I did not love this game at first, I finished it once and then uninstalled because the experience left me frustrated and disappointed that I had wasted my time on such a subpar game. The combat was clunky, the story was barely there, and this is one of those games where you have to look up things often which I did not do so I ended up missing out on a lot of events and not getting the outcomes that I wanted. I didn't think about the game for 3 years afterwards. This isn't a game for everyone.

I'm not sure what compelled me to spend more money on the DLCs 3 years later but I am very happy that I did. This time around it just clicked. I learnt not to try to dodge roll through everything, I paid more attention to the little bits of lore throughout the world, I enjoyed the sights and sounds rather than just rushing through it, and I thoroughly enjoyed playing through the game another seven times after I was done with my second playthrough. The QoL features added in the Definitive Edition helped as well, I barely remember my first time playing but the subsequent playthroughs have been less tedious than I remember and more fun.

Outward is in my top five RPGs of all time. If an Outward 2 ever releases, or something similar to it, I'm there day one.

I did not love this game at first, I finished it once and then uninstalled because the experience left me frustrated and disappointed that I had wasted my time on such a subpar game. The combat was clunky, the story was barely there, and this is one of those games where you have to look up things often which I did not do so I ended up missing out on a lot of events and not getting the outcomes that I wanted. I didn't think about the game for 3 years afterwards. This isn't a game for everyone. I'm not sure what compelled me to spend more money on the DLCs 3 years later but I am very happy that I did. This time around it just clicked. I learnt not to try to dodge roll through everything, I paid more attention to the little bits of lore throughout the world, I enjoyed the sights and sounds rather than just rushing through it, and I thoroughly enjoyed playing through the game another seven times after I was done with my second playthrough. The QoL features added in the Definitive Edition helped as well, I barely remember my first time playing but the subsequent playthroughs have been less tedious than I remember and more fun. Outward is in my top five RPGs of all time. If an Outward 2 ever releases, or something similar to it, I'm there day one.