• Lumbardo
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    81 month ago

    I am officially done buying games on release. None of these games are worth 80 bucks.

    • @[email protected]
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      51 month ago

      Do you wanna spend 80 dollars on a new game, or wait a year and buy it for 10 dollars when it works and is actually finished?

      WHERE CAN I PRE ORDER IT FOR 120 DOLLARS TO PLAY IT 3 DAYS EARLY AND PAY TO BE A PLAYTESTER?

      Like i’m not surprised why games are this expensive.

      • Lightor
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        11 month ago

        That’s the kicker. Getting games on release now feels like early access. I’ve been hyped for a few games in day one and there’s either server issues, driver issues, crashes, what have you. These things are so rushed they need a year to be finished.

        By then you’ll know if it flops too, avoid getting caught in the hype.

  • @[email protected]
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    131 month ago

    I don’t mean to sound mean or dismissive, but… I feel like I’m the only one who played the first Outer Worlds. It just feels like it’s one of those things that was supposed to be a thing, but wasn’t a thing.

    Don’t get it twisted, I’m not complaining that they’re making a sequel. I’m relieved and hope it does better, I just remember more people complaining about Outer Worlds than talking about it. So I’m hoping this second chance for the franchise really helps it get off the ground (Unless it was a big hit and I’m just badly misinformed about how well it did)

    But that 80 dollar price tag? Lemme tell you that’s not a consumer friendly choice, that’s Spacer’s Choice.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 month ago

      I played it in the hospital waiting for my wife to go into labor haha. I’m pretty sure that’s the only reason I remember it. I tried to replay it recently and made it about halfway through before moving on.

      I ain’t paying $80 for it and there’s no game pass on Linux. Guess I’m waiting for a sale. 🤷

    • @[email protected]
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      91 month ago

      Outer worlds just felt so uninteresting to me. I played it, and it was a forgettable experience imo

      • @[email protected]
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        51 month ago

        Parvati was the only light in the darkness for me. I love her and her quest line, and hope there’s more good ace rep like her in other media.

        I stopped playing the game as soon as I finished her quest line because I was bored with everything else =\

    • @[email protected]
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      41 month ago

      I also found it underwhelming which is a shame because I generally love Obsidian RPGs. They did a much better job with Avowed recently in my opinion.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 month ago

      I was interested in Outer Worlds and No Man’s Sky around the same time and played OW first.

      I enjoyed it while I played it and completed the story of the main game.

      Then I played NMS and enjoyed that a lot too but when I went back to OW for the DLCs I got bored quickly.

      Outer Worlds just seemed less fun after No Man’s Sky.

  • Lightor
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    91 month ago

    Ya’ll remember when pirating was massive.

    Yeah let’s do that again.

  • @[email protected]
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    101 month ago

    Yea, no thanks dawg. First game was boring AF, and on top of that, now you want 80 bucks?

  • @[email protected]
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    181 month ago

    People are struggling to buy groceries.

    CEO: Let’s raise the price of a good people don’t need because money.

    I can only hope this move backfires spectacularly.

    • P03 Locke
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      111 month ago

      It’s The Outer Worlds. It will.

      The first game was shit. The game it was confused with became the greatest game ever made. Go buy that one instead.

      • @[email protected]
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        What game was it confused with?

        NVM, I just realized it was No Man’s Sky. Though I seem to recall that the launch of that game was also a shit show. I’ve heard it got much better as time went on.

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          No, they’re referring to The Outer Wilds. They’re absolutely right, The Outer Wilds was infinitely better than The Outer Worlds. Granted, they were doing different things but holy shit I wish I could replay Other Wilds for the first time again. One of the best experiences ever!

      • @[email protected]
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        31 month ago

        No man’s sky is not anywhere near the greatest game ever made. Id honestly take outer wilds over either game being discussed. Outer wilds has a charm that’s impossible for a AAA studio to match, and it’s a solid gravity sandbox besides that.

        The NMS game loop is just trying to make number go up as efficiently as possible for nanites and credits. It’s not fun. It is and always has been a grind.

          • Lightor
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            21 month ago

            Great game, but wildly different type of game

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          This was peak satire given you genuinely thought that they were talking about NMS and then proceeded to talk about Outer Wilds, the true game that OP was referencing, by accident.

        • Owl
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          51 month ago

          Where does No man’s sky come from ? How could it be confused with The outer worlds ? People confuse it with outer wilds, both no man’s sky.

          • @[email protected]
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            21 month ago

            Other commenter said NMS, I confused it with this one thinking they were talking about the same thing.

  • RedSnt 👓♂️🖥️
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    Oof. I love Obsidian, I really do, but The Outer Worlds 1 wasn’t at all the kind of game I was looking for. NPC’s felt very cardboard-y, each and everyone you had to talk to was anchored to one place, the world didn’t feel lived in or alive.

    And then asking $80 for a sequel to that?
    That’s gonna be a no from me dawg.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 month ago

      That and the completely garbage inventory with no good filter and sort.

      That first game felt like a demo with lot of polish but didn’t feel like a precursor for an $80 game. And already cost me $30 for the first time of meh.

    • Scrubbles
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      161 month ago

      It was also short. For 80 dollars I would expect 120 hours in game like RDR2. That’s the bar. If it’s not that long, I think I finished the first one in 25, then I’ll happily wait until it’s lower

      • @[email protected]
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        91 month ago

        RDR2 is such a slow-burn masterpiece that I’m still enjoying that game years after it released. The game is longer than 120 hours given how it implies you take your time and enjoy the views, the immersion and the story.

        RDR2 was deliberately designed to be a high inertia experience that takes its sweet-ass time to start off and difficult to slow down when its going.

    • @[email protected]
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      101 month ago

      I loved The Outer Worlds, it was just my kind of game, but after having watched the new trailer for The Outer Worlds 2, I am worried, the story seems unfocused and messy and some of the weapons seems to just be a big generic blob design.

      This being said, I will do what I normally do, wait until release and watch as my favourite youtube gamer shows it on his channel, after one or two episodes I’ll buy it and stop watching if it is good.

    • Goodeye8
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      81 month ago

      Same. I was willing to keep Outer Worlds 2 on my radar because I love Obsidian and they’ve earned my attention even though I didn’t particularly enjoy Outer Worlds 1, but at that price point the game has dropped off my radar. Unless it’s getting New Vegas level praise post launch I probably won’t be paying any more attention to this game.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 month ago

        Similar. Although I happily leave it at my wishlist and buy it once it’s diacounted like $15… I still have way more games to play than I can manage.

    • @[email protected]
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      171 month ago

      It’s almost funny that the most recent trailer ends with the line “the game about capitalism, made by capitalism.”

      • Owl
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        11 month ago

        That’s more sad than funny

    • Lightor
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      21 month ago

      I’ll promise not to reply for a nominal fee

  • Scrubbles
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    131 month ago

    That’s funny, it’s my first confirmed “wait until it’s on sale” game

  • @[email protected]
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    41 month ago

    even if wages increased with inflation and 80 dollar games weren’t so distressing, the first outer wilds fucking sucked and I have no hope for the sequel

    • @[email protected]
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      31 month ago

      I don’t know. It seems like they’re addressing the issues that the first one had. It was too safe and far too full of itself. It should have just been one big planet and a bit less goofy. Seems like the next one is shaping up for that. Also, if there is a game company that I trust right now it’s obsidian. I was super disappointed with the ending just being the same slides they used for new Vegas, hopefully we at least get a more satisfying ending.