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Obsidian wants to establish the "Obsidian RPG" with games like The Outer Worlds 2 and Avowed, not chase "what already exists" in competitors like Baldur's Gate 3 and Cyberpunk 2077
News I hope they also establish Alpha Protocol 2
Obsidian knows that "everyone on the internet" keeps asking for Fallout: New Vegas 2, but its devs are currently happy working on their own IP, and "Xbox has been pretty supportive" too
News How about Fallout: anything that isn't 76 at this point...
The Outer Worlds 2 is an RPG that's as much about what you can't do as what you can: "Everybody is going to have a different experience, and they may not see everything, and that's okay"
Interview On the Radar | "We want the player to understand the breadth of what the game is, but also their place in that and where they could be going"
I love that the Flaw system calls me out on my RPG behavior in The Outer Worlds 2's and then asks me to double-down on it: "Because flaws are optional, we knew we could actually push them a little bit harder"
Interview On the Radar | "We're always trying to look at and observe the player doing something"
The Outer Worlds 2 developers have one major combat tip: "Pick a lane and stick with it"
Interview On the Radar | Any lane will do, but it's probably important to focus, according to Obsidian
The Outer World 2's Incognito ship is your home base, but it also takes inspiration from the Millennium Falcon in Star Wars and reflects how "the player chooses to play"
Interview On the Radar | We explore the making of the Incognito ship in The Outer Worlds 2
The Outer Worlds 2 launch derailed by Microsoft Azure outage on Xbox, Game Pass, and PC: "All titles may be temporarily unavailable to purchase or install"
News Meanwhile, it's business as usual over on Steam
The Outer Worlds 2 won't let you respec your character, even if you break your build, because the RPG's director "wouldn't let you respec your story" either
News "Just to be clear, no character is perfect," says Obsidian
The Outer Worlds 2 director is already watching streamers create bad character builds, but that's part of the "true RPG" experience that "the Baldur's Gate 3s of the world" are helping bring back
News On the Radar | Game director Brandon Adler tells GR+ that fans are "relearning how RPGs" can offer real player choice
