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

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It's about compatibility with windows versions earlier than Windows 10. UWP apps won't run on Windows < 10. If anyone tries to install it on his windows 7 or 8, it seems the easiest way to check.

 

[Junmarko]

Giant Bomb said in their podcast discussion that MS is planning on "opening up" the access to game files to make it more like Steam etc. Hopefully they do this sooner rather than later.

EDIT: Article further confirming this

 

[Turisas]

So, before release I was told by Obsidian that the Microsoft Store version of this game was a Win32 desktop app, not a UWP app. Is that really true? How do you even check?

Doesn't seem to be the case, just open task manager when the game is running.

 

[Van-d-all]

So, before release I was told by Obsidian that the Microsoft Store version of this game was a Win32 desktop app, not a UWP app. Is that really true? How do you even check?

If it's UWP it would be listed in AppxPackages. Try powershell cmdlet "Get-AppxPackage | Select Name".

 

[Paul_cz]

So, before release I was told by Obsidian that the Microsoft Store version of this game was a Win32 desktop app, not a UWP app. Is that really true? How do you even check?

If the game is installed to accessible folder where you can go normally and see the game files, it is Win32
If it is in WindowsApps folder that you cannot access without granting yourself special permissions, it is UWP

I installed it from gamepass but didn't check yet. I bet it is shitty UWP though. But at least the game works well.

 

[Turisas]

If it is in WindowsApps folder that you cannot access without granting yourself special permissions, it is UWP

Yup, just looked.

 

[Urthor]

Did anyone figure out what N-Ray damage does?

Power to

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Edgewater or the Greenhouse/Botany Lab whatever?

Is there a way to get the latter to move?

Spoiler

If you give power to Edgewater you can convince everyone to move back there and replace Reed with the leader from the deserters.

oh goddamn I wish I did this

 

[Wulfric Pinewood]

Great game, fine gameplay, excellent optimization and great audio video , better than last F4.

 

[cvv]

Edginess aside, gotta say the game pass thing is a p. good deal. The price shows as 1 US dorra a month for the first month and 4 British pounds after that for some reason (the UI and design is apparently done by total muppets). It's perfect for all the games I'd never buy at full or even half price but I'd like to try them out for a few hours and discard. I'm seeing at least 10 of those rn and it's still a beta.

I can see myself sticking with the sub for a few months.

 

[J_C]

I've read some posts about the game not looking particularly good. Well, it seems it looks absolutely beautiful:

Is there any consensus on the game yet?

Is it what it appears? A fairly mediocre game with an interesting concept but with dogbrained writing?

I have a feeling the codex will reach consensus on this game much faster than what it took for PoE, and it won't be positive.

And just like with PoE, they will be wrong.

 

[Terra]

Does this game support Nvidia Hairworks or AMD's TressFX? I want my short haircuts to be depicted as realistically as possible.

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I'm sorry.

 

[Trashos]

Passing any skill check also gives you a shot of XP, which creates a weird feedback loop where the more you invest in these skills, the more skill points you end up getting. Between the bonuses I got from my companions and the fountains of XP shooting out of every locked door and secure computer, there was basically no skill check I couldn’t pass by the middle of the game. Rather than crafting a unique character with their own way of addressing Halcyon’s challenges, I wound up becoming a jack of all trades with more skills than I knew what to do with, and it felt more disappointing than empowering

tbh same thing was in New Vegas, unless you ignored that INT was the only stat of any worth. with DLCs your level reached into 50s.

as universally expected and true for any aaa RPG, game always comes with 200% more xp than needed and 400 to 1000% more loot than needed.

This is why I never steal in open world RPGs; their terrible economy destroys itself anyway.

The issue here that in New Vegas all that was corrected with mods. As a matter of fact, *most* of that was corrected by Sawyer's mod. This is not an option for TOW.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I've read some posts about the game not looking particularly good. Well, it seems it looks absolutely beautiful:

Is there any consensus on the game yet?

Is it what it appears? A fairly mediocre game with an interesting concept but with dogbrained writing?

I have a feeling the codex will reach consensus on this game much faster than what it took for PoE, and it won't be positive.

And just like with PoE, they will be wrong.

The environments are fantastic looking.

 

[jf8350143]

The combat feels fine, better than Fallout 4 if you ask me. Looks great as well, especially the environment.

Can't say much about C&C yet, but it looks promising from the first major quest alone.

 

[razvedchiki]

just one question
can you play as a communist?the real shit?

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I want some purpleberry.

 

[Child of Malkav]

Can you craft consumables, drugs etc?

 

[Van-d-all]

I've read some posts about the game not looking particularly good. Well, it seems it looks absolutely beautiful:

Is there any consensus on the game yet?

Is it what it appears? A fairly mediocre game with an interesting concept but with dogbrained writing?

I have a feeling the codex will reach consensus on this game much faster than what it took for PoE, and it won't be positive.

And just like with PoE, they will be wrong.

The environments are fantastic looking.

That's just a pretty skybox texture...

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I think I need an adult

 

[razvedchiki]

can you disable the markers above enemy heads?
also where are the drawbacks thing from character creation?

 

[you know what time it is]

Art direction is pretty great (character design aside), but the game is just so bland in every other way. I was bored out of my mind 30 minutes into it, tapped out in about an hour or so. Explains a lot about them high ratings though, should be a hit on consoles.

 

[Infinitron]

also where are the drawbacks thing from character creation?

Do you mean Flaws? The whole point of those is that you don't get them during character creation.

 

[Jenkem]

This game is super fierce!

 

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If it is in WindowsApps folder that you cannot access without granting yourself special permissions, it is UWP

Yup, just looked.

This means Windows 10 is required, see you in 2020 ToW.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

If it is in WindowsApps folder that you cannot access without granting yourself special permissions, it is UWP

Yup, just looked.

This means Windows 10 is required, see you in 2020 ToW.

Codex version works fine on Linux.