Outcast: Second Contact
Outcast: Second Contact is a complete remake of the action-adventure game developed in 1999 by Appeal for the PC. Take off on an exploration of Adelpha, an alien world as beautiful as it is dangerous, where…
Outcast: Second Contact is an adventure developed by Appeal Studios, released 29 September 2017 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.29 at Gamesplanet.
What Outcast: Second Contact is
Outcast: Second Contact is an adventure game developed by Appeal Studios and released in 2017. It was published by Bigben Interactive. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Take on the role of Cutter Slade, an elite soldier with a strong character, sent to an alien planet as Earth's last chance. Explore an awesome world that merges science and magic, explore exotic native cities, take on formidable enemies and try to uncover the secrets of an advanced civilisation. Make the right choices in a living world that has its own ecosystem, because the fate of two universes depends on your success.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, open world and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 41 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Outcast: Second Contact 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 2017 averaged 71, so it scored about average for its year.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 4th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 Processors / AMD FX® 8300, 6 GB RAM and GeForce GTX670 / AMD Radeon® 7950. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 15GB. 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 $1.29 at Gamesplanet, 91% below its usual price. Across the 7 stores we track, the same game ranges up to $3.50 — a spread of $2.21 for an identical product.
What it launched against
Outcast: Second Contact launched on 29 September 2017, within three weeks of Cuphead, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Middle-earth: Shadow of War and Divinity: Original Sin 2. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Cuphead, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Divinity: Original Sin 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Outcast: Second Contact yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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