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Definitely bump to hard. Once you get a few levels under you. The first few levels can be challenging on hard, but then the difficulty really flips once you start getting gear, levels and skills.hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2019 1:33 pm I started up a game on normal on Friday but only played a few hours (i'm nowhere near Coop's ability to play 28 hours of a game within a 24 hour time period) with normal difficulty. The combat has been fairly easy so far. Should I bump it up to hard? Or is everyone just sticking with normal?
Yeah, that's rough. That was my #1 choice for end game DPS.infinitelurker wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2019 8:32 pm So, a word of warning about the character flaw system built in to the game - I'll spoiler it to be safe:
Spoiler:
I agree, now.
I took 3 flaws with no regrets, possibly because I was playing on normal. Two of them were extra damage of a specific type (+25% plasma and +10% something) and the third was -10% melee, which I never used after about 10th level. There were a couple of others I declined. One was reduced stats at elevation and I can't remember the other one, though it was reduced stats in some situation I didn't think was worth it. There is an achievement for taking three flaws, which I discovered by taking 3 flaws.
"Let us redefine progress to mean that just because we can do a thing, it does not necessarily mean we must do that thing."Daehawk wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 1:45 pm Speedrunner beats game in 31 minutes.
https://www.pcgamesn.com/the-outer-worlds/speedrun
I've tried watching streams of many games and I always, frickin' ALWAYS, have a similar problem. For example I was watching a stream of an fps and the streamer is just mindlessly walking around, and items and other things like doors are being highlighted and they just walk past everything without clicking on it. And yes, the other common thing is they are always on a static conversation screen or static inventory screen.
There are segments of the game that are VERY dialog-heavy though. Especially when you enter a new zone or planet. When I first got to Groundbreaker, I easily spent over an hour doing nothing but talking to NPCs, getting quests, and exploring the new area. That’s not a bad thing for me, as I really enjoy the extensive dialog options. But I can see how it might rub others the wrong way.YellowKing wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 2:12 pm I think you may just be getting unlucky - there's no more NPC conversation in this than most other RPGs, and what's there is typically pretty brief.
They have apparently patched this.Skinypupy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 8:22 am Guess I’m not the only one who thinks the text is way too damn small.
I find the dark orange on black background on any of the monitors nearly impossible to read as well.
They patched most of it, the errr... "easier" side of that fix. From the linked article:
There is still a ton of teeny tiny text in the UI. And yes, those colors on the "amber" monitors that harken back to my earliest days in the IT world are a PITA to read for me too and I'm playing on a 75" 4K TV. Damn old eyes. Need to see how much bumping up the text size helps or if I'll still need to keep my spectacles handy.players on all platforms can now embiggen the fonts used in conversation text, cinematic subtitles, bark subtitles, and terminal text. You'll find the option in the Settings menu's UI tab.
It's a perfectly cromulent word.embiggen
The Outer Worlds will cost $59.99, and will be available as a digital release or in a physical box with a download code.
Oh no. I got sidetracked by Jedi: Fallen Order just after I got off the first planet in Outer Worlds. I then got further sidetracked by The Talos Principle (due to all the great reviews of it on OO), and that's what I'm currently working through, but I am intending to get back to Outer Worlds on my XBONE next.Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Jan 30, 2020 1:32 pm Switch Launch on March 6th.
The Outer Worlds will cost $59.99, and will be available as a digital release or in a physical box with a download code.
I think there are some flaws that work, but none are a slam dunk. I took one that made me more vulnerable to canids (or whatever they call the dog-like mobs). Seemed a manageable trade off for a perk point that upgraded my bullet time skill.
FYI, so you won't be surprised again, there are supposed to be two DLC$iljanus wrote: ↑Wed Sep 09, 2020 8:20 pm Wasn’t expecting this! The Outer Worlds: Peril on Gorgon Released
Now time to look for reviews! And then buying it!
I saw that! I rather liked The Outer Worlds. It wasn't the open world Fallout experience in space that I would have liked but I wouldn't mind spending more time playing the game. Now wondering if I should buy the DLC or wait a while and get em both so I can play them straight through. Hope either of the DLCs go into some detail about what happened to "Earth that was" since in the game there haven't been any communications from Earth in a while.Grifman wrote: ↑Wed Sep 09, 2020 11:41 pmFYI, so you won't be surprised again, there are supposed to be two DLC$iljanus wrote: ↑Wed Sep 09, 2020 8:20 pm Wasn’t expecting this! The Outer Worlds: Peril on Gorgon Released
Now time to look for reviews! And then buying it!![]()
I saw that too, and I also read that if you don’t have a save earlier than the “point of no return” in the original game, you have to start over!? I don’t know what saves I have but that could be a major bummer for me. Maybe they’ll figure out a way to patch it and support using an end-game save? Word of warning, I only saw a small blip about this in a reddit thread, and haven’t had a chance to independently verify it yet.
I just read this on Kotaku. I’m not sure if it generated a save file before the end game but I think I’m happy waiting until they patch this out. Well, I hope they do anyway because as much as I liked playing I don’t feel like playing the whole Tartarus level over again after finishing the DLC.infinitelurker wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2020 2:07 pmI saw that too, and I also read that if you don’t have a save earlier than the “point of no return” in the original game, you have to start over!? I don’t know what saves I have but that could be a major bummer for me. Maybe they’ll figure out a way to patch it and support using an end-game save? Word of warning, I only saw a small blip about this in a reddit thread, and haven’t had a chance to independently verify it yet.