Kotaku: Don't Expect The Outer Worlds To Be As Gigantic As Fallout: New Vegas

[BringBackSonics]

I thought we knew that? Outer world was going to be different areas, not open world

 

[Bansai]

I'm quite fine with that, if the initial serving is great and sells enough, I'm sure they're gonna expand once they build the IP.

 

[Agent 47]

Sounds good to me, a bigger map and more busy work side content doesn't make a game better. Quality not quanity all the way!

 

[Invisible Cities]

I thought we knew that? Outer world was going to be different areas, not open world

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exactly.

 

[Truly Gargantuan]

Honestly people should be expecting an AA game as far as polish goes.

 

[Liam Allen-Miller]

Nothing would make me happier than getting more of these types of games more frequently if they clock in around the 20-30 hr. range. I think I'm pretty much past the point in my life that I can commit 100+ hours to fully exploring worlds like those in newer open world games.

 

[Ramala]

Perfect. Tired of paying for content I'm never going to experience.

 

[Gestault]

I'd rather have a smaller setting with more thought put into it than something arbitrarily larger for the sake of comparison. I'm glad they're keeping people's expectations calibrated.

 

[Wolfgunblood]

That's a buzzkill. Question now is, will this slow down the memers dunking on BGS

 

[monketron]

Of course. That'll be saved for Outer worlds 2 when MS publishes it

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Except, I assume, Take-two will own the IP and not Obsidian/MS.

 

[Khrol]

I'm honestly not sure how I feel about this. I think RPGs have benefited greatly from having massive open worlds to explore.

It's not a must by any means but their comparision to KOTOR in terms of area layout doesn't sound so hot in 2018.

 

[Mhj]

Great news. Hope the "the bigger the open world is, the better" fad dies.

 

[Rodjer]

Except, I assume, Take-two will own the IP and not Obsidian/MS.

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Obsidian owns the IP, TT has publishing rights.

 

[FlaygletheBagel]

That makes me even more excited for this game.

 

[skeezx]

yeah well New Vegas isn't what i'd call "massive"

honestly something i'm a little wary of regarding the game. i don't care about ginormous worlds but i'm skeptical obsidian can strike it out on their own with a big dynamic world (3D current gen). i think they ultimately will i'm just not spiking the football on this game yet

 

[Fisty]

I'm expecting something on the scale of a prettier Alpha Protocol. Hopefully they nail the story and gameplay, if so I am in

 

[Derrick01]

A smaller but deeper world is much more preferable to a good RPG than a huge but shallow one anyway. Leave the latter to companies like bethesda and ubisoft, there's no sense getting into a size war with them at the expense of good gameplay and design.

 

[Deleted member 41931]

Perfectly fine with that.

 

[SFLUFAN]

Oh, praise Vishnu for this!

 

[chobel]

Hype deflated a bit

 

[ianpm31]

That's good news to me. I lose interest in bloated worlds

 

[Deleted member 3925]

Fine with me.

 

[Thrill_house]

I prefer big open worlds but I'm ok with this as well. Show me what you got obsidian

 

[funky]

Something on the scale of deus ex would be cool.

 

[StrikeFirst117]

Quality over quantity when it comes to games like this. I have no issue with a game avoiding having a large sprawling open world honestly.

 

[Hyun Sai]

That's a positive for me.

 

[Latpri]

Thats fine. The world doesnt have to be gigantic, it just has to FEEL like it is

One of the biggest mistakes Bethsoft ever made with Oblivion was setting the game in a valley, when you can look clear across the map and see the other end of the country a mile or two away it really kills the feeling.

On the other hand Vvardenfell is a volcanic island and the mountain range in the center breaks up lines of sight. You can never look across from one end of Vvardenfell to the other, theres a huge mountain range in the way! So a game with a world 1/4th the size of Oblivion ends up feeling way way smaller.

 

[Aaron D.]

That's a buzzkill. Question now is, will this slow down the memers dunking on BGS

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Nah man, nothing stops the Bethesda Hate Train (tm.), lol.

 

[aerozombie]

MSFT get that obsidian deal done, take the reigns, and get this a AAA budget!

 

[Lukar]

Of course. That'll be saved for Outer worlds 2 when MS publishes it

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I'm curious to know who owns the IP: Take-Two, or Obsidian / Microsoft.

 

[Kemono]

Absolutely fine with me.

 

[Ghostbound]

I'm curious to know who owns the IP: Take-Two, or Obsidian / Microsoft.

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The latter.

 

[DestroyerOfWorlds]

I'm curious to know who owns the IP: Take-Two, or Obsidian / Microsoft.

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Microsoft owns it. Retaining the IP was the main reason given for going with Private Division as the publisher.

 

[Kasai]

I hope it's closer to the scope of Bioshock: larger levels that you're sort of guided through, but it's still open enough to explore.

 

[CloseTalker]

damn. I can see a lot of people opting for Fallout 76 instead then, it has a map even larger than Fallout 4. That's a lot more content hours.

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You make a strong argument!

 

[Deleted member 7462]

New Vegas has one of my favorite open worlds in gaming, but I'm fine with going with the flow if Obsidian targets a "smaller, contained locations" type of design like in Alpha Protocol.

 

[daveo42]

I'm really fine with this. The Bethesda-style open world really has run thin for me and the excitement of "finding new stuff" in a large open world really doesn't excite me like it once did.

 

[DestroyerOfWorlds]

This is good news, IMO. There aren't enough mid-sized RPGs that can be enjoyed without dumping hundreds of hours into it.

 

[Yautja_Warrior]

If it's good, I really don't care how big / small it is.

Innuendo the thread lol

 

[LewieP]

What a shame, I wanted another hollow pointless giant massive open world.

 

[Gilver]

Good. Smaller worlds are a plus for me now.

 

[Tremorah]

Obsidian mentioning KOTOR makes me all tingly inside, there are a lot of bloat in most open world games these days

 

[Inuhanyou]

good

 

[BabyDontHurtMe]

What I saw looked engaging enough for me. I don't need Assassin's Creed Odyssey levels massive for each open-world release. I'll happily accept any AA game.

 

[Yung Kyubii]

Tight first game, expansive sequel please.

 

[Agent 47]

That's a buzzkill. Question now is, will this slow down the memers dunking on BGS

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I don't think this game being smaller in scale than F:NV changes F76 being a piece of shit, so no.

 

[HeisenbergWW62]

Good. Not every game needs to be a trillion hours long

 

[Kin5290]

Of course. Private Division is a Indie-AA label, so you should expect AA resources to go into this game. Expecting AAA levels of content on a AA budget would be a mistake IMO.

 

[spman2099]

That is a very positive sign. Stay within your means. Don't stretch your content too thin. This project is very, very promising.

 

[Deleted member 1003]

If it's not on Switch then Kotaku might not review it very well.

I'm excited and the size of the world has never been a selling point to me.