Outcast 1.1

Great game from 1999. Even today it holds up. Recommend.

Absolutely outstanding and magical journey, with a top notch soundtrack. I still can't believe they were able to pull off something like that with 1999 hardware. Back when I was a kid I only played it a bit, and boy am I glad I decided to pick it up again years later. That being said, I'd advise to save regularly, and keep copies of your saved games. Outcast is prone to bug out sometimes, so your mileage may vary - I fortunately only stumbled upon a single semi softlock, which I was able to escape fairly easily. With the game of such scope and ambition, packed with many optional quests to do, I can definitely let it slide.

A real hidden gem.

Outcast 1.1 is a genuinely remarkable piece of gaming history — the open world of Adelpha feels alive in a way that still holds up, with NPCs running their own daily routines, a rich orchestral soundtrack recorded by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, and a story full of charm and unexpected depth. The voxel engine gives the environments an organic, almost painterly quality that no polygon game of the era could match. That said, go in with realistic expectations: the controls are clunky by modern standards, there's no quest marker or map to speak of, and I did encounter a handful of graphical glitches and save-related bugs that required me to be diligent about saving often. If you can make peace with its age and quirks, what you get in return is one of the most immersive and atmospheric worlds ever built in a video game. For the price, it's an easy recommendation — just know you're signing up for a classic, not a polished remaster.

I admit, I've never beaten this game as a kid. But as an adult, it feels like a treat to come back to it. It's rough and outdated, but it still plays well. It's slow pace compared to stuff nowadays, but that's sorta part of the charm of older games. In an age where a lot of modern games will hold you hand, this is nice to come back to that'll have you actually read and keep in mind of stuff to come back to.

It's hard to give a fair review of this title. This game had been a favorite of mine as a kid. I'll do my best to assess it without bias and fanboying too hard. I'll start with the bad: It's dated, undoubtedly. Looks old (It used to look great for it's time, and this is probably the nostalgia speaking but I think it still looks great), The voice acting is old(there are only a few actors for way too many characters, the recording quality isn't the best, but the acting isn't that bad), The animations are old. The combat is a bit horrible in the beginning. Enemies are massive bullet sponges. you'd think 500 rounds is a lot, until you encounter your first pack of dogs and used up 200 on 5 enemies. This gets better once you upgaded your weaponsand progressed some quests. I suggest not engaging when you don't have to early on. But is it worth a play? Absolutely. This is an advnture rpg at it's core, and it's main two focus are the exploration and the dialogue. It's is a cartoonish simple story, but a well written one. It is two-fold: You are a soldier, who's sent to another world to get a mcguffin to save Earth. And in Adelpha you are the chosen one, that has to recover 5 mcguf…