Outer World 2 Direct: Everything is announced

Obsidian Entertainment debuts Outside 2 Direct Now, a demo of the size of a planet full of gameplay is revealed, with new details about its 2025 sequel.

The 30-minute showcase provides players with a sarcastic attitude, understanding Obsidian’s original 2019 Space Adventure RPG has laid the foundation, and has tweaked existing mechanics and a brand new gameplay. This is also hosted by the comedian and Sonic the Hedgehog Outside World 2 Do a lot of short plays directly between the details.

From eccentric new flaws and planets to new perspectives on player choices, we have collected all the highlights of Outer World 2 2 today and shared them below. Plus, as announced on the 2025 Xbox Games display case, Outer World 2 is now released on October 29, 2025. You can read Everything announced here is announced here.

Explore the space as a special agent of the Earth Bureau

As a Earth Bureau agent, the player was dropped into Outer World 2. Obsidian describes these kind people as “a space cowboy or a space marshal” or “a good guy who goes somewhere and fixes all the mistakes.” But how you build your character and experience from here is up to you.

Filling in a character's story means choosing something like background and traits, which lays the foundation for how you handle the game throughout the story. If this is your business, you may become smart, heroic, innovative, lucky or stupid.

There are also some skills this time, which are refined and greatly inspired by the systems used in the radiation: New Las Vegas. An example of a direct display of allowance is an assassin, a ability to earn sports bonuses after stealth killing.

More guns, more options

Outer World 2 is about expanding the development of the universe Obsidian in 2019, which means a huge improvement in the overall gameplay. There are more guns here, and more unique animations can be found here, many of which are displayed in the direct process.

Everything is marginal because some weapons have unique characteristics. The noob's reward is a great example of the store as this gun slowly rises with the player when used in the game and celebrates each new level with confetti and fireworks show. There are also pop-up guns that distract the enemy through pop-up ads of annoying drone projections. Another highlight is a music-infused sword that rewards players who hit the songs.

Much of this creativity is brought into new throwable tools. For example, a grenade can trigger a simple explosion, or a player can use a scientific grenade that suspends enemies with zero gravity technology.

As for the movement, Obsidian also said it has also improved its approach to exploration. This means more free run, jump, glide and parkour when you find valuable loot around Arcadia. After there are no options in the original game, you can also take advantage of the first-person and third-person perspectives.

The disadvantages are back, better than ever (worse)

One of the beloved elements of the original world is the flaw, which allows players to choose to assume negative attributes in exchange for other privileges. As part of today's speech, we must see four flaws: bad knees, kleptaniac, sungazer and overpreparation.

Bad knees make players, bad knees allow them to move faster in exchange for joints that pop up (and alert enemies) when leaving the squat position. Kleptomaniac gives stolen items a higher sales value while occasionally forcing players to divide items against their will, while Sungazer causes permanent vision damage in exchange for daytime healing and increased weapon spread. For players who always reload cautiously, over-preparation is a flaw, and if the clips organically run out of ammunition, they will add the size of the magazine and impose a fine.

Factions and companions

Not surprisingly, Outer World 2 is made up of a large army of key factions and individuals to help and stop your journey. For example, the protectorate was described as an authoritarian group in the isolated colonies of Arcadia.

Obsidian describes: “Their dictatorship is based on the question of how much freedom people will give up for security and luxury.” “For protection officials, unfortunately, this answer is 'everything.'”

There is also the order of ascending, which is a branch of the scientific inquiry order of the primitive external world, which also has a past connection with the protection state. These major factions and more factions are closely linked to the story and themes of Outer World 2, but they also become even more ridiculous as Obsidian is designed to expand the sense of humor. Additionally, players can expect to listen to Fallout: New Vegas-inspired Radio System, which features radio stations for each major faction, each with 20 original songs.

Factions have enriched and improved the Outer World 2, Obsidian says there are six companions who have received the same treatment. Niles is a Earth Bureau agent whose stories can be shaped by the actions of players and is the first companion you meet. Today's direct also shows the “a little cute” self-driving drone, who helps Niles, named Val, and the deadly assassin and mathematician Marisol, cultist Aza, a combat doctor who survived the experiment called Inez, and Tristan, Tristan, a heavy armored protector.

bridge

Obsidian wants players to know how they choose to experience the choice of External World 2, and the best example of player choice is an early mission called “Bridge”. All this is to find ways to lower the bridge, and players can take more direct options, such as persuading the protection agency to put down the bridge itself, sneak into the control room, and burn with a gun.

However, Obsidian takes the option a step further, allowing players to choose to use a protective shield to prevent gas from bypassing dangerous areas or jumping boots to provide more traversal options. You can even sacrifice your companions to get the gaps in the bridge. This is the freedom the team calls.

With today's direct approach, Obsidian shares his thoughts on the sequel, saying, “Outside 2 is indeed the biggest game we've ever made.” As we get closer to its newly announced release date, it's easy to understand why. More information about Outer World 2 you can read Its October release date announcement. You can also view more information about its price, Confirmed as $80also Our conversation with Marcus Morgan of Obsidian at IGN Live.

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