Yeah, why not...maybe its even a decent game mechanic wise. But when I see these "characters"...I know what is coming and i am not sure if I need that.Probably a factor too, but I had a friend who really loves Obsidian games, and saw him playing early in Steam already. Couldn't stop him, I failed
My biggest worry after Avowed was the entrance of marvel/millennial writing with the cringe humor and the quippy self-aware dialog.
I'd say the word of mouth is pretty good but it doesn't seem to translating to sales. Shit's barely in the top 10 a day from launch? The number of reviews seems decent at least.
That's not good at all. Anticipated new releases hit the top 3-5 days/weeks before release. Dragon Ball Sparkling Zero was number 1 for a week+ before the game came out.
Sales. OW2 will jump up tomorrow when it drops and hover for a few days, but I don't think it will be there for long. We shall see.
Should make an appearance on the monthly chart. I don't expect it to hit the top 20 YTD.
I'm loving it. Looks and plays great on XSX
Completely different game, one is a linear narrative heavy game with some combat, the other is a full on rpg.
People trusted the obsidian name.
Yeah I'm honestly kind of shocked how well the first game did, especially since the overwhelming consensus is that it's just OK.
I was meaning in terms of ccu metrics / sales
The Outer Worlds was very much AA. It was part of Take Two's indie push with their Private Division publishing label.
Really? Why.
Cuz is a sequel.
Yeah but ppl didnt really like the outer worlds that much. So Id think it'd get fewer sales
Rankings mean ZILCH on Steam.
I don't think MS would have spent double the development time making a sequel if they were anticipating worse sales than the first game. Nor would they have tried to charge $80 for it.
No idea...its like a mind virus which makes you 100% immun to any rational thinking.
Microsoft doesnt know wtf they are doing and havent been for years
I think many of us (myself included) were caught up in the hype of "New Vegas Developer creates RPG in space".
Yeah no argument there. This wouldn't be the first time they spent over half a decade and tens of millions on a bomba.
True, although the first one had long legs as well and even got a (shitty) remaster.
Sometimes there really isn't an excuse. Spiderman 2 sold gangbusters despite majority of gamers shitting on it. It really wasn't until recently (I would point to Suicide Squad) where we as a collective have begun to put our foot down on accepting mediocrity in video games. A great example of this is Sony First Party sequels seeing their peak CCUs cut in half from their predecessors.
Spiderman 2 has an 8.7 metacritic from users. I don't think a majority of gamers were shitting on it. I think a majority of people on this site were.
Someone paid 70$ for pokemon so what's the problem here? Also this is how fallout it had to be. I'm really enjoying it
Nah, check out any LTTP on Ree. Lot of people there weren't into it either.
Bogsidian?
I thought it was pretty meh but only in first area. The graphics are substantially better than TOW1 although I wish hardware lumen shadows weren't busted. That said the writing feels very much like Avowed i.e millennial writing tier also of course TOW2 has a girl boss as the antagonist. Some of the female characters look nice tho unlike some modern games. Gameplay feels alright, combat RPG systems are neat enough, the world is static and uninteractable just like Avowed and unlike Oblivion. Like avowed the combat is the best part but it's still early for me, maybe the game is goated and I just don't know it yet.
It means revenue.
