NEED TO KNOW
WHAT IS IT?A sequel to the 1999 classic action adventure game, Outcast
EXPECT TO PAY£50
DEVELOPERAppeal Studios
PUBLISHERTHQ Nordic
REVIEWED ONAMD Ryzen 7 5700X, 32GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
MULTIPLAYERNo
There’s a fundamental contradiction between how Outcast – A New Beginning looks and sounds to how it actually plays. Visually, it’s often epic. The alien world of Adelpha has never looked better, with Pandora-lite environments seamlessly alternating between lush forests, coastal beachfronts, rocky mountainous expanses, snow-capped peaks and waterfall-laden ancient metropolises partially reclaimed by nature. The audio is also beautiful and atmospheric – it always speaks of wondrous cosmic adventures that await. What a shame, then, that hero of the hour Cutter Slade spends so much of his time in Outcast – A New Beginning undertaking very mundane, far from epic, open-world busywork.
Here’s a typical sort of exchange. Cutter Slade, ex-Navy SEAL and now, after far too long trapped on the alien world of Adelpha, haggard-looking dad bod chosen one, goes to alien Talan A
