Today, friends, is a Good Day™: The Outer Worlds is being released on the Nintendo Switch. Excuse me while I slip into my Springsteen jeans and fist-pump for the next three hours.
At this stage in the article, I assume you’re one of two types of people: you either know about The Outer Worlds or you don’t. If you’re in the former camp, I give you permission to skim over this part.
Okay, so The Outer Worlds is a first-person RPG set in an alternative reality. It was released on the Xbox One and PS4 in October of last year ( check out our original review here ) and it was made by Obsidian, the same company behind Fallout: New Vegas — one of the greatest games ever made.
Anyway, this little trailer gives you a decent idea of what to expect from The Outer Worlds:
The question then is simple: why the fuck am I excited about this ported game?
I’ve written before about how good it feels to own a Nintendo Switch and one of the key points of that article is about the wider range of games hitting the system — especially after a pretty tepid launch when it came to third party games.
Now, there’s always a lot of furore around ported games, particularly when they’re moved from a more powerful console to a less capable one, and The Outer Worlds is no exception .
Without getting into all the details, let me give you the summary that thousands of YouTube videos take hours to get to: if you have a PS4 or Xbox One, buy multi-platform games on one of those consoles. They’re going to run better.
Thing is, I only have a Nintendo Switch. And at this stage in the lifecycle of consoles, I see no reason to splash out when a new range is just round the corner (coronavirus dependent, of course).
I haven’t — and probably will never — play The Outer Worlds on PS4, so how it compares to other consoles doesn’t bother me. As long as the game doesn’t run like a total piece of shit (looking at you FIFA) I’m going to be ecstatic about diving into the darkly funny open-world adventure I’ve been waiting for since New Vegas.
Of course, this doesn’t mean that I’ll accept any old crap when it comes to ports (again, fuck you, FIFA) — just that I’m hyped a game I’ve wanted to play since it was announced is now on my console of choice. And the fact I can play it on the toilet isn’t exactly bad, either.
Anyway, excuse me — I’ve got a bag of weed, a free weekend, and The Outer Worlds to get through. Get in my veins.
