Outbuddies DX
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
Outbuddies DX is an adventure developed by Julian Laufer, released 15 October 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.79 at IndieGala. The main story takes about 7 hrs to finish.
What Outbuddies DX is
Outbuddies DX is an adventure game developed by Julian Laufer and released in 2019. It was published by Headup Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Clickteam Fusion.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Our main protagonist is John, a young adventurer and marine biologist. After a shipwreck, you wake up 36.000 feet under the sea in an unknown hostile cave system. You´re severely wounded and attached to an external life support droid called Buddy. Buddy can be controlled using your will to manipulate and scan your surroundings using a special symbol-based interface!
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, open world and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 38 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Outbuddies DX holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 7 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $1.79, that works out to about $0.26 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for CPU @ 2,2 GHZ, 2 GB RAM and Intel HD Graphics or better. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.79 at IndieGala, 90% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Outbuddies DX launched on 15 October 2019, within three weeks of The Outer Worlds, Disco Elysium, Persona 5 Royal and Luigi's Mansion 3. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Outer Worlds, Disco Elysium, Persona 5 Royal, Luigi's Mansion 3.
Official trailer
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