The Outer Worlds - Take Me Home, Outer Worlds! (Jimpressions)
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Take me home, Outer Worlds! Obsidian's long-awaited The Outer Worlds is, quite frankly, everything I needed it to be. Rich, dense, brilliantly written, it's everything we've been missing in the wake of "live services" and other "AAA" trash.
With its onslaught of satire and wonderful sense of progression, The Outer Worlds is the spiritual successor to Fallout: New Vegas folks have needed, and I'll go even further - it's way better!
#TheOuterWorlds #Obsidian #Fallout #JimSterling #Jimpressions
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Ha, he called Fallout 76 an "effort", now that's the kind of comedy I subscribed to this channel for.
BetheSloth at it again....
C'mon now it took a special kind of effort to take Fallout and layer it in a landscape of rotten trash.
I think you mean: now *vats* the kind of comedy I subscribed to this channel for.
Well the 3D artists made an effort. I don't know what the fuck anyone else was doing though.
I wonder what kind of "effort" Jim would Dynasty Warriors 9 call. xD
I've gotta say, Bethesda's marketing campaign for The Outer Worlds was on point.
Just making up for the New Vegas metacritic score bonus payment
@K Korona Maybe if you spam post this comment on more replies, someone will eventually think it's as clever as you think it is.
@K Korona oh piss off.
/Right/ in the wrongest way :3
@@scottycheesecake i agree completely, I think it was a way of saying "we're sorry for absolutely sabotaging the game you made for us at every turn". Although I only hope we don't buy it. They have shown themselves to be complete liars.
I surely hope my sarcasm is coming across in text form
The Outer worlds
IT’S NOT THE BEST CHOICE,
IT’S SPACER’S CHOICE !
*The Outer Worlds: It's not the Fallout choice, it's the best choice.
FTFY
That's my favorite song!
“They just made a video game and sold a video game!”
Not to mention it wasn’t released in early access in some broken, unfinished state either, like Sea of Thieves. They just worked on the game until it was finished, THEN sold it. Can’t believe that’s such a rarity nowadays; the industry is fucked.
I'd argue that depending on how it's handled, early access makes games feel more alive. With Outer worlds, early access wasn't nessicary, but with other games like subnautica, it can make the game feel more personal. Kind of a case by case situation for me.
when wasn't it rare, i played FF1 and thieves were straight up... just not
"I haven't encoutered any bugs"
By god. Is this the future?
A finished product?
Nani?!
It was the past
A finished, polished final product.
No special editions.
No microtransactions.
No Season Pass.
WHAT YEAR IS IT???????
@@tohshaolun Yeah, old things were done better.
@@mythicaldakka Take my fucking money Obsidian!
One cool moment happened actually when I lied to a person about not knowing the man she thought sent me.
Well I mention him later & she picked up on the fact I had lied prior.
I'm so used to games not having that consistency. It really impressed me.
I did the exact same thing! Getting caught in a lie was a very cool bit of dialog.
One other cool dialogue option, when you speak to SAM and have the "Robophobia" flaw, your character can respond with "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Deimos kai Aischylos are you talking about the geothermal place on the first world? I rerouted the power to edge water but helped the community by getting rid of the guy there peacefully
I lied about who I was toward the beginning of the game. I'd better be careful it doesn't come up later...
Dang, so we have New Vegas style gameplay with Alpha Protocol levels of consequences. I am seriously looking forward to playing this.
"I wish I hadn't said yes to the drug addiction"
Story of my life.
Huh... cool?
I hear that
Yeah that is an annoying one, it effects so much more then you would think from the description.
I got drug addiction too in thi game
I have below average tempered character, so only way to regen hp is to use inhilator
Dude, same.
Bethesda: "It's just works"
Obsidian: "It just works better."
more like "it actually works" haha
Spown FLEX TAPE
@K Korona is that a bad thing?
I've found very few glitches in TOW. One of them is even useful for eliminating some of the grind for bits. All the others are related to graphics and sound, the sound bugs are related to the duplication exploit. If you don't use it, the sound issues will probably never happen to you.
Bethesda : it just works
Obsidian : it just works
Same statement two entirely different meanings
Bethesda: "Who are you?"
Obsidian: "I'm you, but better."
Obsidian: I'm what you could be if you actually put the effort in.
@@dsmx85 TRUE!!!
Fitting how Bethesda is considered garbage and Obsidian is named after a rare mineral.
@luke g Skyrim is my favorit game of all time and i concider Fallout 4 really good too.
This made me laugh, thanks!
"They just - and this is unfathomable these days - they just made a videogame, and they sold a videogame!"
I was on the fence about buying this, because it doesn't look entirely like my cup of tea - but this statement convinced me. There's no kind of game more worth supporting in this industry.
KnightSpeaking I read this as he said it
yep, i quit gaming in 2013, i'm actually going to get a console and this game (today), i wanted obsidian's efforts to be rewarded and thank them for actually making a videogame.
Wait, so if you buy it just once, you can play it for free as much as you want? COMMUNISM!!!!
B-but how will they SURVIVE without loot boxes, microtransactions, season passes...they NEED all these things to keep the lights on. Or wait...I guess they don't. I guess that argument is full of shit.
Get it for £1 with the Xbox Game pass
I have Gamepass. Don’t need to buy the game. The game is so well put together I think I’m going to buy it anyway.
"Lying to people and persuading them." So you basically played the whole game as cosplay of Todd Howard! I am sold.
You can lie your arse off the whole game.
@@Judgementxxx and it's a super low speech requirement so I always lie, guess the NPCs were written to have the same wit as Bethesda fanboys
@@sneakysnake7695 XDDD
Outer worlds: *just works*
*Todd Howard dislikes that*
Who's Todd Hillary?
@@dagothur5807 Hodd Toward's brother
"16x fewer bugs!"
nah, the outer worlds isn't "It just works" the outer worlds is "It's just BETTER"
it doesnt just work, its vastly superior to most "AAA" titles we've gotten in recent years
What' that, it wouldn't be work would it?
"It just works better"
What do you think about that one, Todd?
that's just because it doesn't have 16 times the detail - Todd, probably
KEKKA DAKE DA!
I love it when people take jabs at Todd. Thank you for making my day. :)
I read Todd in Jim's voice, lol
I still think Todd Howard is incredibly troubled by the state of the company and his role in it. But maybe I'm trying too hard to see the good where it isn't
"Subtle as a dildo sledgehammer" -- Touché, Jim, touché.
Well, that's not very subtle at all.
"There are flaws too! Wish I hadn't taken the drug addiction one"
That just killed me
I had no problem picking it up, because I cant regen hp without taking drugs anyway
Robophobia is a bitch too
I got permanently crippled lmao
"I wish I hadn't said yes to the Drug Addiction one."
-Jim Sterling, 2K19
Same
"...BUT IT'S STILL GREAT!"
scrolled down before editing my comment to not repeat this hahahaha thumbs for you
Drugs are preferable in game than in real life because the consequences are virtual rather than real!
Just use fixer...
"It just works."
-Todd Howard
"It's just better."
-Jim Sterling
Don't you mean Fraud Howard?
Todd Coward
Fraud Coward
Marcus Grimm Fraud Howard sounds like a rapper alias
King Crimson
Poor Jim, he actually sounds disappointed that he couldn't really find anything bad to say about the game....which is a good thing in these trying times.
"it is the successor to FNV."
Now that. Is a tall tall order.
I mean it only makes sense though. Same devs as fallout new Vegas and the lead devs created the fallout franchise. But honestly, I feel like this game does a lot to stand on it's own. Like after I started playing I didnt think about comparisons to fallout new vegas. Instead I just got enthralled with the world and narrative. It really is an interesting IP
Honestly it plays like a continuation of the house ending. There are mentions of a great war on terminals, but then also everything is run by corporations and humanity has gone to space. Literally Mr. Houses big plans for humanity.
That is not hard to do. NV was lackluster at best. Will never understand the obsession with that game.
@@LynxStarAuto a gem doomed to fail by bethesda, but blasted to the stars by the people. Its just better than the other fallouts. I still love 3 but NV is just better in the eyes of the masses.
@Maxwell Luong
Agreed. But I don't doubt the same devs can top that, considering their massive constraints at the time.
"You had to pay for a grave site because you were the closest living relative of the deceased?"
"No, I had to pay because I was relatively close to the deceased when they passed."
Brilliant.
I was holy fuck that's fucked up.
yes I was the closest one relative to his body
"I'm sorry for your loss. How exactly were you related?" "We weren't. I just found him. And now I have to pay his fines." This game is crazy. Some of this stuff is unconscionably cold and depraved.
The dialogue has been a fantastic ancap nightmare, loving this game
"They asked me if I had a degree in theoretical physics. I told them I had a theoretical degree in physics. They said welcome aboard!"
Obsidian: "It DOES work."
that's illegal.
Everything is illigal
And it's an actual RPG.
One thing about Outer Worlds: it is an RPG. People you run into seem as if they are real people living in a bleak universe. You can really walk away from a conversation thinking “what the hell is up with that guy?!” rather than “okay I got a quest from the NPC.”
“Space capitalism has taken over everything”
So like now but with lasers.
More like when The East India Company controlled entire countries in the colonial era.
Yeah, get over it commie, you have to work to have nice things, boohoo
no, in space
@@MattSpoon07when will you get your Maybach, Trumptard.
@@MattSpoon07 what has being a bootlicker ever earned you but an empty life of begging massa for extra scraps in the morning? pathetic cretin.
I *DID* encounter a bug while playing the game.
But then I shot it.
I hope it wasn't a Sprat!
You ever play Hollow Knight? That game had a lot of bugs.
@@revadarius2594 theyre kinda cute honestly, i feel a little bad smashing the rabid ones.
I've had a couple actual bugs. Characters not appearing during dialogue scenes and one time Ludwig was 'walking' around a room like he was on ice skates just drifting everywhere.
You can’t do that in fallout can’t you hahaha
"As subtle as a dildo sledgehammer."
Well if that isn't a ringing endorsement from Jim, I don't know what is.
"Dildo Sledgehammer" would make a good name for a punk band.
I got the reference.
Thanks Jim.
What...are you?
@K Korona Don't know if you played the game yet, but from what I heard it's actually quite nuanced and not simply "capitalism bad", with reletable characters.
@K Korona Make sure this guy never learns about Cyberpunk 2020.
Minor Spoiler :
I love how the game offered me a flaw regarding being terrified of robots, and then a later companion is a robot, AND I actually get majorly penalised for having said robot in my party. Beautiful :D
I got that offer and was like
"What the fuck, no! Those robots nearly killed me!"
FUCK.
I just said yes to this one.
DAMMIT.
I remember seeing someone online point out that it gives you the option to scream in terror once you see him on your ship xD
See I love the dialogue you can have with the robot
"AAAARRRRGGGHHH"
Obsidian is amazing. I’m so glad they’re around
“New Vegas but in space”
Well that’s the fastest I’ve ever been sold on a game.
It's like those Bioware games you used to love but now stare at like the Wolverine photo meme, also.
@@gibberconfirm166 They need a new creative staff and writers, their last games are bland and falling short in what we used to love about bioware
Literally that one sentence was all they needed to get my money.
Please, New Vegas wasn't that good.
It's even better. It's a game where you take over a rustbucket starship, gather a motley crew including a tough mercenary, a cute mechanic girl, a priest with a mysterious past and a snarky good-looking doctor, and travel between rugged frontier worlds while evading the law.
It's a Firefly video game from the people who made the good Fallout games.
When Bethesda goes to sleep at night it is the Outer Worlds that haunts its nightmares.
OuterWorlds is the Sandman perk to sleeping ShoddyToddy.
Nah, they'd some self awareness for that
Why not just talk about a good game, without comparing it to a negative? Does ever Jim video need to smear something through shit, to make something else look good?
@@grubbybum3614 just because something is good doesn't mean things in the background arent bad. otherwise you allow the others to continue to be bad, its essentially just teaching them by going look he did it properly why cant you.
@@Dockhead I'd agree - but Bethesda won't be watching, so he's preaching to the choir. And the only people losing over at Bethesda are the workers who are innocent of the direction that FO76 took.
Tim Curry: Im going to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism, SPACE!
Space Communism will not only lose to Space Capitalism, but will also kill way more individuals on their way until they're only on the mind of space drug addicts and space pseudo-intellectuals.
@@ticiomevio8691
Star Trek is a communist society. Moneyless, classless and operating on the maxim of "To each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs"
@@ticiomevio8691 ok NPC
"New Vegas in Space"
I have been referring to it as "Fallout: New Spaceship"
Fallout: Firefly
it's funny because mr house does make reference to his ultimate goal being outer space colonies where humanity doesn't have to worry about the trials and tribulations of wasteland iirc. ofc it's a different universe and series, but kind of feels like this is the sequel to NV we never got or rather obsidian had ideas they couldn't express before. also love how they stuck to the whole "peak capitalism dystopia" thing like fallout did but made it fresh and compelling (the corporations in this game are fucked)
It doesn't remind me of fallout very much at all. It's more KOTOR meets Firefly with a dash of Mass Effect. :)
Fallout: New Venus
I bet Bethesda are just sitting there going "They cant do that, that's illegal"
That's something an antagonist inside outer worlds would say
@@gidioter needs to have an easter egg in the outer worlds where there is a small company named bugthesda and how they are going bankrupt because they ruined their customer's good will 😂
More like:No! This isn't how you're supposed to play the game!
Call the lawyers, NOW!
@@MazeMaker4Life I kind of agree but I REALLY don't think that'd be a good idea. I mean Bethesda's already fuming as they are. Doing something like that on top of it?...well, it would be like stirring a hornets nest.
"Your teammates chip into conversations sometimes."
*KOTOR 2 memories intensify*
Yes the Kotor is strong with this one....
The best part of that is your companions, and the NPC you're interacting with will actually look at each other while they talk. It's the details man.
Good grief we need a continuing of THAT series, that isn't a MMO
Does something kind for a less fortunate soul - :D
Gets an angry lecture by Kreia for doing something kind - D:
Huh, wish I watched this before I picked the lone wolf perk.
"They just made a videogame and sold a videogame"
Time to close out Magic Arena for a week.
"You can upgrade your ability to lie" Give Duck Newton some of that!
Gormathius Nightstrider the TAZ references
"It just works!"
Bethesda SAID it.
Obsidian DID it.
You hit the nail on the head there
Now they just need to remake anthem
Who would have thunk it???? Concentrating your efforts on game development rather than a cash shop/casino makes for a fully functional enjoyable game.
Holy shit the legendary happy Jim sterling episode.
The legends were true
we love to see it
"I wish I hadn't said yes to the drug addiction"
I see someone is lining up a career as an anti-drug motivational speaker!
"Whenever I play D&D I roll high charisma characters with dialogue skills, that become useless later on because all the enemies become zombies and shit that don't listen to you."
Mmmm been there, because the dude playing the dual sword orc warrior might get bored otherwise.
You should use the high dialogue skills against your enemies.
👨🎨
And the coolest thing in this game is, if you have high Charisma, you can make enemies fear you
I found this the hardest bit of DMing - presenting scenarios that offer each player a chance to do something useful. Unfortunately players tend to undervalue conversation skills. They recognise dark shady places as a spot where the rogue types are most useful, but they usually miss situations where the charismabots should be allowed to try a bit of negotiating. They've got a sword; they want to hit things with it.
I imagine Todd and Pete playing this game right now and coming up with "new" ideas for Starfield.
lol they are too morally bankrupt and lazy. Obsidian literally showed them how to improve their formula with new vegas and instead they just made it worse and worse. Given their recent actions if they aren't secretly on the verge of bankruptcy (thus the greedy bullshit tactics) I'd be surprised if they don't try to outdo fallout 76 in sheer shititude with starfield and elder scrolls.
@@jagore1258 dude... Same engine, same people - of course they are going for a shittier fuckup than F76. That is their version upwards and improved ;)
As much as i LOVE The Outer Worlds, it's a realy stale and old game-design. It's New Vegas mecanics/gameplay but in another setting... So, as much as i HATE Bethesda, Todd and Pete... they will not find anything innnovative or new to steal, and add to Starfield. All was already in Fallout 3 too. But it's great to play a working game, with a working engine, working systems, a new storyline, and a different universe to discover ! (also without micro-transactions ! Wooohoooo ! )
@@JoPeTuYaTroJoueY I know right I was sad that the standard for a great game is does it work from launch and it not got in-game purchases
@@JoPeTuYaTroJoueY
That depends on your taste. Honestly, the mechanics are well versed and polished. Sadly, that has become innovative by itself.
"...space capitalism has taken over everything."
Tim Curry is very upset about that.
His last refuge, destroyed.
No capitalism IN SPACE. Oh boy he was wrong.
I guess he won't be using that Rocket in Leningrad any time soon...
Deep cut
You can run from yourself, your troubles and the enemy army...
...but you can't escape capitalism.
Enjoyed Jim Sterling before he got overtly political. Now I love him
I don't even agree with most of his politics, and yet I still love hearing his opinions on those types of things and their impacts on games. He's pretty much my favorite video game reviewer.
Hating corporations is pretty apolitical
Game Base hating capitalism is not
@@andyxbox123 No, no it's not.
Thank you for helping me figure out what to do over xmas break!
2019 : a game being praised for actually making a game...
Even more so for a game that feels like last gen. 😆
@@nobody13o7 Yes, but that's a good thing. Because last gen had all the best RPGs.
@@Spectacular_Insanity nioh, ds3, bloodborne, divinity original sin 2, and many others are fantastic titles of this gen though. Main issue is the more known AAA studios dropped the ball this gen while others picked up the slack.
Yep. A game and not an store.
Mmmm I dunno. These days I don't feel like I'm playing a game unless the publisher is trying to scam me. Where's the $100 annual fee?
"It's New Vegas with better combat and no crashes."
Sold. I'll buy this when I have the money.
you can get it for only 1$ for a month by subing to xbox game pass
@@ericekstrand3324 I'm play on PC :/
@@ericb.4313 You can get Game Pass on PC too, the first month trial is still one dollar I believe.
Get it on the Microsoft Store that is available on any windows 10 platform. First month is a promotional $1/€1, $4 after that. You can just finish it in a month or two for just pennies.
having you game tied to a sub service is bad Idea
"BETTER THAN FALLOUT 76"
That's not saying much since barefoot tap dancing on top of Lego pieces is better than Fallout 76.
Got this for Christmas, and thanks for a spot on recommendation. I love it.
"I wish I hadn't said yes to the drug addiction one but..."
Lol that's pretty much how it goes
Realism at its finest
I accepted a flaw to become permanently crippled and move 30% slower for the rest of the game, THAT was a mistake.
@@CraigPrime what uh, what was the upside to that?
@@CraigPrime F
Accepting flaws usually only gives 1 perk point, perks are pretty powerful, but flaws have considerable downsides as well. They trigger after being dmged too much in a certain way. I accepted a permanent concussion that i was offered after running into a minefield and get hit by 15 mines or something.
The Outer Worlds: The palette cleanser we all need
Fyi palatte cleanser is supposed to be something completely tasteless and boring 😂
@@glacialimpala I was thinking more like pickled ginger which is really sweet and delicious.
It's not the best choice. It's *Spacers Choice*!
Palette: X
Palatte: X
Palate: ding, ding, ding...
The Outer Worlds: The way games should still be
The Outer Worlds gives me serious Firefly vibes when I play it.
Awesome choice of song at the beginning hahahaha. Well done :)
"I hope you like good gameplay, because if not you'll be disappointed"
LOL!
It feels good to hear about a great game every once in a while. No dirty schemes, no money grubbing, just one complete and tidy package for one solid price. The fact that we commend game for doing this now just speaks volumes.
@Mi Ke Oh I know he has a point, just how he presented it was downright hilarious.
Art C. Plenty of games like that exist, they just lack marketing budgets. Anthem sold millions of copies. It’s a lot like politics, quality doesn’t always equal success
The anti capitalist game we all deserve.
But they did try the dirty scheming, money grubbing route....
He did review Borderlands 3 a month and a half ago, suprised how well it turned out
killed it with the song intro HAHAHA
It had to be done.
Every time I heard it, I get flashbacks of floods and meteors.
"Take me home, to players walletssss."
Games like these are a dying breed let’s enjoy while we still have them.
John Tejada It sure has felt that way for a long time now. Obsidian is always dropping excellent rpg’s though. If you like isometric rpg’s Pillars of Eternity 1&2 are awesome. It’s important to note that they began this project as an indy studio and completed with a limited budget, nothing like that of the Fallout games. And though Microsoft acquired Obsidian, they still gave them free reign, didn’t force microtransactions and monetization. Seeing how well it’s doing, with Microsoft backing, this could be a beginning of a new era.
Also, take a look at the work of Larian studios.
They seem to put their heart into their RPGs too.
TheOneLichemperor ahhh Man I love Larian divinity original sin 2 is one of my favorite rpgs of all time
John Tejada I’m also a big fan.
and if you like this type you will be so, so happy!
Just about to start it, I’m pumped.
I was just about to ask about micro transactions when Jim said "NONE" I think Obsidian should release the sequel on the same day as Fallout 77
"Fallout 76 vs Anthem" is the true "Battle of the Bastards" of 2019
Anthem wins because it came out in 2019.
nah. we got even more shitty products this year. anthem is horrible, but look at the abomination 2k spit out with wwe2k20. it's... just mindblowing.
Ghost Recon wants a shot at them
How embarrassing
At least Anthem's gameplay is badass asf.
love your videos man, you have some amazing insight and points of view. keep em coming :D
Obsidian took the best of Bioware and Bethesda and then made it their own.
The king is dead. Long live the king!
i thought the king was dead
One of the things I like about the skill system, is that the "core" skill abilities unlock first. So you get access to blocking or sneak attacks or whatever right from the start. You don't need to have a character with all your points pumped into one stat just to unlock the option to do things. Rather you can pretty much do it all from the start, and can simply focus to get better.
I'd like to see an XP based game that instead of the hassle of dying our characters lose experience points ( and potentially levels).
@@gwarscout1825 That's potential for a Bioshock like Revive Pod that would be owned by some Company like Borderlands did.
Great idea.
The fear of Dying would be a nice revenue possibility in Space..
Yeah but at the same time it makes the game kinda easy. I made a super intelligent doctor/scientist with lot of persuasion, planning on not killing too many people, with a sub-par strength and pretty much no combat ability. And yet I can kill a guy with 3 hits of a machete or a few bullets.
@@Texelion3Dprints just like putting everything into combat and brute forcing your way through the game
I want to thumb up... But... 69
"I wish I HADN'T said yes to the drug addicted one".
Spoken like a true junkie.
Sorry, not an English speaking person here, I don't get the joke. Was it supposed to be "I wish I didn't said yes..." and drug addicts usually speak poor English? Or is it something different?
@@angelodonte Different. I'm guessing he just didn't realise the extent of the debuffs at the time.
@@angelodonte He chose the drug addict option and it had bad effects he didn't expect or want, just like a real drug addict choosing drugs
I felt that one.....
@@angelodonte Gramatically, it's called the subjunctive mood.
This video is sponsored by Obsidian Entertainment.
I also have been glued to it. Hard to put it down.
Bethesda: *"They can't do that! DMCA them or something!"*
"Can we copy strike this game, like right now?"
Wouldnt work the game Wasteland was held by EA and they tried to get the studio that made Wasteland when they made Fallout on their own and now their is The Outer Worlds.
@@yamadiyoo9658 My depression score increases every time I see someone reply seriously to a comment with an obviously joke context.
@@I_Shotgun_Beers Welcome to the era of almost zero critical thinking.
I'm guessing you made this comment explicitly to be read in the voice of Nute Gunray?
Obsidian: profits from quietly making a good game and just selling it
EA/Ubi/Bethesda: y-you...you can do that??
Do you have a source on this game's profitability?
@@Hipster_Doofuss They didn't have excessive marketing, and the guaranteed funds from their deal with Epic Games makes turning a profit a lot easier. If they haven't made a profit yet, you should bear in mind that the game has barely been released, and many companies wait until at least the end of the launch week to make judgments.
@@Hipster_Doofuss As far as I'm aware, there are no sources for how much they've made yet.
@@evilbarrels2506 You are telling me to "bear in mind" that the game has just come out and we don't have any sources, but that's exactly my point. The commenter I replied to made a statement about profits; I only asked the question as a rhetorical device to highlight that claims of the games profitability are unfounded.
I am rooting for Obsidian, but my point is that the comment I replied to was hope presented as fact.
@@Hipster_Doofuss although there are no facts. I'd be shocked if the game hasn't done well. Reviews are fantastic and it's filling a gap in the market that people have been crying out for. It's also pretty low budget so wouldn't require massive numbers to be profitable.
My first play session was TWELVE HOURS. It’s SO GOOD. The gameplay, writing, world building, EVERYTHING is just so well thought out!
I’m certainly enjoying it. Deep dialogue trees are fantastic.
I'm glad the spirit of Black Isle studios lives on.
The whole world is like that episode of Futurama where they go to the Slurm factory.
I legitimately met a character last night that was pretty much zap brannigan love this game feels like a game set in the futurama universe
This video was a joy to watch. Vindication feels so good.
Skyrim: plays daily for almost a decade
Outer Worlds:C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!!!
Steve The Dragon aww i Love that comment. Greetings from Germany
Good to hear Jim genuinely happy and impressed with a game, it's getting rarer and rarer these days
In fairness, Outer Worlds strikes me as a rare game indeed. I've heard nothing but universal praise.
@@johnathonhaney8291 compared to Pillars Of Eternity 2 the Outer Worlds seems to be marketed properly
@@dzikripratama3776 my heart still breaks over PoE2.
@@loveless8241 me too i had a great experience when playing Pillars Of Eternity 1 despite the big dialogue box and lore dump in the beginning
POE 2 dialogue is just break my heart with the inclusion of romance option
"Better than Fallout 76"
That's an exceedingly low bar to set
Indeed.Ark, with all its problems, managed to be funnier than fallout 76 to me.
My left pinky toe nail is a better video game than fallout 76....
Even 10 years later, The Sims 3 is a better game than Fallout 76. Even WITH its overpriced DLC Packs and microtransactions. And it is also exceedingly buggy. So... it's his whole "aggressive space capitalism" angle that gets me. Epic Games Store... Microsoft... we're already there.
It's also the most direct comparison based on the game's roots and developer's history. The Outer Worlds is what the majority of people wanted from a Fallout game, with a hefty dose of Mass Effect/Guardians of the Galaxy and a sprinkle of Warhammer 40.000 thrown in, all cooked through so that it's nice and crisp.
Yeah, what isn't?
Not to mention your followers can actually jump up and follow you pretty much anywhere. I went jumping up to an area just inside groundbreaker docks and turned around after hearing pavarti grunting to find that shes managed to make it. Game is truly impressive and i look forward to seeing more from Obsidian.
Thanks Jim. I was reading the description and spent a whole 2 seconds each on "AAA" and "Live Services"... I already read so slowly... lol! But really, I'm so glad the game is good
Don't say "better than fallout 76"
That's an awful thing to say.
That's like saying "try this milkshake, it taste better than sewage"
Right? I saw that and all I could think of is, "That's an awfully low bar."
Exactly. It's a great game
I'm pretty sure he meant Fallout: New Vegas - that it's better than even the arguably best Bethesda fallout -option.
Everything is better than fallout 76.
Well obviously milkshake is better than sewage ;D
Jim's tagline: "It's Just Better." Nice.
I'm going to try a well-meaning, socially awkward tech nerd build who isn't against violence but is afraid of getting into combat. He just wants to GTFO of there but keeps getting roped into quests by accident. I'm going to role-play the heck out of this character, even if I have to make choices that get him into trouble.
Role-play or self-insert? ;)
Also make it that although he "accidentally" gets roped into quests,he's a badass and cannot be stopped.But really doesn't wanna be dragged into quests.
Something like that anime called "The hero is overpowered but overly cautious"
@@hammylove821 Role play! I'm hoping to give him a character arc in which he comes out of his shell to be a decent leader for his crew, if the game allows it. But his arc could swing in other directions depending on where the game takes me.
@@ZeroSleap I'm not sure if this game has a luck stat yet, but I was going to dump everything into this game's equivalent of luck and intelligence at the expense of charisma. He'd survive combat out of sheer dumb luck.
Very glad to hear that.
I feel like im stealing the game with it being on game pass. Brilliant game, amazing service.
Same lol
I'm playing it on Gamepass but bought it on disc too anyway.
yeah same, but i think i'll actually buy it once it comes out on steam
Play A Bards Tale 4 next. It’s also on Gamepass and is developed by InExile(other half of the old Fallout team). It’s a fantasy role playing game. Also, Wasteland 3(Fallout 1 and 2 spiritual successor) will be on gamepass as well. Great time to be a true Fallout RPG fan.
paid one dollar to play this masterpiece and have access to quite a large library of other games too, I love that.
The amount of people insulting Bethesda with this game is glorious. They deserve it.
Bethesda's own games were insulting enough.
Iv seen you everywhere man I swear
@@garrettwade1294 Holy fuck that burn
I was talking to a friend about it. My biggest take away is that this proves that Bethesda has no excuse to keep using that rusty old engine that's always broken. They have no excuse to have games be so shallow. They have no excuse for their games being so ugly. Bethesda has no excuse for how pathetic and laughable they've become. Smaller, less wealthy companies can do what they do 100 times better.
@@silver6kraid You'd be surprised what happens when a game is made by people who care more about what they do than they do placating investors.
So many actions have effect later on. The choice I made near the start came back to me later and I love that so much.
I always love your selection of music, and am filled with joy when I hear relatively unknown bands like Jim's Big Ego in your videos!
If you haven't heard the song The Fine Print, inspired by Outer Worlds, I highly recommend it! I think you'd enjoy it!
I take it you are a member of the Labor Party. I worked for a corporation that did think something like the people in The Outer Worlds. You were seen as part of the family when you got tenure (5 years for this company). We had an in house doctor for industrial accidents. Fortunately I was in the union and we had some protection. Company used to be run well when engineers ran the company, but then lawyers and accountants stepped in. Eventually company assets were sold off and now that company is a shell of it's former self. Game closer to real life than you might think. America was like this post Civil War(1865) up to about 1900. Example - look at the history of Standard Oil.
6:30 'It just works better'. Hear that, Todd? It ACTUALLY just works - BETTER.
My favourite videos of yours Jim are where you're happy, this year has just been a pipeline of never ending shit for the video games industry, one thing after another, good to see you actually enjoying yourself with a game :)
Hell, even WITH the great comics coming out, and the wonderful games that have come out, it just feels like the world is getting crazier.
I'm also happy for Obsidian. For once, they aren't being rushed to finish a game and lo and behold, once you don't have some asshole breathing down your neck, the quality of your work actually improves. They've put a lot of thought and effort in this thing and it shows. I always appreciate that and I think a lot of other people do so as well.
Well, when he's mad is also fun, let's not forget Ghost Recon Breakdance
I've got like... maybe 12 hours in so far and there's been points where I started feeling emotional, and not just from the story or what was happening in the game, but realizing how great games can be when done right. It's so good. Also, Parvati's quest is SO FREAKING CUTE I can't even handle it.
Also, the music is effing *gorgeous*. Like, seriously. It's probably the best video game score I've heard all year. As for the stories that probably inspired Obsidian's new game world I suggest people look up novels like Harry Harrison's "Make Room, Make Room" (which was made into a little movie known as Soylent Green, you may have heard of it) and "Bill the Galactic Hero" (mil-scifi and Asimov satire), and C.M. Kornbluth's "The Marching Morons".
"That thing that we could charitably call a video game - Fallout 76"
LOL
*fallout 76 grumbles in a shadowy corner while painting with its own drool*
This game felt SO much like a breath of fresh air I almost teared up when I started playing it.
They had me at skill speech checks. That was it, I fell in love.
"It basically is Fallout New Vegas in a whole new universe with a whole new story..."
It's... all I ever wanted.
TrollingAndBowling it’s not as bad as you say, sure the story kind of sucks and the factions are super 1 dimensional but the world building is great. It feels more unfinished than bad. OW2 if that ever happens will hopefully fix a lot of what is shite about outer worlds
You've just sold this game to me. Not only does it sound very appealing both narratively and gameplay wise. But your genuine excitement to share Outer Worlds is so clear and consise that I am here for it.
Obsidian is really such an extraordinary developer, and I’d love to one day get a deeper dive into what it is about their culture that produces such good writing and themes in their games. Like KOTOR’s cool, but KOTOR 2 is amazing.
They always have an anti-capitalist bent and everyone secretly hates capitalism: their anti capitalism appeals to people. My theory anyway.
The fanboy in me wants to say that it's not the culture, it's Chris Avellone, but the bottom line really is that if you let passionate nerds be themselves you'll generally get something of value.
But the old Obsidian people are no longer on this new Obsidian...
@@darthvaderreviews6926 Chris actually did not work on Outer Worlds as far as I can tell. He left Obsidian to work as a freelancer and while he still has his hands in some Obsidian games Outer Worlds doesn't seem to be one of them.
@@darthvaderreviews6926 My problem with him is he gets A LITTLE full of himself with meta narratives if not kept in check. I'm looking at you Lonesome Road DLC...not a fan of Ulysses with his constant whinging, it was the only place you HAVE to play your character a certain way for it to make sense.
He literally forgot the ‘thank god for me’ line. That’s the highest recommendation any Jim Sterling video could offer.
doesn't do it on Jimpressions, only on the Jimquisition. Jim only does Jimquisition in character.
Looks fantastic, about to play
The guy that voices Reed Torbin also voices Samuel Hayden in DOOM and Duma from Fire Emblem: Shadows of Valencia so he’s made a career of playing complete Bastards
Yahtzee said this when describing Ride to Hell but I believe it fits F76 too:
"It's not a game, it's congealed failure"
But Ride to Hell was funny, Failure 76 was shit.
Liked for the Magus pfp
Does this game finally end the argument that Bethesda's games all being buggy messes is acceptable due to their scale and scope?
That's always been such a garbage excuse.
Tucker Johnson Or they took the time to polish their games. They didn’t even play test 76 before launch😂😂😂 we did the testing for them
@@TrapMcGrady tucker is right, outerworlds is 30-40 hours long, something like skyrim if you tried to do everything would be about 100 hours if ya knew what you were doing.
Bethesda makes their rpgs too big and too shallow at the same time for this day and age
This game is a bit smaller in scope I believe but there's still no excuse for Bethesdas games being buggy and broken. Other developers make games on a huge scale like Bethesda without as many bugs and issues for example RDR2 was a massive game and it was very polished and had very few issues.
I used to be a dumb who believed that. But I am CLEARLY proven wrong and I can't argue against evidence that is as glorious as this game right here.
Sold on this mate, thanks for bringing this game to my attention!
Yes! happy Sterling is back. These are my fevorite videos. Enjoy the game Jim!