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As Commander Shepard, you lead your Normandy crew across the galaxy chasing a rogue Spectre in a landmark sci-fi RPG built around its dialogue wheel, companion bonds and choices that carry into the sequels. Combat is real-time cover shooting with pausable squad powers.

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  • Dialogue and role-playing
  • Choices with consequences
  • Lore and world history
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The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition

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2023PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable74 % positive39.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Mass Effect: dialogue where you play your role, choices with consequences and companions you grow fond of.

A satirical sci-fi first-person shooter RPG from Obsidian where you shape the story through dialogue, choices and companions in a corporate-run colony. The Spacer's Choice Edition bundles the main game with all DLC in a polished version.

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The Outer Worlds

Choices with consequences

Obsidian's satirical space RPG drops you into a corporate-run colony where your dialogue choices and allegiances decide the fate of its factions. Biting humor, likeable companions and first-person gunplay define the experience.

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Sci-fi setting

As Star-Lord you lead the bickering Guardians through a linear, cinematic space adventure packed with banter and an '80s soundtrack. In combat you direct your team's special moves. Its real strength is a heartfelt, funny story about a found family.

Fallout: New Vegas

Choices with consequences

A post-apocalyptic RPG set in the Mojave, where rival factions vie for control of Vegas and your choices, dialogue and skills decide the fate of the whole region. Sharp writing, dark humor and huge freedom in how quests unfold make it a genre classic.

Binary Domain

Sci-fi setting

A third-person squad shooter set in 2080 Tokyo where you dismantle enemy robots piece by piece. Its squad trust system and story about human-like robots set it apart.

Star Wars Outlaws

Sci-fi setting

As scoundrel Kay Vess and her critter companion Nix, you roam an open Star Wars galaxy, playing crime syndicates against each other while mixing stealth, blaster fights, speeder rides and space dogfights. Its appeal is the authentic smuggler-adventure fantasy across several richly detailed planets.

Consortium

Choices with consequences

A first-person sci-fi RPG set entirely aboard a giant futuristic aircraft. Dialogue, choices and interlocking systems shape how the story of parallel dimensions unfolds.

BioShock Infinite

Lore and world history

A first-person shooter set in the floating city of Columbia, mixing fast combat with Vigors and skyline rails with a mind-bending tale of alternate realities. Companion Elizabeth and the stunning finale make it a standout narrative experience.

Pragmata

Sci-fi setting

Capcom's sci-fi action game on a lunar station blends third-person shooting with real-time hacking, as android companion Diana cracks enemy defenses while Hugh fires. Their bond drives the story.

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