The Outer Worlds 2

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This one may have gone a bit under the radar...got to be said, the next 12 months looks like an amazing time to be a gamer, my steam wishlist has swelled from 10 or so items to almost 30 in the last few weeks

 

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I enjoyed my playthrough of the first one but it was very 'old school' warts and all. Story, characters, dialog options were great but the actual combat was passable at best. This is the area that will need some polish/improvement for me to get the next one.

Yeah, I'd say thats a very accurate assessment, I'd agree with that, I'm sure its something they will be aware of when it comes to making the sequel and look to address it.

 

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Is the first game worth playing in 2025?

Crikey...the first?

Theres already been Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Avowed, Two Point Museum, Atomfall, Khazan First Berserker, Blue Prince, Expedition 33, Doom Dark Ages , Roadcraft, Dune Awakening, The Alters, Broken Arrow , Abiotic Factor, Grounded 2, Cronos New Dawn, Borderlands 4, Dying Light The Beast, Endless Legend 2, Hades 2 and Battlefield 6....has there been nothing in all of that that you've found worth playing, have you considered a different hobby as this one doesnt seem to be delivering for you

 

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@Tombstone I think you misunderstood - the question was "Is the first Outer Worlds game worth playing in 2025", rather than is this the first game actually worth playing in 2025 .

LOL so I did...completely misread that, I do apologise @opethdisciple , thats what happens when you try reading (or misreading as the case is !) with one eye on your phone and one eye on your work screen

So to answer the actual question, its a tough one really, especially with the 2nd being so close. Outer Worlds 1 is one of those close but flawed titles for me. Its good but whilst playing it, it has these little niggles where you think oooh they could have done this better and that better. Theres a lot they got right and yet at the same time some basics that they got wrong to the detriment of the title. I'm hoping that the 2nd game has ironed out those detrimental issues, if they have it should be a cracker.

 

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#RTON

What a time to be alive!

Crikey that music gives me Fallouty vibes

Whats everyones thinking, planning to play in first person or third person?

I've preordered the premium edition so that I can play 5 days early (on the 24th), because otherwise it was coming out 1 day before Arc Raiders which is a bit too close. With the 5 day headstart I can give this some serious time before Arc Raiders drops on the 30th.

 

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Reviews are out for this now. They seem to vary from 'highly polished but darker and somehow missing what made the original great' to 'better than the original in every way'. It being a M$ published title I assume there's a deal of arselickery going on with some reviewers. I don't do gamepass so would be interested to hear peoples honest opinions when it does release as I think I've decided to wait until the hype blows over before purchasing.

Mortismal (very much an RPG player) liked it, he said the companions were lacking a bit but that it was an improvement over the first game and that if you liked the first, you'll like the second.

 

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Its up for preload on steam now

 

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Did the 75gb preload last night, so all ready to give this a spin at 6pm this evening

 

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I think it’s out today for those foolish enough to pay for the premium edition

It is indeed, 6pm today and I'm all ready and raring to go. Premium Edition was a no brainer for me with Arc Raiders coming out on the 30th, having this come out on the 29th wouldnt have given me enough time to fully enjoy it before Arc Raiders the next day, so Premium gives me a nice 5 day long chance to bathe in Outer Worlds goodness before Arc Raiders

 

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Positive news for high end systems (with x3D CPUs)

Issues with RT shadows and denoiser though, needs a patch.

Good good, performance should be good on my albino beast then

 

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I dont know if the shadow noise is fixed now or if I just havent reached the point in the DF video, but so far I'm not seeing any noise on shadows with hardware RT on, was the "press" release the same as the release release?

 

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Clothes and outfits look particularly good in this.

It shares the originals graphical style, but looks so much better.

Strangely it looks far better in play than it does in screenshots or even in videos

 

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I do love this forum, game has been played by a few people and the only comments are how it runs graphically, from clothes to ray tracing.

Whilst I appreciate the complete lack of spoilers, I really want to know is it fun?

Yes it is. Now back to playing it

 

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I tried the first game but gave up sharply as it felt too similar to fallout, which is disliked.

I hear this game is supposed to be better. Unsure if I shohld give it a go.

Its still very fallout-y vibe to it. I'll go out on a limb and say that ,due to it still being very similar to the first game , if you didnt like the first one you'll most likely not like the 2nd either.

 

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I just started and I couldn't figure out why the game felt absolutely terrible and then I looked into settings and realised frame gen turned itself on, how anyone plays with that on I have no idea

x2 isnt too bad, I barely notice the difference on x2 in games, but x3 and x4 I can definitely feel (especially on competitive games, so I tend to avoid putting it that high)

 

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I can do a passable Alan Partridge

After a claim like that, I think we need to see a video