The Outer Worlds 2

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It's a good game. It has its ups and downs. At the start, I really didn't like it and almost called it quits. But after you get off the first location the game does start to open up and have its appeal. The story is quite a bit better I'd say, but the companions are hit or miss. This is what I believe makes the reception of OW2 so mixed compared to OW1 - whereby some people like it more but others like it less. The game will routinely surprise you with an improvement on one mechanic, but then draw you back with another. On average, I'd say that it's probably a bit better than the first. Unfortunately, you can see Microsoft's corporate hand play a larger role in this game. You can feel that some of the decisions were made because it pleases the big wigs in head office. It's kind of sad because the whole meta of the game is to make fun of runaway corporatism. Some of the jokes feel a bit heavy handed. I do feel less compelled to replay it compared to OW1... of which I replayed maybe 5-6 times. tl;dr: it's a good game. A solid 7/10.

As someone who loved the first outer worlds, i really enjoyed the 2nd as well. Gunplay felt great and the game still had its usual trademark humor that was entertaining. So many builds to do as well. Would highly recommend.

Обожаю эту игру. Просто космос!

This game is great. I'm pretty surprised to see so many negative reviews. It runs great on Linux Mint, looks fantastic, and has some really neat planets/world-building, etc. It's basically the first game, but solves one of the only gripes I had with the first one: it's about twice as long. The first one was great, but felt extremely short. One MAJOR standout: props to the sound/music folks. Holy f*ck did they knock it out of the park on this game! THIS is how you do a soundtrack! Aside from the ambient, and cinematic music, there are three distinct music channels, each aligned more or less with a faction, and with their own distinct feel. I probably spent the most time listening to the channel with all the jingles, and I LMAO at some of them. I still have some of them stuck in my head as earworms over a month after I stopped playing the game. Each of those channels is maybe 40-60 minutes of music, so there's several hours of incredible music to keep the game feeling fresh. While I like that games like Fallout can use older music I may not have been familiar with, the choice to make their own music for TOW2 really doubles-down on the immersion; you're also getting exposition from the music. It also means that in theory, since they own the rights to the music, that further entries could have even more expanded music library without the need to pay out royalties for copy-written music. It's a smart move for the long-term. One thing that gets old fast in big RPGs is hearing the same music over, and over... You shouldn't have that problem with this game.

I feel very refreshed with this game, a lot of improvement comparing with first one

It was fun.

i love this game and i think everyone who likes the first one should play it

You are playing as a space cop and the peaceful playthrough has you [spoiler] uniting a faction of profit-driven corporations with a faction of science fanatics to fight against an authoritarian communist faction. [/spoiler] There isn't really any redeeming nuance which makes this overarching narrative compelling.  Despite an attempt at being more serious than the first game, TOW2 is still mostly "satirical". I write "satirical" because the satire never lands. Everything related to corporations and to ideological dictatorships is just shallow and never touches on anything beyond the most obvious aspects. The writing for the Order of the Ascendant tries to make fun of mathematics and it's just... horrible. There is a joke in Star Wars where C3PO tells Han Solo that the chance of them passing through an asteroid field alive is 1 to 3720. It worked there because C3PO is a silly droid which was largely used for comedic relief moments. TOW2 takes this joke and repeats it for what feels like hundreds of times across dozens of human NPCs throughout the whole game, while simultaneously positioning those NPCs as competent scientists within its world. It's extremely tiring and plain embarrassing if you have any familiarity with math. Perhaps the biggest problem with the shallow satire is that it undermines all of the character writing. Pretty much all the NPCs come off as complete idiots which makes it very hard to genuinely engage with their problems and feel any kind of sympathy for them.  For a story-driven RPG like this, having a terrible overarching narrative, weak faction writing and uncompelling companions is just too much to come back from.  Briefly about other aspects: [list][*]Exploration was disappointing after Avowed, which had amazing level design. TOW2 has a lot of empty space and almost no hidden treasures - most of the loot locations are pretty obvious, and the game almost never rewards your curiosity if you try to explore every corner of the map.[*]The second half of the game has a very annoying habit of constantly sending you to earlier planets for very small parts of companion quests. It totally ruins the pacing as you constantly have to fast travel to the ship, then the planet, then a location on the planet (which you likely already explored in the past). Each step here requires a loading screen.[*]Shooting is very solid for an RPG. There is a good diversity of weapons and upgrades. The enemy variety is not great for the game's length though. [*]The system of flaws is pretty amazing. The flows are both funnily written and fun to play with. But such a system should be a cherry on top of an otherwise good game, which TOW2 isn't. [/list] I spent ~80 hours on this game only because I really loved Avowed and I kept waiting for The Outer Worlds 2 to unveil similarly great qualities (amazing worldbuilding, engaging quests, rewarding exploration, etc). Alas, this has never happened.

good time in 80hours game play