Poll Outcast: A New Beginning! Who is playing this gem!? (13 votes)
Kind of surprised that this game came out and sort of went under the radar, but as it is not a "AAA" release I suppose that is to be expected.
It's really a lot of fun though, and I was curious if anyone here has played it.
For those that don't know, Outcast: A New Beginning is a third-person sci-fi shooter and is a sequel to a great game from the late 90's of the same name.
I think what I like most about this game is that it doesn't do anything too much...everything about it is just right.
- The writing is corny, but it's not cringe-corny. It's like a good-bad 80's or 90's action movie. Lot's of funny references from the main character. The interactions between the human main character and the alien natives are pretty funny as it's just this well-meaning but ignorant soldier stumbling into culture shock after culture shock haha.
- The game is huge, but not too huge. It reminds me a lot of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, but without all the travel in between. All your typical environments are here--coast, jungle, swamp, plains, etc--and they're all easy to get too. There is quite a bit of verticality to the game as well which adds some depth to the level design and open-world without giving it the excessive sprawling feeling.
- Visuals are great, but not "melt my RTX 4090" great. The game runs well at a high frames per second on my PC, and it looks great. It loads fast and controls are silky smooth.
- Gameplay is typical third-person shooter fare but with the added element of a jet pack that allows you to do all manner of things. Wonderful platforming is a large part of the game, as is flying and hovering around. Weapon mods can be hot-swapped into your pistol and rifle to make for some interesting combinations (for example, you can change your semi-auto rifle into a hold-to-charge sniper rifle that also leaves a mine on a target! Or you can turn your pistol into a submachinegun that does more damage as the barrel overheats.
Overall it's just....FUN! Which is refreshing in an industry where games like this frankly try too hard to impress us and often fall short.
Hope to see more games like this.
Anyone else play it? What did you think!?
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