The roleplaying game experts at Obsidian Entertainment kicked off 2025 with the release of their fantasy action RPG Avowed , and they're set to wrap up the year with a sequel to their 2019 sci-fi first-person shooter with RPG elements, The Outer Worlds . After playing through The Outer Worlds 2 , it's clear the developers have built on nearly every aspect of the original, making it one of the best RPGs released this year.

The Outer Worlds 2 refines the RPG formula Obsidian first honed with Fallout: New Vegas in 2010, giving players a range of ways to progress, from talking and sneaking to fighting their way through obstacles. What the team improved most, thankfully, is making the action-FPS RPG truly feel like one.

In The Outer Worlds 2, players step into the role of an agent fo

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