The Outer Worlds Revives Its Genre In One Brilliant Stroke (Review)

[@SkillUp]

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[@southendbusker7534]

huh ?

[@ErgonomicChair]

"Fake and not real" wow sounds great in an RPG. Just what I want, for it not to feel like a living breathing world. Sounds great. /s/

[@nadirbaitsaleem7270]

BOOK 📖📖

[@philliph.p.1985]

A bot named sam ........i feel like im having dejavu here.

[@edward623]

Here with my lambogenie. KNOWLEDGE!!!

[@jitz5401]

It ain’t a skill up review unless I hear “your mileage may vary “

[@IloveGorgeousGeorge]

"Moilage"

[@ChrisJohannsen]

@@IloveGorgeousGeorge kilometreage

[@castlewhite1577]

6:15 Bois

[@jeffreymarksworld534]

I usually agree with you but I can't on this one. This game is mediocre at best

[@slow9573]

Skill Up: "No bugs or glitches, none." Bethesda: How tho?

[@cappinjocj9316]

Dialectic : It just works 😜

[@kasmidjan]

new engine moron ! not ancient crap creation engine im looking at you bethesda...

[@Jdemonify]

@@kasmidjan exactly. They need to fckin abandon that shit already

[@NatrajChaturvedi]

No Bethesda: Is it black magic?

[@MrToxx525]

Obsidian: Used a proper engine.

[@jeice13]

Its nice to hear more detail about this

[@celtakroth130]

"I'm looking at you Shy" lmao. Exactly what I was thinking when he earlier said "nothing" to no glitches/bugs.

[@charleshenrick6104]

fucking spat out my drink at that point

[@artoriaselucidor2763]

6:20 'well, we're waiting.' watches shy for outer worlds video.

[@Raikeran]

@류재신 Quite Shallow is another youtuber who can somehow find a myriad of bugs and glitches in even the most polished of games, and she's made multiple videos "breaking" games like Destiny 2, Warframe, Greedfall, No Man's Sky, and Days Gone. now we're waiting for the inevitable "breaking Outer Worlds" vid

[@Master_Of_The_Universe]

@@Raikeran Breaking Better Man's Sky

[@mikrosound]

yup...shy is the real test...

[@XxBUMGODxX]

Bethesda: arrgh this is what we were gonna do with starfield but emptier with no npcs!!!

[@MrRedFoxorMrelzorrorojo]

And cosmetic (not really) micro-transactions!

[@yashkaushik6116]

I am glad this got released now bethesda have to really up their game for starfield. lets see how they manage that.

[@YourBlackLocal]

Yash Kaushik it won’t even matter because their fans will buy anything without complaint

[@ChillGuySammy]

And shitty gameplay on a 20 year old engjne

[@MelAncholynus]

But I hear there will be a map that glows in the f-ing dark...

[@HazzCraft]

Can i just point out the "dehydrated water pills" WITH THE DESCRIPTION " WATER WITHOUT HYDROGEN OR OXYGEN" EXCUSE ME LMFAO

[@protatoplaysgames6918]

It's the future man.....lol

[@stevie_blunder344]

Gives you that great refreshing taste without all the oxygen and hydrogen

[@peterclarke7240]

The lads at Obsidian know how to take the piss. Love 'em 😂

[@PantsaBear]

Didn't really find that joke very funny, too on-the-nose, but yeah this game has some solid Onion-style jokes lol

[@areyoumybuddy]

@@protatoplaysgames6918 haha That Is Literally EXACTLY What I Was Gonna Say!!

[@Aquelll]

Based on your medical skill you can add 1-3 consumables that will automatically be consumed when you use your inhaler. If a stack of consumables you chose have none left it will automatically change to a different comsumable of the same type. So I am currrently with high medical skill always using 3 consumables when I use the inhaler. So I always use inhaler when combat starts even if I have not taken any damage yet just to get those consumable bonuses. That is an ingenious system which makes using them very fluent and you don't even have to open your inventory and shuffle through the list of consumables to use them, just press F and all chosen consumables are used. I once in a while mark all types of them I do not want as junk and sell them for good profit.

[@09spidy]

"This is the closest thing we'll get to a Firefly game" Aaaaaand SOLD!

[@theriophonic]

"What would Cpt Mal do" Hell ya.

[@BatteryAz1z]

Shiny!

[@marklion315]

Oh, I'm going to the special hell...

[@gctypo2838]

Also recommended: Rebel Galaxy. Very Firefly in style.

[@mayowankenobi]

I’m a leaf on the wind!

[@nickhealy10]

Amazon will have warehouse staff in 10 years? *Laughs in robotic*

[@joker-0723]

@bigevilworldwide1 jesus, with such drive you could do a million things better as a bureaucrat, a soldier or on your own business but instead you shill out to Amazon.

[@gregofcanada4494]

Laughs in Bezos

[@j.kol3491]

bigevilworldwide1 lmfao alright Dwight schrute...

[@griffithdidntdonutin8942]

Wage cage intensifies

[@nyanjasmine]

@bigevilworldwide1 You're the reason for labor laws and osha.

[@lonelywolf9294]

"An actual adult who knew how to use actual words" Haha, couldn't agree more

[@j0nnyism]

Yea too many times have I heard adult used in conjunction to sex and violence. If anything it’s childlike

[@AZ-123]

17:15 Sopranos reference

[@DarthSateus]

"Neon drenched frontier inspired glory." Me: *(Cries in New Vegas Strip)*

[@bubbastevegarcia2459]

Darth Sateus I read this EXACTLY as he said it...😳

[@DarthSateus]

BubbaSteve Garcia lol

[@andrewdowdalls6667]

Skillup: "If you like good writing..." SOLD!

[@clapointe151]

Take my damn money obsidian

[@dreamerabe]

So this is like a playable book? I miss when video games focused on being GAMES. /s 😅

[@clapointe151]

@@dreamerabe ... for my case, if the game has not a good reason to keep me engage, i quit. Even doom, if it wasn't for the collectible and the lore, i would hate my moment. That why i never play multiplayer game. Or nintendo game apart from fire emblem.

[@clapointe151]

@@dreamerabe i remove the doom "hate". I would just found the game boring by the end. Because i remember that i LOVE rts( not civ or turn based strategy, im talking about real tactic, not chance) and rts do not have a story. For the most part. Still, action/adventure/rpg/fps or looter game need to have a story or I quit really quick. Unless the gameplay is sooooo good. Doom is the ONLY exception.

[@dreamerabe]

@@clapointe151 I was just being sarcastic. There's lots of people (especially Nintendo and Xbox fanboys) who mock certain games by calling them playable movies, just because they have a lot of well-written and produced cinematics. Yet for some reason they don't mind playing games like RDR2, GTAV, and Mass Effect, even though they're extremely cinematic as well. Wonder why that is?🤔

[@av4010]

The Outer Worlds graphics are on the level of WIND WAKER? Oh man, tell me another hilarious joke!

[@priest.reviews]

8:58... dude. Speaking about foreshadowing.

[@jasonw9936]

I zeroed out my character's Intel and named him "Todd Howard".

[@The_Grox]

Walt Whisman you’ll get special dialogue

[@oh-not-the-bees7872]

@@The_Grox as is tradition

[@lowkey423]

did you max his lying?

[@chandrinikirihena5623]

Special perk : "It just works"

[@onyourleft9273]

_Sigh_ BOB WE GOT A DEAD BODY ON AISLE 4

[@DanielSantos-ym8vd]

"moisten the loins" got to figure out how to weave into a conversation.

[@delugesofgrandeur]

Your mileage may vary.

[@mBobbleHatGaming]

moisten the loins to enter the groins

[@Jmanfire2105]

Bobble HatGaming omg that’s amazing Basically the most detailed version of “sliding into your dm’s”

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

"Thank you for the job interview. I will be looking forward to your decision and am ready to moisten the loins at soonest opportunity."

[@NDenizen]

Bethesda: "I give this game an 84/100!"

[@pee-bot]

Anthem/76

[@DotDusk]

oof, why you have to be this savage? The game just works.

[@scalpingsnake]

Wooooooow

[@accelerator8558]

It's just works - Todd coward

[@seth-nico]

Bethesda: “I gave this game a 76/100!”

[@Aunny123]

This is a Wild West space game. And I fucking love it.

[@TheREALSimagination]

A company that invents and makes its employees wear a device that invades their privacy in any way, is called "Humanyze"...

[@SIX598]

Corporate irony my friend with 16 time the details

[@ogrimfarthammer238]

At first, I misread it as "Humanzee"...

[@reeven1721]

War is peace, peace is war, and doublespeak is doubleplusungood.

[@Jim26D]

Pretty sick stuff. Are you familiar with the real humanzee (Oliver) He was a chimp that thought he was human and was shunned by other chimps. Possibly a hybrid human and chimp.

[@Jim26D]

Ogrim Farthammer I did the same. I started thinking of Oliver the chimp

[@hirisen]

Wait this isn't outer wilds

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

Yup, thats actually a great game

[@Mohgenstein]

It wishes it was as good as that game

[@commoncents6831]

Kind of dissapointed in this game .....and this review tbh. I usually hold SkillUp as the crown jewel of my reviewers but I'm sorry this game is ..... below average in every category? I seriously don't understand all the love other than the wonderfully crafted corperate greed story and some interesting dialogue choices (that don't seem to matter much? ) The graphics are advertised as amazing but i find them underwhelming and very last gen-ish. The combat is meh , the art design is quirky but kind of dumb looking at the same time. The enemy's are copy paste mehhhhh. Customization is meh. UI is meh. Your map is meh. Your spaceship is meh. There is literally lazy detail in every nook and cranny of this game. Your companions are annoying AF except for Max. I didn't even want them with me most of the time it was like hanging out with annoying millenials. It's a SPACE game where you don't even fly your ship or really do anything in space. Pretty much everything about this game is pretty meh. I dunno I don't get it.... 6/10 and thats generous only because of the interesting dialogue choices.This game would be a 6/10 on a xbox 360-PS3 (and that's what it looks like the systems it was made on) ...Massively dissapointed considering the good reviews. I don't understand how you can bash Assasins Creed games but GUSH over Outer Worlds....Its just simply not that good and one of the most overrated games I've ever come across

[@user-gm4kv2my4u]

You say it's a "space game" as if that some how means you're obligated to do stuff in space. Your ship serving as a central hub rather than a game play element us far from unheard of. This game taking its ques from episodic shows like Startrek, Firefly, or hell, One Piece. The adventure is not found on the ship. It's found on the worlds you use the ship to visit. If you want to spend time in space you can play Elite Dangerous. You'll get your fill.

[@commoncents6831]

@@user-gm4kv2my4u So you read my entire rant/review and pick out 1 short sentence in it were you can make a counter argument? The game is average at best in every way and I play games based upon my trusted reviewers. Skill Up, 21 kiloton and Angry Joe is one of my most trusted reviewers and i feel like they gave this game wayyy too much love. And I have played Elite Dangerous and yes it is ALOT of space Lol......I feel like everyone should play that game just to sort of wrap your head around the incredible vastness of our milky way galaxy

[@user-gm4kv2my4u]

@@commoncents6831 @Common Cents the rest of your comment is declarative statements based solely in opinion. How am I supposed to reply to "the game is overrated" or "the ship/UI/Enemies, ect are meh...?" It's actually amazing you could write a comment so long and say so little. Your comment on a "space game" not taking place in space stood out because Outer worlds is not the only game to use the ship as a hub. If you played Elite Dangerous than you should understand why there is no need for that type of game play to be in Outerworlds. Unless you wanted a half assed and tedious mini game like Planet Scanning Ala Mass Effect.

[@commoncents6831]

@@user-gm4kv2my4u It's amazing you could read that comment and not understand that it is quite detailed and displayed my points of contention with this in particular and other reviews of OW quite clearly. I trust my fav reviewers OPINIONS so I don't have to waste my time and money on games that are just mehhhh. And this game is quite copy/paste bland and grossly overratted in every single way except story. The End.

[@user-gm4kv2my4u]

@@commoncents6831 @Common Cents Detailed by what metric? A 4th grade book report shooting for a B- ? Either you're jerking my chain or you are way up your own ass with self delusion.

[@xentagz]

Great review! Subscribed!

[@jdtug8251]

Finally, the promised 16x the details.

[@gemarete9985]

JD Tug hahaha . Indeed 👍🏻

[@Archangelm127]

Yes, and "detail" of the kind that *matters,* from the sound of it.

[@doomguy2337]

It Just Works

[@gregofcanada4494]

WOOOOOOOOOOO

[@denkerbosu3551]

@@ZeroHero530 as someone that liked FO4, I prefer this style. The artistic design looks like what SkillUp narrator said. It won't get "outdated" in a few years.

[@urishima]

The visual style seems like a blend between Borderlands and Bioshock/Prey 2017. I think I like it.

[@markwheeler4245]

urishima Bioshock is 1 of my all time favourites I'll never forget that game unforgettable so stylish, imagine it today!? It'd be a live service with epic, rare loot etc, and it'd have a social hub where ppl can show how dumb they are wearing their £20 skins! :( 😤. I love the look of Outer Worlds but the bright colours of wildlife looks silly like inflatables ud see in a swimming pool, lol, that's something easily looked past if the games quality though

[@JimvsBob]

And No Man’s Sky 👌

[@Grybhaal_Daublebach]

It's very pulp sci-fi/art deco.

[@ogrehoss1541]

Yup cause that's exactly why I play a game because it's like all the others

[@okamisensei7270]

Yeah definitely got Borderlands and Bioshock vibes. Oddly enough it reminds me of Ratchet and Clank, the original.

[@jahendrix1543]

This game is so self aware and I love it.... Wanted poster: “Conspiracy to commit conspiracy”

[@christopher.tomins2001]

When you arrive at Phineas base, ADA states out loud "We have arrived at Phineas Welles Secret Base"

[@dagothur5807]

I love even more the insight you get on the attitudes of corporations in real life. This game learns you something about the globalist state of the world, it offers possible insight.

[@snorpenbass4196]

I love when you find out what happened to the guy who made the Wanted posters. Since *any* associating with the Wanted person is illegal, the guy who made the poster was arrested. For making the poster. After they ordered him to do it (of course, it doesn't apply to /them/...). Corporate idiocy at its finest.

[@jasondp3546]

This or death stranding?

[@jasondp3546]

This or death stranding?

[@ChaoticD3sTroYeR]

Playing it 5 years later, it's very fun. Got the complete set on sale for $26. I'm glad I didn't have to deal with any performance issues and everything having been fixed, think I'll do the same for the 2nd game as well, but maybe not 5 years, 2 sounds good. lol

[@ValkenDnB]

The review I was waiting for. As an American living in the states waking up at 6am to this. I thank you Aussie man. Tell my thiccboi Sam to let that beard grow out.

[@Matthew-ij3zm]

You guys only want bearded Sam back because shaved Sam's too pretty and makes your peepee hardu

[@jmasen07]

I was going to ask where the laymen review is, but then I remembered Sam only plays Overwatch

[@ValkenDnB]

@@jmasen07 does he only really play that? I might be Sam's long lost American brother if that's the case.

[@Spectre0185]

Bethesda: what should we do to combat Outer Worlds Bethesda: Lets add a subscription service to fallout 76 and add the New Vegas ranger armor that its locked behind it. Bethesda: ........ Everyone else: ........

[@hubertET]

Sorry to disappoint you - bethesdrones LOVE that :/

[@clapointe151]

PiPer disaProVe

[@amannamedsquid313]

"And lets make it cost 12.99$ a month." -Bethesda

[@alvinmiles458]

Funny how in a game about Obsidian, Bethesda is constantly brought up They're in you fanbois' head rent free Now go and purchase those packs and give them money, you and I both know you will

[@clapointe151]

@@alvinmiles458 what are you even talking about?

[@sivasubramanian2042]

Kingdom come deliverence is really great after all the patches. Most of the bugs have been fixed. I would recommend it to people who like RPGs.

[@Aquaudio320]

Thanks

[@dantwosecstudio]

My wife has been Playen kingdom come for over a year it's that good.

[@steffithemad8327]

I played it on ps4 on release, utter buggy rubbish. 18 months later, like right now, just finished it on pc, utterly awesome and bug free.

[@ariestheram789]

@@steffithemad8327 when it comes to the smaller teams like WarHorse/Obsidian, I'm willing to give these guys slack. We gotta realize that these games aren't technically AAA titles, and they're small teams developing a middle market or at most AA title, competing against the "RDR2'S" of the industry. With all that said, I think they did a great job, especially with actually fixing issues post launch. WarHorse indeed did a great job in the end of all of it!

[@sivasubramanian2042]

@@ariestheram789 Agreed!

[@paulgilson2347]

I'm 30 hours in and have barely scratched the main quest....so much out there.

[@salokin3087]

Reminds me of the trailer: by the creators of Fallout. True words.

[@dianuevo8925]

By 2 of the creators of fallout 2.

[@kasmidjan]

with better engine ofcorse

[@rowedav]

"Over-bearing corporate wankery" Yes Ralph!

[@jaggy-snake]

Sponsored by audible which is owned by amazon LUL

[@dokscy44]

One phrase that defines the entire 21st century.

[@ZumboPrime]

It feels weird seeing a recommendation after so much negativity lately.

[@faranglao8006]

Don't get used to it. Blizzcon is next week.

[@drogozi3308]

@Zanard Bell Especially starsector

[@MystikMonK-d1k]

Yeah I wish people would just STFU about blizzard. I don't care about the controversy I just want want interesting things in my recommendation not some 13 minute long video talking about politics.

[@drogozi3308]

@@MystikMonK-d1k It's still shitty and shows recent trends that have substantial impact on gaming in general. Also shutting up about companies supporting that kind of thing is not something you should do. If you are tired of it... well, the good ol answer is simply don't watch it, but for the love of god don't mark is as unimportant, unlike 99,(9)% of shitshows on the internet nowadays, this is actually worth bitching about. SsethTzeentach gives good recommendations, i highly recommend him.

[@Kuhndog94]

@@MystikMonK-d1k Oh yes, fuck all the people being oppressed in Hong Kong. I just want to be entertained. /s

[@stephenmitchell4263]

Anyone else see a Firefly-esque influence in the UnReliable? The cargo bay alone made me want to find a brown coat to wear in game.

[@c.l.6957]

"I'm looking at you, Shy" Give me the yt game reviewer cinematic universe

[@ashb7]

Shy doesn't review, she breaks

[@thefakefloyd]

It was pretty surreal as I read your comment at the exact moment he said "Looking at you, Shy".

[@Blessious]

Fallout: New Vegas is one of my favorite games of all time. I was excited for this game, but you sold me. Well, you made me download it on my XBOX Game Pass

[@gringo533]

Same here!

[@gamz]

Agreed

[@brandondonato7648]

Just pre-ordered on Xbox One X as a Digital Copy.

[@EatMyVlogs]

Ayeee, watchu doing here bless? Get back to destiny you little rascal you

[@Glennjamin-yo4ot]

Blessious fr tho nearly free and absolutely fantastic

[@seankeogh6422]

Quiet Shy hearing anyone say a game works flawlessly: "How many times do I have to teach you this lesson, old man?"

[@skygrasper_47]

Spongebob meme on point 👌

[@Henrque123]

9:44, visual bug

[@rizen8839]

The dialogue is just mwah 10/10

[@Moon_Presence]

I LOVE this game. But surprised there are no grenades

[@mediumvillain]

I'm very much missing grenades

[@hazbiniznow89]

haha omg

[@joshuagraham8318]

I didnt even notice until you said that

[@TheJkhari97]

@@joshuagraham8318 same here and ive played for 12 hours already lol

[@LordBilliam]

There's a grenade launcher...

[@differentbreed4048]

Bioshock and fallout had a baby, that baby’s name??? The outerworlds Jr

[@eftheusempire]

"Corporate wankery." -SkillUp 2019

[@McNeuty]

"Corporate wankery" "Capitalism is the best system we have" u wot m8

[@JoeSkeen]

@@McNeuty for real. I dunno what kinda fucked up take this dude has, saying how messed up capitalism is yet it's also our best option? Fuck off.

[@IonoTheFanatics]

@@JoeSkeen he is technically correct... most forms of system employed today by basically all the major power (even China and Russia) are basically capitalism... No country today basically can compete in modern world if they don't employ capitalism because they simply cannot compete... USSR have tried that, and failed... the only question is how exactly they control capitalism, whether it's China's hybrid state capitalism where the state employ sizable control, or US post 1980s insane capitalism where there's almost no real control...

[@adamthetired9319]

Capitalism is far from being perfect, but it still is better than everything else. Sadly.

[@codybarlik4524]

Joe Skeen critiquing things is fine, even if it’s our best option. We should always be looking to improve things. Don’t get triggered about someone discussing the shortcomings of capitalism, ITS OKAY

[@badunius_code]

1:30 It's Bo-yar-ski

[@stonedsimian2871]

Amazon already has bracelets they make their employees wear that shock them. It also does everything that badge does.

[@xemnas1590]

Man dude how do you always make the best reviews on KZbin. Thank you for being you, and keep it up mate

[@jackparsons7000]

This game was awesome

[@jaredorozco3188]

Hey Ralph. Really, really good review. I just wanted to say that I loved your intros back when they were outrageously long. I loved the new coke one. I loved the giant boat. Eagerly awaiting your next one!

[@realname2490]

Man this game was really the perfect storm of over hype and right timing but was very mid I didn't even bother finishing it I got so bored

[@zomgpie2]

It’s funny how not well this review aged, or any of them for that matter. Likewise I never finished it either, and I was on the final mission LOL

[@BigFootTheRealOne]

​@@zomgpie2the outer world is probably the most overhyped and overrated game of all time.

[@astorre3212]

In depth, articulate review, with synth wave in the background - you just earned a new sub

[@ivandekad7249]

Knew this game was special after I gained the flaw "Robophobia." I walked up to a robot to talk to it and the first dialogue option was, and for every robot from now on, is: "AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"

[@Helikite]

Did we play the same game? Cuz I'mnot sure. Gameplay is fucking boring after your 5th weapon. Storywise it makes no fucking sense to have corporate bootlickers but sure good writing 🥴 How did we get this after they made NV is beyond me

[@colonian83]

Pretty sure the NV dudes left. Sad

[@Mohgenstein]

@@colonian83Chris Avellone, Josh Sawyer, John Gonzales. None of the main directors / writers for FNV worked on this game and you can tell. The legend who lead the writing for fucking Placescape Torment would never write this trash 😂

[@thecollector6392]

Cool opinion. I like the game, it is quite good

[@FinchKrown]

" just look at this city" ...walks into a hallway

[@MrMiriland]

Looked like inside a mall pretty much. 🤷‍♂️ But neat nonetheless.

[@ReLapse85]

Yeh, anti climatic. Just neon signs down an alleyway lol

[@Lucasschapira]

And with the music and all, it almost sounded sarcastic

[@HoodedDude]

Glad to see a level 25 character wearing cool clothes instead of the usual huge armour

[@thearchitect003]

Its normally the opposite

[@0mg1tsbatman87]

I completely forgot there were companions in this game. Parvati left me because I blew Reed Tompson's brains all over the wall, I didn't even bother with holding a conversation with Vicar Max, I told Felix to fuck off on our first encounter, I didn't try talking to Ellie because I didn't want another side quest, I barely had money to buy Nyoka a drink so I just asked for directions, and I never explored the unreliable so I didn't know about SAM's existence until the narrator mentioned him at the end. I am truly a loner.

[@j_lee_design]

"The outer worlds is the game for you" as the windows ping telling me the game is done installing dings

[@luisarmando5081]

Now that is good timming, lol

[@jub5386]

love that quick sopranos nod

[@anthonyfergerson2641]

It's the firefly game I've always wanted

[@3ATERMINATOR]

Outer worlds 40hrs no bugs. Ghost recon breakpoint. 5 minutes a bazillion bugs.

[@miracleknight7758]

Fallout 76: 2 minutes EVERY bug.

[@z-boy9230]

Passion and care went into one game. Greed and incompetence went into the other.

[@MelAncholynus]

But maybe they'll sell players a bugfix through the in-game store of Breakpoint?

[@Horvath_Gabor]

It's especially impressive because it's from a developer who has a memetic reputation of brilliant but really buggy games.

[@emilbrandwyne5747]

tbf ghost recon plays in a jungle

[@PlutoKam]

This game is extremely average Skill not sure what you were thinking with this one... I absolutely LOVE Obsidians other work also.

[@EmpireZzzz]

Its bad?

[@y2kshooter]

dialogue is so visually boring i might as well be listening to an audio book

[@bounty8438]

Say that again... but slowly.

[@elliotpike8101]

Finally found someone that doesn’t do fucking shite I reviews. Well in chap

[@majorkryme1495]

Heyo Ralph! I was waiting for this damn review, skipping all other review over the past day or so in anticipation of what you'd think. I'm supper pumped up by this review and I've got it on PC ready to go and will also give it a run on the X1X just to see how it plays. Thanks again for the terrific content.

[@dirk6687]

This is some shill infomercial shit.

[@joedatius]

Man this review sadly aged poorly, its pretty clear now that the hate for modern bathesda was the only reason Outer Worlds got the hype it did but in reality the game is at most just okay. This game feels mostly forgotten and is looked back on as very mediocre. It's genuinely sad that this game is just more forgettable and middling. games like the witcher 3 will be remembered for being outstandingly good and even a game like fallout 76 will be remembered for being so outstandingly bad but the outer worlds wont be remembered much at all since it just isn't outstanding in any way

[@makundananda4946]

My biggest issue was with how small the planets are. Pathfinding through them was so simplistic and practically on rails. The world building and environmental storytelling is much better in Fallout games (Including FO76). Obviously, I do think OW did a fantastic job with the writing and dialogue, I look forward to seeing what this team does next with a sequel. But no, like many people hoped this was not the next Fallout New Vegas in space, not even close. I agree with you, this game was way over hyped and reviewed in a reactionary way to Bethesda’s failings as of late.

[@BillGilbert427]

Firefly was AWESOME!!!

[@trevor3013]

I love how depending on who's with you the dialogue is unique. Whoever gets along or doesn't with eachothet makes the journey so much better by changing all of the dialogue every time

[@Eldor-117]

The game is good, but not that good. Bit overselling it.

[@kitchenjail3546]

Videogame Wars: Obsidian Strikes Back

[@merces47letifer4]

12:53 just sold me. So many other things enticed me (not least of which is my love for New Vegas), but that statement is so refreshing in this bullshit world we live in of celebrity idiots and movies constantly telling people how to think and feel.

[@porkerr_5485]

Obsidian: Moves the genre forwards with great writing, innovative game mechanics, and a bug free experience Bethedsa: "How can microtransactions not moisten the loins?"

[@DaveLugo79]

Fight Club predicted this: "When deep space exploration ramps up, it'll be the corporations that name everything, the IBM Stellar Sphere, the Microsoft Galaxy, Planet Starbucks."

[@RastaJew]

Fight Club riffed on the dozens of times it had been done in sci fi previously.

[@alrun1836]

Is that why China wants to go to the moon? More factories?

[@QwertyBoredom122]

@@alrun1836 Nah they wanna do it because the US already did and they want to be the next world super-power so anything current number 1 did they wanna do too (and better of course).

[@alrun1836]

@@QwertyBoredom122 if they want to terraform Mars for more rice paddies I'm fine with that. Red state red planet it fits.

[@jonesdaevilone]

Yeah except there wasnt a whole lot of game there... extremly linear not many options for anything and all the builds feel the same.... this is barely an rpg... its an on rails shooter with skill points

[@SavageGreywolf]

Obsidian was founded by the people who created the Fallout franchise. They weren't 'building on Bethesda's work', they were building on their own work.

[@squatchy0000]

"overbearing corporate wankery" - lol best description ever

[@IAmKnightsDawn]

Bethesdas new slogan?

[@ammazer1229]

This game feels like Fallout and Borderlands had a kid and I love it.

[@MrSkinnyWhale]

"Skill up, how much FOV do you want?" "Yes"

[@micahpowers2614]

My issue is that it doesnt make the weapon model smaller. Like you can do in skyrin and fo4. Just personal preference lol

[@QUAKERSATTACKS97]

Greedfall’s companion interaction unironically better I dropped Max Vicar after taking him out once for his brutal dialogue in a story interaction

[@thatdarnskag5043]

3:25 That gas giant in the sky is some Bungie-level skybox. I like.

[@finalcam1740]

Bungie makes the best skyboxes

[@c4sualcycl0ps48]

exactly what I thought

[@MrNagelfar]

All that ramble at the start about reviving RPGs makes me sad our boi Shill up never reviewed Divinity Original Sin 2. If anything heralded the comback of old RPGs, it was that game.

[@00HoODBoy]

agree with this

[@zoisantonopoulos7999]

Nah bruh if you are going to talk about divinity original sin games , you must talk about the first one ! That game heralded the comback of old crpgs ( with poe 1) .

[@SkillUp]

I think the cRPG comeback is very different to this. I would like to do Divinity one day, though. Only hear the best things.

[@zoisantonopoulos7999]

@@SkillUp sir i would advise you to try the enhanced edition ( if you are going to review it on console ) . It is an improved version of the game

[@EvolutionIX219]

Fantastic game. In my top 4 greatest RPGs of this decade next to Dark Souls 1, Dragons Dogma and Anthem.

[@84jesterx]

shows view of beautiful city landscape, and here am I screaming "HOLSTER YER DAMN GUN! Think of the guards!" Can you even holster weapons in this?

[@liammullen2144]

Yes you can

[@bmessier2]

Are we sure about that? I never see a damn video where they actually holster the damn gun!!!

[@Vaughnsta99]

@@bmessier2 In a GI review they asked "can I put my gun down" and Leonard said yes so here's hoping that's true

[@bmessier2]

@@Vaughnsta99 , Indeed, I remember hearing Leonard saying that you could. Let's hope!

[@fran92mj71]

Ouya PTSD 6:13

[@DonDadaDano]

I imagine Todd Howard, as the angry german kid smashing his keyboard 🥊😭😂😂😂

[@BaeBunni]

One aspect I really love playing about this game is that they do really do a lot of dialogue. I won't spoil it but there was a situation where I lied to someone then I told the truth later and they called me out on it. In every bethesda game I ever played That never happens. If I lie then suddenly start speaking the truth the Npc brushes it off, but in Obsidian they actually made situations that lying then telling the truth will at least get a response.

[@Dan016]

"Even Sam the Janitor Bot! He was the best of them." 🤣 Wouldn't be surprised if that was a backhanded compliment to his brother. 🤔👍🏻

[@app4902]

I got one texture that took like a minute to load and that Grimm guy stared at me for like 5 minutes before we started talking but that’s it.

[@gellister]

When The Outer Worlds was announced, it felt like they were dunking on Bethesda. Now that the reviews are out, I think we can confirm. Obsidian dunked on Bethesda. Boom-shakalaka!

[@gellister]

@John James Rambo Opinions are opinions. That's fine if you feel like it is more middling or bad. Have a good one.

[@1993joeking]

@John James Rambo I would have to agree just as there are hate trains there seems to be praise trains too but it’s a good game just nothing amazing or worth going nuts over I think it’s just because how Bethesda has gone well down hill

[@kira-dk2mx]

The game isn't phenomenal, it's just a bit above average, at least to me, but it's the message behind it all that people are taking from it. It's basically the people behind a Fallout classic stepping up and showing the world how to make a game in the wake of Bethesda going full retard.

[@tannerfinney8211]

John James Rambo I cant help but agree with John here, the game is highly overrated, as fun as I have with playing the game, I still can’t help but feel like it is missing a few links to the game that would make it feel ‘Perfect’, I agree with it being a good game, but it isn’t a perfect game, it’s fun, I’ve played through it for nearly 10-15 hours by now only after exploring three areas (yes, three whole areas, you will be doing a lot of back tracking), and trust me, it’ll take you way more then 10-15 hours

[@tannerfinney8211]

John James Rambo Oh no I totally understand, I’m going through my first play through right now and thought that maybe normal difficulty would still be rather difficult (considering it’s my first run with the game) - Come to find out it is rather easy to fight against AI if you just stick to a distance and pick them off by just headshotting them down to a certain amount of health before picking them off with either another shot from the same weapon, or to get up close to finish them off with another.. I do hear you with the ‘Unique Weapons’ that they have put in, though they are still the same gun models as to that of any other gun in the game, to say the HMG unique weapon I have looks exactly like the regular HMG that you’d find in a vending machine or on a dead body, though with a few minor tweaks to the gun to make it unique, it never felt like it was different from any of the other guns. The looting being chore is a major problem I have in this game, due to the fact that you can find damn near EVERYTHING in crates, bodies, or even just laying on the ground or on a table, their is too much loot to really be able to get a good feel for each item, health items and ammo along with bits are a major problem (especially all the health items.) Though it is a game for those who enjoy more of a dialogue driven storyline, i still can’t help but feel it does miss a lot of options that Fallout NV use to have, even though I am comparing these two as they are their own separate titles, they are easy to compare with dialogue, where as you said NV is a more serious tone, Outer worlds really does act like a more watered down NV/Bioshock, in my opinion of course. Although I enjoy it myself, it has its flaws

[@arenkai]

Funny comment I founf online that's so true it's sad: "I like the Fallout series ! All four of them were fantastic Fallout 1, Fallout 2, Fallout New Vegas and Fallout: The Outer Worlds"

[@Kicktugo55]

arenkai Hell yeah, gamer

[@UNSCPILOT]

@Autismo Deffinitly my new headcanon if nothing else, time to actually complete a playthrough on his side (an excellent excuse to play New Vegas again)

[@MichaelJP]

lol, Thanks 4 sharing that!

[@tunnar79]

C'mon,Fallout 3 also deserves at least an Honourable Mention on that list.

[@Reippa]

Fallout 4 is my fav.

[@itsWelshy]

17:14 "Parvati... or Janice as she likes to be called". My man Shill Up subtly dropping those Sopranos references 👌

[@komplex6081]

I'm the fucking lizard king.

[@NicoBlackXIV]

This is possibly the ONLY SkillUp review I do not agree with and quite strongly so. While The Outer Worlds is a competent product it's way too generic and simplified, I dare say dumbed down compared to Fallout 4 under each and every conceivable aspect and it was a massive disappointment for me. The story, the progression, the loot game, the build diversity, the weapon modding... they're all barely there, no depth whatsoever.

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

It doesn't have a soul

[@YouTubeCensors]

Wow I completely disagree with this. I like fallout 4 with mods but without them its a big no and it I would find completely soul less without them. This is a much more enjoyable world and filled with much better npcs and followers.

[@NicoBlackXIV]

@@KZbinCensors I don't like being that guy but there's really not much room for disagreement. Outer worlds game system are oversimplified and dumbed-down fluff, a fact.

[@titus17]

how in any way shape or form are the RPG systems in Outer Worlds dumbed down compared to Fallout 4?

[@NicoBlackXIV]

​@@titus17 Not only it is quite blatant, but I already mentioned the main offenders in my original comment. I'd rather be interested in hearing where does TOW do ANYTHING better or more in depth than Fallout (apart from not crashing).

[@Vic2point0]

I interpreted "capitalism" in the game differently than most, perhaps. To my understanding, people weren't allowed to leave without the Board's say-so. Indeed (without giving any spoilers), there were some shady operations flying in the face of the non-aggression principle that is so central to a truly free-market capitalistic economy. No group that is directly prevented from leaving can reasonably be called capitalistic, IMO.

[@foreverfirebird5712]

There being no inherent limit to corporate power is always going to lead to corporations having the power to stomp out freedom That's the purest form of capitalism there is

[@Vic2point0]

@@foreverfirebird5712 The limit to corporate power is in a truly free market, which requires that the government is not able to infringe on it in any way. So long as there is government power for them to tap into, corporations will do so (e.g., a new law requiring $1mil to be spent for adhering to some government regulation won't cripple the corporations at the top but could devastate their competition).

[@vitsavicky]

Holy hell, when the first two notes of the Firefly theme came on I got instant goosebumps. I love that show!

[@TheSkyChief]

IMPRESSIVE VIDEO! Deep and thought provoking, akin to the Outer Worlds you are reviewing. I am now a subscriber. One minor disagreement. I would say this is Corporatism (most people don’t even understand the word) and not Capitalism. Corporatism, as I am using it, is when a company uses government influence or control to diminish competition and therefore customer choice. By them granting monopolies to systems, they created this dystopian nightmare. Similarly, when corporations lobby government today to stifle their competition we get higher prices and less selection. When companies like Walmart and Amazon are fighting for customers, we get services like free grocery pickup. I look forward to more insightful videos.

[@mckrinoleon1069]

You forgot the fact that this game has less loading screens then every fallout game ever

[@pyner0s496]

👍🏿

[@Jrock420blam]

and it has a lot of loading screens so that says a lot

[@Phoenix-pb4sm]

You must have not done much if you think that. Simply due to the nature of the fact that this game isn't open world, the Fallout games have WAAAYYYY less loading screens.

[@Jrock420blam]

@@Phoenix-pb4sm I was surprised the game has so many loading screens considering how small it is.

[@mckrinoleon1069]

@@Phoenix-pb4sm no the outer worlds have less loading screens, simple fact. Open world or not it has less loading screen.

[@randomuserpointo]

4:03 "The best way I can describe it is that each space feels like a movie set" One of the major perks to having multiple smaller "open worldish" areas as opposed to one massive open world.

[@Amrylin1337]

Definitely NOT what anyone wanted it to be. This game was so offensively mediocre I don't know how SkillUp reconciles his opinions here against other games with similar issues. Because it operates as a game and has no bugs? It's a 5.5/10 and I hope they don't make Avowed as trash as they did this.

[@lahcenebelbachir7929]

Yeah SkillUp is not objective at all. He clearly just wants to stick it to Bethesda. Well, Fallout 76 was really horrible. So I guess this might be a good way to let the game companies know that this is the kind of RPGs that we want to play.

[@Keihryon]

Max settings are for screenshots. A mix of medium/high is for gaming. If you want high fps, that is.

[@bfkc111]

You're one of the sanest talkers/reviewers I've found. You don't just spout endless strings of clichés, you can actually think and come to conclusions that make logical sense, and you don't annoy me every few seconds. I thought so in the past and think so again now.