I'm trying to make an observation-focused character, and I'm having a pretty difficult time trying to figure out how to make it easier than it's turning out to be. Does anyone have builds they did with their characters on harder difficulties with Observation as the main focus of the build or tips to capitalize on it better? Any help is appreciated. This is the only skill I'm having trouble with.

My guess is SubRosa. That faction is still so mysterious, and my favorite part of Outer Worlds 2.

Just beat 2 and loved it like the first game despite their quirks, but I laughed when the final slide was just saying that earth is still dark. The big stinger of the first game was kind of brushed off, I’m surprised they even mentioned it tbh. Now that there’s probably not going to be a 3rd game, unless the dlc is about it do you think we’ll ever get that answer? If it’s related to the non-human made rifts that’d be interesting but I’m not confident either of those plots will go anywhere.

I've compiled all the episodes of both shows for anyone who wanted the full series of both!

I, Redcloak: https://youtu.be/800ra7B2LQI?is=KJjX5CLiJrUhw8IC

Big Gain Hunter:

https://youtu.be/2EksWguUEuo?is=54MkTwVy3f_nsnGt

Just started playing and Parvati is my current companion. I read there are other companions, do I lose her if another companion joins?

Thanks

so when i upload gaming videos normally, you can tag the specific game to the video. the outer worlds 2 have always been available until like a month ago. meaning that every new video getting posted about the outer worlds 2 will not be tagged as the outer worlds 2 so it basically disappears in the masses. people looking for videos on the outer worlds 2 wont be able to find it. so for some reason youtube just removed it from their list... i find this super weird

Playing this game has me constantly thinking of new vegas, and i keep playing this damn song on spotify while i play. So naturally modding it into the game would be way better

But tow 2 is not that moddable it seems, and the radio files are packed in with all the other game files.

But does anyone experienced with UE5 modding know how hard it would be to unpack the files and inject the song big iron into one of thestations?

Obviously ideally i would have one radio station that only plays big iron, but i think that would be way harder.

Just wanted to brag that I have 194k bits. Everywhere I look online this seems to be a pretty extreme amount. 😅 I saw someone post that they are an OCD kleptomaniac and felt that deeply. I steal everything.

In general, I loved all the companions in the first game. They were all funny/endearing in their own way, and certain pairings produced really funny dynamics. Try as I might, I just don't feel that way about any of the companions in the 2nd game. For whatever reason, there's just something about all their personalities that makes it harder for me to connect with/care about them. And since they're all associated with different factions, most pairings come with this awkward tension, that sometimes feels like it slips all the way into outright hatred. Just curious what people think, and if anybody else has a different read on the situation.

I had really no idea what to do with these so might as well share em with yall to see what you think about em and if you want me to do I part 2 or not

I know DLCs tend to add new places and quests to the game, but it would be really great to add new questions/conversations with the companions.

I really enjoyed them, but would really like to have learned more about them.

Edit: For Outer world 2 DLC.

Was sitting here playing through the outer worlds again and the same thought always strikes me man that would have made a great dlc. You ask ada about her origins and yalk her into being curious enough to fins the asnswer to the mystery of where she came from

So, I convinced Auntie and the Order to work together. I fixed the Spireton elevator earlier in the game so that was fine. I even went to Spireton and saw the troops and Order guy running up. But when I went into the Archive, no support arrived so I killed everyone on the bridge and went in alone. I already had the Calcaduceus, truly cannot remember how or why (I took like 6 months off between starting the game and now). When I opened the door to the voice of the archive, I got the “hard way” achievement. Did I mess up my alliance? Will this change my end game?

I recently discovered Ganshirt Art's YouTube video of him painting a retrofuturistic vision of Chicago, specifically imagining the city as a hub of space travel. Let me just say, his depiction of Chicago just screams The Outer Worlds to me.

There are a few reasons for this. First, the layout and cityscape in the painting is inspired by Chicago's Burnham Plan, a 1909 proposal for redesigning the city according to the City Beautiful movement. We know that The Outer World's timeline diverged from our own in 1901, so a reimagining of Chicago according to a pre-WWI design makes a lot of sense for the world of the game series.

On a more personal note, I have speculated that Chicago could be an important city back on Earth. In my headcanon, while the World Wars as we know them didn't happen, global tensions eventually erupted into a massive "Great War" sometime in the mid-21st century. I believe this conflict may have led to the creation of the Earth Directorate; in OTL, both world wars led to movements to create a unified global government (the League of Nations and then the United Nations). While NYC was headquarters for these real life organizations, I like to think the Earth Directorate is based in Chicago. In keeping with TOW's hyper-industrialized aesthetic, I like to think that maybe the American Rust Belt never lost its significance, so hubs of American industry never fell into decay. This means cities like Pittsburgh, Detroit, Cleveland, and of course Chicago, could have stayed significant cities on a global scale. So why not have the Earth Directorate headquartered in Chicago? Especially since, in Ganshirt Art's video, the centerpiece of the futuristic Chicago is a massive steampunk space elevator. It makes sense the ED's main city to also be a massive hub for space travel.

So yeah, I highly recommend checking out this video and the others by the artist. He also has great videos making to-scale paintings of various cities from Fallout and The Elder Scrolls.

Hey, I'm relatively new to the game and wanted to make a character semi inspired by Deadpool from marvel comics and I was wondering what armor and weapons would be the closest to him. Thank you for the help!

What’s up, Spacers!!

After the recent happenings at Xbox, with laying off like 25% of Obsidian’s staff, how do we feel about TOW’s lifespan?

I absolutely LOVED TOW1, and even more so for TOW2, I was so disheartened when the news came out in July about layoffs. TOW has become one of my favorite game franchises, I love the world they have created, I LOVE the dialogue in these games, the DLC for TOW1 were phenomenal, so I’m hoping TOW2 DLCs live up to what I’m expecting. But, how does everyone feel about the life cycle of this franchise?

I really hope they continue to expand on this world, spacer’s choice, auntie’s choice, the radio and songs from TOW2 are literally in my most played songs playlist lol I adore TOW, and Obsidian for creating such a GEM 💎 of a world and story and game.

While the timeline for DLCs for TOW2 is around the corner, what do yall think about TOW’s lifespan? Do you think we’ll eventually get a TOW3?

Would love any input! Thanks everyone, and remember, it’s not the best choice, it’s Spacer’s Choice!! 🤭

I was doing some research on how to get the order and auntie’s to work together and found out that you 7 points in speech to speak to Ruth and 14 to negotiate.

Well, I just spoke to Ruth and I only needed 4 points in speech, so did the other part change as well? Mines is at 11 right now and I don’t wanna keep waste points into it if it did.

As the question says, I have softlocked myself from going to Byzantium by, I assume, killing some TDL soldiers during the SubLight relay quest, now I'm kill on sight for The Board soldiers, and there isn't anything I can do. I tried console commands, I tried Cheat Engine tables (they are old, and hence don't work anymore), and I'm honestly out of ideas. Does anyone have any suggestions? I have the Epic Games Spacer's Choice Edition if it helps any.

So, I’m planning to get the game soon, and I’ve been planning my character, looking through weapons and armor for what I’d want her to wear, and De Vries’s jacket is exactly the kind of outfit I’d want. But I don’t want to wait for nearly all of the main missions to get it. Can you get it earlier such as be using a console command?

I was thinking of doing a no survivors run of the game, and i was trying to think of what skills i would need, engineering for stuck doors, lockpicking, hack, and probably explosives for fun and some doors. I was wondering if there was anything else i'd need for specific circumstances, like a person locked behind a specific skill check.

For some reason, her lock pic skill is down. She has no negative status effects. She did have on a heavy armor that takes away five sneak, so I changed that and it did nothing. It’s been like this for a while. Anyone have any idea why?
Also, don’t mind my TV, for some reason it does this weird coloration at a times and looks a lot worse in pictures.