The Outer Worlds

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• Not recommended Posted October 3, 2025 on Steam This is one of those games that is not awful, its just not inspiring enough to make you want to continue playing it. I've tried to play this game a number of times and what always inevitably happens is that I abandon it for something more interesting in short order. It's just not gripping, both in story and in gameplay.
• Not recommended Posted August 8, 2025 on Steam I got it for 7 bucks on sale, so I don't particularly regret the purchase - but it's as painfully mediocre as it looked, hence me not purchasing it earlier, let alone for full price. The story didn't grab me, I don't care for the characters and the world isn't particularly compelling or immersive. It somewhat has a "We have Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic mixed with Fallout at home" vibes, but at least with the former even that might be a bit generous. KotOR had incredibly take-off and landing cutscenes for every location in 2004, letting you get a sense of the world and building a bond with your space ship, over a decade later we've devolved to nothing but a dot moving on a map and loading screens. Where these games of the past made you feel like assembling a valued crew, here it feels like we are picking up random strays.. just because. There isn't really a driving narrative to do any of these random quests, many of which quickly become an exercise of backtracking over and over again through cleared out and empty levels, again and again. I don't know what happened to Obsidian after the likes of KotOR 2, Fallout New Vegas, PoE 1&2 and Tyranny, but much like BioWare, the magic unfortunately seems to be gone. It's not terrible, it's not offensive in any way, it's just kind of boring and meandering along.
• Recommended Posted October 29, 2025 on Steam Started the game thinking I’d be a hero. Five dialogue options later, I was the CEO of chocolate factory.
• Recommended Posted October 11, 2025 on Steam I know this is quite cynical, but it's basically Fallout 4 in space, which is just essentially a dumbed down version of Fallout: New Vegas. The main character is so powerful that most fights are uninteresting and just generally tedious. The dialogue and writing is pretty lackluster. This just isn't a deep RPG with a captivating narrative in any respect. Honestly, this is just a brainless game to relax to after a long day. I recommend the game with this consideration in mind.
• Recommended Posted August 16, 2025 on Steam I had a good time, however, I have to mention: I know Obsidian marketed this with "Hey guys, we made New Vegas. You LOVE New Vegas!" This is not New Vegas. I know I bounced off the game until I met the game at its level. I can't take the game super seriously, because it doesn't really take itself seriously. The DLCs stand out as well-made, fun, self-contained little stories. Argueably liked them better then the main game, imo. So if you're wanting a satire of American Prosperity Gospel and our obsession with capitalism and profits above all else, I'd say its worth it.
• Recommended Posted August 29, 2025 on Steam I wanted to like this game...it's ok... Just feels...stretched like butter scraped over too much bread... there is something to this game but I can't put my finger on what.