The Outer Worlds 2 - Reviews Thread

Topher said:
VGC gave the game a 6/10. Has gripes about the satire coming from a studio owned by Microsoft

However, in the modern world, it's impossible to divorce these rhetorics from the fact that Obsidian is an Xbox Game Studio under Microsoft, a company that has perpetually laid off workers and shuttered studios in recent times.

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The Outer Worlds 2 Review: Obsidian’s sequel does little to stand out in the RPG genre | VGC

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This is no different than that one site assigning a dildo reviewer to review Hogwarts.
 
adamsapple said:
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This is no different than that one site assigning a dildo reviewer to review Hogwarts.
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If the guy wants to write a political column about it then have at it, but if he personally is unable to "divorce" real life shit from the satirical messaging in the game then he shouldn't be reviewing it. Most folks don't read reviews for political takes.
 
CrimsonTide said:
It's Steam or nothing unless it's GOG and far cheaper
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I always find this a weird sentiment, but I do exactly the same myself.

I've bought a couple of things on epic and always regretted it - Alan wake 2 and Hades. That's purchasing it on there not the games themselves.

Rockstar launcher for GTA / RDR2

Ubi I bought the division 2 on that for some crazy reason.

Can't think what else offhand
 
Thebonehead said:
I always find this a weird sentiment, but I do exactly the same myself.

I've bought a couple of things on epic and always regretted it - Alan wake 2 and Hades. That's purchasing it on there not the games themselves.

Rockstar launcher for GTA / RDR2

Ubi I bought the division 2 on that for some crazy reason.

Can't think what else offhand
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Steam is legit and I adore it. I do
 
Czech review at games.cz is just brutal:

The world of The Outer Worlds 2 is predictable, flat, constantly satirical, and filled with constant superficial jokes. From the first moment, the game turns on the highest speed in spewing slogans, but they are rarely more subtle than: Ha ha, fascism bad. Or you will hear even more often: Ha ha, capitalism bad. Which, coming from under one of the richest companies in the world, sounds hypocritical to say the least.

The real satire then is the fact that The Outer Worlds 2 was supposed to be Microsoft's first $80 game - ha ha, capitalism!
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The setting of The Outer Worlds 2 might have worked better if it wasn't technically the same game as its predecessor. You're once again in a dead, outdated world with rubber looking NPCs who are actually just extras for your theater. The quests are predictable messes that, with a few exceptions, offer nothing interesting.

When an ambitious corporate rectal alpinist sends you for a mysterious plan that will surely contain something technologically revolutionary that will allow him to make a huge profit and climb the corporate ladder, you know very well that the whole "twist" is built around the subject being completely banal. And lo and behold, it's a futuristic potato peeler. Ha ha, excellent joke, never heard that one!

Likewise, it is abundantly clear that the man who wants to lead you to his wounded family to help them is actually leading you into a trap. How many times have we seen this in different variations?
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He still gave it 6/10 for the decent combat and some good characters though. Coward.
 
I played Outer Worlds and TBH I don't remember a single thing from that game. I think they tried to make New Vegas, but I checked and Josh Sawyer (who was a narrative designer for NV) was not on the project. At the end of the day I can deal with jank, I can't deal with shit writing.
 
Cyberpunkd said:
I played Outer Worlds and TBH I don't remember a single thing from that game. I think they tried to make New Vegas, but I checked and Josh Sawyer (who was a narrative designer for NV) was not on the project. At the end of the day I can deal with jank, I can't deal with shit writing.
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I think that was John Gonzalez.

 
Buggy Loop said:
If anything I loved how they trolled a microsoft announcement in their first trailer




Why wouldn't a dev have satire that goes against their publishing house? Microsoft can have a laugh too ffs.
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Futurama was a satire and funded by a big corporation like the vast majority of the entertainment stuff on this subject.

I've read that TOW2 is less humorous than the first one just like Borderlands 4 against the previous games, it has become kinda like a cynical era where people cannot stand almost any humor based WRPGs and such instead of pointing out its lows to be fixed in DLCs/sequels.
 
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adamsapple said:
General sentiment counts if it's from people who actually played the game, not the 'but woke' critique crowd whose only point of reference is smashjt or the like. 🤷‍♂️
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That can come from Steam Reviews. If the game has a broad enough base, overall Steam reviews are a decent measure.

I will throw Starfield as another example of a mediocre game that got much higher review scores than it deserved.

Plus, let's face it, review inflation between now and when New Vegas released is quite real.
 
Jesus Christ, the Premium edition is $110 in the Norwegian Steam store. Well, fuck that ea then.

Edit: Wait, I forgot I have GP, so "only" $30 to upgrade then.
 
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So I`ve bought the premium preorder upgrade edition for 30 bucks in the MS Store but why is my copy only 7.5 gigs big?
don't i get 5 days early access?
 
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amigastar said:
So I`ve bought the premium preorder upgrade edition for 30 bucks in the MS Store but why is my copy only 7.5 gigs big?
don't i get 5 days early access?
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I had the same "issue"... You didn't download the game, you downloaded the artbook :D

"Go to game" in GP and choose "preinstall/play"
 
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Played for about an hour and it runs and looks fairly decent on PC.

So far it's enjoyable but...So was Avowed 1 hour in and that turned out awful.
 
It seems to me that many people including here on GAF think that Obsidian is anything beyond a brand / company name. The original team that created the games we loved back in the days is long gone.

It's basically a hollow husk of gen Z'ers like Blizzard post activision..
 
Nocty said:
It seems to me that many people including here on GAF think that Obsidian is anything beyond a brand / company name. The original team that created the games we loved back in the days is long gone.

It's basically a hollow husk of gen Z'ers like Blizzard post activision..
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First, that's not really true. And second, just FYI, the LEAD WRITTER of Fallout NV is responsible for Horizon Forbidden West. And he's also back at Obsidian.
 
it's amusing that these are considered 'bad' scores now lol.

I get it, it's been a game of steamrolling 10's left and right. But this should be quite decent if the aggregate is accurate.
 
winjer said:
Almost 7K concurrent players. And a Steam user score of 85%. Not bad.
Though it's only for people who got the Premium Edition.

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The OC also increased from 81 to 83 since review day.

So far, this seems to have been received fairly well both critically and from players.

GG Obsidian.
 
Nocty said:
it's amusing that these are considered 'bad' scores now lol.

I get it, it's been a game of steamrolling 10's left and right. But this should be quite decent if the aggregate is accurate.
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It's the same score as Veilguard and worse than Starfield. Can't blame people for being skeptical.

winjer said:
Almost 7K concurrent players. And a Steam user score of 85%. Not bad.
Though it's only for people who got the Premium Edition.

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Soooo close to 10 Concords. Maybe it'll reach it tomorrow.
 
James couldn't hold a candle to adamsapple adamsapple when it comes to being a fanboy. That's why he got banned.

Adam literally told me the other day in a thread it wouldn't surprise him the reason I fell through geometry multiple times in ninja gaiden 4, and had sections stop to 4 fps after and during a rail section was because of ps5 console and likely pssr.

That's next level shit there. 😂 James could never do this level of mental gymnastics.

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No OT for the game? Considering picking it up but need console impression for head bob and motion blur to be removable.
 
Arsic said:
James couldn't hold a candle to adamsapple adamsapple when it comes to being a fanboy. That's why he got banned.

Adam literally told me the other day in a thread it wouldn't surprise him the reason I fell through geometry multiple times in ninja gaiden 4, and had sections stop to 4 fps after and during a rail section was because of ps5 console and likely pssr.

That's next level shit there. 😂 James could never do this level of mental gymnastics.
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the PSSR joke went over your head, and I'm already done with NG4 but I also didn't encounter any "4 fps" segments in the rails in chapter 11 or 12 that you said you were having, so it sounds like you might have been having local issues there 🙏
 
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