Full disclosure: while our fellow reviewer took a look at the base game back in 2019 on PS4, yours truly played through the game’s Switch version, which does affect our perception of this Spacer’s Choice Edition. We’ll get back to that a bit further down in the gameplay section of this review, but first, let’s take a look at what’s new in terms of visuals. After all, beneath all the alleged fancy new bells and whistles, the game remains exactly the same under the hood as the previous release, albeit, with one change that affects gameplay. It’s not often that the audiovisual aspects of a game take up the bulk of a review, but in the case of The Outer Worlds, these aspects are perhaps the main reason to pick up or (avoid) the Spacer’s Choice Edition. Finally, the addition of dark and cynical humor adds another layer, and we’d go as far as to say that The Outer Worlds’ writing is perhaps the game’s strongest suit. There is a ton of replayability here too, with storylines that really force the player to make moral choices. Despite the futuristic setting, The Outer Worlds carries the air of a Western, with the adventure on the first planet in particular feeling like it could’ve been the base of a cowboy story just as much as a space adventure. Unfortunately, Hawthorne ends up being crushed underneath an escape pod, leading to the player taking on Hawthorne’s identity as captain of the Unreliable.Īfter the opening, the player’s training wheels are removed and although there is a main storyline, which unfolds depending on which choices the player makes, there is a tremendous amount of freedom here. As Welles himself is wanted by the Board of Halcyon, he teams up the passenger with the smuggler captain Alex Hawthorne. Welles manages to rescue and revive the player and then enlists them to help out with his plan to recover the other passengers of the Hope. That is, until rogue scientist Phineas Welles shows up, aiming to rescue the colonists aboard the Hope. Disaster struck, however, and the Hope was lost in the vastness of space, drifting for seventy years. Set in an alternate timeline, where humanity has ventured into space, The Outer Worlds puts players in the shoes of a passenger that was aboard the Hope, a massive spaceship intended to bring colonists to Halcyon, a galaxy where humans now have set up several colonies. The base premise remains the same, of course, and we’ll quickly recap it for those that are unfamiliar. Should you sign up for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity or is it better to read the fine print first?īeing an open-world game, The Outer Worlds doesn’t necessarily have a set story, as the player is given a ton of freedom and choices that affect the events that happen around them. With the so-called Spacer’s Choice Edition, publisher Private Division is aiming to not just draw new colonists to Halcyon, but also for existing owners of the game to spend some of their hard-earned credits to experience The Outer Worlds in a new light. It seems a bit fast then, that we’re getting a remaster of Obsidian’s beloved open world space adventure already, yet here we are. The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition Patch Notes – v1.The original version of The Outer Worlds debuted in 2019, and the game’s last DLC, Murder on Eridanos arrived around two years ago, in March of 2021. Check out the full patch notes for more details.įor more details on The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition, check out our review here. A rare crash that could occur on Roseway for PS5 is fixed, along with temporary memory leaks that could appear in UI screens on Xbox Series X/S. SSR values on Xbox Series X/S and PS5 have also been updated to improve cinematic mode.Ĭurrent-gen console players can also expect a better frame rate in Performance Mode. SSGI being too high on PC, thus affecting performance, has been fixed, and the dynamic resolution is updated. Some fixes include adjusting the settings for Ultra and High End modes on PC, providing a better experience for users with stronger GPUs. Update v1.1 is available for PS5 and PC players on Steam, Epic Games Store and GOG and should be available to Xbox Series X/S and Microsoft Store users this week. After launching this month to several performance issues, The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition has received its first significant patch.
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