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The Outer Worlds is a new single-player first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division.
In The Outer Worlds, you awake from hibernation on a colonist ship that was lost in transit to Halcyon, the furthest colony from Earth located at the edge of the galaxy, only to find yourself in the midst of a deep conspiracy threatening to destroy it. As you explore the furthest reaches of space and encounter various factions, all vying for power, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the corporate equation for the colony, you are the unplanned variable.
Key Features
The player-driven story RPG: In keeping with the Obsidian tradition, how you approach The Outer Worlds is up to you. Your choices affect not only the way the story develops; but your character build, companion stories, and end game scenarios.
You can be flawed, in a good way: New to The Outer Worlds is the idea of flaws. A compelling hero is made by the flaws they carry with them. While playing The Outer Worlds, the game tracks your experience to find what you aren't particularly good at. Keep getting attacked by Raptidons? Taking the Raptiphobia flaw gives you a debuff when confronting the vicious creatures, but rewards you with an additional character perk immediately. This optional approach to the game helps you build the character you want while exploring Halcyon.
Lead your companions: During your journey through the furthest colony, you will meet a host of characters who will want to join your crew. Armed with unique abilities, these companions all have their own missions, motivations, and ideals. It's up to you to help them achieve their goals, or turn them to your own ends.
Explore the corporate colony: Halcyon is a colony at the edge of the galaxy owned and operated by a corporate board. They control everything... except for the alien monsters left behind when the terraforming of the colony’s two planets didn’t exactly go according to plan. Find your ship, build your crew, and explore the settlements, space stations, and other intriguing locations throughout Halcyon.
System requirements for PC
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: System requirements coming soon
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: System requirements coming soon
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I do, and now that The Outer Worlds is here, everyone can live those wonderful days of meaningful story and fascinating characters.
The game does not shove politics or The Current Year in your face, while taking the time to cause you to think a little more deeply about important things. It's not an anti-capitalism screed, as even the arch-capitalists have good qualities to balance out their characters. Spacer's Choice isn't a bastion of freedom, but it's not necessarily a power for evil, either. The game's universe reflects more upon Feudal society, with the corporations acting as Lords who control the serfs under them and grudgingly accept the free men and women who pad out the world.
The bad guys aren't all bad, the good guys aren't all good, and people who you think should be one often turn out to be another.
It's a game full of shades of grey which not only make for an impactful first runthrough but also tempt with offers of future gameplay with actual divergent pathways, instead of just playthroughs with arbitrary black marks and gold stars doled out by the game writers when you follow their arbitrarily decided upon good and evil actions.
You are your own worst judge, jury, and executioner in this game, as only you are responsible for your decisions in a world where all options are on the table and often morally ambiguous.
It's nice to have an rpg as focused as this was, it felt like you were never lost as to what you could he doing, quests forced you to explore and as you explored you encountered more quests. A delightful loop that kept you busy throughout.