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The Outer Worlds wins IGN’s RPG of the year award
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Yeah as inventive as Disco Elysium appears, I hate having to roleplay as a man.
I wish it was a funner game. The writing underneath it all was enjoyable enough.
Nothing will touch Shadowbringers for me though. Best villain in gaming of the past decade
Nothing will touch Shadowbringers for me though. Best villain in gaming of the past decade
It's really crazy how much people have apparently soured on this game. I just bought it myself cuz it was on sale, hope i enjoy it well enough lol
Congrats to Obsidian. Glad to see them get recognition.
Although, I personally could not enjoy this game. Hopefully their next RPG under MS will be more enticing for me.
Although, I personally could not enjoy this game. Hopefully their next RPG under MS will be more enticing for me.
I don't think many people hate it (aside from people being hyperbolic), but it certainly appears that many people were disappointed and dissatisfied with it.
Pissed? It's a functional, complete, non mtx heavy, story driven game. It's also not very buggy. It would've been worth 60
Is this going to be a gamepass games thing from now on? I hope not.
I still need to get around to finishing it. Thus far I've mostly enjoyed what I've played of it, but I'm far from loving it. It's a bit of a formulaic, more of the same from decades ago type of experience, and if I'm honest, a rather forgettable and archaic one at that. It also doesn't help that even in its hardest setting it is shockingly easy.
That being said, it is still charming and quirky, and has interesting or enjoyable moments, areas, art etc sprinkled throughout. If I hadn't played it via Game Pass I would probably have been somewhat disappointed.
On a side note, what were the other RPG's it was competing against this year?
That being said, it is still charming and quirky, and has interesting or enjoyable moments, areas, art etc sprinkled throughout. If I hadn't played it via Game Pass I would probably have been somewhat disappointed.
On a side note, what were the other RPG's it was competing against this year?
I guess being the only big name RPG in 2019 gets you some awards like this despite being mediocrity distilled into a game.
With the amount of games coming out and shit to play I don't pay $60 for a functional or competently made game that is ultimately nothing special.
Only for console, there are a lot of PC RPGs where the combat is trivial or non existent.
IGN's full list of nominees were:
- The Outer Worlds
- Disco Elysium
- Pokemon Sword/Shield
- Kingdom Hearts 3
- Dragon Quest Builders 2
people sure turned against this game. I like it a lot. With bioware on life support and bethesda doing whatever, it's been a while I played a game like it and I realized how I missed party based rpgs with decent production values. Isometric games are ok, they just can't create the same feeling and expressions that 3D characters have and really enjoyed having that and well written party members again. Maybe it is the scarcity that makes me like it this much, I don't care, it was well worth my time. I would definitely pick it over KH3 easily.
Okay. The game that has an auto-leveling system in which the most RPG thing you can do is switching out your armor (one item) and weapon (one item) is one of the top RPGs this year? Apex Legends is a better RPG than DQB2 by those bottom scraping standards.
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It did for those of us who played it.
I'm still playing through Outer Worlds, level 24 or so currently and so far I'm just like yea it's alright but certainly not on the same level as Disco. Very samey everything really? I don't know, I mean it's not bad to play it just doesn't really excel or push the boundaries?
Can we change the tag for the Disco Elysium OT to this please?
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I disagree. Discovering the history and dynamics of Halcyon was the highlight of the game for me.
No. It just doesn't think it's the best RPG game of the year, at least not in a world where a number of more innovative, smarter or just plain more fun games released this year.
I played it for 100+ hours and liked it quite a bit. But it's not really an RPG, to me it's a strategy game with a layer of character development on top as part of the strategic gameplay.
It's a very messy and unpolished game though, both technically and in terms of story delivery. I liked the overall story, but again... very messy.
Yeah. Agreed on all counts. Barely ranks as an RPG to me. The numbers game being all semi-random definitely doesn't help. Still a better RPG than DQ Builders 2, which was one of IGN's other nominees.
Yeah I don't understand how this won over Disco and whats worse is the lack of Fire Emblem in the nominees. Kind of ridiculous.
Outer Worlds started off decent enough with some clever writing but my god is the game horribly balanced and chock full of game design that doesn't respect the player's intelligence.
Outer Worlds started off decent enough with some clever writing but my god is the game horribly balanced and chock full of game design that doesn't respect the player's intelligence.
I haven't played Disco yet (might play it on Switch when it comes out since at the moment I don't have a PC) but man, was TOW a disappointment.
The gameplay was meh, the characters forgettable, the worlds all look the same and lack originality. The dialogues were the best part of it, but I really didn't care about the story and I'm happy it's shorter than the average RPG. Saying "But it's an AA game!" doesn't work for me, cause we have tons of indies with better gameplay and story.
The gameplay was meh, the characters forgettable, the worlds all look the same and lack originality. The dialogues were the best part of it, but I really didn't care about the story and I'm happy it's shorter than the average RPG. Saying "But it's an AA game!" doesn't work for me, cause we have tons of indies with better gameplay and story.
Fallout: New Vegas is still a million times better but The Outer Worlds is definitely a good game.
I usually play these games years after their release, but because of Game Pass PC I was there day one for The Outer Worlds. Spend about 40 hours with the game and enjoyed most of my time. Yeah, the game's combat system is unbalanced and it's a bit too formulaic overall, but it still kept me engaged throughout my playthrough. I was not super into the whole hyper-capitalist society thing, but I really liked most of the characters and the overall writing. No technical or quest related problems on my side, in fact the Gears 5 campaign was way buggier and glitchier for me, which is remarkable. So congrats Obsidian .... and I cannot wait for my Disco Elysium playthrough in 2021.
Haven't played Disco Elysium which sounds really good, but I enjoyed my time with Outer Worlds.
Best dialogue I've come across, and the interaction among party members with each other, and other NPCs was a nice surprise.
As someone that doesn't have time to drop hundreds of hours on a game, I liked the shorter length (which still wasn't that short). I felt like Outer Worlds never wasted my time with stupid mini games or repetitive battle animations . I won't argue against this receiving any awards.
Best dialogue I've come across, and the interaction among party members with each other, and other NPCs was a nice surprise.
As someone that doesn't have time to drop hundreds of hours on a game, I liked the shorter length (which still wasn't that short). I felt like Outer Worlds never wasted my time with stupid mini games or repetitive battle animations . I won't argue against this receiving any awards.
It's honesty the most bland RPG I've played in God knows how long, it felt like "babies first RPG" with how overpowered you are without even trying, I couldn't even finish it.
It's an ok game that was fine. It's hard mustering any kind of enthusiasm for any game release from 2019.
This. Also a score attached to an opinion is not logical at all, so with this premise you just can't say that a game with a higher score not winning isn't logical... yes, because the very premise is 'false' or at least not logical.
I'm in the middle of TOW and really like it so far. Haven't got around to play DE but I can imagine that mainstream media and people have more fun playing TOW than reading through DE. And despite all the praise for the roleplaying options and astonishing writing in DE one have to admit that, on a gameplay front, you don't do much else than reading and managing your inventory/stats. Not saying that's bad or anything, just that I could think that many people (obviously at IGN) don't like that enough to vote it as RPG of the year.
On the other hand there wasn't really much choice, giving that there weren't many RPGs released this year.
In the end it's just IGN, one of many many media outlets.
Unless you were previously buying 300 games a year, I think you could've bought this this year with zero issue. Next year maybe not
Ill give you three guesses as to why it's being bashed now, but you'll only need one.
Because it does nothing of note? Has no stand out moments? Bad combat? Also like 1 good character, crap loot, repetitive missions and no real progression or tough decisions?
It's been clearly articulated a thousand times on this forum why people don't think the game is that great.