With rumors that The Outer Worlds 2 may be in the works, many Fallout: New Vegas fans find themselves hoping that the new series will shoot for the stars and finally deliver a worthy New Vegas successor. The game's world was small and segmented, many of the companion characters were forgettable, enemies lacked variety, and the world lacked the broad interactivity made possible by Bethesda's engine. While The Outer Worlds was an impressive RPG, however, it struggled to live up to New Vegas' impressive legacy. The game was directed by Fallout creators Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, was developed by Obsidian just like New Vegas, and had a sci-fi setting with many of the same satirical trappings as the Fallout franchise. When The Outer Worlds released many fans of Fallout hoped it would be a worthy spiritual successor to Fallout: New Vegas.
