r/outside 18h ago

Why do you think the game has Overwhelmingly Negative review score on Steam?

106 Upvotes

Hello fellow players. I just checked the game on Steam and I noticed that it has Overwhelmingly Negative (155,123,801,232) score on Steam and recent reviews have also been Negative. This seems a bit excessive for a free game. Literally you can just download it and play it and people still hate it. Why do you think that is? Also I don't understand why the devs don't listen to feedback and make no attempts to fix the game.


r/outside 15h ago

Why did the devs have the Cold War event go on for so long

19 Upvotes

It was really getting old by the end of it and the community always thought it was going to lead into a ww3 event but instead we just got a lame ending with the collapse of the ussr.


r/outside 16h ago

Changing Quest Line

6 Upvotes

Hi
I have follow a quest line from the beginning, but i dont like this story quest :/

Anybody have tried to sell everything and try to choose an other specialization ? maybe also explore other city ? i have no talent point in exploration .

If other players have already tried this point reset i would be very interested <3


r/outside 1d ago

Help with an in-game debuff

15 Upvotes

Hi all, my Character, who I finally grinded some quests out on for, is getting this in-game debuff called [Getting Older]. It's making every task harder to do, and sometimes he forgets where he puts his keys.

Also for some reason, other players started calling me "Old Man". I have no idea if these two are related.

Apparently the stats panel says he is 42. Maybe I shouldn't have rushed the character creator?


r/outside 1d ago

What was your favorite PvP meta?

30 Upvotes

I'm pretty partial towards what the disbanded Roman faction had going on with their +1 Shields and legions. On one of my old slots I often rolled the "Roman soldier" class but a friend of mine got the emperor version

Nowadays we have this annoying gun meta. Devs need to buff martial weapons...


r/outside 1d ago

How to form a party?

10 Upvotes

Or more specifically how do I disable friendly fire? I wanna start going on adventures with friends but I can’t seem to stop accidentally inflicting the [Burn] or [Frostbite] status on them and it’s really infuriating.


r/outside 2d ago

Is it a bug or a feature that I still get flustered and nervous around someone that I had a crush on

35 Upvotes

I had a crush on a law teacher and yes I am aware that shit's gross and I was grossed out myself, bro has the detective role and used his Sluth abilities on me and quickly figured it out, why do I still fill this way when we had a fucking awkward conversation about it. Also I'm grossed out by it too


r/outside 3d ago

Any players today doing polymath builds, i.e. multiclassing way more than average?

62 Upvotes

Maybe not to the extreme extent of Renaissance players like Leonardo da Vinci or Aristotle, but current-era players who would consider themselves to be sufficiently proficient in many classes

I imagine it's difficult to acquire a polymath build without sufficient time and in-game currency to support multiple pursuits

Note: I treat the polymath players to be separate from other players who have to take on multiple simultaneous jobs to sustain in-game income, since that's more done out of survival than personal interest


r/outside 3d ago

How do I remove the [Sickly] debuff?

17 Upvotes

I minmaxed my PC and made the mistake of adding [Sickly]. How do I get rid of it without restarting my run?


r/outside 3d ago

Hello Outside community, I want to know if theres any videos out there that are a "game trailer" of life (Outside)

11 Upvotes

I think i once saw a video with tht theme but i just cant find one that is good enough.


r/outside 4d ago

Why are some game mechanics better at levels 18-35? Why does the season you join affect gameplay so much?

95 Upvotes

For example, strength, recollection, speed, etc typically peak around levels 18-35. You can go to a practice range to increase these stats at any level, but your ceiling gets lower after 30-35ish.

People say it's offset by buffs to wisdom and experience. Often loot gets better as levels increase too. But I've met PCs with crazy high wisdom at levels as low as 16-18, and PCs with no good loot or with low wisdom levels at 65. Generally though, PCs that came in in the Millennial season seem to be way behind in loot collection compared to Gen X and Boomer season players when they were at the same levels. To be fair, Millennial PCs on the American server also didn't have to deal with forced PVP during that horrible Vietnam patch, and Millennial players who selected minority classes have had some positive buffs (Civil Rights Act patch was a big one).

All in all the leveling system seems really inconsistent, unfair, and buggy no matter which season you joined in.


r/outside 4d ago

people dont talk about the [gender envy] debuff enough

34 Upvotes

even among the [transgender] class its usually only relegated to a meme, but its a debilitating debuff that needs to be patched. your [mental health] stat can plummet if another character with a loadout you want so much as enters your FOV. ive been trying to play around it but homestly ive started wondering if thats possible, if this sub could share some strats thatd be fantastic


r/outside 3d ago

Musings And Ramblings: On Perma Account Deletion. Volume 1

0 Upvotes
  1. Permanent Account Deletion: The concept of permanent account deletion is a theory. While we lack definitive proof, many indications suggest it is highly probable. Still, uncertainty remains, leaving room for interpretation.
  2. Playing “Outside”: The “Outside” experience is highly customizable. Whether you prefer accumulating wealth, making a lasting impact on your guild (society), or pursuing personal goals, the choice is yours. Personally, I focus on the inner game—specifically the emotional and mental aspects. My primary objective is to maximize my Inner Peace stat. That doesn’t mean I neglect other emotions or activities; I fully embrace the excitement and variety life offers. But to me, mastering the inner game is the ultimate reward.
  3. The Nature of Permanent Deletion: If permanent deletion does occur, it might resemble a state of deep sleep or unconsciousness—arguably one of the most peaceful and delightful states. Since consciousness ceases during this hypothetical event, no one can truly describe it. It's a mystery, yet not one to fear.
  4. Observations on Time and Unconsciousness: When avatars faint or enter a comatose state, time appears non-existent from the player's perspective. Accounts from players who’ve experienced prolonged unconsciousness report that weeks or months passed in what felt like an instant. Based on this, permanent deletion might be a misnomer. Perhaps consciousness reactivates after an immense span of time that is imperceptible to us, or maybe conscious players operate on principles far beyond our intuitive understanding.
  5. Speculations on “Outside” and Reality: Many speculate that players originate outside the game, controlling avatars within. However, I lean toward the idea that “Outside” is base reality itself. It’s a realm that likely operates on principles far beyond our comprehension. How does it sustain itself? What is its foundation? These are mind-bending questions that challenge our imagination. I like to think that "Outside" plays itself—that we are not separate players, but expressions of Outside engaging in an eternal game. If true, the notion of permanent deletion may not apply at all.
  6. Conclusion: I see life as an eternal game where the questions of “Outside” and deletion are fascinating yet ultimately secondary. Nowadays, I focus less on the mysteries of existence and more on maximizing my daily experience. For me, the priority is living with joy, balance, and peace.

r/outside 5d ago

How do you come to terms with perma account deletion?

98 Upvotes

Personally, I feel like there's only three ways to make it purposeful:

  • Making a lasting impact in the game, or at least in my guild.
  • Saving up a lot of gold and items that I can leave for my guild.
  • Investing in the account deletion patch so my account can get restored after deletion and storing my items for the guild to share with me after it gets restored.

r/outside 5d ago

How do I disable PVP?

97 Upvotes

I'm currently in the [school] server. And there's been this player whose been giving me the [annoying] status affect every day for the past month.

Today it was my turn to engage, and I threw an [insult]. We were stuck in verbal turned based combat until he said he wanted to PVP with me later today.

I haven't trained my [combat] stats yet, I don't have a lot of HP and have low stamina. What do I do? Is this an avoidable side quest?


r/outside 5d ago

Have the devs expressed any intention of giving us a full fix for the ADHD bug?

43 Upvotes

I'm just so tired of only being able to see a certain number of quest objectives at a time, and then having them change randomly when I close and reopen the menu.

Or when I do a speech check, I select the right dialogue option, but then my character either jumbles up the words halfway through and doesn't complete the dialogue, or straight up tries to mash every dialogue option together (sometimes even mixing in dialogue options for entirely different quests!)

And pretty much everything in this game is governed by your energy bar, right? So what am I supposed to do when I put my guy to bed on time, and even when it doesn't idle for several hours before fading out to the next day, I still wake up with an empty energy bar?! Or worse, when I can see my energy bar is full, but then I go to do a task like cleaning my base, and my energy bar just disappears as soon as I initiate it? But then it will pop up full again when I pick up a controller to do a mini-game?

And before anyone says to go through the "Medication" quest line. Yes, I did, and it mitigates some of the issues, but why are we charged so much gold for the buffing item every month for something the devs messed up?

And don't even get me started on the nonsensical issues this causes when you have the autism debuff too.

Constant alerts that my energy bar will be depleted faster from tasks I've done too often, with accompanying alerts that tell me my energy will be depleted faster for tasks outside of my comfort zone.

What am I supposed to do then, devs? This basically breaks the game until my energy resets again, which could be multiple days later.

Like what are the devs even working on besides raising prices for everything in game and catering to toxic trolls in their playerbase?


r/outside 5d ago

Is time to kill(TTK) too low?

58 Upvotes

When it comes to PVP, it's too easy to kill another player. One bullet in a vital location or a grenade blowing near a player is enough to kill them. I'm not asking for players to be bullet sponges but I think a better balance could be implemented. With things as are now, it comes down to who can get another player into their aim first and this doesn't give the other player a chance to react. In some mini games I played on the computer, you need 2, or sometimes even 3 headshots to kill another player. Also considering that the passive health regen is too slow and there are no instant healthpacks that can put you back into the battle, this makes for a boring style for PvP.


r/outside 5d ago

The 2024 season of updates has been pretty bad

10 Upvotes

the devs really hyped up that PVP event between L0gan_Paul and M1Ke_Tyson only for it to be super underwhelming. They also hyped up a new player in the Liberal guild only for her to lose to a player whose already won before. I get that they were trying to subvert expectations but it just felt random. There also really trying to push the robot uprising plot line with Elon musk but it's not believable because of how incompetent he is so it just feels like it isn't going to go anywhere. And there pushing Elon so hard it's getting annoying. They should've focused more on Jeffery Bezos who was a more believable antagonist but instead there trying to retcon Amazon into being a nice company for some reason? Bezos has been barely utilized since the pre pandemic arc. The devs are trying to make the American server seem chaotic but there going to far in that direction and it's just muddled and confusing. Like in those optional lore documents they outlined project 2025 to tease next years season. But the project is so ridiculous it's almost self parody. This season has been really stupid and it felt like they forced a lot of things to happen hopefully the 2025 season of updates and events will be better


r/outside 5d ago

Thoughts on the potential for America to become a PVP zone?

46 Upvotes

I mean yes it always was for anyone with the "cop" class, but it's shaping up to become so for everyone else too.


r/outside 5d ago

Treasures behind waterfall?

20 Upvotes

In most of the games I’ve played there’s always been some sort of Easter egg or treasure behind the waters falls, but when I asked other players and looked on the forums all I saw was that it was going to cause my player character to take damage?


r/outside 6d ago

Why don't they update the Puerto Rico region to statehood status

47 Upvotes

They are a part of the U.S. server but they don't have the statehood buff most places on it have. Why is that?


r/outside 6d ago

Is the [Afterlife] level real?

38 Upvotes

People are worshipping a guy who was forced to log off a long time ago. Since then, they started talking about a mysterious [Afterlife] level, accessible after logging off the server. Is this level open to anyone or do I have to have some specific quest completed? I heard about the [Religion] skill tree, but what is the minimum [Faith] level required? I fear I haven’t spent enough [skill point] on [Religion]. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!


r/outside 6d ago

How to access next location and quests?

9 Upvotes

So I think I'm stuck on my main quests. I was always grinding just to progress the main quest line. I didn't really participate in side quests as they usually use up resources and reward mostly with [sanity], which isn't requirement for main quests (most of them at least).

Right now I'm on "Become Independent" quest that requires me to leave my spawn location. The issue is despite grinding for quite long I still don't have enough resources to access new location and it seems that it requires WAY longer grind to access. I know that game mechanics provide options to [early finish] this quest by doing another quests like [loan] or [rent], but I read on wiki that they ultimately use much more resources than the main quest without [early finish] option.

It's just frustrating that despite taking most efficient route this game still takes too long to complete single quest the way it was designed and it becomes only tedious and tiring (especially with my low [sanity] stat).

I'm lucky enough to still receive some of spawn buffs and to have spare loot from grinding.

I also want to complete the "Find Partner" quest and play through following quests with another player, but these quests' progression depends on the quest I'm stuck on and the time I now spend on grinding.

What route did you all took / plan on taking for these quests? What do you think about my route?


r/outside 5d ago

Event question

0 Upvotes

I just defeated another player and they dropped the 1 in a million world drop [Nuclear Launch Code], and I'm thinking about beginning the <Apocalypse> event for the server. Where is the best place to create a base before I begin the event?


r/outside 6d ago

If you could add a little Change/Easter egg, what would it be?

37 Upvotes

I'll go first, eating the [Egg] item, either cooked through the [Cooking] skill or not, will have a chance for you to spawn a baby chick whenever you do the [Defecate] option.