App Trigger 8.5/10
Ars Technica
Attack of the Fanboy 4/5
AusGamers 8.5/10
CGMagazine 9/10
COGconnected 91/100
Critical Hit 8/10
The Daily Dot 4.5/5
Daily Star 4/5
Destructoid 9/10
DualShockers 9.5/10
EGM 5/5
Eurogamer
GameCrate 8.25/10
Game Informer 9.25/10
GamingTrend 65/10
Game Rant 4.5/5
Gamers Heroes 9/10
GamesBeat 91/100
GameSpace 9/10
GameSpew 8/10
GameSpot 9/10
GamesRadar+ 4/5
Game Revolution 4.5/5
God is a Geek 8.5/10
Hardcore Gamer 4/5
IGN 8.5/10
Kotaku
Mashable
Metro GameCentral 9/10
MMORPG.com 8/10
PC Gamer 79/100
PCGamesN 7/10
PC Invasion 7/10
PlayStation LifeStyle 10/10
PlayStation Universe 10/10
Polygon
Press Start Australia 8.5/10
Push Square 9/10
Rock, Paper, Shotgun
RPG Site 8/10
Screen Rant 4.5/5
Shacknews 9/10
Stevivor 9.5/10
Time
The Digital Fix 7/10
The Indie Game Website 8/10
TheSixthAxis 8/10
TheXboxHub 5/5
TrueAchievements 4.5/5
Twinfinite 4/5
USgamer 4/5
VGC 4/5
Wccftech 7.8/10
We Got This Covered 5/5
Windows Central 4.5/5
Worth Playing 9/10
Xbox Achievements 92/100

Edited October 23, 20196 yr by Infinitron

I've already preordered but it's good to see that it's living up to expectations!

It's getting a bunch of really glowing reviews and some "Good, but here are the flaws" reviews. So far I've only seen one that was apathetic and *none* that are actively "this game sucks".

Sounds like a quite strong set of reviews to me.

So apparently the game's sixth and final companion is a robot named SAM.

Edited October 22, 20196 yr by Infinitron

Hmm, kill XP. 😉

https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/the-outer-worlds/critic-reviews

So far, TOW has an 86% metascore, which is outstanding considering it's an old-school RPG with a limited budget and it's not a sequel of an existing IP.

For reference, Fallout: New Vegas had a metascore of 84%.

TOW is turning out better than I had hoped. My body is ready. The hype is real.

Edited October 22, 20196 yr by the_ragnarokkr

18 minutes ago, the_ragnarokkr said:

https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/the-outer-worlds/critic-reviews

So far, TOW has an 86% metascore, which is outstanding considering it's an old-school RPG with a limited budget and it's not a sequel of an existing IP.

For reference, Fallout: New Vegas had a metascore of 84%.

TOW is turning out better than I had hoped. My body is ready. The hype is real.

That's just the PlayStation 4 reviews.

OpenCritic has an amalgation of all reviews (70+) Score is still 86. It also lists amount of critics that recommended it to incorperate sites without scores. (95% of all reviewers recommended it)

https://opencritic.com/game/7413/the-outer-worlds

Edited October 22, 20196 yr by C2B

 

1 hour ago, the_ragnarokkr said:

https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/the-outer-worlds/critic-reviews

So far, TOW has an 86% metascore, which is outstanding considering it's an old-school RPG with a limited budget and it's not a sequel of an existing IP.  ....

That's BEFORE release, wait till all the steam fanbois can swarm the public reviews on the 25th and drive it down just because they are mindless steam drones...

It will happen.

I haven't heard many criticisms of the game that weren't things that were intentional and not to the critics taste or stuff that is a result of the small budget like the areas being a bit small. 

Some critics had some issues with combat but then some loved it. I heard one critic say the reputation system could have been more meaningful. 

 

All in all a pretty amazing result for this game. 

Congratulation team Obsidian. Although I'll playing this game on Xbox Game Pass but also going to buy this game. Its a Gem I need to own. 

13 hours ago, the_ragnarokkr said:

https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/the-outer-worlds/critic-reviews

So far, TOW has an 86% metascore, which is outstanding considering it's an old-school RPG with a limited budget and it's not a sequel of an existing IP.

For reference, Fallout: New Vegas had a metascore of 84%.

TOW is turning out better than I had hoped. My body is ready. The hype is real.

The metacritic score for FNV is probably a sore subject here. It's clear to anyone who played FNV when it first came out that it was released way too early. I guess Bethesda didn't want FNV to look too good in comparison to their Oblivion with Guns. 

17 hours ago, Gfted1 said:

Hmm, kill XP. 😉

Booo!  ...But this fight doesn't seem the same to me now.  I don't care.  Ideally, there would be no kill XP, but it is what it is.   I guess... I dunno… let the designers die on every hill.  It's their job to make the game.  It's my job to play and hopefully enjoy it.  If you understand that, then you'll understand this: congrats, mate.

 

 

 

Edited October 23, 20196 yr by algroth