If you had been in any respect listening to the brand new titles introduced again in The Game Awards 2018, you’ll possible have observed Obsidian Entertainment’s newest singleplayer RPG (they’re fairly good at these). The Outer Worlds will fling its gamers throughout the galaxy to the corpocratic Halcyon colony, the place alternatives for forging alliances and slicing up dangerous guys with lazer scythes are undoubtedly wealthy and ample. In preparation for its launch, we’ve compiled the beneath The Outer Worlds information, the place you could find all the things that you must know earlier than diving into this large new world, together with The Outer Worlds launch date data, particulars on fight and exploration in The Outer Worlds, and all The Outer Worlds trailers and movies you may want to try.
The Outer Worlds launch date and platforms
We’re promised The Outer Worlds can be launched in 2019, however when precisely within the 12 months stays a thriller for now. When the game does arrive it’ll seem completely on the Epic Store and Microsoft Store for its first 12 months, earlier than arriving on Steam in 2020. It’ll even be obtainable on PS4 and Xbox platforms when it first releases on PC.
The Outer Worlds trailer particulars – all trailers and movies
Below you could find each the announcement video from Obsidian themselves, and a 15-minute gameplay video from The Outer Worlds with commentary from the oldsters over at Game Informer.
The Outer Worlds setting
The premise of The Outer Worlds is that you simply had been one among many cryo-sleepy colonists shipped off to the – ahem – outer worlds of recognized house, the place a corporation-dominated dual-planet colony known as Halcyon was supposedly ready to obtain you. But your ship was misplaced in transit, with the outcome that you simply remained a human popsicle for lots longer than is strictly wholesome. Unfrozen finally, you set off in your journey throughout Halcyon and its two related celestial our bodies.
According to Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, the game’s administrators, one of many colony’s two planets has been terraformed however the different has not, which suggests there may be more likely to be a complete host of hungry beasties and different risks on that world. To journey between the 2 planets you’ll want to seek out and regain management of your ship, which is the place The Outer Worlds begins sounding very acquainted to Mass Effect followers, with the ship serving as your house base and relaxation space the place you may get to know your crew and companions, and take inventory of your goals.
There are companions in The Outer Worlds? And conversations?
The Outer Worlds will certainly characteristic residing respiration companions with distinctive motives, quests, and attitudes in the direction of life, Halcyon, and also you. And you’ll be able to have in-depth role-playing conversations with them to determine all these items out utilizing a dialogue system much like Obsidian’s isometric titles comparable to Pillars of Eternity and Tyranny. The protagonist seems to be voiceless (not less than for now), however can select between a wide range of choices for not simply what you say however the way you say it (“Dumb” responses are certain to carry hilarity to such encounters).
Your companions will even have issues to say concerning the actions you are taking throughout your journey throughout Halcyon. If you deviate from their objectives, they are going to be vital; and when you cross their line, they’ll abandon you and head again to the ship.
Combat in The Outer Worlds
It appears as if The Outer Worlds’ fight will enchantment significantly to these of us who had a jolly time killing issues in BioShock. One of the brand new options the Obsidian of us had been eager to point out off was the “time dilation” mechanic, which slows all the things to a bassy crawl supplying you with time to line up that good headshot. We’re promised a various array of weapons with which to dispense your individual private model of justice, together with a choice of fabulously lightsaber-esque melee power weapons for when gunplay doesn’t get you shut sufficient to the motion. There are apparently even a category of aptly named “science weapons” which embody hilarious-sounding choices comparable to shrink rays.
As with BioShock, medicine will play an vital half in The Outer Worlds, each the driving drive behind sure missions throughout Halcyon and in addition a viable choice throughout fight that can assist you survive longer or dish out extra injury. The leveling and stats system will assist with that too, comprising six completely different abilities comparable to power and intelligence, and unlockable perks which activate as you pour extra factors into these abilities.
An related characteristic that Obsidian have carried out for this RPG is what they name the “Flaws” system. Flaws are neat little non-obligatory traits that are led to by the game monitoring your experiences all through Halcyon and noting when you’ve got hassle with a specific enemy or factor. If this occurs sufficient, you might be supplied the choice to offer your self a flaw primarily based on this antagonist, which supplies you a debuff throughout future related experiences.
The game compensates you for this alternative by permitting you to decide on an additional character perk instantly. So if there’s a sure kind of beast over on Danger-Planet that you simply maintain dying to, you might be given the choice to ingrain this shortcoming into your character’s narrative in a approach that the game understands. According to Cain, he’s been wanting to place this method right into a game for years.
Player alternative in The Outer Worlds
Many RPGs today contain a component of participant alternative, the place the world and its inhabitants react in accordance with varied decisions made. The Outer Worlds doesn’t look to be an exception, with a number of branching paths showing in one of many very first quests within the game. The man who rescues you out of your icy slumber asks you to acquire sure chemical substances which can allow him to assist your fellow colonists.
Which you are able to do, when you select. Or, you’ll be able to take the objectively extra enjoyable different, and switch the poor fellow in to the bureaucops over on the Halcyon company board, for what Cain guarantees can be a “lot of money”. So there’ll evidently be a good quantity of scope for bigger branching paths throughout quests, along with the massive variety of branching dialogue choices and the final open-world-ness of the game which can allow you to decide on which location or quest you’d like to hunt out subsequent.
Will there be romance choices?
Alas, although Cain and Boyarsky mentioned they thought of the prospect of Bioware-esque love- and lust-fuelled chapters of your colonist’s journey, they finally determined towards it. So for these of you hoping to woo that outlaw, you recognize, the one with the eyes, or that company clone with that particular waddle – I’m afraid you’re outta luck.
For now, that’s all we’ve acquired. But as extra information arrives we’ll be updating this web page to replicate all of the juicy particulars of Obsidian’s new providing. So be sure you maintain checking again right here as we soar ever nearer to The Outer Worlds and all that awaits us there.
