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

[Haplo]

Even on medium difficulty enemies are bullet sponges

Lots of people keep saying this but I ain't seeing it. Most mooks go down in a single headshot and bosses only need a few seconds of strafing. I have been keeping my guns upgraded and switched to electrical/plasma damage however, regular bullets suuuuuuuuck.

Indeed. Bullet sponges? Just not seeing that ever since I've found the first shotgun outside the ship site.
That was messing those starter gorillaz real nice when they burrowed up close and personal (hard difficulty).

Now with a charged plasma rifle most enemies take 1 shot to kill. Or maybe two hunting rifle headshots.
Or 2-3 seconds tickling with the shock cannon up close.

 

[Kyl Von Kull]

Even on medium difficulty enemies are bullet sponges

Lots of people keep saying this but I ain't seeing it. Most mooks go down in a single headshot and bosses only need a few seconds of strafing. I have been keeping my guns upgraded and switched to electrical/plasma damage however, regular bullets suuuuuuuuck.

Many of the people saying this also complain that the RPG mechanics are meaningless so maybe they just didn’t put much thought into their builds.

 

[Van-d-all]

Even on medium difficulty enemies are bullet sponges

Lots of people keep saying this but I ain't seeing it. Most mooks go down in a single headshot and bosses only need a few seconds of strafing. I have been keeping my guns upgraded and switched to electrical/plasma damage however, regular bullets suuuuuuuuck.

Many of the people saying this also complain that the RPG mechanics are meaningless so maybe they just didn’t put much thought into their builds.

If you're winning anyways, and builds are meant to make combat less of a chore they're hardly meaningful.

 

[Prime Junta]

Many of the people saying this also complain that the RPG mechanics are meaningless so maybe they just didn’t put much thought into their builds.

My build consists of putting pips into Long Guns and Science.

 

[Riddler]

Even on medium difficulty enemies are bullet sponges

Lots of people keep saying this but I ain't seeing it. Most mooks go down in a single headshot and bosses only need a few seconds of strafing. I have been keeping my guns upgraded and switched to electrical/plasma damage however, regular bullets suuuuuuuuck.

Many of the people saying this also complain that the RPG mechanics are meaningless so maybe they just didn’t put much thought into their builds.

How much variance is there really? If you are fighting something even remotely level appropriate then it seems to me that you kill everything in 1-2 hits on hard and having 100% or 130% damage is not really going to matter all that much.

 

[Junmarko]

Many of the people saying this also complain that the RPG mechanics are meaningless so maybe they just didn’t put much thought into their builds.

My build consists of putting pips into Long Guns and Science.

Thought you stopped playing it, gonna see it through?

 

[Thonius]

My favorite type of post in this thread is how everybody was promising to "kill all the dykes and SJWs lols", but instead they ended up obediently running small errands for a lesbian couple because they don't want Parvati to be sad.

Lol. 131 dead bodies disagree with you. Admittedly i did all that for absurdity's sake and the novelty of RP as a psychopath.

Yet you bought it... so low effort still rewarded.
PS Old fart devs got no soul. You just cannot trust somebody who worked at blizzard for 5 years or so.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

why couldn't they just have made a better New Vegas

why is this game so short

*Insert here Leonard saying "due to budget and time limitations" over and over again*

 

[Mikeal]

 

[Prime Junta]

Thought you stopped playing it, gonna see it through?

I played for another hour or so yesterday. I think I'm about 3/4 done, maybe more. I'm on level 21 and just hit Byzantium. I won't be able to play in the coming week (traveling without my game rig) but we'll see, I've come this far, maybe I'll see it through after all.

 

[Riddler]

Many of the people saying this also complain that the RPG mechanics are meaningless so maybe they just didn’t put much thought into their builds.

My build consists of putting pips into Long Guns and Science.

You have to understand that this is top 1% strategic thinking. Stop being such an inconsiderate elitist.

 

[Thonius]

Tee hee Tim Cain and Boyarsky will deliver an incline tee hee :^)

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

Yet you bought it... so low effort still rewarded.

No i did not buy the game. Their effort will be rewarded regardless of me though.

 

[Kyl Von Kull]

How much variance is there really? If you are fighting something even remotely level appropriate then it seems to me that you kill everything in 1-2 hits on hard and having 100% or 130% damage is not really going to matter all that much.

Apparently there’s enough variance that enemies feel like bullet sponges to some people.

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

it's a perfect game to prepare for the main event cp2077

I'm seriously considering CP2077 to be the last new videogame i play. My old game backlog is huge and a lot of those games are much better than what's being put out nowadays (imo).

 

[Haplo]

How much variance is there really? If you are fighting something even remotely level appropriate then it seems to me that you kill everything in 1-2 hits on hard and having 100% or 130% damage is not really going to matter all that much.

Apparently there’s enough variance that enemies feel like bullet sponges to some people.

Yeah, I rather have the opposite impression, combat is fast & furious (thank god for the TTD) and enemies drop like flies.

 

[Thonius]

Evil publishers ruined Obsidian game YET AGAIN! Down with capitalism!

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

The problem isn't that games are infected by politics. The problem is that they're infected by shit politics.

The problem is that some devs want you to agree with their politics. It's a zero sum game without any compromise. Adopt our views or GTFO, is the idea for most of these valley girl writers.

 

[Terenty]

I dont get one thing.

Apparently Tim Cain played the game for 20 or whatever times from start to finish and they still managed to fuck up the balance so much. How come?

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

RPG Codex : Josh Sawyer ruins games by making everything perfectly balanced

Also RPG Codex: some TOW weapons and builds are better than others, what the fuck?

 

[Prime Junta]

Apparently Tim Cain played the game for 20 or whatever times from start to finish and they still managed to fuck up the balance so much. How come?

No Josh allowed.

 

[LESS T_T]

https://www.usgamer.net/articles/axe-of-the-blood-god-interviews-outer-world-developers



http://traffic.libsyn.com/bloodgodpod/Axe_of_the_Blood_God_228.mp3

Developers Leonard Boyarsky and Nitai Poddar come on the show to talk about the development of The Outer Worlds, Boyarsky's feelings on Fallout 3, and more. Plus, Mike talks about his review of the game. It's an all Outer Worlds podcast as we go in-depth on this spiritual successor to Fallout.

The interview starts from 28:20.

edit: Nitai likes (old) JRPGs and Mass Effect.

 

[Jenkem]

This game is great and the reactivity and C&C shits all over Disco Elysium. The writing does too because it isn't pretentious and trying to be something more than it is--a fun sci fi serial rpg romp. Can actually role play and affect the world around you in meaningful ways which even changes quests, can even choose to kill whomever you want and it's taken into account. It is as intensely replayable as the original Fallout and destined to be a classic talked about for years.

 

[AwesomeButton]

This game is great and the reactivity and C&C shits all over Disco Elysium. The writing does too because it isn't pretentious and trying to be something more than it is--a fun sci fi serial rpg romp. Can actually role play and affect the world around you in meaningful ways which even changes quests, can even choose to kill whomever you want and it's taken into account. It is as intensely replayable as the original Fallout and destined to be a classic talked about for years.

 

[Jenkem]

I dont get one thing.

Apparently Tim Cain played the game for 20 or whatever times from start to finish and they still managed to fuck up the balance so much. How come?

>Tim Cain
>Giving a shit about balance

pick one.

Have you played the original Fallout or Arcanum?