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LTTP: Outcast
Alfred J. Kwak
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Welcome, stranger! This thread is devoted to Outcast, an action-adventure computer game by Belgian developer Appeal, released in 1999. Outcast was considered well ahead of it's time, featureing beautiful stunnings graphics (no, really), completely rendered by a voxel engine, with such an amazing level of detail no one has ever experienced before. The game takes place on the parallel world Adelpha, broken up into six region that can only be reached via Stargates, the so-called Daokas. Each of those regions resembles another climatic zone, like the snow-covered polar region of Ranzaar, where your enter the world first, the vulcanic mountain area of Motazaar or the ancient forests of Okaar. Adelpha is populated by the strange looking, human-like beeings known as the Talans. For centurys, they lived in peace and harmony, until one day the Fire Cast took over the power, enslaved their people and forced them to work on the fields and in the mines. Now they are awaiting the arrival of their messiah, the Ulukaï, to come to their world and put an end to the reign of terror. Then, out of nowhere, you arrive on Adelpha, and in the course of these events nothing will be the same as it was before
Okay, so I just saw this picture of Outcast flying around the internet and I decided that it was just about time to give this remarkable game yet another run. The last thing I remember about it is that I never made it into the jungle area. So, I started a new game, and suprisingly enough the graphic still held up pretty well to this day (when I first played it, I was absolutely astounded of how great and organic the game looked like!), at least better then those screens might make you guess. Unfortunately, the game runs really slow on my computer, so I did a quick check on the web and found out that it would probably be the best to install CPU Grabbe or similiar programms to prevent Outcast from using all the processing power. Looks like there are also several patches to fix a few problems that might occur when you're playing this on a modern computer.
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Outcast Intro
In 2007 the U.S. government successfully sends a probe to an alien world in a parallel universe. The probe starts transmitting video images of the world back to Earth. Then, just minutes into the mission, an alien life form discovers the probe and damages it, causing an unforeseen backlash of energy to create a black hole threatening Earth. Cutter Slade, a former U.S. Navy SEAL, is given the job of escorting three scientists (William Kauffmann, Anthony Xue and Marion Wolfe) on a mission to this alien world to recover the probe and close the black hole.
Arriving in this alien world, Cutter is separated from the other scientists and is hailed by the natives as their messiah, the Ulukai.
Welcome, stranger! This thread is devoted to Outcast, an action-adventure computer game by Belgian developer Appeal, released in 1999. Outcast was considered well ahead of it's time, featureing beautiful stunnings graphics (no, really), completely rendered by a voxel engine, with such an amazing level of detail no one has ever experienced before. The game takes place on the parallel world Adelpha, broken up into six region that can only be reached via Stargates, the so-called Daokas. Each of those regions resembles another climatic zone, like the snow-covered polar region of Ranzaar, where your enter the world first, the vulcanic mountain area of Motazaar or the ancient forests of Okaar. Adelpha is populated by the strange looking, human-like beeings known as the Talans. For centurys, they lived in peace and harmony, until one day the Fire Cast took over the power, enslaved their people and forced them to work on the fields and in the mines. Now they are awaiting the arrival of their messiah, the Ulukaï, to come to their world and put an end to the reign of terror. Then, out of nowhere, you arrive on Adelpha, and in the course of these events nothing will be the same as it was before
Okay, so I just saw this picture of Outcast flying around the internet and I decided that it was just about time to give this remarkable game yet another run. The last thing I remember about it is that I never made it into the jungle area. So, I started a new game, and suprisingly enough the graphic still held up pretty well to this day (when I first played it, I was absolutely astounded of how great and organic the game looked like!), at least better then those screens might make you guess. Unfortunately, the game runs really slow on my computer, so I did a quick check on the web and found out that it would probably be the best to install CPU Grabbe or similiar programms to prevent Outcast from using all the processing power. Looks like there are also several patches to fix a few problems that might occur when you're playing this on a modern computer.
Screenies:
Movies:
Outcast Intro
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The game however, looks/sounds like it could be enjoyable.
Well, but in the german version he has the voice of Bruce Willis, and you just can't dislike someone who talks (and looks?) like Bruce Willis
But yeah, if he sounds and looks like Bruce, he can't be all bad.
And of course I was talking about the german voice over of Bruce Willis - he fits him quite well actually
He has the german Bruce Willis voice actor. So,the guy who does Bruce Willis voice in all german movies.
It was awesome
Completely orchestral, booming choirs, it's probably one of the best produced soundtracks of all time. When you start the game you'll swear the red army is standing outside your window.
Nothing's forgotten, nothing is ever forgotten
I had forgotten about this gem until right now. Anyone know if it still runs? I feel like last time I tried to install it, it crashed constantly. It's also possible that I'm an idiot and making this up, but I'll have to try to find the disc tonight.
Edit!: Wow! Turns out I am an idiot. I so didn't read the entire first post, I just got excited and couldn't hold my fingers back, apparently. Looks like it will run, with patches etc.
Something I always wanted to know - in the big town you could sometimes hear a flute playing - was that some melody out of star wars?
The only real problem I had with this game was that it made you learn a whole language - why couldn't a fish be called a fish?
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Dead fucking serious.
It's a pity that Appeal gambled on the wrong technology with voxels. Even though the game looked beautiful it needed a fairly beefy CPU and hardly used 3d acceleration at all (I believe there was a patch for the character models and some environmental objects that were made up of polygons).
If we had voxel acceleration hardware or if Appeal had used polygons rather than voxels then perhaps it would've launched a long running, much loved series because the first game was complete quality.
Yep, I just downloaded CPU Grabber, locked it at 55 and it runs perfectly fine
Ha, I've forgotten how much fun the combat in this game actually is. I'd constantly run out of ammo because I attack every enemy patroll I run across, although I still haven't found any other weapon safe for my lvl 0 Pistol. Well, I guess I should do a short trip to Okriana to buy better equipment.
And does anyone remember how to unlock closed doors? I've got 3 keys with me, but I haven't found out yet how to use them on the doors.