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It very much nostalgically brought me back to the beginning of the decade, when fantastic "open-world" single-player RPG's like Mass Effect 2, Skyrim, Fallout: New Vegas, Witcher 2, Dragon Age: Origins etc were being realised in quick succession. For me personally, that was a golden era. It's great to have something like The Outer Words fulfilling that itch that has been present for so long. If you like any of the games mentioned, I also recommend checking it out.

...basically Fallout New Vegas in space... (obsidian made that)

Ah, yes. This is the better comparison.

The combats quickly become too easy. The world and story are fine. I liked about New Vegas that it had a very elaborate world and the fights were more challenging.

I'm waiting for rebalance mods before continuing my playthrough. Great characters and dialog, trivially easy combat.

Yeah once you hit a certain level it’s way too easy. This is probably an easy fix, I would assume (though given this thread maybe not!).

Lots of Bioshock vibes too.