You hit the nail on the head for me. I tried to like this game, but it felt lackluster time and again. And I enjoyed Fallout NV and to a lesser degree 4. Outer Worlds just did not do it for me.
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Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
I really wanted to like this one. On paper it sounds like exactly my jam, but it just didn’t grab me. The whole game felt tedious. Mediocre combat, very little weapon variety (just different tiers of the same kind of gun) and I found the humour kind of simultaneously weak and overdone. The satire is heavy-handed, and the wackiness falls flat. I haven’t enjoyed a fallout game since 3 either though, so maybe my taste has changed without me realising.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
The issue I think is that every single thing is setup for some punchline. The world isn’t taken seriously. It’s all a basis for a joke. Fallout NV was taken seriously. It had humor, but the world felt consistent and well thought out. That’s why it works, and it’s also why the humor hits better. If everything is a joke then almost nothing is funny.
GONADS125@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This line from New Vegas is my favorite line from any game in the series:
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So hilarious given the additional context and dialogue in the game.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Yeah, that one is great in FONV. In The Outer Worlds literally every conversation is like this one though. It works well as one character, but not when it’s everyone.
Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Yeah, I think you got it. The humour in Fallout is subtle, it’s satire. OW borders on farce.
GONADS125@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You say you stopped at FO3. Have you tried FNV?
I always preferred the story of 3, but the gameplay of NV had quality of life improvements and way better gun-play.
I’d definitely recommend giving it a shot if you haven’t.
Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
No, I said I haven’t enjoyed one since 3. I tried NV and I’ve seen enough videos to get why people like it, but I just didn’t. The crafting system and changes to combat mechanics felt too complicated at the time. Like, I had to go gather three different materials to build the ammo to break one guy’s tank. I didn’t have any issue with the plot or writing, it just felt like busywork. Likewise with FO4, it’s a mile wide but an inch deep. There’s a ton of stuff to do, but very little reason to care about it. Like, yeah, some asshole stole my kid but I’m just gonna go spend however many hours building out this gas station. FO3 just felt like the perfect balance between grindy RPG mechanics and plot driven missions.