The Outer Worlds: 10 Ways It'll Blow Fallout Out The Water
Obsidian finally having free rein to create their own sci-fi RPG is a VERY exciting prospect.
Fallout New Vegas was considered by many to be the best in the franchise. This was in no small part due to Obsidian Entertainment being taken on by Bethesda to develop the title. Fans praised the excellent story and the expansive RPG elements, both of which were some of the tightest that Fallout has seen in its lifetime.
Later this year Obsidian are releasing their own original IP, Outer Worlds. Expected to drop on the 25th of October 2019, Outer Worlds will be a sci-fi RPG where the player character awakens in a dystopian future to find that their spaceship has gone off course and that they're now caught up in a multi-faction, intergalactic political unrest.
That's right; this could potentially be Fallout meets Mass Effect, and isn't that all anyone really needs in their life?
With Fallout 76 being a pretty catastrophic failure and no sign of an actual Fallout 5 any time soon, this could be the perfect time for Obsidian to capitalise on the gap in the market Fallout has left. With such a reputable studio behind so much potential, Obsidian have the opportunity not just to do well, but to dominate this market entirely in the interim.
10. The Team Have Worked On Some Of The Best Fallout Games
Other than working on Fallout New Vegas, a few members of the development team behind Outer Worlds also had some input on Fallout and Fallout 2. These isometric classics were the stepping stones that kicked off Fallout as a franchise.
Those who came in for the first two games would have been there to create everything from the lore, the environments, the characters, the enemies, the vaults, Nuka Cola, Vault Boy, and anything else you can think of that makes the Fallout series so oustanding.
With minds like these behind Obsidian’s new IP, there’s no doubting that they’re on to something special with Outer Worlds. Without giving away too much of what little has been released, the game will open with the player character making a choice that will define their path considerably throughout the campaign. This looks to be similar to siding with the NCR, Legion, or going solo in New Vegas. Given how beloved the main story was in this instalment, it would make sense for Obsidian to go down a similar route for Outer Worlds, with player choices having a heavy impact on the story.
If there’s anyone who can deliver on the hype already surrounding this game, it’s Obsidian.