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Atomic Heart, Metro, STALKER. It is american studios that underdeliver. And Ubisoft.
Or CD Project Red from Poland (The Witcher series, Cyberpunk, GOG.com). Or Larian Studios from Belgium (Divinity Series, Baldurs Gate 3). Or Platinum Games from Japan (Bayonetta Series, NieR:Automata, Vanquish, Astral Chain).
You're correct, it's the unhinged US turbocapitalistic corporatocracy that just produces more and more trash. Won't change either, best is to just treat names like "Ubisoft", "EA" or "Microsoft" printed on games like huge red flags and avoid them, no matter how good the manipulative marketing is. Saves money and nerves.
Atomic Heart lol
Plenty of devs phone it in, DEFINITELY not a US issue. Also one of the cited over-deliverers is a US dev.
Which dev is US based?
Elden Ring: Japan BG3: Belgian Atomic Heart: Cyprus (pretty much Russian though) Metro: Austria Stalker: Ukraine
My mistake yeah, thought Larian was US, was thinking of Obsidian
Obsidian is a great example that there are good US devs. I can’t think of a bad game they’ve made
The Outer Worlds was really not good. It had it's moments for sure, but so do Skyrim, Oblivion, and Fallout 3. New Vegas was amazing though.
I keep hearing so much love for Outer Worlds but I found it just... Meh. I didn't mind it, but the "picture + text" endings for character arcs seemed rushed and underwhelming, and the character development was minimal.
And I make one "wrong" dialogue choice and so my ship's engineer will be alone forever, and never truly happy? WTF
Yeah, when comparing to New Vegas, Outer Worlds fell flat for me. I'm sure it's a fun game to some, but I just don't see it when there are plenty of games that do it better.
I liked Outer Worlds. I think it was a decent game, especially considering the budget was tight since it was developed pre-MS acquisition.
I'm glad that you enjoyed it! It's just that as someone who almost exclusively plays these types of games (RPGs) it just didn't hit the mark for me. Bland characters, bland story, bland companions, bland worlds, bland dialogue options (besides the ones for being low INT, those are actually funny!). I love what the vision was, but I just personally feel like they fell very short. Just my opinion though, of course!