The Outer Worlds, Obsidian's RPG, is available for free on the Epic Store until April 11, offering a contained take on a first-person, Fallout/Elder Scrolls-style RPG with open-ended zones and strong reactivity. The game's project leads previously worked on Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, and it's praised for its manageability without sacrificing depth and choice, making it a great option for various character builds.
The Epic Games Store is offering the Thief reboot and The Outer Worlds for free this week, allowing players to delve into stealth and action RPG gameplay or explore the vibrant world of spacebound RPGs. The Thief reboot offers players the freedom to choose their approach to sneaking around a gothic city, while The Outer Worlds presents a unique interstellar experience with diverging paths based on player choices. Both games are worth grabbing while they are free to keep.
The Epic Games Store is offering The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition and Thief for free this week, while Amazon Prime subscribers can access Chivalry 2 and Black Desert. The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition includes all DLCs and visual upgrades, and Thief is a reboot of the stealth series. Chivalry 2, a multiplayer action game, is available through Prime Gaming, and Black Desert, an MMORPG, is also free for Prime subscribers.
The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition, a highly acclaimed open-world RPG, and Thief are currently available for free on the Epic Games Store until April 11. The Outer Worlds, which won role-playing game of the year at the D.I.C.E. Awards and received 20 award nominations, offers an immersive experience with engaging mechanics and storyline. While Thief received lukewarm reviews, both games are free for PC users, making it a great opportunity to experience The Outer Worlds at no cost.
PlayStation Plus is adding a trio of popular RPGs, including Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Tales of Arise, and The Outer Worlds, to its lineup at the end of February. These titles offer expansive worlds and engaging narratives, catering to RPG enthusiasts. Additionally, other games such as Need For Speed Unbound and various LEGO titles are also being added to the service, providing a diverse range of gaming experiences for subscribers.
The Outer Worlds, the spacefaring RPG developed by Obsidian Entertainment, was pitched as a more casual game with a sense of "Fallout meets Firefly." Director Tim Cain aimed to create a game that would be inviting to casual players while still offering complexity and interesting characters. The pitch resonated well with the final product, which features humor and a first-person perspective reminiscent of Obsidian's previous hit, Fallout: New Vegas.
With the release of Starfield still a couple of years away, gamers can explore space and engage in ship-raiding pirate activities in games like No Man's Sky and Elite Dangerous, or enjoy a humorous story in The Outer Worlds. EVE Online offers a complex universe with character and ship customization, player-vs-player combat, and an intense economy system, while Star Citizen is an immersive MMORPG title that features in-depth elements of trading, combat, and politics.
Obsidian's upcoming first-person fantasy RPG, Avowed, will be smaller in scale than initially planned, similar to The Outer Worlds rather than Skyrim, according to Obsidian boss Feargus Urquhart. The game is set in Eora, the world of Pillars of Eternity, and features first-person melee and magic battles in brightly coloured and vibrant environments. Story and companions are said to be important to the game, and it is set for release in 2024. Obsidian is also working on The Outer Worlds 2 and continues to support Grounded and Pentiment.
The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition offers comprehensive visual upgrades and all DLC for a $10 upgrade fee, but suffers from poor performance on consoles, with frame-rates struggling to hit 60fps and questionable changes to its art direction. The 30fps cinematic mode provides a good first impression, but the 60fps performance mode is far from stable. The visual tweaks are well done, but have a knock-on effect on the art direction that may prove divisive. The frame-pacing at 30fps and highly variable frame-rate in performance mode need to be fixed.
The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition for PS5 has received a performance patch to address the numerous bugs and abysmal performance reported by players. While some players have reported improvements, others claim that the game runs exactly the same. Publisher Private Division has promised to address players' issues in future patches despite recent layoffs.
