THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: desert punk on November 25, 2017, 09:42:01 AM
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https://youtu.be/YUXWebLW7f4
A straight remake of the 1999 action-adventure classic Outcast: Shiny new graphics but otherwise it's pretty much the same game. Reviews are veering a bit on the mediocre side though. The graphical overhaul gets points, the fiddly, imprecise controls and fetch quests not so much. I don't really remember these criticisms. Fiddly gameplay was the norm back in the day anyway and I don't recall the quests as boring. Though I guess I used to have more patience for these things when I was younger.
Anyway the original was my favorite game during that timeframe. Gods know how many times I've played it. After Starcraft a year or two before, this was the second game I really nerded out on. I annoyed so many people with talking about it constantly. Shit, I even wore the fucking t-shirt that came with the box to school :lol The negative backlash I received back then convinced me to curb my nerdist tendencies in public from then on tho.
There's a lot of nostalgia there but I ain't too sure that I still have the patience for the same archaic gameplay. So I think I'm gonna wait for a price drop. 35 bucks is not too cheap for a remake (though there's a minor sale on Steam going on until next week).
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I wish the best for them but one of the core gimmicks of the original game was utilizing voxel technology to generate a vast and natural landscape so it's a bit odd to not see it here. Kind of sad they didn't explore what a modern voxel engine could do for the game.
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That trailer... Yeesh. At least Cutter's run cycle doesn't look like he's ice skating any more.
Anyway, nice timing on the thread. This version coming out inspired me to finally finish the original. Specifically the 1.1 update they put out a couple years back and gave away to owners of the original GOG release. Third time's the charm, I guess (owned it on disc, too).
Finished it Thursday, but couldn't think of anything to say. ...Still don't have anything to add besides that it is a janky but loveable game. :B
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OMG I remember working for PC Gamer magazine when this came out, and I got some marketing material saying that "Cutter Slade is the kind of hero that men want to be...and women just want."
(http://scifiempire.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Outcast-Second-Contact-Review-Cutter-Slade.jpg)
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