The Outer Worlds

This game was a very pleasant surprise; I had barely heard about it before it had come out. But I enjoyed every moment of it, begining to end. A large portion of the game is dialogue, and one of the Outer World's strengths is it's engaging writing and multi level branching conversations. They DO someone lack dynamics, as all conversations take a place in a shoulders up view like New Vegas or FO3. Your companions will chime in with interesting things to say and also will give you dialogue skill bonuses, It's definitely worth considering who you bring with you when you set out. For example, Parvati (played so well by Ashley Burch) gives you bonuses to persuade with how adorable she is. All of this matters too; the amount of choices you make over the game to determine Halcyon's fate is incredible and results in many types of endings. You really can burn any bridge or kill any person and there will still be a path to continue. The main story isn't super long, especially if you have good dialogue skills, but it's replayability and other activities more than make up for it. As for gameplay, the game leaves a little to be desired with its core mechanical feel. Combat feels a little static on its own, and stealth can be inconsistent and difficult. Luckily, it has a fun slow motion ability and satisfying companion special moves. While the environments have a lot of interesting places and people, they don't feel as open as they should sometimes. Other than that I had no other problems with this game. It's personality, world building, and humor make it 100% worth it. RPG fans, don't skip this one!!!

This is a very good game. It is heavy on dialogue, with many conversation options. The graphics are bright, colourful and imaginative. Unlike many new games there are barely any bugs or glitches and none of them are game breaking. No micro transactions, no loot boxes, this is a complete game. If you felt cheated by the absolute crap that was Fallout 76 as I did buy this game. Bethesda take note, this is how you make a game, and Tod Howard pull your head out of your back.

Just wow. When this great, proper action RPG gets compared with Bethesda's latest offering, it really is embarrassing just how far Bethesda have fallen. The outer worlds looks fantastic, runs smooth as silk (on PS4 Pro) and is rich in detail, content, character development options, customisation and combat. It is everything you could possibly hope this genre of video game would be and a ton load more added in just as a bonus - out of the collective goodness of Obsidian's heart.

This gem! From the creator of the fan favourite Fallout New Vegas, Obsidian is once again showing Bethesda how it's REALLY done - (to the point of dishing out a huge dose of abject humiliation in the process in this particular case)

Compare The Outer Worlds to the broken mess that was and still is Fallout 76, with its over priced micro transactions and utterly disgraceful, borderline criminal (imo) Subscription "Service." Bethesda (probably being forced to by its owner Zenimax to do so) have turned their sheer greed and audacity up to 11 and have just gone straight for the "desperate cash grab" strategy aimed directly (and ruthlessly) at the few players that actually stuck with their half finished rubbish. That's what fan loyalty got them! Nice!

Anyway, compare that dumpster fire atrocity of a game with this. Night and Day only begins to illustrate the point.

That said, we do now have to anxiously wait to see if Take 2 interactive decides to introduce micro transactions into the outer worlds and break all of our hearts in doing so. Please T2I. Just Nooooo!

TLTR:

1 Good game by a good developer = buy 2 Bad game by a bad developer = leave to others to buy

The Outer Worlds = 1. Fallout 76 = 2

Seems like they coulda added more stuff, seems rushed. Still good tho. Just some parts feel bland

A very compelling game with superb characters with interesting personalities and personal quests. The story itself is interesting, as you will be tasked with uncovering a dark conspiracy. There are plenty of enjoyable side missions to strive with, so you'll have plenty of energetic fun when exploring this huge game and its beautiful planets. The soundtrack is very rememberable, so get your devices out and get on with downloading those tracks. This is one of those games where you question whether or not to purchase it, but once you've made that choice to adopt the game with your many other games, you realise you've made a glorious choice. 8/10.