The Outer Worlds 2 followers are lamenting the information that developer Obsidian isn’t engaged on a sequel, and have blamed Microsoft’s preliminary choice to cost the sport at $80 for serving to kill the sequence’ hype, regardless of the later U-turn.
Yesterday, Bloomberg reported on the state of veteran RPG studio Obsidian following an exhausting 2025. Over the course of eight months, the firm launched Grounded 2 in early entry, adopted by each The Outer Worlds 2 and Avowed after protracted developments.
Of the three video games, solely Grounded 2 was certified as successful — and whereas additional titles in the Avowed universe are deliberate, a 3rd Outer Worlds title isn’t in manufacturing. Unsurprisingly, this information has disillusioned followers of the space-based role-playing sport sequence, who’ve supplied their very own opinions on what went mistaken.
“I really feel like TOW2 paid for the sins of TOW 1 and Avowed,” Godlike013 wrote in a (*2*), suggesting that The Outer Worlds 2 had deserved a greater reception. “After two mid video games in a row adverse sentiment unfairly fell on TOW2 when it’s a genuinely good sport.”
“I will be trustworthy, it is not shocking in the least,” countered Lafitte1812. “TOW2 is, in each doable approach a greater sport. It is a night time and day distinction, and most of my issues have been fastened, however at the finish of the day I nonetheless do not actually give a rattling about the universe, and optimistic phrase of mouth alone is just so impactful.”
“I am not shocked,” agreed CardTrickOTK. “I believe it was higher than the first in a number of methods, however when BG3 drops and allows you to do some frankly insane issues with the companions, I believe lots of people had their requirements raised for RPGs, and this sport is simply okay.”
A number of different followers famous the latest launch of different RPGs — and significantly 2025’s beloved Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — as having offered robust competitors and even more durable comparisons in some areas such as story and fully-fleshed out characters. Others urged that the prolonged await The Outer Worlds 2 had additionally raised expectations, which weren’t met by the sequel.
“The first sport was unimaginable however lacked content material,” wrote RUKnight31. “We excused that attributable to restricted price range and dev time for a brand new franchise. Given the elevated assets and growth time that went into OW2 we anticipated to have much more content material than OW. It did not and the apparent ‘enterprise selections’ that led to chopped content material sucked to see.”
A bigger variety of followers expressed frustration at Microsoft for the sport’s pricing fiasco, which initially noticed The Outer Worlds 2 set to turn out to be the firm’s first $80 sport — earlier than the firm put the initiative on pause and backtracked. Whereas the sport in the end launched at $70, followers say that the snafu dominated headlines and killed hype that the sport struggled to win again. Some even identified the irony of the scenario taking place to The Outer Worlds 2, a sport which tells the story of individuals caught up in the actions of megacorporation.
“So capitalism was the true villain all alongside,” QQBearsHijacker quipped.
“They overshot asking $80 and that turned a number of players off,” RUKnight31 continued. “The backtrack to $70 was too little too late. On this financial system $60-$70 is already so much. Attempting to push $80 as the new norm was outlandish for leisure.”
“Didn’t assist in any respect that the largest splash this sport made on the total gaming lake was the silly 80 bucks fiasco that Microsoft tried to push,” agreed ElGodPug. “Like, even after they decreased to 70 (nonetheless an excessive amount of IMO), first impressions are fairly essential, and to many it was ‘oh hey, it is the sequel to that 7/10 sport asking us to pay 20 bucks extra’.”
“There have been a number of nice RPGs this 12 months and sadly this one was forgettable,” Philosophers-Bone bluntly summed up. “Not horrible or something, simply did not stand out. I am glad I performed it on Sport Cross and did not shell out $80 or no matter insane value they listed it for.”
IGN’s The Outer Worlds 2 evaluate returned an 8/10, and said that “when you get previous a weak first act, The Outer Worlds 2 sharpens Obsidian’s RPG method with smarter writing and higher fight.” We continued: “[It] doesn’t attempt to rewrite Obsidian’s RPG playbook, nevertheless it’s one more robust refinement.”
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