It comes out in the fall The Outer Worlds – Single RPG from Obsidian , Strongly reminiscent of the legendary Fallout: New Vegas. True, unlike Vegas, the game is not about post -apocalypse and NKR, but about capitalism and corporations, and even in space – but the atmosphere still seems to be native. Project managers – Leonard Boyarsky And Tim Kane – actively communicated with the press on E3 and even held several demonstrations. We share all the new information about the game.
Gameplay trailer
Welcome to the monarch
IN The Outer Worlds We will master the two planets of the colony alcion (Halcyon). True, when earthlings tried to make them suitable for life by terraforming, one happened to one: her flora and fauna suddenly repulsed. And if local mushrooms the size of trees are striking only to imagination, then once harmless insects now pose a very real threat to the colonists. The demonstration from afar showed a giant dinosaur -like creature – Mantiqueen – and I do not want to contact it from the word "completely".
The Corporate Council (by the way, he refills the whole galaxy) at first underestimated the danger of a new planet. And how he realized the scale of trouble – threw it with the poor fellow, who were stationed there. But one of the corporations, Monarch Stellar Industries, found a loophole in law and brazenly appropriated a huge territory, and even renamed her honor. The advice, of course, came into rabies; He immediately answered the impudence of MSI with a blockade of the planet and promised to make every effort to make the life of the colonists in hell.
There is no open world in the game, but Obsidian has created quite large locations, between which we move on the ship
It is at the monarch, in the city of Fallbrook – “Priesting of the Vice”, as Obsidian describes it – and the plot of the demon starts. The place in appearance resembles settlements from Red Dead Redemption , transferred to the future and to another planet: the same houses-prongs, salons and suspicious shops with all sorts of things in the aesthetics of the Wild West.
In search of work, the protagonist and his partners Ellie and Nioka meet a certain Katherine Malin. It turns out that she is the main thing in Fallbruck and will be happy to throw us a hack: it is necessary to eliminate the business of the local businessman Clive Lamberg – he refuses to cooperate with her and, in general, an “unbearable moron”.
Alcion is inhabited by completely different people, each of them has its own view of the same events
On the way to the Lambberg factory, we stumble upon the checkpoint of looters, and the shootout begins. Leonard Boyarsky admits that the fighting in New Vegas was far from the ideal, and assures that this time shooting will become more fun and nicer. Alas, the difference is not particularly noticeable by eye, but this does not mean a lack of progress in practice – we will probably find out on the release.
On E3, they again showed a tactical slowdown in time, analogue v.A.T.S. From Fallout. Only now there is personal information about enemies, like your favorite food and drinking, subscriptions and the status of medical insurance. Trifle, but still works for immersion.
From the window on the left we learn that this particular opponent is obsessed with a local sport called "Tossbol"
Ellie and Nioka are actively helping in fights: the first is wielding a laser revolver, and the second prefers the gun guns. By the way, the skills of allies can be significantly improved thanks to the new chip – the leadership system. This is a set of skills of the protagonist, which enhances the personal abilities of satellites and helps to resolve conflicts in the team. For example, leadership will come in handy in situations where allies do not really like your actions (for example, when you kill their loved ones), so that they calm down and change their minds to leave you.
Variability and stealth
It is over with the looters, and here we are at the factory. You can enter the main door and take everyone to one, or you can get inside through the sewer: the entrance is hidden behind the waterfall to the left of the building. True, that door is closed, and for hacking, instead of the usual master keys, resources will be needed.
From the sewage system, we fall into the corral to the mutated pigs, and from there, ignoring terrible stink and dirt, we try to crawl into Klava's office quietly. Although it is not necessary to get so: if you do not want to risk your life in open battle, you can pretend to be a worker and enter the factory, just the same thing at the entrance that you forgot the pass.
Weapons have levels. Unnecessary can always be disassembled for details and used to repair other guns
Many items in the building can be wrapped in your benefit: from terminals and intercoms to financial reports. For example, at the presentation, the player hacked the computer and forced the robots to fight with security. It makes sense and get acquainted with our main goal – Clive himself. You can tell him why we came and then demolish his head. You can betray Katherine and go over to the side of the enemy. But you can even try to reconcile both sides. With this quest (and additional!) the game shows the main thing – how variable it is. Obsidian do not lazy to remind: many solutions in The Outer Worlds go beyond individual tasks and determine the overall outcome of the plot.
The developers do not want you to abandon the project due to protractedness, so the campaign here is much faster than in Vegas. To compensate for this, the authors make a huge bet on reigree
What else pleased the game is a unique camouflage system. It is worth stepping into the forbidden zone, as the hologram immediately turns on, and the enemies think that you are your own until the disguise falls (it is displayed by a pink stripe on the screen and is spent during movement). And in order for the device to recharge, you just need to leave the forbidden territory. Moreover, even if the hologram is turned off and you are noticed, not everything is lost yet. At the show, a robot approached the hero – the player managed to stick it, after which the camouflage was completely restored.
In addition, three blocks are located to the right of the pink strip – so many times they give verbally to “pay off” from the protection. Moreover, with each check, the requirements for skills are seriously growing.
The E3 also reminded the system of flaws: you often grab it from the raptidons-you will earn a "raptifobia", because of which it will become even more difficult to fight with them. True, in return they will give you a point of skills
You have not tried the worst ..
The Outer Worlds is not afraid of serious topics, but for the most part it is humorous – much funnier than the same “Vegas”. This is both a gloomy and foolish comedy, frankly ridicurating capitalism and corporate culture.
Most of the emotions of the public on E3 caused mutating pigs – and this is actually unforgettable. The fact is that Clive Lambberg grows a disgusting delicacy on the backs of the animals – he even has a speaker: they say, you have not tried the worst until you tried it (“You have trieded yourtil You’ve Tried Boarst Wurst). In general, these are tumors. Tumors from unwashed mutant pigs. But with the taste of bacon (but this is not exactly). The preparation process is this: we take a sick pig, we are waiting for the growths ripen and fall off, and then we canned them. This is what they eat at the monarch: when the planet was declared a blockade, there was nothing to choose from. By the way, Clive offers lifelong supplies of pork tumors behind the head of you. An offer that cannot be abandoned!
The creators were inspired "Futurama" , "Firefly" , "Deadwood" , "Brazil" Terry Gilliam, as well as films of the Cohen and Wes Anderson brothers
The Outer Worlds is not devoid of flaws: outdated graphics and an clumsy animation are striking in the eye TES IV: Oblivion. Someone will push out visual design in memory No Man’s Sky , And someone will upset boot screens at the entrance to the cities (and even buildings!): In 2019, this is some kind of wildness. But it is much more important that the world of the game really reacts to your elections, successes and failures and will probably be worthy of work out. In the end, the authors Fallout They know a lot about this. So if you miss the old -time role -playing games with worthy freedom of wagging – know that it was not long to wait. The game is released on October 25.
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All with E3 2019!