(For those poor, wretched souls who haven`t played this master piece: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outcast_(game) )

I am trying to avoid as best as I can the sweet, sweet nostalgia... but I am really missing Outcast. I mean REALLY. I still think that it is by far the best game I have ever played. And it`s been 9 (!) years since it was published. At that time I had a really low-tech computer and I had to play the voxel-graphic -based game on the lowest of the settings. I was pissed. But even thought it looked grainy I haven`t since that been so immersed in a game-world or in a story in a game. The Moscow-philharmonics music. The great saving system. The odd world. The orange shirt. The name "Cutter Slade". Beasts of burden. Sunny, lush world. So many imaginative things.

Anyone feeling me? Got any game suggestions to help my Outcast-addiction?? Any reason there isn`t more games like that anymore???

huh, never heard of it

huh, never heard of it

Looks alright

It remains a better open-world game than much more famous titles. The gameplay, story and world mesh perfectly and the way its NPCs react to you and their environment is only now beginning to be approached by current games.
 
It seamlessly combines action, adventure, light stealth and borrows its quest structure from RPGs (but without the leveling and statistics). Graphically it's obviously outdated though its unique art-direction and visual flair has made it age a lot better than most. The atmosphere is amazing. If you're a fan of games like Little Big Adventure, Beyond Good & Evil, or Gothic you owe it to yourself to play this.
 
This game deserves a re-release on Steam or GOG.
 
Helo: If you're looking for a similar experience I think RPGs are your best bet. Most open world 'adventures' today are content to throw you some emergent mechanics and then stick a story on in cutscenes. As far as specific suggestions, Gothic as mentioned above, and I think Deus Ex and Vampire Bloodlines also share certain elements with this game in how they manage to bring a world to life...

I feel ya man, I totally miss this game. I still have a copy of it, but the disc is messed up so the music doesn't play properly anymore.

I wonder if you could replace the music files and burn a new CD, there were mp3s of the soundtrack floating around somewhere.

I know, I miss Andrej 3000's awesome beats...

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I know, I miss Andrej 3000's awesome beats...

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This thread dredged the deepest darkest depths of my mind and found vivid memories of hours playing this demo as a kid.  I remember jumping through portals and then getting shot by weird alien dudes.  It was pretty cool.

I havent played this game since i was a kid.  i remember loving it.  i wonder if it would stand up now.

There is a project to remake it with the Cryengine  http://www.openoutcast.org/wp/  I missed out on the original but remember being interested at the time, especially with the voxel technology .
 
Edit: I really should look at when threads were originally  posted more carefully. Clicked through from the front page.

This is the first game where i learned to alter the INI files to change the games behavior. 

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I know, I miss Andrej 3000's awesome beats...

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" There is a project to remake it with the Cryengine  http://www.openoutcast.org/wp/  I missed out on the original but remember being interested at the time, especially with the voxel technology .
 
Edit: I really should look at when threads were originally  posted more carefully. Clicked through from the front page.
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" @buzz_killington said:

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I know, I miss Andrej 3000's awesome beats...

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you can't spell

" @SeriouslyNow said:

" @buzz_killington said:

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I know, I miss Andrej 3000's awesome beats...

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you can't spell

Looks like a typo to me. Try not to pee your pants grammar nazi. "

"I meant in terms of OUTKAST, the duo to which he was referring.  Also, it was in jest.  Oh and do go fuck yourself, but nicely. "

" @SeriouslyNow said:

"I meant in terms of OUTKAST, the duo to which he was referring.  Also, it was in jest.  Oh and do go fuck yourself, but nicely. "

Tone doesn't come through well over the internet. "

" @buzz_killington said:

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I know, I miss Andrej 3000's awesome beats...

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Hahaha, so I'm not the only one who was thinking of that group. "

" Which is why you shouldn't assume someone else's tone yourself. "

Hi! i just submitted a section about "Open Outcast" out in the Outcast main page, here on Giant Bomb, you will be very happy, that's for sure! 
... it's down the buttom of the page - enjoy!