the outer worlds spacers choice edition upgrade

#The outer worlds spacers choice edition upgrade upgrade#
#The outer worlds spacers choice edition upgrade series#

I wholeheartedly agree that the Spacer’s Choice Edition is worth it for current and new The Outer Worlds players. However, if you’re a series-veteran, you’re probably wondering: Will, is it worth the upgrade? Obsidian and Private Division have made considerable upgrades behind the scenes to The Outer Worlds to allow new players and veterans alike to experience the game as it honestly should be. Let’s now fast forward to 2023, where we find ourselves presented with The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition that has been updated for the next-generation consoles. I can imagine some folks wanting outcomes with greater stakes (like the multiple endings of Fallout: New Vegas), but The Outer Worlds successfully teaches the player that there is no inherently good option when inserting oneself into decisions buried within grey areas held together by the red tape of capitalism and a reality of poor-decisionmaking. If anything, I found myself appreciating the depth, rather than the breadth, of The Outer Worlds’ universe by the time I finished the base game after a good sixty hours.

While the story itself is moderately linear, it doesn’t truly open up until around 12-15 hours in (depending on how much time you’ve spent on sidequests). You shouldn’t go in expecting The Outer Worlds to be “as open as” a Fallout title. In no way does The Outer Worlds advertise itself as a futuristic Fallout: New Vegas, but I can see how folks can assume it to be given similar gameplay mechanics, mildly branching story-driven paths, a familiar reputation/faction system, and UI.

#The outer worlds spacers choice edition upgrade series#

If I could add on to the review, however, it would be as such: As a fan of the Fallout series and Obsidian’s prior work, I would emphasize caution for those wanting a modern Fallout-like RPG while we wait patiently for Bethesda’s Starfield. I won’t rehash too much from Ben’s original review, but I do recommend that you read our review of the base game before continuing further. I myself invested a good 60 hours or so playing through it in Winter 2021 during one particularly cold spell, and I was very quickly pulled in to the capitalism-forward universe of Halcyon that featured gameplay reminiscent of one of my favorite Fallout installments that happened to also be developed by Obsidian. Ben’s review score of a 9.25/10 praised its stellar writing/worldbuilding, the gameplay choices, and the depth of character-building, and to that end, I absolutely agree with his assessment at that time.

#The outer worlds spacers choice edition upgrade upgrade#

Players who already own The Outer Worlds and its associated DLCs for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, or PC (Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store, or Windows Store) can upgrade to The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition for the latest generation of console or, if applicable, from that same PC store at a reduced price of AU$12.In 2019, our Ben Sheene originally reviewed The Outer Worlds on the PS4 Pro.

The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition includes The Outer Worlds base game and both DLCs, Murder on Eridanos and Peril on Gorgon for AU$89.95. Higher resolution graphics, a dynamic weather system, overhauled lighting and environments, improved performance and load times, enhanced details on characters, an increased level cap, and much more await spacers who bravely and boldly carve their path through the conspiratorial Halcyon colony. Now this time next-gen console players will have a chance to play this great game, and there’s something for existing owners of the game as well. I jumped back into the game last year actually and enjoyed playing through the first few hours again.

The award-winning sci-fi PRG The Outer Worlds first graced our gaming libraries back in 2019 and was effectively a Fallout in space. Obsidian Entertainment, Private Division, and Virtuos recently announced The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition will be available next week on March 7, 2023, for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC.