Fever_Discordia: OMG What's wrong with Outcast now? That's one of my most favorite games EVA! What's not to like?
groze: I've debated that to exhaustion on the Outcast subforums, along with Sufyan. There are a whole lot of things not to like about Outcast, but if you're interested in knowing what they are, check
this thread.
I'm not saying the fans shouldn't like the game, but for newcomers it offers nothing particularly exciting.
Wow, OK, personally I found it magically immerse and became very invested in the characters and setting very quickly!
Saying that though, these 3D RPG/Open World games are just about my favorite genre - I love Fable and Jade Empire and the 3D GTAs, just off the top of my head and Outcast was maybe the first one I played (it was either that or Omikron)
Also the Remake kickstarter is looking touch and go to get funded? I'm losing my faith in humanity here!
I WILL say that the original CD release I had was the most broken retail release I've ever known though - the installer was terminally bugged and you had to download a 1.5Gb 'patch' which was basically the game without CD check! It was dial-up back then too, so good job the game WAS amazing when I finally got to play it!