The Outer Worlds 2: This is all we know so far
The Outer Worlds 2 is an upcoming sequel to the 2019 dystopic RPG with a good dose of corporate comments made by Obsidian Entertainment, according to the Xbox announcement in E3 2021.
ContentsThe original game, The Outer Worlds, was often considered a fault title, but located in space.This makes sense, because Obsidian has already worked in the franchise and has developed a title that is considered one of the best games in the series, Fallout: New Vegas.It was a well received game, but had some defects, which led many to wonder if this new universe would return at some point.
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After being bought by Microsoft, the future of the Obsidian Entertainment company became more stable and, among other games advertisements that the company made, an advance of The Outer Worlds 2 was present.Many people, including ourselves, we were surprised to see news about this game, and although there is still not much information, we can make some reported conjectures about the details that we will obtain later.Here is everything we know and suspect about The Outer Worlds 2 so far.
Release date
The initial revelation not only did not have a release date, but in itself it was a parody of the advances that have little or no information in them.So knowing that, everything we can do for now is to speculate on when we think that The Outer Worlds 2 will really be ready.
The Outer Worlds came out at the end of 2019, but the last part of the DLC of the game did not arrive until the end of last year.The best case would be for a small team to have been in charge of the DLC while another team has started working in the pre -production of the sequel, but it is also possible that it has passed a time before there was a green light.
Even in the best case, based on the fact that there is nothing to do with the game so far, and on the amount of details and work that Obsidian likes to put in their games, we believe that The Outer Worlds 2 could be ready in2023 at least;Although we don't rule out that it is in 2024.Regardless, both dates are very distant, so it is best to keep emotion at bay for now.
Platforms
Unlike the ambiguous messages that circulated after the purchase of Bethesda by Microsoft, we know from the beginning that The Outer Worlds 2 will be exclusive to the Xbox console and that will arrive at Game Pass on the same day.
On the other hand, the trend that Xbox has been following with its exclusive is that they are also launched on Windows PC, so, although it was not explicitly mentioned, The Outer Worlds 2 should be available for that platform also.
Unfortunately, fans who played the original title in PlayStation or Switch and want.
Trailer
The official trailer, which is actually a teaser, is the maximum conscious comedy of itself.The trailer narrator breaks the fourth wall basically instantly and makes fun of how traditional advances and revelations are filmed.In the video a monster is great and immediately the narrator comments that he will not be in the final game.Then, it makes fun of how action shots are used in slow chamber to make everything look more great than it is, in order to enhance the game reserve.Finally, he laughs at how all teasers have to end with musical clues placed on broad plans of the environment, until reaching the protagonist's silhouette.
Obsidian's team, through the fun narrator, is sincere about the fact that they have no models of characters, gameplay or any other detail about the complete game, except the title.The teaser gives us very little what to work really, it only indicates that The Outer Worlds 2 is in development and that it will be set in space.Fortunately, a little more information about the game has emerged.
Together with Teaser, The Outer Worlds account on Twitter added brief lines: “New star system.New crew.The same exterior worlds ".From that, we can assume some details.First, we are going to leave the Hallecyon system, or at least we can go to a new star system in addition to this.Second, there will be a crew of completely new colleagues and, possibly, also a new protagonist.Finally, this game will not be an important deviation of what we all love from the original game.
Moon Man is still the logo of The Outer Worlds 2, but it is the pet of the Spacer’s Choice corporation in the game, so we can infer that there will be at least a couple of links with the first title.Considering that one of the possible finals of The Oter Worlds involves the fate of Halcyon Holdings, owner of Spacer’s Choice, it will be interesting to see how the sequel progresses according to the player's action in the original game.Or they could simply ignore them completely too.
The phrase "new crew" implies that none of the former cast members will return in the sequel, at least as members of the group, but perhaps some will appear as NPC.Many people became fond of the first game team, so it would be great to see them return in some way in the sequel.
If you liked the writing and the tone of the first game, The Outer Worlds 2 seems a very sure bet that it will be more of the same in that regard.
Gameplay
As the trailer is quite direct, there is no sample of the playability of The Outer Worlds 2.So, although I could completely change gender, it is much more likely to be another Fallout style game.In this way, there would be multiple planets to explore, colleagues to know, missions to undertake, dialogue options to decide and level uploading skills.
Actually, if we are honest, all we need is that this game is a more polished version and perhaps a little bigger in the first title, with that we will be happy.We could have more options for consequences, missions that react to how we choose to complete them and a deeper general mechanic to make us feel that we have an agency in the world (or worlds).
The shooting system in the first game was useful, but nothing exciting or satisfying.Again, it was a Fallout style fight in everything but in the name, with all the curiosities you would expect from that type of system.If you can improve this and artificial intelligence so that they are at the level of their writing, humor and design of Missions, The Outer Worlds 2 could be a great success.
Something that we hope will return is the way the skills worked in the first game: initially inverted in broader skills before they divided into more specific ones.For example, you could start simply putting points in melee combat, but once range 50, you could put points in specialized skills, as melee with one hand or two hands.That allows players to have an idea of what each ability does before committing to a specific style of play from the beginning.
Multiplayer mode
If we had to guess, and at this point that is what we do, we would bet that The Outer Worlds 2 will not have any multiplayer component.The first installment was an experience purely for a single player, and everything we know about the sequel makes us think that this will be the same.The type of game of this series does not lend for multiplayer mode.As it is a role -playing game, a PVP (player against a player) would be a nightmare.A cooperative mode could work, but it would be very difficult to introduce it in a good way in a game in which you are supposed to make decisions and influence the plot.
This is a case in which we hope Obsidian will stay with what he does best, and thus offer the best possible game for a player.
DLC
The Outer Worlds received two fun packages from DLC, each with new missions and raising the level limit.Apparently The Outer Worlds 2 would follow the same path and be open to the content after launch.New worlds can be integrated in a very natural way, or even add missions lines to existing ones.Be that as it may, your universe is ready for more stories, so we hope to get additional attractive content for us to return after the main story ends.
Game reservation
Again, we are likely to be several years after the launch of The Outer Worlds 2, so there are no details about his reservation, with the exception of Game Pass.As Obsidian is part of Microsoft, the new game will be available in Game Pass on the day of its premiere, so, if you are a subscriber, you can download it as soon as you are launched without additional charge.
When the reserve options are revealed, we will make sure to update this section to inform you all the details.