Fallout New Vegas in space ? Oh how i hoped Outer Worlds would be that. It's obviously a bit unfair to compare the two, as any game should really be judged on its own merits, but i feel like that was a lot of the pull here (at least for me)

Outer Worlds probably owes some lineage to the Bethesda-type open worlds, and so many of its changes - most of them in the quality of life area - are straight up improvements to the formula.. on paper at least. Maybe i'm a bit off base here, but if all the rough edges are filed off of something, even if those edges were really irritating before, you're kind of just left with a smooth, featureless object, that just slips out of your hands, and out of your mind..

I don't mean to sound so negative on it, as it's still a really good game, and i would recommend it to most. The two DLCs were extra great - the team clearly found their groove by then, and it makes me hopeful for any future work in this series. I guess it just had a lot to live up to.
Is it better than Starfield? Probably. I haven't played it, and i doubt i ever will

[Short (and very late) review this time (again). I'm in a bit of a weird spot with writing these things - trying to find my voice again, if you know what i mean]