When you reflect on some of the greatest action-adventure games of all time, the Devil May Cry franchise surely comes to mind, and this new entry into Capcom’s series is no exception. Nominees: Control / Resident Evil 2 Remake / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order / Devil May Cry 5 Pathologic 2 manages just that perfectly. Genuine horror, not what is seen, but what is felt. But that is where its artistic and philosophical aspects shine the brightest. And no matter how much you try to save everyone, the grim reality is, you can’t. The game is telling you from the start that this isn’t a pleasant experience.
The atmosphere oozes dread, despair, and a sinister tone that follows you throughout the whole experience. Or as Todd Howard would put it, “it just works.” All of those elements mix together nicely to create an interesting, compelling, and well-polished RPG. And while it’s by no means perfect, The Outer Worlds does succeed at making you fall in love with its strange planets and quirky characters while delivering some hard-hitting (yet hilarious) social commentary in the process. The game doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel, it simply does its best to improve it. It’s easy to see that Obsidian put a lot of love and dedication into this project and I think it really paid off in the end. The game can easily stand on its own merit thanks to its original setting, solid combat system and unique brand of humor, among other things. And they would be right in many ways, however, simply calling it a spiritual successor to Fallout would be doing it a great disservice in my opinion. Nominees: Kingdom Hearts 3 / Disco Elysium / Greedfall / Code Vein / The Outer WorldsĪ lot of people would describe The Outer Worlds as the best Fallout game we’ve had in a long time.
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