Let’s hope Obsidian (and Remedy) gives fans that all-important sequel, even if it takes a decade you can’t rush genius.ĭisclaimer: I was provided with a copy of Murder on Eridanos in exchange for a fair and honest review.Obsidian Entertainment's The Outer Worlds was the highlight of E3 2018 to many gamers, showcasing a new RPG universe from the creators of Fallout New Vegas. Like Control, The Outer Worlds offers a distinct, peculiar, intoxicating universe of almost unlimited potential, but only received a pair of DLCs that barely scratched its surface. Even then, fast travel would also crash the game, meaning a long walk back to the coincidentally named Unreliable to finish the tale.Īnd yet, you’ll walk away with a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction, even if you know there’s still so much left in the tank. After the final sequence, I was booted to dashboard eight times in a row–something I only fixed by pulling different levers, or going in new directions in the hope I’d trigger an automatic checkpoint.
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Most critically, on Xbox Series X, the game wouldn’t stop crashing during the closing stages. What’s more, old enemies are recycled using cynical explanations the possessed Rizzo’s employees and their parasites, however entertaining, serve as the only new baddies. Its map is truly uninspired, supported by a fast-travel system in desperate need of UI tweaks so you can actually select your destination by choice, not luck. Despite the game being enhanced for Xbox Series X and PS5–promising 60fps–framerates can slow to a crawl in more open areas, especially during battles. While its journey is a delight, it certainly has its hang-ups. 'Murder on Eridanos' is The Outer Worlds' most colorful outing to date. Even your final binary choice gives the same real outcome–only a sociopath would choose the obvious bad one, especially given there’s clearly nothing to gain from it, unless you simply like being a bit of a dick. Thankfully, it still provides you with an impressive illusion of freedom, even though you’ll ultimately look back on the entire detective element as an on-rails experience. Still, like Peril on Gorgon, its storyline arc and its “surprises” are just a little too predictable. All the while, Murder on Eridanos slowly and surely teaches you how the planet and its inhabitants work, as well as those horrors under the surface–and in plain sight. In one highlight now seared into my brain, Felix notes that he can’t tell if one infected woman is “really happy, or just dying inside,” and she all-too-happily replies: “I sure am!”Īs you uncover evidence of foul play, you meet various, outlandish characters: a self-obsessed elder thespian, the world’s stupidest sports player, a primal-owning recluse, a drunk cow, and the most unscrupulous salvager in the galaxy, who practically wears his crookedness as a badge of honor.
The vacant and painful-looking smiles are one thing, but the dialogue of those possessed by these creatures is superb. There's such a thing as "too many parasites." At least he died happy. It’s a masterclass in dialogue, providing fantastic character exposition for even the smallest characters, especially those affected by the true stars of the show: Eridanium gigasius, a slug-like parasite native to Eridanos, which Rizzo’s uses on its workforce as part of its Morale Improvement Program. If Obsidian claimed that Murder on Eridanos’ release was delayed because of the time needed to write and record the script, you’d entirely believe it. This self-aware, sassy, sci-fi version of an interactive magnifying glass proves to be one of many brilliant characters in the DLC, and helps you trace Helen’s steps around Eridanos, shortly before her untimely death. You and your ragtag team of followers are drafted in to solve this sorry mess and given a new tool to help: the Discrepancy Amplifier. While this may turn off those who thrive on making their own destiny, this constraining approach to world-building pays off, and effortlessly combines that idiosyncratic mix of absurdity, horror, humour and bureaucracy unique to The Outer Worlds. The narrative is so carefully constructed that the only way to truly enjoy it is to surrender yourself to Obsidian’s direction. Obsidian Entertainmentįor the first couple of missions, you don’t really know what’s going on, and going off-piste to explore Eridanos won’t help. Eridanos is a pretty sight, but remarkably limited.
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