Explorable Planets are Smaller and Manageable
The Outer Worlds is considerably smaller than your regular Fallout game, and that’s very apparent when you take a look at the map size and the way the open world’s been broken up into individual planets.
This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, though, as the smaller size means that the areas themselves are more densely packed with things to do. Quests feel more fleshed out, too, rather than tons of mini side quests that don’t offer that much satisfaction in return.
Having smaller areas to explore also means that you can safely play through The Outer Worlds without the creeping anxiety of going through a large open world game, and feeling like there’s a million side things you have to do outside of the main story just so you can say you got the full experience.
