Welcome to our review of The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition, the facelift edition of a fan-favorite RPG.
You’ve tried the rest, now come back for the best! The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition includes the base game and all add-on content as the definitive way to play the beloved RPG from Obsidian Entertainment. This remastered masterpiece is optimized to be the absolute best version of The Outer Worlds… even if you choose to play this critically acclaimed RPG as the absolute worst version of your character.
Lost in transit while on a colonist ship bound for the edge of the galaxy, you awake decades later only to find yourself in the midst of a deep conspiracy threatening to destroy the colony. Explore the various planets and locations of Halcyon, including the mysterious Gorgon Asteroid and delightful distilleries of Eridanos. As you encounter various factions, all vying for power, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds.
In the corporate equation for the colony, you are the unplanned variable. Well, not just yourself, the entire experience gets a second chance for some, though how well can a game perform when it is merely a face lift of the critically acclaimed original. An upgrade that comes with some of the usual additions, like a raised level cap. In itself, The Outer Worlds is a rather special game, where you have pretty much full control over anything you do.
In the original game, I betrayed the folks at the greenhouse while in the new playthrough, I decided to wreak havoc on their enemies instead. It does help that I played part of the game in the previous summer months, eventually dropping out when I ran out of time and well, it went back on my backlog. With this Spacer’s choice edition, I was able to restart the game (be it more early than expected) and so far, I do enjoy the game, though be it with some minor caveats here and there.
For what is supposed to be an upgrade, I am kind of disappointed. With some obvious frame drops (my TV has a built-in counter) and often blurry or grainy visuals, I do not really know how to rate the upgrade. Yes, when things go right, this is a fun game that well deserves all its acclaim. When things go wrong, that is a whole new thing.
I can name many weird things I encountered and they went from a blob instead of a face to delayed gun swaps in the middle of melee/gun fights, … While not overly present and honestly just minor annoyances “most of the time”, really, aside from having to get killed and restarting the previous save point, it is not that bad.
In itself though, this upgrade is very nice when it goes right. I really love the upgrade. Especially for new players, the addition of all the DLC is a great bonus, is it enough to entice existing players to upgrade? Not so sure about that honestly speaking. Maybe wait a little for the kinks to have been worked out? If it is just about wanting to play the DLC, I guess the 10 euro upgrade fee is a good enough deal at that time.
In conclusion, The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition is really the better version of the game, though like mentioned already it’s mostly beneficial to first-time players.
