BE WHOEVER YOU WANT IN A GALAXY

The Outer Worlds: a solar system, out in space, controlled by companies. “The Outer Worlds” role-playing game made by Obsidian Entertainment came out on Oct. 25, and has a lot to offer as an open-world game.

You start out on a ship that you learn has been out in space for over 70 years, and that it is a 10-year trip to the colonies.

The person who wakes you up is this somewhat crazy looking scientist named Phineas Welles. You soon learn that the board wants to catch Phineas, so that’s why he wakes you up.

That is the beginning of the story to Outer Worlds, and I won’t spoil much more of it.

There are a lot of great things that make the game amazing. First is how the graphics are in the game: They are so well done. The best place to see how colorful the producers made the game is on a planet called Monarch. The sound effects are really good, as well. It felt like I was on a different planet.

The story the game has is good, in its own way. Every choice you make has a consequence and if you know how Obsidian ends its games, it is one of the best endings to an open-world game you can have. It takes all your companion quests, faction quests, and a side quest, and adds an afterstory for what you did with them when you beat the game. So, it makes you actually feel like you impacted the world.

With this nice feature it adds a good amount of replay value, just so you can see what would happen if you chose a different option.

One of the best parts about the game is how many dialogue options players get in the game. For instance, when you have a companion on your ship, you can choose to kick them off, if you want. I never did that in my play through, so I don’t know what happens. 

As for gameplay, it was good. You need a pretty good computer to run on the best settings. But it was still good for me, although I did not understand how the “sneaking” works when you steal items, and why you can add so many “buffs” into the healing mechanic. I just never got into that.

4.5 out of 5 stars