Outcast: A New Beginning Reviews
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I have never played the original Outcast, or its remake, in the past, but I do recognize its important influence in gaming as a whole, as it essentially paved the way for the modern approach to the open-world action-adventure genre, something so common and mainstream nowadays. I do find it a bring strange that such an important and fondly remembered franchise doesn’t get the love it seemingly deserves. Is Outcast: A New Beginning a chance for the franchise to start fresh and bring in a whol...
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Outcast: A New Beginning has a fair amount of fun to offer, unfortunately, it just doesn't run well enough on the Steam Deck.
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Appeal Studios really hit the nail on the head with this one. Outcast: A New Beginning is the reimagining of the old Outcast games, with smooth gameplay and sweet, sweet graphics. Explore the world of Adelpha and discover a dazzling place like you wouldn’t have imagined.
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Outcast – A New Beginning rekindles the original game's epic scope and audio-visual magic, but delivers a largely unadventurous open world gaming experience
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Repetitive gameplay and numerous bugs can make some of Outcast: A New Beginning a chore. Fun exploration mechanics might save it for returning fans.
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When you are suddenly thrust onto a foreign planet, what do you do? If you’re Cutter Slade, you become the planetary hero, living up to your role as the prophesied human saviour. Travel through a variety of exotic locales as you rally the local populace against other human invaders. It’s a story that’s been told several times before, but it isn’t this game’s strongest hook.
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While there are things that work in its favor, Outcast: A New Beginning ultimately feels like any other open-world game you could play this year or have played years ago. It retains the charm of the original and further explores the world of the Talan in unique and odd ways, but how you go about doing that doesn’t feel as revolutionary as it did back in 1999.
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Outcast - A New Beginning is an excellent sequel with a lot of great gameplay elements that go a long way to make up for its need for further polish. Bugs are common, from an outpost with the robots stuck in the floor to breakable helidium crystals floating several feet above the ground they should be poking out of, and the conversation trees are in desperate need of re-ordering. Despite this, though, it's almost impossible to resist seeing what the next villager is up to and their relation to the rest of the world, following the dialogue and fishing out...
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Let’s start with a bit of video game history. The original Outcast was released in 1999. It was an action adventure game and featured one of the first freely explorable open worlds. For that element alone, it garnered a lot of respect and a cult status that continues to this day. Side note: the game’s amazing musical score was one of the first to be recorded by an orchestra, and released as a stand-alone album. Outcast was followed by a muddy string of remasters, abandoned sequels and re-releases. Now we have Outcast: A New Beginning, which is a reboot, sequel...
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Unfortunately, the Jetpack can't make up for all the negatives in Outcast: A New Beginning.
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The joy of Outcast – A New Beginning comes from the freedom of its nonlinear concept.
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Outcast: A New Beginning lives up to the ambition the same developer achieved all those years ago. A captivating story, interesting characters, thoughtful world-building and slick action are only slightly marred by an inconsistent frame-rate, repetitive quests, bugs, and occasional crashes.
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Outcast - A New Beginning stays in the past with many outdated systems but makes up for that with a fantastic art style and engaging traversal options.
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Outcast: A New Beginning feels like a blast from the past, which will surely excite those looking for a bit of nostalgia or who want to cause some chaos in a sci-fi world. The landscapes are beautiful, its unique mechanics are fun to engage with, and the core gameplay is not half-bad either. While that can offer hours of entertainment, some players may be put off by Outcast’s many shortcomings. And ultimately, that makes for a fun but deeply flawed experience overall.
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Despite its AA veneer, Outcast – A New Beginning is a solid open-world RPG. The combat doesn't carry its weight, but the quirky characters, fun traversal, and open quest system are the real heavy lifters. It feels like a game from a bygone era and in this instance it works.
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Bug wise I had so damned many issues. When a game runs this poorly it shouldn’t be a shock but the amount of times I got stuck in the environment for a fairly long amount of time before the game realized it was in the dozens. When this happens, it will flash to a blinding white screen and then move you into a safe spot close to where you were stuck. I had multiple hard crashes as well on PC, and I would highly recommend waiting to see what others say about console performance on this title. It’s a big...
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Outcast is a game that many may not have heard of, but it is among one of the most influential games ever made. The game created by Appeal featured many of the mechanics that would go on to influence future open-world games, as well as a very unique atmosphere that actually made players feel like protagonist Cutter Slade, stranded on an alien planet desperately trying to find a way back home.
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Outcast: A New Beginning may not have a gameplay loop that interests everyone, considering its repetitious nature and somewhat dated shooting mechanics. With that said, the world and how you interact with it is enough for the right audience to dig into.
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A poor (and bored) man's Avatar, Outcast: A New Beginning is a tedious open world shooter that simply doesn't have anything new to say.
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