{"id":20999,"date":"2025-11-28T12:37:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T11:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/28\/my-familys-excitement-about-outer-worlds-2-was-short-lived-dominik-diamond\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T12:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T11:37:17","slug":"my-familys-excitement-about-outer-worlds-2-was-short-lived-dominik-diamond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/28\/my-familys-excitement-about-outer-worlds-2-was-short-lived-dominik-diamond\/","title":{"rendered":"My family\u2019s excitement about Outer Worlds 2 was short-lived | Dominik Diamond"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s always crushing when a wildly anticipated game turns out to be a dud, but this RPG\u2019s awful story and clunky dialogue gave my son and I something to talk about <\/p>\n

It was an exciting November for the Diamond household: one of those rare games that we all<\/em> loved had a sequel coming out! The original Outer Worlds dazzled our eyeballs with its art nouveau palette and charmed our ears with witty dialogue, sucking us into a classic mystery-unravelling story in one of my favourite \u201clittle man versus evil corporate overlords\u201d worlds since Deus Ex. It didn\u2019t have the most original combat, but that didn\u2019t matter: it was obviously a labour of love from a team totally invested in the telling of this tale, and we all fell under its spell.<\/p>\n

Well, when I say all of us, I mean myself and the three kids. My wife did not play The Outer Worlds, because none of those worlds featured Crash Bandicoot. But the rest of us dug it, and the kids particularly enjoyed that I flounced away from the final boss battle after half a day of trying, declaring that I had pretty much<\/em> completed the game and that was good enough for a dad with other things to do.<\/p>\n

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\nIt\u2019s always crushing when a wildly anticipated game turns out to be a dud, but this RPG\u2019s awful story and clunky dialogue gave my son and I something to talk about
\nIt was an exciting November for the Diamond household: one of those rare games that we all loved had a sequel coming out! The original Outer Worlds dazzled our eyeballs with its art nouveau palette and charmed our ears with witty dialogue, sucking us into a classic mystery-unravelling story in one of my favourite \u201clittle man versus evil corporate overlords\u201d worlds since Deus Ex. It didn\u2019t have the most original combat, but that didn\u2019t matter: it was obviously a labour of love from a team totally invested in the telling of this tale, and we all fell under its spell.
\nWell, when I say all of us, I mean myself and the three kids. My wife did not play The Outer Worlds, because none of those worlds featured Crash Bandicoot. But the rest of us dug it, and the kids particularly enjoyed that I flounced away from the final boss battle after half a day of trying, declaring that I had pretty much completed the game and that was good enough for a dad with other things to do. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s always crushing when a wildly anticipated game turns out to be a dud, but this RPG\u2019s awful story and clunky dialogue gave my son and I something to talk about It was an exciting November for the Diamond household: one of those rare games that we all loved had a sequel coming out! The …<\/p>\n

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