The Outer Worlds 2 launches later this month on October 29 (or October 24, in the event you pre-order the costlier Premium Version) and also you is perhaps questioning in the event you ought to try to finish a playthrough of the primary sport earlier than leaping into this sequel. Whereas it definitely will not damage to refamiliarize your self with the universe of The Outer Worlds, do not count on any of the primary sport’s varied endings to play a task in Obsidian’s second crack at this collection.
We spoke to The Outer Worlds 2 artistic director Leonard Boyarsky in regards to the first sport’s endings and whether or not the consequences of it’ll seem in our playthrough of the second sport, and he gave us a definitive “No”.
“No, not particularly, as a result of it’s a utterly totally different colony,” Boyarsky says, noting the primary sport takes place within the colony of Halcyon whereas The Outer Worlds 2 takes place in a brand new colony referred to as Arcadia. “[Arcadia’s] been minimize off. There are references to issues that occurred within the first sport; I do not need to mislead individuals although, and [have] them suppose there are numerous particulars, however there’s the story of the universe that is occurring, and we’re persevering with that story.
“So there are components of what occurred within the first sport that you would discover references to. I feel gamers who performed the primary sport and favored the primary sport will get pleasure from discovering these little issues that gamers who did not play the primary sport will not.”
As regards to Halcyon and Arcadia, The Outer Worlds 2 director Brandon Adler says Boyarsky and Tim Cain, who collectively created the Outer Worlds IP, had been very clear that the concept of this collection is that every sport takes place in a brand new colony. “So we knew we needed this to be a brand new colony as a result of we’ve got different tales we need to inform,” Adler says. He provides that if The Outer Worlds 2 befell in Halycon, Obsidian must discover a solution to both canonize an ending to the primary sport or tackle all of the attainable endings and world states gamers ended, and that is one thing the crew needed to keep away from.
Sport Informer’s cowl story for The Outer Worlds 2 is offered to learn proper now in the event you’re a subscriber (and this problem is transport to mailboxes as we communicate). For extra, take a look at this checklist of 8 enjoyable details about The Outer Worlds 2’s first biome, Paradise Island, after which take a look at this unique gameplay section showcasing Paradise Island. After that, examine how there are pets (which you can pet) in The Outer Worlds 2, after which take a look at this story about how third-person gameplay made its approach into The Outer Worlds 2.
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