When my colleague Marcus Stewart and I visited Obsidian Leisure final month to take a look at The Outer Worlds 2 for the present Sport Informer cowl story, we went in with one purpose in thoughts: to search out out if we will pet one thing, something, in The Outer Worlds 2 (okay, and possibly to play the sport and interview the crew and discover out why folks needs to be enthusiastic about this expansive sequel).
Everybody, I come bearing excellent news: there are pets in The Outer Worlds 2, and sure, you’ll be able to pet them.
If you happen to performed The Outer Worlds again in 2019, you recognize Obsidian’s luscious sci-fi world was stuffed with all types of oddities, from weapons to characters to areas to capitalistic tendencies to creatures. Till DLC was launched post-launch, although, you couldn’t have a pet in The Outer Worlds, regardless of all of the enjoyable creatures that will’ve been good as a pet (taking a look at you, Raptidon). That’s modified with The Outer Worlds 2, as you’ll be able to add pets to your galactic interloping household all through the journey, with a number of creatures (and even an automechanical) to select from. Sadly, we couldn’t wrestle out what creatures gamers can anticipate to befriend in The Outer Worlds 2 from Obsidian, however we did ask the crew about this determination.
“We now have plenty of several types of creatures within the sport, ” director Brandon Alder tells us. “We truly had a fairly monumental checklist that we went by and have been like, ‘Alright, which of those completely different NPCs or creatures will we wish to take and convert into pets?’” Adler says gamers can anticipate to achieve pets as request rewards, by discovering them within the wild, and even as creatures accessible to buy from distributors.
Don’t anticipate your pets to run round locations like Paradise Island with you, although. Adler says you’ll be able to solely have one energetic pet at a time and you choose which pet you wish to be energetic in your ship. From there, the pet will stay out and about in your ship, and it’s right here that you would be able to pet them as a lot as you’d like. One in all these pets may even be a Protectorate Drone, although they’re “neutered” and gained’t have entry to weapons or ammunition as they fly round your ship.
“I believe folks identical to having pets and petting them and having them alongside for the journey,” Alder says. “You will get an entire bunch of them, however can solely have one energetic at a time, and also you select which energetic pet you need in your ship they usually keep in your ship. You’ll be able to pet them, and no, they will’t die – don’t be merciless. Or be merciless, it’s as much as you.”
Sport Informer’s cowl story for The Outer Worlds 2 is accessible to learn proper now in case you’re a subscriber (and this concern is transport to mailboxes as we converse). For extra, take a look at this checklist of 8 enjoyable info about The Outer Worlds 2’s first biome, Paradise Island, after which take a look at this unique gameplay section showcasing Paradise Island.
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