Giant Bombcast 608: OK DOOMer

I really fell off Outer Worlds. I went in expecting a Bethesda RPG, and it's really not doing it for me. The world's all feel empty, and npcs just stand around saying the same thing over and over. Everyone talks about saltuna or tossball, and nothing else. Im exaggerating, but still. Wandering around I don't find anything that I wouldn't have eventually been pointed to by a quest. At first I was impressed at the lack of bugs, but I soon realized it was because there is not much in this game at all.The companions stuff is ok sometimes. I think I'll just go replay Oblivion.

I deleted my Blizzard account. I don't regret it -- I stand with Hong Kong and will begin to boycott China as much as I can.

My first Diablo was 3 and I didn't have a problem with the cartoony look, but I actually think Diablo 4 looks really nice and dig the more 'realistic' look a lot more even if they're just pandering to the same people who would probably complain about the amazing Wind Waker art style.

If you pitched a game with your company and then leave, first company owns that idea.

I don't follow any overwatch communities, so I am not up to date on the current discourse, but I can say my friend and I loved all the PvE events in OW. After the last event we played (basically reapers origin story one), we kept talking about what a full fledged coop mode would be like (basically just OW mixed with Vermintide).

So to sum it up, I am finding Bens OW comments kind of short sighted. I get the weird approach to this release, it seems like it would be better served as an expansion, but to say there isn’t any demand for something like this just seems wrong, especially when you consider how much blizzard fleshed out the PvE events over the years. I doubt they would have done that if they didn’t have the numbers showing people played those modes a lot.

Death Stranding is one of the best games of the decade. It's just a not a game that will land well with mainstream critics or most gamers. It appeals to out-of-fashion mechanics of Resident Evil and '90s Tomb Raider that a certain crowd will love and others just won't gel with at all. For me. it's a highlight of the year and a great follow-up to MGS from Kojima.

Ben spoiled Outer Worlds story stuff in this episode. You and Jeff spoiled Outer Worlds stuff for like 45 minutes in the first podcast(last one or one before?) after you guys had your hands on it and could talk about it. Why is Outer Worlds exempt from not spoiling stuff right when it comes out? I know you guys are excited about it but it was a little annoying.

I don't know why they're talking about expectations for Death Stranding as compared to God of War, Metal Gear, or Uncharted. Those are all established franchises. Sequels inherently have higher expectations than new IP. What I think expectations would be comparable to is The Last of Us, The Last Guardian, The Order, Bloodborne, Horizon, and Days Gone.

Expectations are a hell of a thing. While I disagree with the staff's opinions for the most part of Death Stranding, I love Jeff's argument at around 45 minute mark.

What did Ben spoil? And what was spoiled beforehand for Outer Worlds? Put it in spoilers blocks if you need. They had hands-on time with a pre-release video and talked about it plenty leading up to release, plus there was a ton of preview and trailer stuff floating around leading up to the game coming out. I'm finishing up with Monarch and have all of the companions and I didn't register anything he said as a spoiler, nor can I remember what they might have spoiled before.

Ben's description of Death Stranding: Walk around and throw pee-pee/poo-poo grenades. And I ask, how can anyone not love this game?