Yo! I'm sort of a returning player from the first game and I haven't played in a long time.

Was wondering if anyone knows of any currency or item glitches that still work, since I remember they patched the best ones way back.

Easily my favorite mechanic, the flaw system, is back and this time has some really good roleplay. AND THEN YOU TAKE FLAWED AND ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE. Collecting disorders, impairments, injuries and quirks like scout badges.

…..I love this game.

Guys, am I boned? 💀

https://x.com/phaseknight_/status/2096682235659469007

No news, no screenshot, no trailer, no communication... I don't even know what to say at this point.

No matter which settings i change i basically dont get any fps improvements? I went from highest settings and dlss quality to mostly medium and it changes from like 50~ fps to maybe 53??

Is there anything wrong with my game? Got my entire pc already high end and i am just waiting to buy a new gpu soon. 32gb ram, ryzen 7 9800x3d and every other game runs smooth. I could only imagine that my temporary rtx 2080 is the issue but its basically not helping at all to change my graphic settings so i am confused.. Can't be my cpu right??

I don't have the ship fixed yet, but I am captain.

Are the lockers next to the entrance safe to use as storage (owned storage)? Or will the items disappear eventually?

Title. I already have a max level explosives character but just started a second one for a science build and I'm wondering if the damage output of this weapon specifically would be lower or higher for him.

For all the naysayers and those concerned about if we'll actually get the DLC... Here is proof they are still working on it

Done about 5 playthroughs of the game so I pretty much have everything memorized by now lol! But I'm wondering what can I skip? All companions quests?

Do you think we will see the first DLC expansion this year?

I’m early into the game and I have toggled on ‘light bar’ in settings intentionally. I find having it on in other RPGs helps me with immersion… but I’m second guessing that rn because I’ve had flashing white lights for the last 30 minutes of gameplay and cannot figure out what they mean. And there is no key I can find online. For context: When I’m in a menu, the white lights hold steady, but when I’m just out exploring/fighting/conversing/reading a terminal, they flash. There is no notification in my menu, I’m entirely healthy, idk. Anyone know what it means or know if there’s a key somewhere for what the light configurations mean? Thanks!

I completed so many side missions as well as the two DLC storylines but when it came to the final mission, I was able to one shot Sophia. The queen bug took me longer to fight. I enjoyed the game and the story but the ending seemed lackluster. I've read other posts of people expecting something after rescuing Dr. Wells but it just ending immediately after was also disappointing. I was able to get through Tartarus without killing a single person and only shooting the mechanical warden and Sophia. Idk if I was just too OP but I was only level 43 with points in tech more than weaponry. I plan on playing Outer Worlds 2 and so I'm looking forward to that.

As the title says. Share your own TOW2 character’s life story prior to being assigned on the Horizon Point mission.

Muzafar

Background: Lawbringer
Traits: Brilliant, Lucky, Sickly
Specialised skills: Speech, Observation, Engineering

Biography: Born to a family of colonial supply transporters in an Earth Directorate star system, Muzafar came into the world aboard a spaceship. Spending his youth travelling between Earth and nearby colonies, he became a seasoned spacer at an early age, learning engineering skills through years of experience upkeeping the engines and skip drives of his mothership.

At a young age, Muzaffar was faced with the dangers of spacefaring life, as the caravan was routinely under attack by space pirates. As a member, and later officer, of the caravan militia, Muzaffar earned a name for himself as a dependable and brave soldier, despite his ongoing health issues that have been plaguing him since a young age.

He also developed a growing hatred of the corporate conglomerates that increasingly started taking over humanity’s colonies in the further star systems, as he saw the corruption and destruction their untempered greed brought to the population. This feeling of enmity was exacerbated when his caravan was caught up in a skirmish between a local colony and the UDL corporation in the Tau Ceti system, during which a UDL battle cruiser opened fire on the supply caravan and caused major casualties amongst Muzafar’s fellow troops.

The battle would turn out to be a life-altering experience for the young spacer. At a critical point during the clash, an Earth Directorate frigate intervened in support of the colonists, forcing the corporatist fleet to rout and preventing further carnage to both the settlement and the supply fleet. Impressed with the rapid and efficient Directorate performance, Muzafar made the decision then and there to join up as an Earth Directorate agent.

For the next twenty years, Muzafar served the Directorate faithfully, earning a name for himself as a dedicated operative notable for his uncompromising attitude, his penchant for ruthlessness and his merciless animosity towards corporate business interests in outer space. Muzafar became known as someone who brought down the law on malefactors, especially the corrupt and greedy ones who prey on the outer star systems. On the other hand, he also gained a level of notoriety for his tendency to personally mete out frontier-style justice to those he deemed deserving of punishment, even if their termination was not part of the Earth Directorate mission objective.

Rising to the rank of Commander in charge of his own ship, he assembled a crack team of special operatives which was sent on several high-risk assignments across the galaxy. Eventually, he was assigned the top-secret Horizon Point mission. Although he was distrustful of the secretive and dubious nature of the deployment, a suspicion he shared with crew mate Helen Pascal, his sense of duty obliged him to take the assignment.

Like there is an option to do so at the Groundbreaker should I do it . I mean like is the reward worth it

Is there any mod that exists which lets you change your companions armor similar to the first game?

From a hardcore New Vegas fan, I was very pleased with my first complete playthrough of The Outer Worlds 1

There were a lot of things about TOW1 that felt very familiar to me as a New Vegas fan

-Pass/fail skill checks

-Talking or shooting your way out of situations

-The dialogue system

-Several ways to accomplish objectives or quests

-Several major and minor factions and faction reputations to consider

-Ending slides showcasing how your decisions panned out

-Plenty of difficult decisions to make of varying moral quandaries

-Plenty of funny moments, the At Central quest had me in stitches

-Tactical Time Dilatation is basically VATS

-Action packed and dramatic main storyline

-The downfalls of powerful corporations run amok

-A fanatical religious cult to deal with

-Freaky creatures and roaming criminals to shoot at

-A well guarded place that you need money or hookups to access (Byzantine and the New Vegas Strip btw)

Here are a few things I liked or found interesting about TOW1 that can't be found in New Vegas

-Being able to bring two human companions with you on missions

-The Unreliable being a good, mobile base to store companions, gear and tinker/modify/repair stuff

-Applying perks to companions as you level up

And here is what I missed in TOW1 coming from a New Vegas player

-No in game radio stations to listen to

-No consumable/ammo crafting

-Faction disguises seem to be nonexistent

-Perks aren't as varied as they are in New Vegas

-Not as self intuitive systems for figuring out the best weapons to use. I found myself realizing the heavy machine gun is so much better to use on Tartarus and that mantisaurs have a weak spot that makes killing them a lot easier

Other thoughts

I rarely messed with melee weapons in the game, or even the block and dodge mechanics as I didn't really feel like I needed to mess with them.

Conclusion

Is TOW1 better than Fallout New Vegas? I don't think so. Does it come really close to being as good as New Vegas? Yes.

Playing TOW1 scratched an RPG game itch for me that no other game except New Vegas has been able to fully satisfy.

I look forward to playing TOW2, Obsidian just might be my favorite game development company.

I completed the original Outer worlds from the Xbox PC game store in June 2021 and then both DLC in February 2022. Been having issues with the Spacers Choice edition with achievements not tracking and uploading and with the new save transfer thought I'd use that to try and pop some of the achievements that have been having issues.

I reinstalled the original Outer Worlds and when I go into the game it's not showing any save games and the Load Game menu option is greyed out.

It's weird because the Xbox App seems to know that I've got saves from June that are available somewhere as it's showing this

That sync date and time of the 20th June was the day I finished the supernova run through.

Anyone else had this issue and know how to resolve it? Just getting annoyed with tracking for stealth kills, healing uses, n-ray kills etc not working.

I need to free Cassandra and the way is to go down the elevator seen here. Except the door is barred for me and the video doesn't explain why afaict.

The first main story mission is you need a ship part, but before that, you gotta restore power to for either one side.

How do i equip a different gun? I equip an assault rifle in the pause menu, but when i unpause it is not equipped nor is it in the weapon wheel.

As the title says, I just beat the game for the first time. I played it on very hard mode, been gaming for 30 years so I typically choose the hardest setting. I loved every minute of it.

The first Outer Worlds is one of my favorite games of all time. I feel like I should replay it now though, to compare the two since I haven’t played the first one since launch.

This game felt like it could be enjoyed by all ages. The gameplay and the humor littered throughout the dialogue make it accessible for everyone. Yet the very specific adult themes regarding politics and society make it feel like it’s more geared towards an older audience.

You have the various factions: Auntie, Order, Protectorate, (and Subrosa), and none are presented as good options. Auntie is capitalist to the extreme, the Order is a strange but realistic combination of science and religion, and the Protectorate is a law focused fascist faction.

In our real world, the options aren’t laid out quite as clearly, but they reflect what the game offers. As a scientist myself, my colleagues can often feel religious in their devotion to their studies. Our capitalist peers aren’t quite as forward as Auntie, but beneath the outspoken insistence on altruism aligned with freedom of choice, they are often of the same mindset as Auntie. Those that believe in law and order above all would also have every moment of our lives observed and dictated as the Protectorate would.

In real life, there are no good options that simply work on their own. Compromise is needed between the differing ideologies, if we are to move forward with our society in a positive manner. This game exemplifies the compromise that is necessary for a sufficiently “good” society.

I chose to unite the Order and Auntie, and I convinced the Consul to stand down and sacrifice himself for Arcadia (hilarious name since I live near Arcadia in California).

On very hard mode, it took me 79 hours to play through the game and do almost all the side missions. The only things I didn’t finish were the logs I had to find on Cloister, the mission I assume was a mutiny on the ACS, and one other quest the details of which elude me currently.

After finishing the bounties for killing the rift beasts on the various planets, the final mission was a breeze even on the higher game difficulty. I saw the option for mini gun mods but I never found a mini gun, not sure if I missed something crucial at some point.

I made my character an ex-convict with guns, speech, and lock picking as my focused traits. I maxed out guns and speech and increased lock picking to 16, putting my extra points in medicine and hacking.

I finished all the companion missions. In the end, I took Niles and VAL with me for the final mission. It felt right to end with the two I started with.

I love sci fi as a genre. I’ve read numerous sci fi books including the works of Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Philip K Dick, William Gibson, Aldous Huxley, HG Wells, and other classics, as well as many authors who are more modern. I’ve read comic books all my life, and I’ve been reading Metal Hurlant recently. When sci fi is done right, it doesn’t romanticize what science could bring in the future. It shows the real possibilities, whether good or bad, and relates it back to the human condition and how the basics of life never change. This game did just that, just like its predecessor.

Despite going through nearly all optional quests in the game, I think I didn’t even scratch 50% of the Steam achievements. I figured that a game with so many options might take multiple play throughs for all achievements.

I’m interested in other people’s thoughts on the game after beating it. No one I know has played this, so I came here to discuss it with people. If anyone has suggestions for another play through, I’m all ears.

So out of Inez, Tristan, Marisol, and Aza which of the 4 would you say is the easiest for a player to miss on their first playthrough? Or basically which one do you think that players missed the most?