American gaming outlet Game Informer has been spending some time with Obsidian Entertainment as part of its latest cover story, and in its latest podcast, the team discusses The Outer Worlds, the sci-fi RPG from the minds behind the original Fallout games. You can hear what they all think of the game in the video above, but it seems to be pretty positive overall.
The biggest takeaways from the chatter mainly concern the ways the game aims to give you a lot of freedom when you play. Right from when you start, it sounds like you'll very much be able to take the reins of how the story plays out and how your character interacts with the world. You'll be able to impose flaws on your character in exchange for additional perks, which is a neat way of fleshing out your hero and making them more unique.
It also sounds like Obsidian pointed out that the game won't be quite on the same scale as something like Fallout: New Vegas. However, because of its shorter story, the developer hopes you'll find the title to be replayable as you experiment with new builds, or make wildly different choices as you play. It's sounding pretty good to us.
Are you hyped for The Outer Worlds? Freeze yourself in cryosleep until launch day in the comments below.
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Sounds good. Not every RPG needs to be super long. The Stick of Truth (also from Obsidian) was also pretty short and was a legitimately good game.
I'm more interested in the quality of the game. Is the writing good? Is combat fun? Is the role-playing freedom rewarding? etc.
As long as it has good combat and characters, I'll be good.
It's still a bit abstract. I mean, is it 40 hours instead of 100? Or 15 instead of 50? I would love at least a frame of reference, like comparing it to other titles
@Ralizah Stick of truth was awesome. The sequal was less fun though( not developed by obsidian)
I'm hoping for a 20 hour main campaign and 30 hours of side quest completionist type stuff. I'm tired of the 100 hour games. I just want a great story in under 30 hours.
Id love a super polished concise experience. Everyone thinks more is always better. If this clocks at 30-40 hrs for campaign and has fantastic replayability im all for it.
@Sanquine Fractured but Whole was so lacking compared.
Well since this is their first i.p. they should make it a little smaller to make sure they have a winning formula, then go bigger from their. It's not their first rodeo though so they should do well.
Fallout New Vegas was cool but I don't know if I finished it or if I did it was a slog Why ? because it would freeze a lot on the ps3 how that was never sorted I don't know which was ashame as that's what I think of when I see that title come up.
@Sanquine Yeah, I've been avoiding TFBW. I've heard it's decent, but the change in developer really bothers me.
Like all Ubisoft games, it has been trending cheaper and cheaper over time, though, so I'm sure I'll pick it up at some point just to see what it's like. Hopefully I'm not too disappointed. Stick of Truth did such a good job of merging South Park's anarchic humor with legitimately decent RPG game design.
Perfect. I game that more choices and crazy things you can but is shorter is just perfect. We need more of this.
I like the sound of the game being shorter. Not every game, particularly RPG, needs a huge open world with hundreds of hours of gameplay.
My only gripe is the player character being unvoiced. It takes a lot of personality away from them, I feel.
Sounds great to me, it's rare that rpg's give us meaningful choices and those that do are usually too long to replay so I'm up for this
The more I see, the more I like it
Cough cough, rushed development, cough cough
not liking the short part if it like 40/50 hrs fine but if it is like 10/15 hours not great really for an RPG
please refrain from using the words "player choice" when describing an actual good game not touched by EA and its ilk. Thanks to EA and other greedy triple A publishers certain phrases can damage a game and I really don't want EA's filth to ruin another game.
This sounds really good! I cant wait, day one.
Fine with this not being an epic! Would completely agree with a few folk already commenting about stick of truth, it's a fantastic game!! FTBW is not bad but it's nowhere near as good as obsidians efforts. They managed to be funny not just with content but also taking the mick out of gamers
I’m cool with that. Sharp writing, player choice and agency, and fun combat. That’s what I want and if it’s there I know I’ll get a ton of mileage with the game regardless of length. I put around 200 hours into New Vegas.
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