The Outer Worlds - PC, PS4, X1, Switch 2019

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Re: The Outer Worlds - PC, PS4, X1, Switch 2019

Post by Maturin » Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:49 am

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Thanks mate, I hadn't done it yet for various reasons, but will check that out.

As regards all your applications, like games, documents, pics etc, are all those unaffected by the upgrade? Ie, is everything still there as it was before?

I've never upgraded the OS on an existing computer before (in the past it's always been on a brand new machine), so not sure what is involved.
I haven't tried any games yet, but Steam itself is working fine. All my documents, pictures, files are all in exactly the same place and working. You'd barely know anything had happened, apart from the different menus. Although I do keep my C drive pretty trimmed down, so it probably made it a much shorter process. Took around 40 minutes for the upgrade.

I backed everything up beforehand to be on the safe side of course.

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Post by Sly Boots » Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:52 am

Maturin wrote:
Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:49 am
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Sly, not sure if you've paid for it yet, but you can still upgrade from Win7 to Win10 for free by going here:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/softwar ... /windows10

Just download the media installation tool and do a normal upgrade. It takes your Windows 7 key and converts into the Win10 equivalent in the process.

I've just done it and I'm really surprised that everything still works perfectly. I was expecting to spend the day hassling over drivers. :lol:
Thanks mate, I hadn't done it yet for various reasons, but will check that out.

As regards all your applications, like games, documents, pics etc, are all those unaffected by the upgrade? Ie, is everything still there as it was before?

I've never upgraded the OS on an existing computer before (in the past it's always been on a brand new machine), so not sure what is involved.
I haven't tried any games yet, but Steam itself is working fine. All my documents, pictures, files are all in exactly the same place and working. You'd barely know anything had happened, apart from the different menus. Although I do keep my C drive pretty trimmed down, so it probably made it a much shorter process. Took around 40 minutes for the upgrade.

I backed everything up beforehand to be on the safe side of course.
That sounds pretty cool, think I shall definitely give this a go. Cheers! :)

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Post by Maturin » Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:57 am

Glad to help. I did a disk cleanup beforehand also, deleting around 10GB of temp/update files.

I think a lot of driver packages these days are Win7/8/10 rolled into one, which is perhaps why I haven't had a bunch of device errors pop up.

I've heard some people say they have to do a graphics driver reinstall afterwards, but that only takes a few minutes. My AMD driver seems okay though.

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Post by Sly Boots » Sat Jan 18, 2020 9:51 pm

Maturin wrote:
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Worth doing mate, I upgraded a few months back, it is painless and cheap.
Yeah, I think I will. As it happens my dad, who knows more than me about computers, is coming over tomorrow, so think I'll go through it then. I couldn't afford it at £130-odd, but for £13 it makes sense to.

Thanks to Hatredsheart and MM for their suggestions, I'll hopefully get it looking like Win 7, which I've become accustomed to and I don't deal well with change :lol:
Sly, not sure if you've paid for it yet, but you can still upgrade from Win7 to Win10 for free by going here:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/softwar ... /windows10

Just download the media installation tool and do a normal upgrade. It takes your Windows 7 key and converts into the Win10 equivalent in the process.

I've just done it and I'm really surprised that everything still works perfectly. I was expecting to spend the day hassling over drivers. :lol:
Thanks again for this mate. It took a while, because reasons, but as of today thanks to the above I am now upgraded.

I'm now also set up on Game Pass, so am currently downloading the Outer Worlds :D

There's quite a bit on there I'm looking forward to playing - next up will be Phoenix Point, Metro Exodus, Life is Strange 2 and Untitled Goose Game!

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Post by Snowy » Sat Jan 18, 2020 10:05 pm

Forza Horizons 4 is also a blast, great little driving/racing game set in the UK for once
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Post by Maturin » Sat Jan 18, 2020 10:23 pm

That's good you're up & running Sly.

Yeah, I played 4 or 5 hours of Forza Horizon 4 before my GPU shat itself & died. Was looking like a lovely game though. Hope to return to it at some point in the future.

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Post by Snowy » Sun Jan 19, 2020 9:27 am

Add OriginalSnowy to your friend list on Xbox and may catch you on there at some point :)
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Post by Sly Boots » Mon Jan 20, 2020 1:02 pm

Really enjoying this, I must say. Comparisons to Fallout are pretty close to the mark, and if you've played any of those you'll quickly be at home here. The shooting is better though, I would say.

Still on the first world but think I'm moving towards wrapping things up there, can see me sinking a lot more time into this.

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Post by Rusty » Mon Jan 20, 2020 2:14 pm

I found it dipped in quality in the middle and seemed very cut and paste but picked up again nearer the end :)
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Post by DjchunKfunK » Mon Jan 20, 2020 2:42 pm

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I found it dipped in quality in the middle and seemed very cut and paste but picked up again nearer the end :)
That's interesting as I felt it was at it's best in the middle when you reached Monarch, once you reached Byzantium the game tailed off a bit and it all felt a bit rushed.

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Post by Sly Boots » Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:12 am

And finished.

Overall, I liked it, but it's not the amazing game I'd hoped it would be when the trailers and previews were coming out.

I think I'd be closer to Rusty in terms of the pacing. I really enjoyed the first world, then you arrive on Monarch and it's feels a bit like more of the same, only much more so. Usually in an open world I'd seek to stick my nose into every corner to see if there were any nice secrets or easter eggs, but increasingly found myself just going straight from A-B-C and then fast-travelling everywhere once waypoints were unlocked.

I think this is partly the sameyness of a lot of it, certainly the loot amounted to little more than ammo, of which I had many thousands of rounds left come the end, weapons and armour that were identical to the weapons and armour I'd already acquired, broken down or sold, or crap consumables I never used. The fact that the unique weapons were quite uninspiring - in fact probably worse than the bog-standard ones you could find as you couldn't fit the mods to customise them as you wanted - was disappointing. They certainly weren't any more powerful, and so there was no thrill when discovering one. The science weapons you had to complete quests to find were similarly disappointing, very little damage and gimmicky effects I could never find a use for, trying them once or twice then sticking them in a locker on my ship and never thinking about them again.

The story dragged in the middle as well. It had a decent opening, then you don't really get a clear or compelling reason for moving through it in the middle apart from XP points, only really giving that sense of urgency and agency in the final third. It's no coincidence that at that point my interest picked up again and enjoyed it again right into the end.

On levelling, I found the perks quite uninspiring for the most part, and long before the end I was just allocating them almost randomly because there wasn't anything I felt I could have a use for. This is even more pronounced on the companion perks. And then I felt the skill points were a bit stingy. I tried to specialise in about five skills - long guns, persuasion, lockpicking, hacking and sneaking - and didn't come remotely close to maxing any of them out.

And on the companions, for the most part they were a pretty dull bunch. The mechanic was probably the best and she accompanied me all the way through, Ellie's sarcasm was a decent counter-balance, but the rest were instantly forgettable. The vicar's story was boring, I still don't really get what Felix's deal was (though I spent little time around him because I didn't find him interesting), and the mech had zero personality, which was probably intentional but gave me no reason to ever travel with it. The hunter's story was probably the best of all, but I found her such a bummer to be around I ditched her as soon as her quest was finished.

The ship never really felt like a home in the way the Normandy did, for example, it was just a place to fast-travel to other places and use the workbench.

But for all that, I enjoyed it on the whole. I think given my criticisms above I'd say it ends up being more than the sum of its parts... at a base level it's fun to play. The shooting being well-implemented plays a part, there were some interesting decisions to make to influence the direction of the colony and its people, some interesting scenarios (I particularly liked how you gradually discover the fate of the Hope colony ship) and perhaps most importantly it moves quite quickly and doesn't outstay its welcome. It was the right length, and probably if it had been a lot longer my interest may have faded before the end.

I'd probably score it about a 7.5/10.

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Post by Animalmother » Tue Jan 28, 2020 9:06 am

That's pretty much been my experience with the game. Once I left the first planet my interest started to wane a bit. I'm on the hunters planet now but haven't played it in almost 2 months, something else came along and took my attention. Stopped exploring as I didn't find much of interest, it's go do mission and return to ship. I will go back to it at some stage as it is a good game.

Agree about the companions. Mechanic is with me all the time, priest is stuck on the ship and hunter is my current new buddy.

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That looks a wee bit shit if I'm honest.

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