I recently finished playing The Outer Worlds 2 and it was pretty good. The big problem I have with both games is that the game mechanics feel a little shallow. Despite that I’m hoping there will be another game in the series.
That’s more or less how I feel about the first game. I really liked the setting and characters, but found the gameplay underwhelming. Combat was especially boring, which made me go towards stealth or dialog resolutions just to skip it, except the game had a long chunk where fighting the local wildlife was the only option.
My gripe with the first one was that there just wasn’t enough to it. I finished it and I was hoping there was still a reason to play, but everything was done.
There was a quickplay where someone figured out how to beat the game in something crazy like 10 or 12 minutes.
It’s far better than the game dragging on longer than it has any business to, IMO.
I like open world games that let you continue to explore and do things after the main story. If you enjoyed the game, you can keep going to get some more out of it. If you’re done, then you’re done and you don’t need to continue to interact with the world.
I guess I don’t see either of those games as being massive open worlds but just a modern implementation of old-school RPGs like the original Fallouts.
