The Outer Worlds Gameplay Footage and Interview
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We're now less than a month and a half away from the October 25, 2019 release of Obsidian Entertainment's sci-fi RPG The Outer Worlds, which means that the gameplay footage presented during this year's Tokyo Game Show should be pretty close to the final product. As such, you might be interested in checking out roughly 17 minutes of fresh footage, courtesy of Gamereactor (Gamereactor's video embedding still doesn't seem to work, so you'll have to watch the video directly on their website).
And once you're done, you probably should also read this recent VGC interview with Obsidian's narrative designer Megan Starks where she discusses Obsidian's long-term plans for The Outer Worlds, the recently announced Nintendo Switch version of the game, and more. A few sample questions:
Xbox’s first-party boss Matt Booty recently said he aspires to turn Outer Worlds into a long-running franchise. It must feel great to hear that kind of support from your new parent company?
Yeah. They’ve come to talk to the studio and it seems like Microsoft is super invested and really supportive, which for a developer like me feels really awesome. It’s really exciting at the studio right now.
And are you already thinking about long-term plans for Outer Worlds as a franchise?
I guess it depends on if people like the game, but we would absolutely be interested in plans like it, yeah. I really enjoyed making this game so I would like to work on it a while longer. But I think first our focus is polishing up this game and getting it out the door!
The nice thing is, since the game is from the co-creators of the original Fallout IP, they just have notes and notes… it’s crazy. We already have a full universe of lore, which is really nice.
You mentioned Fallout there. Obsidian certainly isn’t afraid to highlight the connection between your co-directors and that franchise. Does that show your confidence in this game?
Yeah, I think so. I’m a fan of Fallout for sure, as well as Borderlands and BioShock and I love this game too, which makes me feel confident. If you like those types of games then I think you will enjoy ours.
