The Outer Worlds 2

This really is a good game. I was most impressed with how rich the text and audio is. How well written, it really is. The story has a little bit of a New Vegas REVENGE style but with a new twist. I was pleasantly surprised.

Pros: - Great audio designs. The music in the intro, the gun sounds, and Voice Actor deliveries. Fantastic. - Occasionally pretty views, usually in darker areas with lights if Ray-Tracing is on. - So many customization potentials with skill trees and weapons. Cons: - Ugly main ship design. I really thought that was an expandable ship to blow up at the start, but... - Unrelatable armor and environment design. They're unique, I think? Not sure what I'm supposed to feel when I see them, they're odd. Have lots of details, but just looks noisy and not pragmatic. - Environment has a lot of cliffs to separate areas, good idea for gameplays. But map doesn't show those cliffs. It has the elevation lines, but not accurate. You just have to walk along the walls and hope it doesn't end up in a dead-end because you'll have to backtrack a long time where nothing new happens. - Dialogues. Words. So many. It's amazing both the VAs and Writers kept up with the quantity consistently. Would have been a pro. But the story they tell has not much feelings, especially with the factions, just info-dumping extreme obnoxious cultural stigmas of either corporate or religions, which has some sense of humor in it, but too perpetual, no relatability from the start, and has no emotional human dramas to build one. Their introductions often involve mission givers that drops you so many names that don't mean anything yet. And by the time you got to know someone and gotten involved, they're no longer relevant. Missing out context by skipping dialogues or notes has no consequences either. I just spam skips and choose whichever that required notes or items for the best results. Consequences may happen, or at least I thought, if you choose one side over another for the same territory. But now that I think of it... no, the result was the same. Just some minor reputation bar difference and conditions of some buildings that I'll never see again. - Walking. Again, so many. No land-vehicle that I've seen. Not-helpful map. I'm encouraged to fast-travel once I went somewhere because there's nothing much between those anyway. - Combat or looting is rare between those talking and walking. Considering gun diversity, the numerous "break-in" options, and the "feel" potentials, there aren't that many portion of the game to use them. - And the loots aren't that meaningful anyway. And weapons feel weak. - Companion damage outputs are even worse, much worse. - Dumb NPCs. The usual forgetful stealth AIs, running out of cover to get to you, and constantly in each other's way. - Companions, again, are worse because they stick too close around you rather than utilizing the environment tactically. They obstruct your line of fire very often, shoot each other's backs, and sometimes wall you in while you're dodging mid-combat in an open ground. It killed their supposed combat-experienced characters for me. With the skill trees and weapon diversity, I'd have like this a lot more if it was a rogue-like looter shooter with chests to hack at. Those feel like they're being wasted in this particular environment. There are some charms in it which might be for some people. And definitely a lot of work put into this. But didn't work out for me.

Very difficult to get the game to load; too many patched are probably conflicting with each other

I love this game. I'm not sure why it always seems to be young males who view themselves as the ultimate authorities on gaming. I'm not even sure why gaming studios continue to produce assembly line products that cater to this audience. Maybe the studios just want to cater to the plethora of male YouTubers who attempt to sound like "experts", who really, really loved a particular game back when they were 15, and demand that every game hence be an advanced replica of that game. Just watched the summer showcase, I think that's what it's called. More "exciting previews" of ahem, "groundbreaking" NEW GAMES!! So what do I see? Dragons, lot's of dragons and swords, oh yes, and monsters. lot's of summersaults, and then the battle games, they're all interchangeable. lot's of guns, bang, bang, the sound of running, sliding, and again, bang, bang....the characters all on some pivotal mission to save humanity, or something, and only THEY can save it. More running, more shooting, or whatever. I don't know, but it seems that every year developers churn out games that always follow the same predictable themes and formula, and I think it's boring. So what does any of this have to do with The Outer Worlds 2? Well, nothing, and everything. This game is fun, at least I find it fun. I play games to have fun, not to impress my friends with my incredible gaming prowess, and not to collect achievements. I'm enjoying the main questline, I always appreciate the humor and hints of sarcasm I encounter in Obsidian games. I've heard criticism about the companions, I think they're fine. I'm thoroughly enjoying Outer Worlds 2 for what it is, not something some guy on YouTube thinks it should be. The negative: Not a fan of their choice of neon colors everywhere....I'm sure that some focus group somewhere excitedly exclaimed " oooooh NEON, that's great!" and from then on the word went forth, that NEON was the way to go. Not a fan of their female characters appearances either. Obsidian, do you actually hate us women? I'm not wanting us depicted with those absurd balloon boobs that you see in some games, but some of those faces...who decided that women had to appear unattractive to be taken seriously as characters? and what's up with the hips and thighs?? They looks like they're half HORSE. But that aside, I find this fun, and on story mode, relaxing. Sure sometimes shooting things is fun, but I'll take an interesting story or plot line over endless shooting, any day. I recommend this game for anyone who doesn't need to dissect every aspect of a game in order to enjoy it. Will the self important young males be offended by my positive review? Of course they will. Do I care? Not at all.

i have been enjoying this game as much as the first, its everything i could have hoped for in a sequel to one of my favorite games of all time! Its just as sarcastic, the graphics just as great, the worlds just as interesting! The story line is captivating and ties in without it just being another rehash of the same thing as the first game.

Великолепная RPG с интересным сюжетом, шикарными диалогами и вариативностью. Не очень выглядит природа на первой планете, но это точно не может испортить впечатление от этой великолепной игры

Every single time I open the game it takes 20 minutes to set up the shaders.

Amazing Game!