The Outer Worlds

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About

The Outer Worlds is an action role-playing video game developed by Obsidian Entertainment set in an alternate timeline where megacorporations are colonizing and terraforming alien planets. The game was announced on December 5th, 2018, and was released on October 25th, 2019.

History

On December 6th, 2018, game developer Obsidian Entertainment announced role-playing video game The Outer Worlds, with the release trailer posted on the same day.^[1]^[2]

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On June 9th, the game was presented at the Microsoft's Xbox E3 press conference, with a new trailer and gameplay footage shown.^[3]

On July 30th, Obsidian Entertainment announced that the game will be released on Nintendo Switch.^[4]

On October 25th, 2019, the game was released for Epic Games Store, Xbox One and PlayStation 4, with Steam and Nintendo Switch releases planned for the future.^[5] On the same day, the launch trailer for the game was released.

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Gameplay

The Outer Worlds is a first-person role-playing video game featuring multiple gameplay elements common for the genre such as character creation, level system, skill specialization and perks. In the game, the character can hire companions for their party and approach in-game challenges in different ways depending on whether they would rather solve problems with violence, words, sneak or other available methods.

Reception

As of October 25th, 2019, the PC version of The Outer Worlds maintained an 82 score on Metacritic, with Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions maintaining 85 and 86 score, respectively. The user score was 8.4, 8.9 and 8.6 for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.^[6]^[7]^[8]

On Gamespot, Edmod Tran wrote:

The Outer Worlds is consistently compelling throughout, and it's a superb example of how to promote traditional RPG sensibilities in a sharp, modern experience.

On PC Gamer, Tom Senior wrote:

There's a category of games I think of as Saturday morning cartoon games. They lack depth, but they are fluffy and easy to enjoy. As I look back on some screenshots as Pippin laser blasts a poor marauder into a pile of dust, I realise that's what The Outer Worlds is to me. If you meet it on those terms, I think you'll enjoy it.

Impact

On the day of the release, the game peaked at over 77,500 simultaneous viewers on Twitch, with popular streamers such as CohhCarnage and singsing broadcasting the game.^[9]