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#4389692 - 11/14/17 08:22 PM Outcast Second Contact Released  
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for those of you who never played it



I played it twice one billion years ago and loved it , since then it became unplayable in Win XP and Win7 and when it came out in a Win10 version (v1.1) it visually aged a billion years ...

today a completely updated version was released , hopefully the gameplay did not age.

worth a try IMO smile

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#4389763 - 11/15/17 04:06 AM Re: Outcast Second Contact Released [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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I just saw this the other day. I never played it back on release but had since bought it on GOG.com and really liked what I played. I didn't know this was out already. Is it a remaster in the since its been put through a new engine?

edit: I just watched that video and it definitely looks completely new. This looks really fun and its gorgeous.

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#4389789 - 11/15/17 10:46 AM Re: Outcast Second Contact Released [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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it is gorgeous - you can feel that they used all the resources they had in improving the game engine, it still feels like you are playing the original.

#4389795 - 11/15/17 11:43 AM Re: Outcast Second Contact Released [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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Is that a Stargate?


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#4389905 - 11/16/17 02:51 AM Re: Outcast Second Contact Released [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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Yep, there's stargates in the game. Actually its full of really unique story lore that definitely has a Stargate the motion picture vibe at least when it comes to the stargates and almost Egyptian-like alien civilization and the music in this game is great. Hope to get the remake someday but its pretty expensive.


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#4389911 - 11/16/17 03:50 AM Re: Outcast Second Contact Released [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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What is it? A RPG? A online RPG? A shooter? An adventure game? I have never heard of it.

#4389925 - 11/16/17 08:03 AM Re: Outcast Second Contact Released [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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It's an action-adventure game in an open world where science and magic meet.


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#4389937 - 11/16/17 11:19 AM Re: Outcast Second Contact Released [Re: letterboy1]  
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I started to play it - and it feels great
Originally Posted by letterboy1
It's an action-adventure game in an open world where science and magic meet.


that is exactly what it is - and with a great soundtrack

I started to play it - and it feels great !

this is one of those games that deserved much more success than it did have at the time, and it is a testament to how good it is that they managed to release it again while keeping the gameplay exactly as it was.

#4390072 - 11/17/17 04:23 AM Re: Outcast Second Contact Released [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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Wasn't it also one of the first games to render a 3D world with voxel technology? I still love the way the old one looks. Even those elements may be dated there's something about voxels that I love. Really organic or something, can't quite describe it. I think that's part of why I loved all the Novalogic games like Delta Force and Comanche.


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#4390161 - 11/17/17 04:44 PM Re: Outcast Second Contact Released [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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voxels ! that one was a dead end as soon as more powerful GPU came out.

you can still play it - v1.1 is compatible with Win10 .

#4390271 - 11/18/17 05:23 AM Re: Outcast Second Contact Released [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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Yeah I have it on GOG. Plays great on Windows 7.


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