The Outer Worlds 2

The game is nice enough, certainly better than the last couple of Fallout games, and it is in the same niche. I would have loved it if it were a lot more, but even now it is good enough to lose a lot of hours on it. Definitely a good discount buy.

Runs pretty well, seems like they patched several graphical issues which were present at launch, which was my primary concern. Game is fun, similar to the first title.

Very Good Game, ignore the haters. They’ve done a lot things right with this sequel. My only complaints is that I waited for a sale to buy it and you can’t side with the protectorate.

Bislang spielt es sich für mich genau wie Teil1 und den fand ich super, entsprechend verstehe ich die Kritik nicht die viele geäußert haben. Lieber noch mal das selbe alte Zeug aufwärmen als zu viel ändern zu wollen und am ende was basteln was vielleicht ein paar neuen leuten gefällt aber den alten fans nicht mehr selbst wenn es vielleicht nicht mehr so ganz 100% zeitgemäß ist

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This game is great. I'm pretty surprised to see so many negative reviews. It runs great on Linux Mint, looks fantastic, and has some really neat planets/world-building, etc. It's basically the first game, but solves one of the only gripes I had with the first one: it's about twice as long. The first one was great, but felt extremely short. One MAJOR standout: props to the sound/music folks. Holy f*ck did they knock it out of the park on this game! THIS is how you do a soundtrack! Aside from the ambient, and cinematic music, there are three distinct music channels, each aligned more or less with a faction, and with their own distinct feel. I probably spent the most time listening to the channel with all the jingles, and I LMAO at some of them. I still have some of them stuck in my head as earworms over a month after I stopped playing the game. Each of those channels is maybe 40-60 minutes of music, so there's several hours of incredible music to keep the game feeling fresh. While I like that games like Fallout can use older music I may not have been familiar with, the choice to make their own music for TOW2 really doubles-down on the immersion; you're also getting exposition from the music. It also means that in theory, since they own the rights to the music, that further entries could have even more expanded music library without the need to pay out royalties for copy-written music. It's a smart move for the long-term. One thing that gets old fast in big RPGs is hearing the same music over, and over... You shouldn't have that problem with this game.

PROs - little to no issues playing on my PC on HIGH setting - fun maps to explore - a lot of looting - occasionally interesting characters - narrative voice quality - fast travel capabilities (mind the elevators!) - companions where fun to travel with (certain companions for certain faction-quests) - puzzles where a fun challenge CONs - lore is hard to follow / not a lot of time spent teaching players the backstory of each of the factions - game immersion was low - can't turn off Auntie's voice when visiting the Undisputed Claim - bounty terminals had too few bounties - reliance on Speech skill to progress through select dialogue (need Speech 7 for endgame, fyi) - no clear way to know if buying a weapon mod will actually be usable with a weapon in your inventory NEUTRAL - combat - earning money - "the earth directorate found a new flaw in you!" ( I rejected every single one of these, lol) - would have loved to see more unique creatures - would have loved to see the main planetary locations (Golden Ridge, Paradise Island, Cloister, etc.) have SIGNIFICANTLY more exploration areas. OVERALL - would recommend, would not play again - game picks up after you complete the first few quests / reach level 10 (if someone has less than 20 hours played, take it with a grain of salt)

Do i recommend it? Yes, but not for full price. Wait for 20-30% sale. The game is good. If rating only first 10-15h then it is a solid 7 but later it is a solid 6. So lets say 6,5. For this price it is not enough. Shooting feels good, combat feels good, exploration feels good. But it is missing something original. Companions are there, they are fun and all but are not unique. Some mission surprised me but were mostly predictable. Ending? Not good. But i guess there will be more to come, but if they gave a bit more info about "the interesting thing" then it would be better. Ah, the performance. Bad. But I blame that partialy on my spare CPU. Overall, wait for sale and play it. You wont find better rpg shooter in the new games.