The Outer Worlds 2 is the sequel to the award-winning first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment. Get ready for an action-packed adventure in a new ...
    • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      27 days ago

      I haven’t played Outer Wilds yet, but I loved The Outer Worlds, so I’m all on board for this. I have my doubts that Microsoft will want Obsidian to launch Avowed and Outer Worlds 2 in the same year though.

      • recursive_recursion they/them@lemmy.caEnglish
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        27 days ago

        please please please don’t look up anything about the Outer Wilds and go in blind

        It’s a legendary game that most wish we had the ability to experience for the first time again with a mind wipe🏅🫡

        • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          27 days ago

          I’ve been deterred for so long because Majora’s Mask was perhaps the most violent reaction I had to playing a video game, and Outer Wilds does the Majora’s Mask thing.

          • SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            27 days ago

            The one mechanic is similar, yes. But the gameplay and exploration are drastically different.

            I can’t praise the game enough… it’s just so good.

            For example. You’re in a dungeon and then it happens and you go back.

            In some ways something happens when you’re pulling on some thread. There’s no dungeons, no goal (explicitly). You are exploring and as you learn more you realize there’s areas to check out because they’ll answer some question you have about what happened or why something is the way it is.

            In this case perhaps the mechanic occurs and you find yourself briefly annoyed. But then you go back to the spot, this time things are in a different place and state and you realize something happens that allows you to go further which leads to another thread/mystery.

            And then you’re off. As time goes on you learn to accept and then even invite it. More and more you unravel deeper mysteries, learning what and why and then seeing earlier conclusions in a new light.

            Why it’s happening, how it’s happening, what can be done and can’t, etc. it’s really a one of a kind experience.

            • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              27 days ago

              I probably will check it out some day, but that mechanic that’s similar is the thing that deters me.

              • SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                27 days ago

                It’s a foil in Majora’s Mask but, after a little bit, a kind of ally in this one.

                You find yourself waiting for it, as it enables you to move on to the next jaunt you’re going to make.

                The entire game is one giant puzzle rather than MM where it’s alot of smaller ones that the mechanic gets in the way of.

  • Green Wizard@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    26 days ago

    I kinda rolled my eyes when they name dropped new Vegas, people were already expecting “new Vegas 2” the first time for some reason. I kept my hopes low and was still kinda disappointed by outer worlds, didn’t hate it at all, was just left sitting there after I beat the game, thinking out loud “thats it?”. My whining aside, I do think that they’ll do better in a sequel.

    • Captain Poofter@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      26 days ago

      Same. I beat that entire game and put at least 40 hours into it I’m sure, and I couldn’t tell you a single plot point. It’s been a few years for sure, but I haven’t played Mass effect in like a decade and I could tell you the entire story from beginning to end.