The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition

My first playthrough was through Xbox Game Pass, before the DLCs were released and before the remaster. I went in expecting a new Fallout: New Vegas, and I came away thinking it was just mediocre. Now, in 2026, with the sequel already out, I decided to give it another shot with the Spacer's Choice Edition. I'm over 30 hours in, I've completed both DLCs, done plenty of side content, and I still have the main story left to finish. This time, my opinion has completely changed. I think the game is much better than I gave it credit for, and honestly, it's underrated. Just don't go in expecting another Fallout, and you'll probably have a great time. The gunplay is surprisingly solid for an RPG, and it runs like a charm on the Steam Deck too.

The Outer Worlds is a wonderful game that desperately wants to seem good. At first glance, it looks like it has a unique world, but after a few hours, you begin to see that The Outer Worlds literally consists of other games. And you have no more fun. You become a hostage of an Obsidian RPG. Of course, there's an awesome storyline here, role-playing, and companions who participate in dialogues like in Fallout 4. And that's all. Everything else in the game looks and feels terrible - from the character design to the gunplay and side-quests. Just walking through the world, you literally stumble on every inch of textures. It is so obvious that Obsidian tried to make their own Fallout: New Vegas 2 here - with the skill system, cool visual style (seriously, have you seen these loading screens?), satire, and replayability. But the game still looks sterile. What kind of ideological continuation of FNV can we even talk about if all the characters are just a vinaigrette of nationalities and different LGBTQ+ attributes? Well, it's adjacent. __________________________ The Outer Worlds - это замечательная игра, которая отчаянно хочет казаться хорошей. На первый взгляд кажется, что у неё уникальный мир, но уже через несколько часов ты начинаешь замечать, что The Outer Worlds буквально состоит из других игр. И веселье заканчивается. Ты становишься заложником RPG от Obsidian. Конечно, здесь есть крутой сюжет, ролевая система и напарники, участвующие в диалогах, прямо как в Fallout 4. И на этом всё. Всё остальное в игре выглядит и ощущается ужасно - от дизайна персонажей до перестрелок и побочных квестов. Просто гуляя по миру, ты буквально спотыкаешься о каждый сантиметр текстур. Слишком очевидно, что Obsidian пытались сделать здесь своего Fallout: New Vegas 2 - с прокачкой, крутым визуальным стилем (серьёзно, вы видели эти загрузочные экраны?), сатирой и реиграбельностью. Но игра всё равно выглядит стерильной. О каком идейном продолжении FNV может идти речь, если все персонажи - это просто винегрет из национальностей и разных ЛГБТК+ атрибутов? Ну это же смешно.

Obsidian went out of their way to 1st claim that you can reach level 99 and then immediately never gave a way to actually reach this in game. Also, they implemented constant checks to force crashes when trying to use any sort of game modding. This is a single player game that did not come console commands, and considering there have been past games that they did which did allow that, it's like a large defecation onto the players heads. I don't like being lied to, who does?

A definitively boring game that tries to be deeply sarcastic, but after a few dialogues and endless reading, it becomes repetitive and tiresome. The gameplay stays exactly the same throughout, and the enemies lack variety, which makes it even more boring. Visually, it's beautiful, but that doesn't make up for how dull and tedious the experience becomes.

does it even hold a candle to New Vegas which is very obviously what it's trying to be in a lot of ways? Hell no Still a good game? Yeah it's solid

I normally don't like Space like games with the exception with the mass effect series and now this game takes second. Cons and pros. Pro's - Addicting - Once the story line was understood I kept coming back, this game took most of my free time. - Side Missions have their own story and are just as interesting. - The companion system makes you feel guilty or proud about the options you pick - The DLC's weren't bad. Con's - I expected longer story and more content. (could be that I'm itching my arm like an addict) - for me this game was a little too goofy felt like they tried too hard to make it funny in certain instances - I wish for more weapon options in the future. Make a choice, Spacer's Choice.

Lots of the characters feel like they were written by someone who wanted to replicate the office, but failed. I can I be bothered with it.

Would rather give this game neither a thumbs up or down, a mid score. However, because I can't, would have to give the game a thumbs down. Overall, I thought the game was boring especially the dialogue. Best way to describe the pacing of the game is for every 5 minutes of actual gameplay, you face 1 hour of the most boring and cheesy dialogue ever. Oh, and this game is woke to all hell. I don't know what planet the devs for this game are from but they were in their own little world when they made this game.

I'm a huge Fallout fan especially New Vegas so I figured I would enjoy this game and I did. My only gripe is that it felt very short for this type of game even with the DLC.

Second playthrough of this game on PC. First playthrough was near release on PS4. Graphics hold up pretty well for the age of the game. For a first entry in the franchise, it's a good game. Questing doesn't all feel like fetch quests as there is always something more going on that you can figure out. Choses are frequent and somewhat meaningful. Characters are interesting. It's a little simplistic of a game and the worlds show absolutely no way that they would work. If you can suspend your disbelief of how the worlds work and just enjoy the corporate humor, it can be a great time. Enemies are very generic, weapons have few varieties as well. Overall a solid game that's worth playing for anyone that enjoys a good RPG.