Current Events > The Outer Worlds is fucking amazing

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Put about 25 hours in so far and just the level of detail with things like interactivity between characters is fucking amazing

I really hope to see a sequel with a bigger budget
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Yep, I dig it.

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I wonder who keeps the Outer Worlds IP, Microsoft (who bought Obsidian) or Private Division (who published the game)
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brotrrwinner posted...

I wonder who keeps the Outer Worlds IP, Microsoft (who bought Obsidian) or Private Division (who published the game)

Afaik, they will be making future ones under Microsoft.
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brotrrwinner posted...

I wonder who keeps the Outer Worlds IP, Microsoft (who bought Obsidian) or Private Division (who published the game)

Private Division published the game before Microsoft bought Obsidian, so I assume it's them
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Apparently I missed the first companion by telling them to FO :(
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ZombiePelican posted...

brotrrwinner posted...

I wonder who keeps the Outer Worlds IP, Microsoft (who bought Obsidian) or Private Division (who published the game)

Private Division published the game before Microsoft bought Obsidian, so I assume it's them

If so, then I guess a sequel would be developed by someone else
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Obsidian owned the IP so Microsoft now own the IP and any sequels will be published by them. Some of the Xbox execs have already talked about wanting it to be a franchise.
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Darmik posted...

Obsidian owned the IP so Microsoft now own the IP and any sequels will be published by them. Some of the Xbox execs have already talked about wanting it to be a franchise.

Yup. Given the reception of the game, pretty certain we will see more and with even greater funding no doubt too.
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Darmik posted...

Obsidian owned the IP so Microsoft now own the IP and any sequels will be published by them. Some of the Xbox execs have already talked about wanting it to be a franchise.

I'm just praying they don't make the sequel a "live service" loaded to the brim with microtransactions
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ZombiePelican posted...

Darmik posted...

Obsidian owned the IP so Microsoft now own the IP and any sequels will be published by them. Some of the Xbox execs have already talked about wanting it to be a franchise.

I'm just praying they don't make the sequel a "live service" loaded to the brim with microtransactions

as long as they dont hire Todd Howard we should be good
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Microsoft's Game Pass revenue is what they want. They need a diverse range of games to keep people in that service so I think they'll be fine.
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How long is it overall?

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DocileOrangeCup posted...

How long is it overall?

20-35ish hours, depending on how many side quests you do and difficulty I believe.
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It was a great game, 9/10 until the final big planet. And then I wanted to get to the end finish it before I got burned out.

DocileOrangeCup posted...

How long is it overall?

I finished at like 50 hours total but i did basically everything.

but if you just doing story missions and playing on Story/Normal then it probably would be a 20 hour event

25 hours huh so youre almost done

im really enjoying it so far, feels like a good mix of fallout and KOTOR
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soulunison2 posted...

25 hours huh so youre almost done

you say that like it's a bad thing

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MC_BatCommander posted...

soulunison2 posted...

25 hours huh so youre almost done

you say that like it's a bad thing

Its not but I I wish it was longer its such a good game

my main gripe is that because it isn't a single massive open world ala Fallout 3/NV/4, the individual areas can feel kinda small.

especially with fast travel <_<

MC_BatCommander posted...

soulunison2 posted...

25 hours huh so youre almost done

you say that like it's a bad thing

Probably but I'm going to replay in a purely melee run with ancap ideals instead of my current jack of all trades anti board file I'm currently doing
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I really liked it. They did a lot with what I'd imagine was a small team and relatively light budget. There were SO many ways to do quests, 5+ in some cases. That's what I'm talking about! I did three different playthroughs and still feel like I missed a ton of content/dialogue.
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First couple of hours are great but then its all downhill. Areas are small and covered in neon alien shit making them all look the the same. It's easy, dumb AI, too easy to become godlike which means builds are pointless hurting replayability. Story has no real plot, lots of inane fetch quests with characters that trying to quirky but are just annoying and so on. It's a mediocre RPG at best only getting so much praise because folks are thirsty. Its certainly not amazing imo.
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Enjoying it a lot right now, on normal the combat and need to adjust builds is nonexistent though, other than that, a1
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It's good, but I really hope a sequel further fleshes out the RPG mechanics. It feels too...safe, right now. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad it's on the market and people are buying it. We need more legitimate role playing games, where things like stats matters, and I'm glad we're dipping back into that age.

I just want more fleshed out mechanics in the next game.
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