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The Outer Worlds - PAX East 2019 Gameplay Demo Walkthrough [Read Staff Note(s)]
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A thread about a game mired in controversy devolving into a thread about said controversy? Yeah, totally unheard of on era. A shock to us all.
Really?
Looks better than FO76 already and way less buggy/janky.
And please don't forget this game isn't AAA. Bioshock Infinite had way more time and a huge budget even for AAA games last gen.
If this would be a FallOut: New Vegas type of deal and day 1 on steam people would sing it#s praise. How much better it looks and feels in contrast to New Vegas and FO76.
Quick reminder that Fallout NV was a janky, old in the tooth looking game with sub par animations, combat and AI... and it is held in high regards despite all of that.
I mean, it looks the same as the last gameplay video they put out? It's a riff on New Vegas' formula with a different setting, and a smaller scope. That's what it's been sold as from day one, and it's exactly what it looks like.
It looks more like New Vegas than either of those. Like, it's a relatively low budget, singleplayer, dialogue-driven RPG, not a quasi-MMO survival game nor a... whatever genre BioShock Infinite ended up being. (Like, it wasn't really an immersive sim, so story-driven shooter, I guess?)
I really don't get how people's expectations of what this was gonna be have ended up so far off what it is, considering what the studio's known for, and the fact that they put out gameplay within days of the announcement trailer.
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The world and writing looks as interesting as it always had, but yeah it does have some of that New Vegas jank. Still my most anticipated game though. Was never expecting it to be super polished or a gameplay masterpiece. It's still delivering on why I am hyped for it.
Probably because animations and graphics aren't the end all be all. Maybe we'll get back to remembering that one day.....one day
This looks about what I expected, meaning that I am very much looking forward to it. I'm not a fan of EGS so I'll be waiting until 2020, but I hope everyone who doesn't wait has a good time
Good.
Or rather it would be, but they already got they money hat.
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Looking solid. Showed off some dialogue choices and freedom. Hopefully the NPCs and game state will be more reactive to what you're doing though. Seems wrong that you can slaughter everyone with heavy weapons, go down the stairs and people are just standing around like nothing happened.
Didn't expect for this thread to be so negative all around. On the gameplay side I thought we saw some really cool weapons for varied gameplay. Also they showed the flexibility of the systems and how they're driving the this is an rpg so play how you want to. On the EGS side lol. It wasn't up to them. They're game is published by private division. They decide where it's distributed. Also you can buy it on the Microsoft store, if it's purely an EGS problem.
For real. This game looks dope as hell. Watched the video and it's going to scratch that big Bethesda-esque RPG itch, in the absence of actual Bethesda RPGs.
It looks charmingly dated, I guess, though I can't say the actual gameplay looked too thrilling.
I was gonna say, lol. In the grand scheme of things, not many things matter less than YouTube comments and likes.
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Woof, looking a bit rough. Been trying not to watch much on it because I was pretty much sold already, but I had to turn it off with that screen tearing. Makes me nauseous.
I may just wait for the Steam release so I can make sure it's good and patched before diving in.
I may just wait for the Steam release so I can make sure it's good and patched before diving in.
I don't understand why EA can't just let them license it. That's more money out of the budget, and also money that would've saved a lot of wasted work hours and frustrations in Frostbite on their last two games, probably even DA:I even though admittedly they did good on that (for the most part) despite working with Frostbite.
I'm going to be pretty pissed if some day Mass Effect remaster is announced and they're somehow trying to recreate the game in Frostbite rather than UE4.
Yup. Looks good but you can bet it'll be even better a year later.
Regardless of your preferred launcher; buying games on day 1 almost seems counter-intuitive these days.
I'm interested in the game. They have time to iron out the kinks and stuff, so I'll probably get it one way or another. I know UWP isn't ideal, but it is an alternative. I have an Xbox sitting around that doesn't get used for gaming, but if the UWP version ends up a Play Anywhere title then I'm definitely getting that version.
The mod team has explicitly stated not to go into an EGS discussion (though this thread really shouldn't be one) with this sort of vitriol, or argue in bad faith about it all, which you're clearly doing here by reducing the discussion to "lmao launcher warz"...which is clearly not the issue at hand here.
The mod team has explicitly stated not to go into an EGS discussion (though this thread really shouldn't be one) with this sort of vitriol, or argue in bad faith about it all, which you're clearly doing here by reducing the discussion to "lmao launcher warz"...which is clearly not the issue at hand here.
Yep, this is what I'm thinking seeing a lot of the replies in here. New Vegas looked like shit, it was a buggy mess, New Vegas (the city itself) was really underwhelming appearance-wise, and yet, it's still one of the best games ever. This is still an early build of the game and so some things will probably be improved before release, but this is a game with a relatively low budget, so it's never going to match what a AAA game would look like.
I think it looks about where it should at this stage of development. It does look more like an enhanced last-gen game, but it is a small team working on this. What cannot be lost is the actual RPG mechanics and how they integrate into the quests and the world. It's lovely to see a RPG actually try to do that, so few do.
I think you are kindof missing the overall point of my post and now looking back at it I should have provided better context. I just think its wholly unfair to have people come into these threads to make aggressive snarky posts about how they aren't going to buy the game because of blank reasons and derail the thread completely when you do have people who are actually here to discuss the games merits and are generally excited about the game overall. And yes I'm also aware of the irony by my original post as well considering the divisive nature of the controversy.
And also for the sake of brevity I was not privy to any mod posts saying that such topics were not allowed. Just clearing the air on that front. Knowing is half the Battle. Go Joe!
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This looks so far from being anywhere close to finished but is still coming out this year?
Might be a very buggy release.
Might be a very buggy release.
I do wish they'd spent more time with a quest and less time killing NPCs, but what they showed looked really encouraging.
Oh my god the writing is hilarious. Im so excited for this. Going for intelligence for that deadpan humour build
Besides my issues with Egs, the demo didn't impress me too much. Bur I've played plenty of AA titles, and that's fine i just have to set my expectations accordingly.
I'm very likely willing to wait the year+ for the exclusivity to end for them to polish out any issues within the first few months, and then for fans to create mods.
I'm very likely willing to wait the year+ for the exclusivity to end for them to polish out any issues within the first few months, and then for fans to create mods.
Yup, definitely what I expected. Day one for PS4, and maybe anothr copy on PC if it's mod friendly.
The first part was really good, and I get wanting to avoid spoilers, but an extended sequence showcasing the game's weakest aspect isn't for a great presentation. New Vegas would look pretty awful if you just put together a clip of the player rampaging through the Strip
Same.
As an adult, I have gotten a lot better at just waiting.
I only picked up Destiny 2 this year despite really wanting to play it at launch.
I tried to kill any innocent NPCs in the city in Deus Ex:Human Revolution and that looked jsut as goofy and bad like if you tried that in NV.. but here in TOW it looks atleast somewhat fun. even though I still hate when games do this thing, like here when city NPCs are at first scared of what you are doing but then after maybe 10 seconds after you do nothing, they again act like nothing happened in the previous seconds/minutes and don't care about the dead bodies everywhere around them
Nice they showed you can holster a weapon. The announcement thread was ridiculous with people worried you couldn't.
The video was meh in all honesty. Showing off what will most likely be the weakest aspects of the game for most of the video was a bad idea. I am planning to rent the game for the PS4, thanks EGS, so I hope the PS4 version is up to snuff.
The video was meh in all honesty. Showing off what will most likely be the weakest aspects of the game for most of the video was a bad idea. I am planning to rent the game for the PS4, thanks EGS, so I hope the PS4 version is up to snuff.
