Highlights
- The Outer Worlds 2 has a chance to shine in terms of storytelling, surpassing Starfield's focus on exploration and vastness.
- Focus on one single star system allows for a more well-crafted and tighter narrative, providing players who love rich stories with a compelling experience.
- The Outer Worlds's embrace of satire and humor sets it apart from Starfield, giving it a unique energy.
TheOuter Worlds 2 now has a lot more to live up to thanks to the success of Starfield, but there remains great potential for the Obsidian title, despite Starfield's power. Although The Outer Worlds 2 is in a tricky spot when it comes to open world space adventures, the game has the upper hand with its narrative. Starfield may have raised the bar for a variety of features in future open world titles, but The Outer Worlds 2 has a chance to shine in ways Starfield sometimes struggles.
Compared to Bethesda titles that are in the works, The Outer Worlds 2 already has an advantage over them with its creativity, but it's no secret that Starfield is its biggest competition. Bethesda has been hoping for Starfield to be one of the biggest space exploration titles to ever be released, and it appears that it has succeeded. However, when it comes to overall focus and forming a strong story, The Outer Worlds2 may actually come out on top with this aspect.
How The Outer Worlds 2 Can Beat Starfield in Storytelling
Starfield's vast world definitely inspires players to explore the corners of outer space as much as possible, but this can also be a drawback for the game. With all of these star systems to explore, it can become incredibly easy to lose focus while playing Starfield. The temptation to search every inch and turn over every rock of the planets one visits can distract from the overall story and missions. Bethesda promised detailed exploration in Starfield, but for players who are searching for more focused storytelling, The Outer Worlds 2 may reign supreme.
Where The Outer Worlds 2 will likely shine is its ability to have a more well-crafted story due to the fact that the game focuses on one single star system instead of the many different ones Starfield offers. Although it's great to have such an expansive world to explore and discover, it can ultimately be distracting from the story at times, but The Outer Worlds 2 will thrive in its focus. This focus will be able to provide players who love rich stories with a much tighter narrative, and this will likely make Obsidian's space exploration sequel more compelling than Bethesda's in this regard.
When it comes to its storytelling, The Outer Worlds embracing satire can set it apart from Starfield. The first game had a terrific sense of humor, and this will likely carry over to the anticipated sequel. Not only does The Outer Worlds 2 have the upper hand with a tighter story, but its embrace of humor and the occasional ridiculousness of sci-fi tropes gives it a one-of-a-kind energy. Obsidian's use of humor to tell stories is one of the main ingredients that make The Outer Worlds such a fun game to play, and the sequel will benefit from sticking to this formula.
Obsidian knows that it just can't copy what Starfield has done. The Outer Worlds brought to life a unique space adventure that contains a world that feels awfully different from the likes of Starfield, and that's what will ultimately set the two games apart. Where Starfield excels in exploration and vastness, The Outer Worlds 2 will excel in storytelling thanks to its focus. The Outer Worlds 2 can embrace what Starfield fails to approach, and with a single new star system to explore in the sequel, avoiding distractions brought forth by the large size of a game will likely satisfy players with a more compelling narrative instead of putting focus on size and scope.
The Outer Worlds 2 is currently in development.