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Is Outer Worlds 2 the Second Coming of Fallout New Vegas?

The Besties

The Besties

Leisure, Video Games

4.95K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The studio that created Fallout: New Vegas has had a busy year, delivering Avowed, the early access of Grounded 2, and now Outer Worlds 2. This latest release comes the closest to the team’s legacy in the Fallout universe. But can it achieve those high highs without the beloved trappings of post-apocalyptic America? And would you believe it has strong feelings about capitalism?

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0:00.0

Here's what I'm saying.

0:01.8

This is my problem with all games like this.

0:04.1

Okay.

0:05.3

The moment I get a spaceship.

0:08.1

Yeah.

0:09.3

I'm not going to do anything anybody wants me to ever again.

0:14.8

Forever.

0:15.4

Right.

0:16.3

The moment I get a spaceship, why am I concerning myself with these petty terrestrial concerns?

0:24.6

Yeah.

0:25.3

There's a little thing called gas money.

0:27.7

Yeah.

0:28.0

Okay.

0:28.6

How are you going to fucking power your spaceship?

0:30.8

Are you?

0:31.2

Did you find a secret fucking...

0:32.8

Only fans.

0:33.5

Only fans.

0:34.0

Only fans.

0:34.3

Uh-oh.

0:34.8

Did you find a secret menu option in the game that makes you put gas in the hub ship? I'm playing on realism. Realism mode. Oh, you're gonna harvest anodyne tablets from the ground in the process of the-I-J-I-N-I get so tired. I get so tired. Yeah. I just needed a fucking nap.

1:44.9

I'm just saying if I get a spaceship and somebody's like, we need it. We heard there's a border dispute out and go fuck yourself. No way. Like, are you kidding me? I'm on Mars. I don't even remember you. Like, I've gone. I'm in space. I'm Captain Harlock. You know what I mean? I'm gone. Starfield was a bad game by traditional standards, but it did kind of nail that one part of space exploration, which is you get your ship, and then you just kind of fuck around. And honestly better. What happened to Justin? I haven't seen in a while. It's like, actually, he got a spaceship, and he started going to these crazy planets so far out. There's nothing on them except power-ups. And he would, like, fly to these planets. And I think he prayed or something. And then when he came back, he could float, dude. That's what I'm doing with a spaceship. I'm going to find those planets. Hey, maybe we were too hard on Starfield. Yeah, when you say it in that specific, and it only takes 20 seconds to say, it's pretty good.

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