The Outer Worlds 2

awesome

Fun to play when it isn't crashing

8/10 Good writing Good art direction Unfortunately held back by being made by obsidian {Terrible pathfinding, basic sandbox open world shooter gameplay} Dont play outer worlds 1 just play this game its really good

After waiting for a sale, i picked it up and after a playthrough that has taken over 30 hours so far, i legitimately would have payed full price. The second entry into the outer world's franchise is soooo much better than the first. The characters all have actual CHARACTER, a novel concept I know, and I only dismissed one of them as opposed to all of them in the first game. There is a story with actual stakes beyond capitalism bad. The companions have actual arcs and their upgrade system is simple yet rewarding. It's such a shame this game was so sabotaged by a bad launch when it is the best this to come from obsidian in over a decade.

Outer Worlds 1 felt rough, there were weirdly-angled edges all over it, and everything felt like it was imitating a better version of itself. There was a good skeleton under it all, but the odd texturing made it feel a little alien and uncomfortable in the hand. Outer Worlds 2 is a well-made version of Outer Worlds 1. The rough edges are smoothed out, the knots are massaged away, it feels good the whole way through. The writing is better, the characters have pull to them, the politics feel grounded but still well-flavoured. I don't want to sound like a redditor, but... yeah, Obsidian did it again. It's really good to see. ALSO: IT'S ACTUALLY FUNNY. It knows when to manage tension and when to keep things serious, so it actually manages to be funny pretty frequently.

I love the animations, guns feel awesome and Audio is excellent. Negative 1. The game is currently not loading up for me, it gets stuck on preparing shaders/textures. Something is wrong with the optimization of this game. 2. The game feels dead, and I think its because of the Npcs, I wish they added Ai llms to have natural conversations with npcs. That would save this game.

I wanted this to be good, for it to carry the fire the first one had. It just doesn't. It's not just the forced DEI lameness, the completely mid story, or them just reskinning all the creatures from the first game, the gameplay just doesn't feel fun. I've played 80 hours and I have zero interest in this game. It just isn't worth buying. The studio could have done so much, but they just phoned in a crap sequel.

This game is an absolute masterpiece. Absolutely incredible graphics, storytelling, combat.... Truly one of the greatest games ever made. The attention to detail is unparalleled, and it shows in literally every aspect of this game. It only leaves two things to be desired... 1.) For the love of all that is holy.... Can we just for once, please, ever, make a game when companions don't immediately hop into your line of fire in combat? If just one game would do it, I could die a happy man. 2.) There needs to be some sort of out-of-combat regeneration that doesn't involve eating 32 tonnes of food. Maybe a 1hp/5 sec out of combat regen? It's not making the gameplay more difficult, having to eat food. It's just tedious and takes away from the game. Other than that, sheer perfection. I wasn't sure if the sequel would live up to the original. But it's somehow even better.

Great game. Reminded me of Prey 2016 and Bioshock. More memorable than Outer Worlds 1. Choices, skills, and perks mattered throughout the game. Dialog was a bit annoying in the beginning with the Marvel movie "everyhing is a joke" but it got better later on. Gunplay was way better than the first. Overall solid choice.

Very difficult to get the game to load; too many patched are probably conflicting with each other