Author Topic: Outer Worlds?  (Read 602 times)

brimic

  • friends
  • Senior Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 14,270
Outer Worlds?
« on: December 26, 2019, 08:27:09 AM »
I purchased this game yesterday based on a recommendation, and played it for 6 hrs last night.
So far it’s a really interesting game, it has a lot of the game mechanics of Fallout but appears to be set in something very close to a ‘Firefly’ universe.

6 hours into the game, been about 50% dialog (seems pretty heavy at the beginning to set the tone of the story), 40% looting and exploration, and about 10% combat.

The amount of dialog choices and speech checks are staggering. As I was saying above there are a lot of elements, backstories, and characters that would be immediately familiar to people who are Firefly fans.
"now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb" -Dark Helmet

"AK47's belong in the hands of soldiers mexican drug cartels"-
Barack Obama

dogmush

  • friend
  • Senior Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 14,741
Re: Outer Worlds?
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2019, 08:34:14 AM »
I bought it on a black Friday sale, but haven't had a chance to start it, because I'm still slogging my way through Metro: Exodus.  But glad to hear it sounds like my kind of game.

brimic

  • friends
  • Senior Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 14,270
Re: Outer Worlds?
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2019, 08:51:54 AM »
I bought this one to hold me over until cyberpunk 2077 comes out, and I'm pretty happy with it so far.
"now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb" -Dark Helmet

"AK47's belong in the hands of soldiers mexican drug cartels"-
Barack Obama

Ben

  • Administrator
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 47,714
  • I'm an Extremist!
Re: Outer Worlds?
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2019, 08:58:38 AM »
So I'm not a gamer, but have been playing Left4Dead (for PC) for the last ten years.  :laugh:

This sounds interesting. Question from a non-gamer: I absolutely suck at using a keyboard and mouse for any kind of shooting and stuff. I recall I downloaded a couple of games in the last ten years that I quit because they wouldn't let me use a gamepad on my computer. Does this one let you use a gamepad, at least for any "action" stuff?
"I'm a foolish old man that has been drawn into a wild goose chase by a harpy in trousers and a nincompoop."

brimic

  • friends
  • Senior Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 14,270
Re: Outer Worlds?
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2019, 10:05:13 AM »
So I'm not a gamer, but have been playing Left4Dead (for PC) for the last ten years.  :laugh:

This sounds interesting. Question from a non-gamer: I absolutely suck at using a keyboard and mouse for any kind of shooting and stuff. I recall I downloaded a couple of games in the last ten years that I quit because they wouldn't let me use a gamepad on my computer. Does this one let you use a gamepad, at least for any "action" stuff?

I haven't played a game on a PC in years, and quite honestly, I really miss the controls and thought about trying to figure out a way to go the other way- keyboard+mouse for console gaming- control pads are difficult for me to use precisely, and I've pretty much given up on multiplayer FPSs.  I'm a little weird about using the keyboards- I always remapped the keys to use the arrow key for direction, the number pad for numbered slots, and insert/delete/page down/page up/enter/shift/./, for other controls.
"now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb" -Dark Helmet

"AK47's belong in the hands of soldiers mexican drug cartels"-
Barack Obama