month and every other game sold horribly. That's possible by all accounts.

They are officialy recognized though (not just for videogames, but for sales data in general).

Yeah,no data means just guesses and make believe numbers. For all we know it could have flopped. The data in that article is pretty useless,one of those that are used to hype the game after release so the stocks don't drop. If they sold very well,we would have gotten an actual number.

 

[Duraframe300]

Yeah,no data means just guesses and make believe numbers. For all we know it could have flopped. The data in that article is pretty useless,one of those that are used to hype the game after release so the stocks don't drop. If they sold very well,we would have gotten an actual number.

Again, they're as close to accurate as you're gonna get for retail. They are an international market research institution. They don't just make them public anymore. Period. They did in the past (And were

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_NPD_Group

NPD measures how consumers shop across all channels, sourcing data from both retailers and consumers to quantify sales, share, distribution, and velocity. The market research company collects point-of-sale data, tracking retailers, distributors, and foodservice operators, measuring what’s selling at 1,250 retailers, across 300,000 stores. NPD also interviews 12 million consumers annually and tracks millions of their receipts—following the same consumers over time—to understand shifting tastes and trends.

NPD helps retailers, manufacturers, financial analysts, and the public sector measure performance, predict future performance, improve marketing and product development, and identify business and consumer trends and market opportunities. NPD tracks spending and has dedicated advisers and analysts in more than 20 industries: apparel, appliances, automotive, beauty, books, consumer electronics, e-commerce, entertainment, fashion accessories, food consumption, foodservice, footwear, home, juvenile products, mobile, office supplies, retail, sports, technology, toys, travel retail, video games, and watches/jewelry.[1]

That's the closest you are going to get from an independent organization. The rest is from the publishers themselves.
(Who ususally are lying through their teeth to look good for investors)

And at that point we can't remotly trust any indication of performance ever. If thats your point. Then, ok. I understand.

 

[Grampy_Bone]

I have an RTX 2070 Super, 4ghz i7, 16gb RAM, and at 1080p max settings I got tons of hitching and stuttering at launch. A driver update fixed most of it but its sad when a game like this runs poorly while AC Odyssey, Rage 2, Borderlands 3, Greedfall, and Control all run silky smooth 60fps+ at max on the same hardware.

While it's easy to blame the devs they don't actually have access to the render code, they have to ask Nvidia and AMD to optimize the game for them. Bigger releases get more attention, naturally, and this game ships with an AMD splash logo which tells me nvidia had little incentive to put forth their best effort.

 

[Jimmious]

Can't wait to play this game in 5 years with mods like "anti-stutter", "FixPack v234945" etc
To keep the tradition going

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

 

[aweigh]

i'd rather have some Molerat Stew with Nightstalker Squeezings instead, thanx

 

[Duraframe300]

That's now 2 sources that were positivly surprised by the drink. Might make some as well.

 

[Fedora Master]

Can't wait to play this game in 5 years with mods like "anti-stutter", "FixPack v234945" etc
To keep the tradition going

Doesn't EGS fuck with the modability somehow?

 

[Jezal_k23]

I have an RTX 2070 Super, 4ghz i7, 16gb RAM, and at 1080p max settings I got tons of hitching and stuttering at launch. A driver update fixed most of it but its sad when a game like this runs poorly while AC Odyssey, Rage 2, Borderlands 3, Greedfall, and Control all run silky smooth 60fps+ at max on the same hardware.

While it's easy to blame the devs they don't actually have access to the render code, they have to ask Nvidia and AMD to optimize the game for them. Bigger releases get more attention, naturally, and this game ships with an AMD splash logo which tells me nvidia had little incentive to put forth their best effort.

What? Your Borderlands 3 is smooth? Always? That's just about unbelievable to me.

 

[aweigh]

Doesn't EGS fuck with the modability somehow?

You're thinking of MS Windows Store, which btw is what GamePass is. It encrypts (or something like that) the game files and u can't do shit to them, like for example you can't even use .ini tweaks with the UE4 games.

 

[Junmarko]

Doesn't EGS fuck with the modability somehow?

EGS version is actually DRM-Free weirdly enough. Windows Store is the one that blocks modding. Fuck, you can never win lol.

 

[Duraframe300]

Doesn't EGS fuck with the modability somehow?

You're thinking of MS Windows Store, which btw is what GamePass is. It encrypts (or something like that) the game files and u can't do shit to them, like for example you can't even use .ini tweaks with the UE4 games.

You can actually do a lot of ini tweaks over the save folder. You just can't modify the game folder easily.

 

[aweigh]

oh? nice

 

[Infinitron]

https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/112403-patch-1110-coming-soon-edited-1115/

Edit Nov. 15: Greetings fellow spacers,

We want to inform you that Patch 1.1.1.0 will not be ready until Monday, November 18th. We apologize for this inconvenience as we tried to get this out to you this week, but due to some unfortunate circumstances the patch will not be ready until early next week.

Again we are sorry to have to push this update back. We appreciate your patience and understanding regarding this delay.

 

[Zer0wing]

So hurting an npc virtual feelings is terrible, murdering hundreads of npcs in the same game is totally ok.

Left "morals"

What's so "left" about it? It's a textbook fascism with jews replaced by white goys.

 

[laclongquan]

What. The. Fuck?!

It's seventy pages from my last comment. What's so interesting that drive you guys for 70 pages straight? There is not even shred of nude mods~

(Okay, it's 2 weeks since then. But still!)

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Shit talks, mostly shit talks.

 

[Junmarko]

(Okay, it's 2 weeks since then. But still!)

Do you remember the Grimoire thread?

How can you question the power of the Codex. Lol.

 

[HarveyBirdman]

Callous and sometimes self-serving corps that nonetheless have the power and know-how to run the colonies versus well-meaning humane ideas guys indies who can barely run their own groups.
There, that's all they needed to make a sensible Corps vs Indies narrative. I guess they "didn't have the time" to flesh out the Corporation path... again.

Boring. Everybody has done this since Metropolis.
This is why Cyberpunk 2077 will also be a snoozefest.

 

[Fedora Master]

Callous and sometimes self-serving corps that nonetheless have the power and know-how to run the colonies versus well-meaning humane ideas guys indies who can barely run their own groups.
There, that's all they needed to make a sensible Corps vs Indies narrative. I guess they "didn't have the time" to flesh out the Corporation path... again.

Boring.

Safe - Which is exactly what TOW is all about design-wise.

 

[HarveyBirdman]

Callous and sometimes self-serving corps that nonetheless have the power and know-how to run the colonies versus well-meaning humane ideas guys indies who can barely run their own groups.
There, that's all they needed to make a sensible Corps vs Indies narrative. I guess they "didn't have the time" to flesh out the Corporation path... again.

Boring.

Safe - Which is exactly what TOW is all about design-wise.

The boring choice is never the safe choice.
Are people going to ever think about TOW once they're finished with it? Will it leave any impact? Produce any substantial cult following that helps propel the franchise, or at least Obsidian, into the future? I doubt it. The result is a short term bit of profit due to past reputation and Epic buying a set amount of copies, but Obsidian's future was probably harmed more than helped.
The safe choice is to try something different with a familiar concept. Bet hedging.

 

[Commissar Draco]

Already forgot it Comrade, played Jap animu games with more memorable story-line, npc and quests and I do hate animu stuff, this shit is totally forgatable and dull can't even be riled up by all the SJW trash inside it plays like game made by committee of suits. Even Fallout 4 was better it had at very least fully moda-ble weapons, real power armor and Blimp traveling Brotherhood of Steel.