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Outcast - A New Beginning

PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 • 2024

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Quick resume

Explore the breathtaking alien world of Adelpha, support the local Talans in their struggles and fight your way through fast-paced battles against invading robot forces in this 3rd-person, open world, action adventure sequel to the 1999 cult classic.

Global score

79/100

Genres

Action, Adventure, Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)

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    Pros

    • Beautiful and immersive open world
    • Engaging exploration and traversal with jetpack
    • Fun weapon customization and combat
    • Rich lore and character interactions
    • Nostalgic connection to original outcast

    Cons

    • Some technical bugs and stuttering
    • Repetitive side quests and combat encounters
    • Story pacing issues and weak ending
    • Limited character customization
    • Cutscenes locked at 30fps and occasional audio issues

    Motivations

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Players report long play sessions, addictive exploration, and ongoing engagement with quests and world discovery."

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    • Cooperation

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      "Game is single-player with no multiplayer or cooperative elements."

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    • Creativity

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      "Upgrade system and weapon modifications encourage experimentation and customization; secrets and puzzles add creative exploration."

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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      "The immersive alien world, challenging gameplay, and engaging story provide a strong escape from real life."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of interest and nostalgia; no indication of obligation or pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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      "Single-player experience with minimal social or community interaction."

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    • Growth

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      "Players learn new skills, upgrade weapons, and improve abilities throughout the game."

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    • Health

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      "No indication of physical activity or health-related gameplay."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention; some players find travel slow but generally demands engagement."

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    • Intimacy

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    • Leadership

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      "No leadership or group management elements present."

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership, Violence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival, Expression.

    How to use the graph
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    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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