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.
I basically refuse to pay more than $50 for a game.
The outer wilds had some good press but by the time I was interested it was given away for free. Guessing that’ll be the case here too.
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Honestly, the first one was Ok, I'm kinda surprised there was a second one.
Ok, not really surprised since every IP needs to be a franchise, but you know what I mean.
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Shallow and janky is peak fallout.
I'm afraid you're conflating "Fallout" with "Bethesda". Fallout 1&2 are peak Fallout, and they are neither shallow nor janky. Well, maybe slightly janky but more in the sense of "dated" than Bethesda type jank.
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Your extremely expensive try-hard sequel to a just OK game didn't blow everyone away? Womp womp. Obsidian died when MS bought them.
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Not shocked. this seems like, at best, it might be a $10 steam pickup... Same as the first game
I got the first Outer Worlds for free...on Epic.
The sequel will probably also be given away for free at somepoint.
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Outer Worlds 2, Avowed, Mass Effect Andromeda, Dragon Age Veilguard - each one of these games were touted for their improved combat, at least improved movement. That's not to say any are great, just that they're not as clunky as previous games. They are not standout in that regard. So for Bioware and Obsidian, it is still the case that their draw is writing in a higher budget RPG than the startup indie scene. Pretty much where Owlcat is now getting to with Warhammer and the Expanse licensed games, that's where Bioware and Obsidian were 20-25 years ago. Narrative games
Bioware and Obsidian games aren't so fun to play to appeal with mediocre writing. I think like an 80+% reduction of irony, snark, sarcasm, eye rolls, modern slang, knods to modern culture would do wonders for their games writing. Don't have to get rid of all of it. Just have them be more fun finds in a dialog tree that make them memorable and each high quality while the rest of the narrative takes itself seriously. I'll 5 great jokes over 100, "ehh I get it. I guess that's funny."
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I enjoyed it... sorry.
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For me it was very laggy and did not work well on my ha (2080ti + 5600x)
I couldnt hit 50FPS stable
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I kept getting mixed up with Outer Worlds and Outer Wilds, and got really excited then disappointed when I heard about Outer Worlds 2, thinking that Outer Wilds was getting a sequel. So it was always a bummer to me even without actually playing the game.
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Don't apologize for enjoying a game.
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$70 for a game is mad. Even if it was critically acclaimed and award winning who can afford that when most people struggle to live? Even $50 is a lot of money. Big game developers have lost the plot.
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I started it, and was enjoying it, when it was still on game pass ultimate for for $15 a month but since they raised the prices I just can’t pay that amount of money finish it
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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.
Might just be me but.... I really like the companions in the Outer Worlds 2. They're way better than the first game. The inability to romance them was actually a selling point to me, because I assumed that meant each character's arc would focus on their own story unrelated to their relationship with the player, like in New Vegas.
So far, I've loved how Inez especially expands on the history of Auntie's Choice. There's one companion that's just a little goofy, but I also don't know how you'd do that character without making them extremely naive.
The game as a whole actually is much more fleshed-out than the first, at least thus far (halfway through). I highly recommend getting it on a sale.
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I liked the first Outer Worlds but didn't even look towards Outer Worlds 2 because it was other better or more interesting games that was released last year.
It feels like it was to much to release Avowed, Outer Worlds 2 and Grounded 2 in the same year. They should have spread out the games more to polish them more before the release.
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$70 for a game is mad. Even if it was critically acclaimed and award winning who can afford that when most people struggle to live? Even $50 is a lot of money. Big game developers have lost the plot.
This for me too. It is too high a ticket price for a game I want to play but am not completely excited about. My hardware will possibly also struggle with this title, so that was too high of a barrier for me.
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$70 for a game is mad. Even if it was critically acclaimed and award winning who can afford that when most people struggle to live? Even $50 is a lot of money. Big game developers have lost the plot.
This will be the new normal for a couple years. Then when no one in the US can afford a $30 game. They'll set the prices back for $60.
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$70 for a game is mad. Even if it was critically acclaimed and award winning who can afford that when most people struggle to live? Even $50 is a lot of money. Big game developers have lost the plot.
I mean I play the games either way.
So whether companies learn to make their games affordable for the vast majority of Americans who are cash strapped or not is irrelevant to me.
I'm just wondering how long it takes these companies to realize how many others like me there are out there and that they could be making a lot more money if they just made prices reasonable.
I actualy finally have a decent income and I still do what I do if the price isn't fair, just out of spite.
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I mean, there's no great secret, right ? The Outer Worlds is just an alright-ish franchise. Bethesda without the incompetence, but also without the hype.
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I mean, there's no great secret, right ? The Outer Worlds is just an alright-ish franchise. Bethesda without the incompetence, but also without the hype.
The Outer Wilds
That's the wrong game
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I didn't realise it came out already. Whoops.
