That’s about as far as I got as well… trudging across Monarch, shooting giant bugs, for what now? I don’t remember. That’s my feeling about this game; zero investment in the story and supremely forgettable. Haven’t played in a week and don’t really feel compelled to return and now I’m back with Fallout 4 which does everything with this setting and genre about 100x better, IMHO
Bug fixed
There are a ton of fixes in that patch:
Yeah I was disappointed too.
I played a bunch more of this over the weekend, after I couldn’t figure out what new game I should start. I mean, I should plow through this game already in progress right? It’s not as if I hate the game or get no enjoyment. I really think it was just kind of a bad taste left behind by my wrapping up the first planet unfavorably, and then not seeing much of interest on the Groundbreaker.
But this weekend I started and completed events on Monarch. I say completed, I guess I should say the main questline that occurs there, because it’s entirely possibly future events will bring me back. And I really enjoyed all the ins and outs and plot twists that took place there. Not as wild about all the, uh, wildlife rampaging around and trying to either dissolve me in acid or eat me alive. But I think the main thing is that I was able to bring this questline to a successful close, or at least one that seemed more or less equally favorable to the parties involved. I know, interesting choices and all that, maybe one choice shouldn’t be obviously better, but I did at least have to put the legwork in to get there. Next I head to Byzantium, hopefully it will be pretty cool too.
I played Rebel Galaxy Outlaw until I got the Outer Worlds. I played Outer Worlds until I got Phoenix Point. Finish a game? Nonsense!
I watched Tom play last week, so Phoenix Point is basically just Xcom? Or is there more to it than that?
To me it’s X-COM Apocalypse 2.0. And that is completely positive.
I like the Phoenix Point setting a lot more than the somewhat generic feeling nu-XCOM.
Also I noticed last night that the ship’s hold now appears to contain several ox or bison looking creatures. How the heck did that happen? Is my crew taking livestock orders in their spare time?
My biggest complaint once you pierce the learning curve (from insanely easy to brutal, then normal once you figure out how to build a effective team) is that there is more tactical combat than i would like. The strategic layer has a lot of depth I want to explore and seems like the tactical missions just keep coming before i can explore my alliances , or what tech i want to steal.
Man I keep mixing up Outer Worlds with Phoenix Point.
I think it is just one of the many “random” events that trigger when you re-enter the Unreliable. Like when ADA announces “so and so and so and so are arguing in the kitchen.”
It is flavor, like purpleberry.
Easter egg from firefly
So I wrapped up my runthrough last night and mainly I feel relief, I think. This game just never connected with me in any kind of meaningful way, and I’m at a total loss to understand why. It’s essentially a blend of Fallout and Mass Effect, so it should have been totally up my alley, but everything I did in that game felt like effort. I think I’ve mentioned before that often with bigger games, I kind of have to push myself over the hump, get to a point where the game feels like it’s set its hook and I really want to proceed. I remember failing to really get a handle on The Witcher 3 until I reached Novigrad, and then I felt the pull, I was with the game until the end. I never reached that point with The Outer Wilds.
But I never hated the game, I never really considered dropping it completely. It had elements that I liked - I enjoyed the crew, I liked all the weird background of all these warring corporations that I was trying to work my way through and around, like a science fiction Yojimbo. Once I realized that clearing missions and finding random crap out in the game worlds would result in new decorations onboard my ship, I got really into searching every corner for things I could add. That probably took the bulk of my run alone. But now that I’m done I don’t see myself going back, no trying other paths, no trying harder difficulties. I doubt the potential DLC on the way will pull me back in either. I guess I liked it enough for what it was, now I’m glad to be done. Kind of want to play ME Andromeda again now.
Given how people seem to feel about this game after completing it, Obsidian really needs to nail these DLCs and get them right. (Or be forgotten.)
The most common mistake of the gaming year right here. :)
I completely agree. I pushed through this one, eventually just deciding to finish it to see the story end without trying at all. In the end it was completely underwhelming.
Crap. I’ve tried to be careful, but Outer Wilds has been on my mind lately. Definitely one I intend to try soon.
I’ve been kind of flailing around, trying various games since I finished Jedi: Fallen Order. And I think something finally clicked. I’m really digging this game today. Will it last past this weekend? I think so. I’m on the PC version here, so I’m back in Edgewater again, but this time I’m using my dialog-heavy ranged weapon character, and the game is much harder and more interesting, and I’m having much more fun.
Started playing Outer Worlds over the weekend and I love it. It’s basically Fallout 3 In Space so far, which is exactly what I had hoped for. I’ve been having a blast running around Emerald Vale completing quests, searching abandoned houses, marauder camps and other locations for loot, tinkering the shit out of my guns, chatting with NPCs and generally doing all the Fallouty things I enjoy doing only this time as a space cowboy. Which reminds me, the game plays like Fallout 3 but has a clear Firefly vibe to it, right down to the perky engineer and the overall look and feel of the towns, the NPCs and the Unreliable.
I stayed up past midnight last night so I could finish the Edgewater/Emerald Vale quest lines. They did not disappoint. Can’t wait to launch into space with my two crew members and see what’s next.