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

[Dishonoredbr]

I just accept a flaw, drug addiction..

Yes but are there more places where the difficulty ramps up? So far all reports

I just talked to Zoe , in first area and one of the skill checks was a 60 intimidate.
But answering your question, yes.. The skill checks ramp up later. I watch some footage later in the game.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Skill checks do ramp up pretty quickly after you leave the first town.

 

[Xeon]

Yeah, I am playing on hard and difficulty seems pretty easy aside from the first hour or so. I didn't invest any point into combat and so far all skill checks passed and still have about 14 extra points to invest at Lv6 that I am saving up when I need them. Combat as well is becoming easier and easier just by getting better weapons even with no skills.

I am still in the first planet tho so hopefully things spice up later.

Edit:
How do you get a flow? I thought I read that if you are damaged too much by something, it will give you a flaw and grants perk point or something. Tried walking on mines to get a flaw about them and then invest in perks but it didn't work. Unless I need to walk on 10-20+ mines.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Yeah, I am playing on hard and difficulty seems pretty easy aside from the first hour or so. I didn't invest any point into combat and so far all skill checks passed and still have about 14 extra points to invest at Lv6 that I am saving up when I need them. Combat as well is becoming easier and easier just by getting better weapons even with no skills.

I am still in the first planet tho so hopefully things spice up later.

Edit:
How do you get a flow? I thought I read that if you are damaged too much by something, it will give you a flaw and grants perk point or something. Tried walking on mines to get a flaw about them and then invest in perks but it didn't work. Unless I need to walk on 10-20+ mines.

you'll get a popup when you get a flaw

 

[conan_edw]

I don't know if it's the game or xgp but whenever I get to the game it will occasionally throw me to the desktop and then back to the game and the stutter becomes too horrible, this is really getting on my nerves.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I don't know if it's the game or xgp but whenever I get to the game it will occasionally throw me to the desktop and then back to the game and the stutter becomes too horrible, this is really getting on my nerves.

Don't have this issue playing it on Linux via wine FWIW
Epic Games version though

 

[Maxwell's Demon]

Is The Outer Worlds worth giving up my personal information to the Chinese Government, or should I just not buy it/wait for Steam?

Edit: I'm seriously asking. I haven't followed it at all since I heard about the whole Epic Store thing.

 

[Urthor]

hmm, do I trust this nice Indian man, or do I trust the crazy Scientologist dude.

Somehow I think I know the one that will give me the best outcome here

 

[Dishonoredbr]

Neat. If you fix that robot ( Jeremy) during Ludwig's quest, you can find him in the geo plant later.

And he helps you fight other robots. How cute.

 

[Nano]

Is The Outer Worlds worth giving up my personal information to the Chinese Government, or should I just not buy it/wait for Steam?

P*rate now, buy it a year later if you're inclined. Not a difficult situation.

 

[conan_edw]

I don't know if it's the game or xgp but whenever I get to the game it will occasionally throw me to the desktop and then back to the game and the stutter becomes too horrible, this is really getting on my nerves.

Don't have this issue playing it on Linux via wine FWIW
Epic Games version though

Just switched to windowed fullscreen and it seems to solve it

 

[LizardWizard]

Edgewater is this game's goodsprings. Low level skill checks , simple quests to show how games gonna be moving foward and a big decisions towards the ends.. A tutorial town.

Yes but are there more places where the difficulty ramps up? So far all reports point to the whole game being full of easy skill checks.

There are a few 90-100 skill checks in Groundbreaker/Roseway

 

[Xeon]

Is Vikar another companion? He said he will help with computer and hacking so I thought he was a companion but he just left to my ship and now I can't find him inside.

 

[fantadomat]

OUh yeah,the quality of the quests and the writing is sooo fucking amazing. Not the generic fedex garbage that is normally in such games,not at all.

Fuck,i expect on the next map to be send for toilet paper!

 

[aweigh]

Here's a Cheat Engine table that lets you Save Anywhere while on Supernova difficulty:

(for Microsoft Store version, i.e. Game Pass) https://fearlessrevolution.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10649

(for Epic Games store version) https://fearlessrevolution.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10650

Options in the tables:

Options so far:
Attribute Pointers During Character Creation
Set Available Skill Points During Character Creation To 7
Infinite Ammo Clip
EXP Multiplier
Infinite HP
Always Max Durability
Save Anywhere on Supernova Difficulty
Items Weigh Zero (Drop and Pickup Item To Take Effect)
Pointer to Difficulty (View Settings)
Pointer to Bits (View Character Menu)
Pointers to Player Current and Max Health
Pointers to Player EXP, Player Skill Points Available, Player Perk Points Available

BTW, "Pointer to Difficulty" should mean that it allows changing it at will.

EDIT: In case it's confusing to tell which table to download, get the one with the highest "version number", in this case meaning the 3.0 one as it's the most recent one.

 

[AMysteriousStranger]

It's been pretty good so far, Im glad the humor isn't like Borderlands but rather based around how nearly every facet of the world's culture is being influenced by the corporations. Also hope this game sets a precedent about how not every RPG has to have this ambitious big open world like Witcher 3 or Skyrim and that a compact setting can have more focus and soul poured into it

 

[AW8]

Played a couple of hours on Supernova yesterday, might go down to Hard for 2 reasons:

1.
No save and exit button like in Kingdom Come: Deliverance (for when you want to stop playing when in the middle of something), and apart from fast-traveling back to your ship and saving there before running back (which is zero challenge and just costs me time) the only way to save the game are the autosaves when you switch maps.

I had a random crash during character generation (but nothing else since) so I can't be certain I won't lose progress due to reasons other than fucking up myself.

2.
Thirst is incredibly annoying and its inclusion seems like an afterthought in comparison to New Vegas. You get debuffs almost instantly, and the only sources of water seem to be food items that are somewhat rare because they are designed to be temporary buffs and not combat a thirst meter.
To make it more annoying, most drinks are alcoholic and doesn't quench your thirst.
And there seems to be no taps or bodies of water you can drink from, just the consumables that the cantina sells in a limited stock.

It also doesn't really fit the setting - the world doesn't have survival problems, they have problems with the system in which they live. Edgewater has running water everywhere, it makes no sense for a newcomer to be unable to drink anything. Even a backwater place like Goodsprings had a town well where the player could drink unlimited clean water before heading out into the wasteland.

I really like the idea of sending my companions forward as disposable meat shields though. And I love the excitement of getting through areas alive without quicksaving at no cost every 5 minutes.

 

[Xeon]

Items Weigh Zero (Drop and Pickup Item To Take Effect)

I love you dude, thank you very much.

 

[Darkwind]

Did anyone notice that in your inventory you can slot items in slots labeled 1 through 4 but there is no actual key command for hotkeyed items, I wonder if that is something they planned and then ran out of time? Other than your 'inhaler' for health you can't quick use items at all which is kinda beat. It would be nice to have other chems / food / whatever on quick keys too.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

OUh yeah,the quality of the quests and the writing is sooo fucking amazing. Not the generic fedex garbage that is normally in such games,not at all.

Fuck,i expect on the next map to be send for toilet paper!

did you ever consider just telling her to fuck off?

 

[Yosharian]

Played a couple of hours on Supernova yesterday, might go down to Hard for 2 reasons:

1.
No save and exit button like in Kingdom Come: Deliverance (for when you want to stop playing when in the middle of something), and apart from fast-traveling back to your ship and saving there before running back (which is zero challenge and just costs me time) the only way to save the game are the autosaves when you switch maps.

I had a random crash during character generation (but nothing else since) so I can't be certain I won't lose progress due to reasons other than fucking up myself.

2.
Thirst is incredibly annoying and its inclusion seems like an afterthought in comparison to New Vegas. You get debuffs almost instantly, and the only sources of water seem to be food items that are somewhat rare because they are designed to be temporary buffs and not combat a thirst meter.
To make it more annoying, most drinks are alcoholic and doesn't quench your thirst.
And there seems to be no taps or bodies of water you can drink from, just the consumables that the cantina sells in a limited stock.

It also doesn't really fit the setting - the world doesn't have survival problems, they have problems with the system in which they live. Edgewater has running water everywhere, it makes no sense for a newcomer to be unable to drink anything. Even a backwater place like Goodsprings had a town well where the player could drink unlimited clean water before heading out into the wasteland.

I really like the idea of sending my companions forward as disposable meat shields though. And I love the excitement of getting through areas alive without quicksaving at no cost every 5 minutes.

It's almost like the best solution is to give the player absolute control over exactly what difficulty settings they want, instead of wrapping everything up in a 'hardcore' difficulty and calling it a day

 

[Dishonoredbr]

It's almost like the best solution is to give the player absolute control over exactly what difficulty settings they want, instead of wrapping everything up in a 'hardcore' difficulty and calling it a day

Well, if enough people make noise , Obsidian probably can put a Custom difficulty via patch. Recently they responded the complains about the subs being too small to read.

 

[Yosharian]

It's almost like the best solution is to give the player absolute control over exactly what difficulty settings they want, instead of wrapping everything up in a 'hardcore' difficulty and calling it a day

Well, if enough people make noise , Obsidian probably can put a Custom difficulty via patch. Recently they responded the complains about the subs being too small to read.

Yeah I guess. I'm hoping that when it releases on Steam, all those QoL improvements and patched-in features will make the game better.

If, that is, I even care at all about this game a year from now...

 

[Dishonoredbr]

If you ask Parvati why she would come with a stranger, she reacts and mentioned what you in both side and main quest of Edgewater did. Neat.

 

[Yosharian]

If you ask Parvati why she would come with a stranger.

Who doesn't want to come with a stranger?