Hm. In my opinion Outer Worlds was just as boring and mediocre as starfield.
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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
The Outer Worlds is pretty much what Starfield could have been and was made by Obsidian, the developers behind a ton of other great games such as (in chronological order)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2
- Neverwinter Nights 2
- Fallout New Vegas
- Pillars of Eternity
- Tyranny
- Pillars of Eternity 2
There’s even a sequel to it coming out some time this year so you don’t run as much of a risk of running out of game any time soon!
FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 2 weeks ago
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Kaboom@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
You aren’t wrong, but it’s better than starfield.
FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 2 weeks ago
Hard disagree. They’re hoth equally boring as shit, hut Starfield at least had decent ship flying/building mechanics. What did outer worlds have? Nothing.
the_captain@lemmynsfw.com 2 weeks ago
world building that makes sense
winety@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I’d say it was a solid 7/10. One of the DLCs (Peril on Gorgon I think) is better than the base game, I’ve heard.
On a good day, Starfield’s a 5/10 in my eyes.
HIMISOCOOL@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Totally agree the dlc really made it one if those “it gets good after x hours” sorta things; All different vibes for the dlcs too. The raider one was lonely but it felt like it was supposed to be.
HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 2 weeks ago
It’s not the be~st choice, it’s spacer’s choice!
ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Thank you! Felt like I was I playing a different game than everyone else.
Everyone mocked Starfield’s Neon for being Discount Cyberpunk. But at least they played it as straight as they could. Like, I could believe people live there and had a life.
It felt like Outer Worlds kept trying to make jokes about how cruel capitalism is versus tell a real story. Like, “Oh boy time to go increase shareholder value!” Or “I love Space nuts. I have to say that or I die.” Like wtf, where’s the subtlety?
It’s not Borderlands 3 bad, no where near it. But it’s pretty bad.
JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Yeah I played it halfway and it didn’t grip me like New Vegas did. The story just seemed pretty convoluted and meandering.
Gameplay was about as fun as NV though!
john89@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Yeah, I really enjoyed the polish of it and how it showed us what a better fallout could be.[
That said, it was woefully lacking on content and committed a cardinal sin of gaming: the ending felt like the game was just getting started.
Also, not a fan at all of whoever is telling them to ignore romance options.
M137@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Starfield was much better than Outer Worlds IMO. I enjoyed my time with Starfield, it’s not perfect of course. I’ve tried to get through Outer Worlds three times but it’s just not fun, I also strongly dislike New Vegas. Just ok writing doesn’t make up for shitty gameplay.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
winety@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
In this genre of “big space games”, The Outer Worlds stands near to Mass effect, because it follows “the Bioware formula” pretty closely: The player and a group of followers visit several semi-open worlds, where they look for a MacGuffin related to the main story while solving local problems. (I’ll write a short essay about the Bioware formula someday…)
The Outer Worlds was a good game (not great) and I look forward to the sequel. I’ve played most Obsidian games and I wish they wrote more sci-fi.