henke on 3/11/2025 at 18:29
The Outer Worlds 2 is OUT and y'know what, it should have a thread.
[video=youtube;Dlofs8pbeVc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlofs8pbeVc[/video]
I'm like 15h in aaaaand... kinda getting hooked. The first TOW was a pretty middle-of-the-road Fallout-in-space. Competently put-together but unremarkable, tho I think a lot of people started thinking more highly of it after Bethesda put out their own (QUITE STINKY) Fallout-in-space. Yeah this thing is definitely better than Starfield, even if it's not a huge leap ahead over its predecessor or anything.
As for all the RPG stuff? Seems like you really gotta specialize in this one. Jacks-of-all-Trades GTFO. Putting 1 or 2 points in something feels like a big waste that won't get your anywhere. You gotta pick your 3 or 4 niches and pump points into em and hope they comes in handy. Thankfully the missions all seem to have plenty of paths through them, and if everything really goes south and diplomacy breaks down you can always just let the guns do the talking. The combat is fun, you get some neat abilities like slo-mo, double jump, ground slides. Dedicated melee and grenade buttons, natch. Stealth also mostly works well. All the intricasies of the factions and their politics are a tad exhausting, tho I feel like I'm slowly get a hang of the situation. The story is most engaging when you can ignore the main story and get into a nice lil easily-head-around-wrappable sidequest for an hour.
But yeah, so far, so good! Anyone else playing this?
Bucky Seifert on 3/11/2025 at 23:47
I'm playing it right now! I really liked the first one, so looking forward to fighting space capitalism!
Jason Moyer on 5/11/2025 at 06:33
Will probably wait for a sale (as I am with Avowed) just because of my huge backlog so there's no rush to get it right now but I love the first game and will probably enjoy this.
Sulphur on 5/11/2025 at 10:55
Quote Posted by Jason Moyer
Will probably wait for a sale (as I am with Avowed) just because of my huge backlog so there's no rush to get it right now but I love the first game and will probably enjoy this.
You mean your never-ending quest to play every single shmup known to mankind? I appreciate the reviews you post, just so you know.
Malf on 5/11/2025 at 15:23
I'll get it at some point in the future, but middling reviews along with a glut of other things vying for my time at the moment means that I have no immediate desire to snap it up.
Definitely one I shall be picking up in a sale; and that in part to me not having Game Pass anymore, nor any desire to re-up given Microsoft's recent shenanigans.
henke on 11/11/2025 at 13:21
I have 2 days left of Game Pass, I'm like ~23h in and on the second to last main mission. Buuuut I don't think I'll make it in time. I tried rushing towards the end and started having a BAD TIME. Felt wrong. So instead I'll just give up here. And very likely never finish this game. But hey, I still mostly enjoyed my time with it. Outer Worlds 2: it's alright!
Renault on 11/11/2025 at 17:07
Why are you ditching Gamepass, because of the recent price hike?
henke on 11/11/2025 at 17:28
I usually just get it for a month or two at a time and play everything I wanna play, and after TOW2 I would've been done with it for this time. And yes, the price hike. I like TOW2 but not enough to spend €30 just to finish it.
Renault on 11/11/2025 at 22:40
It's funny, there's so many games on Gamepass that I want to play, so I justify keeping it, but I keep putting off actually playing them. And I keep paying. Month after month. At least PC Gamepass is only about half of what the full on Ultimate package is.
