The Outer Worlds

This pre-patched and sadly no longer available version of the game still holds up in 2026. I started it five years ago and finally decided to finish it along with the DLCs. For some reason, I forgot to review it then, so I'm fixing my mistake now. I won't bring anything new to the table, but I also can't make peace with the recent 'mixed' reviews. This is probably one of the last good games made by Obsidian, as their recent titles are nowhere near the classics when it comes to overall quality. The Outer Worlds is indeed a Fallout-like game, but set in space instead of a nuclear wasteland. It's not as good as New Vegas, not even close, but the true role-playing spirit is very much present here nevertheless. My biggest gripe with The Outer Worlds is that it tries to be a parody a little too hard. The subtle irony of classic Fallouts was replaced with rather obvious, crude, and even cringy humor. This makes it harder to get fully immersed in the game, as it constantly shouts "This is our world in a distorting mirror!" in the player's face. All in all, I think it's a solid 7+/10, maybe even more for true enjoyers of the space theme (I still prefer the wastelands) and Obsidian RPGs.

Solid game, a tad bit of a short story. DLC makes up for it but feels a little zany

Boring

Fun game but it does feel like the worlds lack size. After I did everything in each world I got the feeling of "is this really all that there is in this world?" As someone who likes to do everything in these types of games the enemies don't tend to scale well. In the beginning some of the enemies you face just don't ever die and towards the end I could 1 shot just about every enemy and the final boss took just a few hits. Your companions are not the most interesting people and I don't really care for any of them the same way I cared about my companions in similar games like KOTOR, Mass Effect or Dragon Age Origins. The flaws system giving you additional perk points is cool but I wish they did more with it. I also dislike that you can choose to accept/reject the flaw instead of it just being given to you. I also feel like the weapons in this game are kinda limited and non of them really stand out. There are a few cool legendary weapons but there just isn't enough variety. Overall it is a fun game but for everything it has there are other games that do it better. The gunplay is mid, the story is mid, the companions are mid, and the amount of options you can take and how they effect t…

Alright let's face it this is not Obsidian's greats but this still holds up extremely well, the gameplay is more RPG than FPS so if your a shooter lover you will be dissapointed at it's rather basic gunplay, but if your an RPG fella you will like it or maybe love it even. The story's pretty damn good and the ending thing is also good (you'll know what I mean) companions can get kinda stale if you don't mix them up and some of their quests are weak compared to others but I found them all interesting and charming in their own unique way, not all quests are worth completing but don't let me tell you what to do. The DLC's are okay I only finished Murder on Eridanos and it was pretty good loved that can't say anything about Peril on Gorgon as I just wanted to finish the game soon (That's me not the game) if your expecting Fallout open world it is not that it's more Knights of the Old Republic style. I recommend this game, it was pretty fun and left some memories in my heary

Runs well on steam deck, good game