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Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Ya know… if they had spent a single second on the story instead and maybe made a cohesive plot that followed anywhere close to the first instead of phoning in the bullshit they did…it might have been a bit more well received.

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VitoRobles@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I read this review and absolutely agreed with it.

Fallout works because they wrote a really compelling real world. Then, they sprinkled jokes.

Outer Worlds went the other direction. They wrote jokes, and tried to build a world around that. The Borderlands comparison is accurate.

And it’s not like the world lore sucks. Using Borderlands as an example: Tales from the Borderlands focused on a compelling story first.

Which is kind of crazy because I don’t understand how they made the original Fallout 1&2 and New Vegas. Like, they created this style of storytelling.

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- Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I’m not super hip on dev team rosters… so I may be talking out my ass… but i wonder if nothing of that Obsidian is left?
  
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BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
im guessing outer worlds 2 has a similar story to borderlands 4? which if so im definitely not interested lol

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- Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Never played BL4…so can’t comment. As far as OW2… they had a decent bit of potential to work with…and instead went a different route entirely
  
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  - BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    from the little i played of ow2 it seemed like the exact same story setup as borderlands 4 lol
    
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    Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    That’s unfortunate…
    
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