Obsidian's The Outer Worlds 2 Underperformed, and There Won't Be a Third - IGN
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It underperformed due to them overcharging for it.
I had my sights set on buying it shortly after launch, then they decided to charge €80 for it on launch, and still charge €70 for it.
I would be fine with €60, but more is just greedy.
And yes I noticed way too late that they had it on sale for €50 this december, and I missed that opportunity due to other expenses.
They actually walked back the 80 to 70 BEFORE launch, but the bad press about it stuck anyway.
I skipped it myself cuz even though I generally like Obsidian games, I don't spend money on microsoft anymore.
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The first one was mostly terrible and coasted on, 'not Bethesda ' and fallout vibes. But it was shallow and janky.
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Didn't mind the first one, but you are out of your mind if you think I would pay $70 for this game. Especially after they tried to sell it for $80 at first. Thank god that didn't fly. Fuck you Microsoft.
It's crazy too, because most games that launch for $70, you can just wait 3 months and then they'll have a 30% sale. I will be picking it up this March, should go on sale for like 40%.
On Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/1449110/The_Outer_Worlds_2/ the lowest price it had was 2 month ago (approx. 1 year after release on Steam I think) at 30% cut, which is 49 Euros down from 70. So it might take another 6 or even 12 months before going lower than that.
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The first one was mostly terrible and coasted on, 'not Bethesda ' and fallout vibes. But it was shallow and janky.
Shallow and janky is peak fallout.
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The first one was mostly terrible and coasted on, 'not Bethesda ' and fallout vibes. But it was shallow and janky.
I remember getting it because the hype around it being better at RPG storytelling than Fallout 4 which was still new was the number one thing I heard about it.
While it is better written, I'll give it that, it very much suffers from the same lack of interesting choices that Fallout 4 has. You have rebel, capitalist, and maybe sometimes a neutral 3rd option. Having two of those three choices just make one side happy and the other mad at you isn't exactly the kind of depth I was hoping for.
And the action is pretty mid at best, while Fallout 4 I have pretty much always thought of as a pretty damn good looter shooter where it fails at being a halfway decent RPG.
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On Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/1449110/The_Outer_Worlds_2/ the lowest price it had was 2 month ago (approx. 1 year after release on Steam I think) at 30% cut, which is 49 Euros down from 70. So it might take another 6 or even 12 months before going lower than that.
The Outer Worlds 2 came out October 29th, 2025 (not even 4 months ago). So for it to already be at 30% 2 months after release gives me hope that it'll go down much more next sale. I'm assuming it didn't sell that well on steam just looking at number of reviews and all time player count peak.
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Aside from it being a high price for any game, the first game also was very meh, you can't expect lots of sales from its fans
The first one felt very forced as far as the leftist story goes. I'm as leftist as there is but it still felt really heavy handed. I got maybe 3 hours in and never picked it up again.
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I much prefer their isometric titles anyway.
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Is the second game really "meh"? I enjoyed the first one but that was because I got stupidly high everytime I play. There has been moments where I would sober up and question why everyone in a town hates me and why is everyone dead. Don't remember the details either, epic games corrupted my save and I gave up.
The first was meh. Dunno about the second, but I have to assume it was also meh.
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They were a little too heavy handed on the preachyness imo. I agree with the point but that doesn't mean I want to be hit with a metaphorical hammer for 20+ hours.
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The Outer Worlds 2 came out October 29th, 2025 (not even 4 months ago). So for it to already be at 30% 2 months after release gives me hope that it'll go down much more next sale. I'm assuming it didn't sell that well on steam just looking at number of reviews and all time player count peak.
Oops my bad. I thought its already a year ago... lol time does not fly!
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The first one felt very forced as far as the leftist story goes. I'm as leftist as there is but it still felt really heavy handed. I got maybe 3 hours in and never picked it up again.
It was a pretty standard anti-corporate satire that would not have stood out against films like Brazil or Joe vs the Volcano.
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God man, shits so sad but I'd be lying if I said I was surprised at all. The first one was very OK, like it was certainly a game that I played and bothered completing. They were very lucky someone had the idea to make Parvati in the first game, the rest of the crew was a snooze fest (at least for me). But then I see the shitty commercial they made for the companions in the 2nd game, and no fucking wonder it didn't sell! They tell you nothing, play that god awful song over some shitty footage and crack a joke about how none of them are romance-able. They then charge 80 bucks, and make fun of you if you pay for their premium edition, yea go fuck yourself obsidian, and stop taking credit for new Vegas, none of those team members are still around.
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It was a pretty standard anti-corporate satire that would not have stood out against films like Brazil or Joe vs the Volcano.
Fallout is anti-corporate. But you're dealing with the aftermath of runaway capitalism, instead of being inside of it. Whereas the outer worlds felt like a too long episode of Futurama featuring mom corp.
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God man, shits so sad but I'd be lying if I said I was surprised at all. The first one was very OK, like it was certainly a game that I played and bothered completing. They were very lucky someone had the idea to make Parvati in the first game, the rest of the crew was a snooze fest (at least for me). But then I see the shitty commercial they made for the companions in the 2nd game, and no fucking wonder it didn't sell! They tell you nothing, play that god awful song over some shitty footage and crack a joke about how none of them are romance-able. They then charge 80 bucks, and make fun of you if you pay for their premium edition, yea go fuck yourself obsidian, and stop taking credit for new Vegas, none of those team members are still around.
This is an accurate take haha.
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Call this what you like. Echo effect (previous entry was bad, and so people avoid the very good sequel), $70 price tag…in my case, it was Microsoft nosediving harder than usual on all fronts, including literally bombing children, making it an easy decision to boycott them.
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This reminds me to finish the outer wilds.
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I'm waiting for the game to be released on gog.com. I really enjoyed the first game.
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Not shocked. this seems like, at best, it might be a $10 steam pickup... Same as the first game
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For some reason, I just felt the humour was trying too hard, plus the price tag made the overall package unappealing to me.
