I'm fine with all of that, really. I'd love the option to change between third and first person, like in Skyrim, but eh, I can live with that.
I'm more on the fence that it's hub based rather than being open world.
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The Outer Worlds announced (Obsidian, FPS RPG, XB1/PS4/Steam 2019)
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I'm more on the fence that it's hub based rather than being open world.
Good stuff man! Reading this now at work.
Third vs. first-person I'm honestly neutral about. I'm cool with either, and with something like Fallout I usually just stay in first-person anyway.
Same with having a voiced protagonist. I don't mind it either way, though I may have a slight preference towards no voice when you have dialogue trees. One of the things that bugged me in Fallout 4 is that the dialogue options didn't always match what your character would actually say. So there was some weird dissonance there from time to time. With the no-voice route, you know exactly what the game is using as your response (and it helps speed things up a bit when you don't have to wait for your character to verbalize what you just read).
Lack of third person and companion romance is a slight negative for me. Third thing is a strong positive. I never really use 3rd person but I want to take a look at my character and their look and outfit occasionally which is the only thing I've used it for in these kinds of games. I seem to be in the minority with the companion romance thing though, people on Obsidian forums strongly dislike romances in RPGs. Didn't really miss the lack of romance in Pillars of Eternity though and I felt that it was lame in PoE 2 because of being poorly done so I felt that if they were gonna half ass it they should have left it out.
In theory I am fine with companion romance. In practice though I find that it turns out to be awful the majority of the time.
I feel like from what I saw they really wanna get the Fallout crowd with the perks and humor so my guess this will likely be nothing like either Pillars especially Deadfire.
I'm personally more than fine with how the game looks. Obsidian was never going to jump from isometric to AAA world-beaters. And I think the art direction is pretty good.
A graphical note though. Seems like out in the field NPCs will have a slightly less detailed model, and then this is swapped with high-quality one once you engage in conversation with them. Unless my eyes are playing tricks on me. Like this part in GI's footage.
A graphical note though. Seems like out in the field NPCs will have a slightly less detailed model, and then this is swapped with high-quality one once you engage in conversation with them. Unless my eyes are playing tricks on me. Like this part in GI's footage.
Odd argument they're using where they argue that it actually increases roleplaying potential though by 'not being tempted to bend to every character's whims'. If anything it reduces the roleplaying. If I want to roleplay a flirtatious space captain for lolz ('report to the ship, we'll bang OK') then it's odd that the designers won't let me.
The biggest concern I have, though is that the game world and story will be much too whimsical. Good story telling doesn't go with a world and lore that doesn't take itself seriously at all. Case in point: Divinity Original Sin 1.
I can see that argument. Deadfire's romance had its problems but i tried to play a flirty captain and was very happy when the person i was romancing pretty much told me to fuck off when I sided against her faction. I just think most people hate the Bioware way of doing it where your companions throw themselves at you regardless of anything else. Well that and the cringey way most companion romances are written.
How long ago did mom give me away brother? I feel the same as you.
Romances have never once ever been interesting once in the dawn of video game "fuckable computer AI".
Really excited for this having just replayed New Vegas not too long ago. This was the most exciting thing shown during the game awards for me.
I'm much pretty going around copying and pasting this in all the threads cause it's exciting but -
Obsidian are already working on a new project, apparently.
Source:
First Look At The Fallout-Inspired RPG, The Outer Worlds
At 20:30
Obsidian are already working on a new project, apparently.
Source:
First Look At The Fallout-Inspired RPG, The Outer Worlds
At 20:30
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The Outer Worlds |OT| A Star in Another Field
The Outer Worlds |OT| Starfield New Vegas
The Outer Worlds |OT| This Fallout is Unreal
Too soon?
The Outer Worlds |OT| Starfield New Vegas
The Outer Worlds |OT| This Fallout is Unreal
Too soon?
So people are taking the "created by/developed by" to be some kind of insult against Bethesda. Should they have used Temple of Elemental Evil and Dungeon Siege 3 instead for the kind of game The Outer Worlds is?
This is true, but it's also pretty obvious imo. It's not like Obsidian''s going to have zero ground dug up past 2019. (Ie, this would be more surprising if TOW was 2020 or undated).
But they made the best 3D FPS RPG ever in NV so..... I'm not sure how you figure this.
This is the most exciting "mainstream" game announcement for me in a long time.
"Looks like they may still have it" is a somewhat weird statement given that Pillars of Eternity 1 and 2 are some of Obsidian's most recent games, and also their most highly rated releases ever. (And for good reason)
It's a strange sentiment for sure. Citing past accolades as being the original creators of the beloved Fallout and the developers of fan favorite New Vegas when revealing your brand new RPG is exactly what I would do as a marketer. I highly doubt it's intended as some kind of ding, it's just great marketing.
Its been almost a decade since New Vegas. For a lot of people im guessing Obsidian just totally fell off the radar after that.
I suggest you dive into the thread reporting they've been sold. In that thread I learned that obsidian lost all their talent long ago and can no longer make good games.
You can see your character in the inventory/character sheet.
Many (most?) of the people on this site are only interested in AAA console games. Isometric CRPGs might as well not exist in their minds.
Agreed, and I think a big reason people are thinking its a dig at Bethesda is largely due to how poorly Fallout 76 has been received and is still very fresh in everyones memory.
Thanks for the reply,friend!
Yeah you're absolutely right. They also used Onyx for Dungeon Siege 3. Wonder if they'll move forward with UE for their future projects as a Microsoft Studio or stick with their engine.
Ikr?!? It's like Obsidian was purchased by EA to make battlefield DLC or something...
Finally! New Vegas is easily my favorite RPG off that Bethesda engine (as much as I enjoyed Oblivion), I can't wait to try this out. I wonder if any sequels will be exclusive with Obsidian being bought out or if somehow this franchise will still be independent of that.
It's published by Private Division. Not a Microsoft game.
This was my most anticipated game before the reveal and even more so now. Looks like everything I was hoping it would.
The Outer Worlds |OT| Truth is, the Game was Rigged from the Start
