The Outer Worlds Is The "Mini" RPG We Needed

the speed runs are little over 12 minutes.

Mini RPGs shouldn’t be sold at full price. This game was so disappointing. I don’t understand GameSpot’s love considering the number of similarly shallow games they’ve ripped the past year.

No crafting. Limited, repetitive loot and gear. Exploration is not rewarding. World is sparse. Combat is so-so. Dialogue gives false sense of choice and actual choices have little impact.

Well it's definitely tone of the best

I’m glad I waited to buy TOW if it’s being touted as a mini-RPG. I’ll be waiting until it’s at mini-pricing.

Doesn't feel like a small game. I really like it.

I expected it to be a buggy crappy mess I almost never bought.. what it ended up being, sweet quirky funny awesome, literally all the time, it was not only a good fps but a good rpg, that managed to fix a few long term gameplay design flaws of fallout games in a way that just meshed well with the genre.

it was difficult and remained so, even though you could break the game with certain things, and i got 60 hrs and a great plat for 40 quid, so was well worth it imo the game really comes alive with a 5.1 surround, the immersion is 10x more like the witcher 3 was.

So I've played about 10 hours and I can't for the life of me understand the enthusiasm for Parvati. She's pretty bland so far. Does she get way way way more interesting?

Agreed. 1000%
It actually challenges you to try a different play style - and then rewards you for being weird. I love it.

The "sandbox" feel of the bigger RPGs like Fallout and TES was actually what i found myself missing half way through The Outer Worlds. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed the game. But when every F**** crate i look in has some pistol ammo, junk i don't need, and some credits, i get bored. I have no incentive to explore the interesting world Obsidian has crafted in TOW.

I still think the only title that's nailed the fine line between "slow paced huge open world RPG" and "more casual quick RPG" is the Witcher 3. Yes it is huge. Yes theres 100+ hours of content. But going to a new bandit camp or dungeon was a 5-10 minute endeavor as opposed to 30+ minutes in games like Fallout and The Elder Scrolls.

At the end of the day The Outer Worlds felt like i was playing an open-world-ish Bioshock. The RPG mechanics were fine, dialogue interesting, story and setting was good, but they didn't explore nearly as much as i was hoping they would.

Here's hoping the sequel can manage to have the focused exploring/looting/questing that the first does, but with a bunch more content.

Not on Steam so I don't care.

Am I the only one who was completely underwhelmed by The Outer Worlds? I don't know, it was kind of boring narrative wise and the game design was a little "too much Fallout in space." I only have about 7-8 hours in it, so I dunno, maybe something will knock my socks off later on. But overall it was kind of "eh" for me. I think maybe if I'd held out for it to go on sale I might've found more value in it. As it is, I've already moved on.

As opposed to what? That's the elephant in the room. Pretty much all the triple AAA developers / publishers are mired in greed infested scandals right now. Outer Worlds is one of a very small group of RPGs that's not trying to hump my wallet while I'm playing the game. Greedfall is another one.

Bethesda (the old king of RPGs) is pretty much dead. I don't think they have enough gas in the tank to weather the tough sell of a new IP in Starfield after all the disgusting shorthanded BS they've pulled off with Fallout 76.

As is the case, the market is going through another cycle. Out with the old, in with the new. Obsidian is a great position. This game is selling beyond all expectations. With Microsoft behind them, the future is a lot more brighter for all of us.

Idk I got bored after level 10. It just felt like a slog what with dialog trees overstaying their welcome. I enjoyed dialog-based RPGs like Mass Effect, Fallout and Skyrim, but with TOW it wasn't doing it for me. I think part of it was just the monotony of long NPC conversations in which they stare at you the entire time.

The length of the game was perfect. Not every game needs to be 1,000 hours. There are a lot of really good games that are just too damn long.

unfortunately this game is mediocre at best.

I wish the game had a real ending, I wish it had a more grey-ish sense of good and evil, it is pretty much consistent from beginning to the end what is good or evil in this game, which is just so... boring? No plot twists at all too. Forgettable companions, half of the game feels rushed. Maybe a more interesting story could've helped too, I honestly don't think anyone will remember this game in a year.

Agreed Mike. I think the great thing about TOW is how dense and compressed all the quests and content is for how "short" it is. It is a much more fulfilling experience in 30 hrs than some other 40-, 50-, 80-hr rpgs I've played.

I'm sure Barak understood, there just isn't enough time to do it all... ;-)

I liked what you addressed in this video. In the past when I bought a game that had a possible duration of over 50 hours (RPGs) I felt, "wow, I'm getting my money's worth here!" But nowadays, I see those games, and they go on my list of, "wait for a sale, you will never finish a 50 hour RPG now."

So shorter tales do hold a stronger attraction for me, though good games many times will offer a longer journey for the completest and a shorter "hike" for those that avoid side quests and just go for the cheese at the end of the maze. So something for everyone.

Interesting that after you finished this shorter game, you started again! Some may think, "you started again, so you were fine with a longer adventure..." but I get it, it's different when you jump back into the pool knowing you can do one more lap since you know it's length. Like re-watching a 2 hour movie, but not wanting to start a 4 hour one.

For survival/sandbox games where I can define an end without the feeling of, I stopped too soon, I go in with a different attitude. Kerbal Space Program - 429 hours, Ark - 422, No Man's Sky - 160 hours, Subnautica - 115, etc...

Thanks for the viewpoint.

I wish the game was longer but im still glad i bought it day one. Well worth the purchase. Thanks again obsidian.

LOL. Wow. Obsidian must have paid Gamespot a hefty sum to keep posting these glowing reviews. I try to be as honest about my reviews of games as I can and I unequivocally say that Outer Worlds is one of the most boring, disappointing games I've played in a long while. This game is too short, unbelievably dull and clearly should have been in development for 6 -12 more months. This game is sloppy, provides the gamer with absolutely nothing new in terms of combat mechanics, weapons, leveling up and upgrading equipment. The combat is fun for a couple hours then it gets so tedious and dull, you can't wait for the game to end so you can move on to many other far better games. And don't even get me started on quite possibly the worst ending of any game I've ever seen. This game isn't worth any more than $30.