I enjoyed this game a lot despite its flaws. I like the setting, worldbuilding, humor and dialogue, variety of playstyles and characters. Main story of main game, DLCs and most side quests were designed and written well enough to keep me engaged with the game. There are a lot of choice and consequence situations that effect the environment and your end game slides. Actions of the player character create a convincing reactivity around the game. As for combat, shooting and killing stuff feels fine, some guns, especially science weapons were quite fun to use. Melee weapons are OK to use and time slow mechanic is fun to use. I noticed few bugs but they were very minimal and don't get in your way while playing.
For flaws I have to say I didn't really find perks to be useful after some point in my playthrough. They didn't help me much and I didn't even notice their effect after let's say, 20th level on my long-heavy weapon oriented character. Also the the inventory system was difficult to use because every time before I was entering a combat, I had to open up the inventory look through all the names of my supplies and use the ones I needed that moment (e.g. a lotion for +10 armor rating or a drink that gives hp regen). This takes so much that it kills the momentum of the combat. Also, I didn't find the game too challenging despite playing on Hard difficulty. And I have to say the ending for the game felt a bit too rushed for me, as I was anticipating more activity on the last planet but the game ended fairly quicker than I expected. Another thing I noticed was that it's cool to have many different playstyles you can try each time you start the game but at the same I didn't find the main storyline to be fun and engaging enough to play the game 3-4 times but who knows maybe I'll play The Outer Worlds many more times...
As for Spacer's Choice Edition, the game had a rocky launch but it runs OK on PCs right now. This edition has a different color pallete than the original too, and I wasn't a big fan of it so I had to download ReShade and apply filters to my game according to my taste. This made my experience much better, but still having to do this part is a flaw for the game. This just doesn't come down to personal taste because some parts of the game without Reshade just looks so bright and exposed.
For flaws I have to say I didn't really find perks to be useful after some point in my playthrough. They didn't help me much and I didn't even notice their effect after let's say, 20th level on my long-heavy weapon oriented character. Also the the inventory system was difficult to use because every time before I was entering a combat, I had to open up the inventory look through all the names of my supplies and use the ones I needed that moment (e.g. a lotion for +10 armor rating or a drink that gives hp regen). This takes so much that it kills the momentum of the combat. Also, I didn't find the game too challenging despite playing on Hard difficulty. And I have to say the ending for the game felt a bit too rushed for me, as I was anticipating more activity on the last planet but the game ended fairly quicker than I expected. Another thing I noticed was that it's cool to have many different playstyles you can try each time you start the game but at the same I didn't find the main storyline to be fun and engaging enough to play the game 3-4 times but who knows maybe I'll play The Outer Worlds many more times...
As for Spacer's Choice Edition, the game had a rocky launch but it runs OK on PCs right now. This edition has a different color pallete than the original too, and I wasn't a big fan of it so I had to download ReShade and apply filters to my game according to my taste. This made my experience much better, but still having to do this part is a flaw for the game. This just doesn't come down to personal taste because some parts of the game without Reshade just looks so bright and exposed.