The Outer Worlds vs METAL EDEN

• Perspective: First-Person
• Multiplayer: Single-Player Only
• Setting: Halcyon Star System
• Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
• Unique Feature: A satirical, anti-capitalist RPG with a unique 'Flaw' system that adapts your character's stats based on your in-game failures, and a deep, choice-driven dialogue system.

• Perspective: First-Person
• Multiplayer: Single-Player Only
• Setting: Dystopian Sci-Fi Orbital City
• Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
• Unique Feature: A unique 'Core Ripping' combat system that creates a strategic, resource-management loop within a high-speed movement shooter framework.

• The Crew of the Unreliable: The player can recruit six unique companions who live on their starship, The Unreliable. Players can bring two companions with them at any time. Companions will fight alongside the player, provide commentary on quests, and grant passive skill bonuses. Each companion also has a powerful, unique special ability that the player can command them to use in combat.
  Varies (Human, Robot)

• Science Weapons: Six unique weapons hidden throughout the Halcyon system, each tied to a specific side quest.
• Lore Terminals: Computer terminals and data pads found in every location, filled with darkly humorous corporate memos that build the game's satirical world.

• COREs: Ripped directly from enemies. The central resource used for offense (throwing), defense (healing/armor), and enabling the Super Punch.
• DUST: A currency found throughout the levels, used at vendor points to upgrade weapons and character abilities.

• Sci-Fi
• Action RPG
• Satire
• Hyper-Capitalism
• Player Choice
• Narrative-Driven
• Space Western
• First-Person

• Sci-Fi
• Cyberpunk
• First-Person Shooter
• Action
• Dystopian
• Transhumanism
• Robots

• Firearms: Varies (Pistols, Long Guns, Heavy Guns)
  A wide array of firearms, from pistols and assault rifles to plasma launchers and LMGs. Weapons are made by in-game corporations and can be modified with attachments.
• Melee Weapons: Varies (One-Handed, Two-Handed)
  A variety of close-quarters weapons, from blades to large hammers, which can be enhanced with elemental damage mods.
• Science Weapons: Unique
  A set of six unique, bizarre weapons with special effects, such as the 'Shrink Ray' (shrinks enemies), 'Gloop Gun' (causes enemies to float), and 'Mandibular Rearranger' (stuns and shuffles enemy faces).

• Submachine Gun: Primary Weapon
  A basic SMG with unlimited ammo, serving as a reliable fallback weapon.
• Shotgun: Primary Weapon
  A powerful shotgun praised for its satisfying impact and effectiveness in close-quarters combat.
• Heavy Pistol: Primary Weapon
  A pistol that fires a horizontal spread of projectiles, with an unlockable secondary fire that launches a lock-on rocket.
• Super Punch: Melee Ability
  A devastating melee attack that is enabled by consuming a ripped CORE. It is required to break the shields and armor of elite enemies.

• Body Suit: ASKA's cybernetic body suit, which can be upgraded via the 'Body Suit' skill tree to enhance movement abilities like dashing and jetpacking. Armor is a resource that can be replenished by consuming COREs.

• Armor Sets: Players can equip hundreds of different armor pieces and helmets. While there is no transmog system, the wide variety of corporate-branded gear (Spacer's Choice, Auntie Cleo's, etc.) allows for extensive cosmetic mixing and matching.

Players can upgrade ASKA through three distinct skill trees: Core Power (strength), Core Ripping (core mechanic), and Body Suit (movement). A currency called 'DUST' is used to upgrade a varied arsenal of futuristic weapons. Upgrades are designed to be meaningful, altering weapon models and adding new functionality, such as secondary fire modes.

The game is not an open world. It is structured around bespoke combat arenas connected by linear traversal sections. The level design emphasizes verticality and three-dimensional combat spaces, blending industrial sectors, decaying residential areas, and claustrophobic maintenance tunnels.

• The Stranger: Playable Protagonist
  A fully customizable colonist from the ship *Hope*. Their personality and skills are defined by the player, and they become the central figure in deciding the fate of the Halcyon colony.
• Parvati Holcomb: Companion
  A compassionate engineer from Edgewater who is an expert in mechanics and empathy. Her personal quest is a major highlight of the game.
• Vicar Maximillian 'Max' DeSoto: Companion
  An impassioned and conflicted Vicar of the Order of Scientific Inquiry, on a personal quest to find forbidden knowledge.
• Felix Millstone: Companion
  A rebellious, idealistic former box-loader who joins the player to fight against corporate oppression.
• Ellie Fenhill: Companion
  A pragmatic and cynical mercenary surgeon who joins the crew for profit and adventure.
• Nyoka: Companion
  A tough, hard-drinking monster hunter who is an expert on the creatures of the planet Monarch.
• SAM: Companion
  A sanitation and maintenance robot found on the *Unreliable*. After being repaired, it becomes a loyal companion that sprays acid on enemies.

• ASKA: Playable Protagonist
  A powerful combat android known as a 'Hyper Unit,' built around a digitized human psyche and dispatched on a perilous mission to the orbital city of MOEBIUS.
• Nexus: AI Handler
  The disembodied voice of ASKA's creator and sentient spaceship, who provides cryptic guidance and mission objectives.
• The ENGINEERS: Antagonists
  The mysterious entities that control MOEBIUS and its robotic defense forces.

• Main Story Quests
  A cinematic campaign that follows the player's quest to save the Halcyon colony, forcing them to make major decisions that will determine the fate of the factions and the system.
• Companion Quests
  Deep, multi-part loyalty missions for each of the six companions. Completing these quests explores their personal backstories and unlocks their most powerful abilities.
• Faction Quests
  Optional questlines for the various corporations and groups in the game (like Spacer's Choice or the Iconoclasts). Player actions in these quests will raise or lower their reputation with each faction.

• Q: What is The Outer Worlds?
  A: It is a single-player, first-person action RPG from Obsidian Entertainment, the original creators of Fallout. It's set in a satirical, hyper-capitalist space colony and is heavily focused on player choice, branching dialogue, and companion characters.
• Q: Is it an open-world game?
  A: No, it is not a single seamless open world. It features a series of large, separate 'open-zone' maps on different planets that you travel between using your spaceship.
• Q: What is the 'Flaw' system?
  A: It's a unique mechanic where the game offers you a permanent, negative debuff (a Flaw) based on your gameplay, such as a fear of robots after fighting them a lot. If you accept the Flaw, you immediately get a free Perk point, allowing for unique role-playing.
• Q: Is it like Fallout: New Vegas?
  A: It shares a lot of the same DNA. It was led by the same directors as Fallout, and features similar dark humor, satirical themes, faction reputation systems, and deep, choice-driven quest design.

• Q: What is METAL EDEN?
  A: METAL EDEN is a single-player, first-person 'movement shooter' that combines the fast-paced, arena combat of DOOM with the cybernetic parkour of Ghostrunner.
• Q: What is the 'Core Ripping' mechanic?
  A: It's the game's central feature. Players can rip energy cores from enemies and must choose whether to use them offensively as a grenade (which drops more ammo) or defensively to heal and power up a special melee attack.
• Q: Is the game open world?
  A: No, it features a linear structure with bespoke combat arenas connected by more constrained traversal sections.
• Q: Does the game use AI voice acting?
  A: The developer has disclosed that the game 'features voice-over content partially created through AI voice generation tools.' This was a point of criticism in the public demo, and the quality in the final release is a key point of interest.

• OFFICIAL PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS for the original 2019 release. A 'Spacer's Choice Edition' with higher requirements was released in 2023. The following extrapolations for modern laptops are based on the original, well-optimized release.
• Laptop Performance Note: Laptop versions of the listed desktop GPUs require comparable performance. Given the game's age and optimization, most modern gaming laptops will run The Outer Worlds at high settings and framerates without issue.
• Laptop Consideration: G P U T G P: Not a critical factor for this title, as even lower-power laptop GPUs can easily run the game at high framerates.
• Laptop Consideration: Cooling Thermals: The game is not overly demanding, but good cooling is always beneficial for maintaining consistent performance during long sessions.
• Laptop Consideration: C P U Power Limits: The game is not CPU-intensive by modern standards, and most modern mobile CPUs will handle it without issue.
• Laptop Consideration: M U X Switch Optimus: A MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus can help reduce system latency, which is beneficial for the game's first-person shooter combat.
• Game Name: The Outer Worlds

• OFFICIAL PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. These specifications reflect the use of Unreal Engine 5. An NVME SSD is a mandatory requirement for both minimum and recommended tiers.
• Laptop Performance Note: Laptop performance will vary based on the specific model's cooling and TGP. As a fast-paced movement shooter, maintaining a high and stable framerate is crucial for the best gameplay experience.
• Laptop Consideration: G P U T G P: Maximum TGP for the laptop's GPU is essential to handle the advanced graphical features of Unreal Engine 5 and maintain high framerates.
• Laptop Consideration: Cooling Thermals: The game's visually rich world and intense, effects-heavy combat will require a laptop with a cutting-edge cooling solution to prevent thermal throttling.
• Laptop Consideration: C P U Power Limits: A powerful multi-core mobile CPU will be critical for handling the complex enemy AI and physics-based combat.
• Laptop Consideration: M U X Switch Optimus: A MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus is a critical feature for reducing latency and ensuring the best possible performance in a fast-paced FPS.
• Game Name: METAL EDEN

• G P U T G P: Not a critical factor for this title, as even lower-power laptop GPUs can easily run the game at high framerates.
• Cooling Thermals: The game is not overly demanding, but good cooling is always beneficial for maintaining consistent performance during long sessions.
• C P U Power Limits: The game is not CPU-intensive by modern standards, and most modern mobile CPUs will handle it without issue.
• M U X Switch Optimus: A MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus can help reduce system latency, which is beneficial for the game's first-person shooter combat.

• G P U T G P: Maximum TGP for the laptop's GPU is essential to handle the advanced graphical features of Unreal Engine 5 and maintain high framerates.
• Cooling Thermals: The game's visually rich world and intense, effects-heavy combat will require a laptop with a cutting-edge cooling solution to prevent thermal throttling.
• C P U Power Limits: A powerful multi-core mobile CPU will be critical for handling the complex enemy AI and physics-based combat.
• M U X Switch Optimus: A MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus is a critical feature for reducing latency and ensuring the best possible performance in a fast-paced FPS.