THE OUTER WORLDS
A lot of games have extra-difficult ways to play. You can finish Deus Ex without killing anyone, sneak through Dishonored without being detected, and play Thief with zero combat. Phil and I each played about 90 minutes of The Outer Worlds, Obsidian Entertainment’s upcoming RPG, and I can already predict the toughest way to complete it.
It’ll be making it through the entire game without ever telling a lie. It’s got to be nearly impossible, because in just this short session alone the two of us bluffed constantly. I lied to a drug dealer who hired me to track down his missing stashes, telling him I couldn’t find them so I could keep the drugs for myself. Phil lied to a weeping mother about the fate of her missing son and claimed to be a professional athlete so he could investigate a gambler’s murder. I lied
