The Outer Worlds Pre-Release Thread [GO TO NEW THREAD]

[2house2fly]

1) Didn't like art style. Cartoony garbage.

Its cartoony-ness is not as bad(bioshock/dishonored) as I feared.

This kind of art style is a reaction to the backlash against the brown-heavy colour palette of a lot of games from the mid-2000s onwards. Obsidian themselves have taken a lot of heat for the monochrome art style in New Vegas, Pillars Of Eternity, and Tyranny. This trailer looks maybe a bit too colourful, but they probably wanted to err on the side of not looking like Gears Of War

 

[Wunderbar]

Reddit seems to love this game.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/a3vn6m/tga_2018_the_outer_worlds/
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/a3vodf/from_the_developers_of_fallout_new_vegas_the/
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/a3voai/the_outer_worlds_official_announcement_trailer/
https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/a3vogc/video_obsidians_new_game_the_outer_worlds/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Fallout/comments/a3xzvw/every_fallout_fan_on_the_planet_right_now/ lol

Is it genuine love for the game or is it merely a revenge fuck to Bethesda?

I think both. Obsidian is really loved by reddit community.

This is like a game of challenge, where Owlcat beats obsidian at their own game, only for Obsidian to attempt to beat Bethesda at their own game. I wonder who Bethesda tries to outsmart next.

remember voiced protagonist and dialogue wheel? Bethesda is trying to beat bioware.

 

[Oracsbox]

This is like a game of challenge, where Owlcat beats obsidian at their own game, only for Obsidian to attempt to beat Bethesda at their own game. I wonder who Bethesda tries to outsmart next.

A retarded one legged chicken,my money is still on the chicken.

 

[Quillon]

1) Didn't like art style. Cartoony garbage.

Its cartoony-ness is not as bad(bioshock/dishonored) as I feared.

This kind of art style is a reaction to the backlash against the brown-heavy colour palette of a lot of games from the mid-2000s onwards. Obsidian themselves have taken a lot of heat for the monochrome art style in New Vegas, Pillars Of Eternity, and Tyranny. This trailer looks maybe a bit too colourful, but they probably wanted to err on the side of not looking like Gears Of War

Its about character models, not the colors(at least for me).

 

[AwesomeButton]

This is like a game of challenge, where Owlcat beats obsidian at their own game, only for Obsidian to attempt to beat Bethesda at their own game. I wonder who Bethesda tries to outsmart next.

Kinda, though Baldur's Gate was never Obsidian's game really.

 

[moon knight]

troika was fine without avellone

And where's Troika now?

 

[Makabb]

Is there a release date ?

 

[AwesomeButton]

I'm thinking they should time it with Starfield's release

 

[ArchAngel]

This is like a game of challenge, where Owlcat beats obsidian at their own game, only for Obsidian to attempt to beat Bethesda at their own game. I wonder who Bethesda tries to outsmart next.

Star Citizen of course.. DUH.

 

[Wunderbar]

Is there a release date ?

when it's done

 

[Sentinel]

I have inside contacts that told me the game opens with a
*record scratch*
"Yep. That's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation."
Based on the trailer I have no cause to doubt him.

 

[HoboForEternity]

troika was fine without avellone

And where's Troika now?

troika's failure and success doesnt relate to avellone.

in the end, with everything that's happened, arcanum and vampire remains one of the greatest RPG ever graced this planet, and its failure was tied to poor marketing, being broken at release and people have shit taste.
with avellone, they could have more rich content and writing, but it wont change the flaws inherent to troika games.

 

[StrongBelwas]

when it's done

Remember what studio we're talking about here

 

[hexer]

Is there a release date ?

Steam page just says 2019

https://store.steampowered.com/app/578650/The_Outer_Worlds/

 

[Gay-Lussac]

As expected, reaction from the general public was very positive. Bethesda has gathered peak levels of hatred, turning even some of their most loyal zombie-followers against them with Fallout 76.

The stage is set for Obsidian to make a SLAM DUNK (TM) and cement themselves as a big developer again.

By the way, The Outer Worlds trailer holds both the second and third top spots on /r/gaming with 60k and 11k upvotes on each post. This is after a night filled with announcements and new trailers.

I'm telling you, the average normie RPG player is getting more woke after seeing the difference between New Vegas and all the garbage from Bethesda and they're absolutely eating this shit up. Specially with "the original creators of Fallout" on board.

 

[Wunderbar]

when it's done

Remember what studio we're talking about here

ok, when it's mostly done and kinda functional

 

[HoboForEternity]

Is there a release date ?

when it's done

when Disco Elysium got a release date

 

[Quillon]

when it's done

Remember what studio we're talking about here

ok, when it's mostly done and kinda functional

owlcat's behind the outer world?

 

[AwesomeButton]

As expected, reaction from the general public was very positive. Bethesda has gathered peak levels of hatred, turning even some of their most loyal zombie-followers against them with Fallout 76.

The stage is set for Obsidian to make a SLAM DUNK (TM) and cement themselves as a big developer again.

By the way, The Outer Worlds trailer holds both the second and third top spots on /r/gaming with 60k and 11k upvotes on each post. This is after a night filled with announcements and new trailers.

I'm telling you, the average normie RPG player is getting more woke after seeing the difference between New Vegas and all the garbage from Bethesda and they're absolutely eating this shit up. Specially with "the original creators of Fallout" on board.

Moral of the story: the minute you remove Josh from lead position, games start provoking huge interest.

Ok, I'm not being fair to him, New Vegas got a lot of positive attention and it deserves it.

 

[Infinitron]

Re: production schedules

Remember that as IP owner, Obsidian have some leverage here (and would even if they weren't now owned by fucking Microsoft). Want to rush the game out? It's our IP assholes, it doesn't come out unless we're okay with it. With Microsoft behind them, they can definitely afford to pay for additional development time on their own (renegotiating the publishing deal if necessary).

 

[Delterius]

 

[Quillon]

Moral of the story: the minute you stop making fantasy games, games start provoking huge interest.

fix'd.

 

[Makabb]

Let's hope Josh is not 'balancing' the game

 

[Makabb]

Re: production schedules

Remember that as IP owner, Obsidian have some leverage here (and would even if they weren't now owned by fucking Microsoft). Want to rush the game out? It's our IP assholes, it doesn't come out unless we're okay with it. With Microsoft behind them, they can definitely afford to pay for additional development time on their own (renegotiating the publishing deal if necessary).

Microsoft agreed to uphold Obsidian agreement with Private Division, so Outer Worlds won't get rushed by Microsoft, if the game will get shipped buggy, blame Private Division.

 

[Sentinel]

By the way, The Outer Worlds trailer holds both the second and third top spots on /r/gaming with 60k and 11k upvotes on each post. This is after a night filled with announcements and new trailers.

Did we watch the same show? Because there were no announcements of relevance. The only trailers and "reveals" were indie shit shovelware that no one cares about by newly founded studios. Obsidian was quite literally the only big announcement.