{"id":20707,"date":"2025-11-03T13:37:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T12:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/03\/the-outer-worlds-2-review-improved-space-faring-sequel-is-an-enjoyable-time-sink\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T13:37:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T12:37:43","slug":"the-outer-worlds-2-review-improved-space-faring-sequel-is-an-enjoyable-time-sink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/03\/the-outer-worlds-2-review-improved-space-faring-sequel-is-an-enjoyable-time-sink\/","title":{"rendered":"The Outer Worlds 2 review \u2013 improved space-faring sequel is an enjoyable time sink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Obsidian Entertainment; PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, PC<br \/><\/strong>While its story fails to deliver, this enjoyable follow-up to Obsidian\u2019s 2019 adventure makes it up with considerable advances elsewhere<\/p>\n<p>The Outer Worlds 2 was originally announced in June for \u00a370\/$80 \u2013 making it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2025\/jun\/25\/the-outer-worlds-2-the-most-expensive-xbox-game-yet\">Xbox\u2019s most expensive game<\/a> at the time. This was short-lived: Microsoft backtracked barely a month later, and kept it at the standard \u00a360\/$70. While The Outer Worlds 2 is technically bigger than its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2019\/oct\/24\/the-outer-worlds-review-obsidan-entertainment\">2019 predecessor<\/a>, that decision was smart: this is not a \u00a370 game.<\/p>\n<p>It is, however, a thoroughly enjoyable adventure that can easily suck up hours of your time, and one that improves upon the original game in meaningful ways. With far better combat and deeper role-playing mechanics, The Outer Worlds 2 smartly expands without spreading itself too thin \u2013 even if its story fails to delight.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2025\/nov\/03\/the-outer-worlds-2-review\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c9db276ed752374276036157174462286858c2c9\/624_316_2106_1685\/master\/2106.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ee7d6fda3e77ffd72da07ec755047e09\" title=\"The Outer Worlds 2 review \u2013 improved space-faring sequel is an enjoyable time sink\" \/>Obsidian Entertainment; PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, PCWhile its story fails to deliver, this enjoyable follow-up to Obsidian\u2019s 2019 adventure makes it up with considerable advances elsewhere<br \/>\nThe Outer Worlds 2 was originally announced in June for \u00a370\/$80 \u2013 making it Xbox\u2019s most expensive game at the time. This was short-lived: Microsoft backtracked barely a month later, and kept it at the standard \u00a360\/$70. While The Outer Worlds 2 is technically bigger than its 2019 predecessor, that decision was smart: this is not a \u00a370 game.<br \/>\nIt is, however, a thoroughly enjoyable adventure that can easily suck up hours of your time, and one that improves upon the original game in meaningful ways. With far better combat and deeper role-playing mechanics, The Outer Worlds 2 smartly expands without spreading itself too thin \u2013 even if its story fails to delight. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obsidian Entertainment; PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, PCWhile its story fails to deliver, this enjoyable follow-up to Obsidian\u2019s 2019 adventure makes it up with considerable advances elsewhere The Outer Worlds 2 was originally announced in June for \u00a370\/$80 \u2013 making it Xbox\u2019s most expensive game at the time. This was short-lived: Microsoft &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/03\/the-outer-worlds-2-review-improved-space-faring-sequel-is-an-enjoyable-time-sink\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Outer Worlds 2 review \u2013 improved space-faring sequel is an enjoyable time sink<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20707"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}