Appeal Studio has released two new screenshots for OUTCAST – Second Contact. OUTCAST – Second Contact is the remake of the classic PC game Outcast, and promises to feature cutting-edge graphics and reworked controls for optimum immersion.
As we can see, these new screenshots show visuals that are up to what someone would expect from a current-gen title. Moreover, Appeal Studio has remained true to the game’s original art style, something that a lot of Outcast fans will appreciate.
Unfortunately, though, it appears that Appeal Studio has used chromatic aberration, resulting in some really awful and blurry results. Here is hoping that the studio will give an option to disable that particular effect.
Enjoy!
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This is necessary because from my experience the original game is unplayable.
Because of technical issues? If you haven’t played in a while, they released the 1.1 update a couple years ago that improved compatibility for modern OS’s and performance (also native Xinput support).
Because of the old and rough edges.
Some games are easier to look past than others.
Because the engine they use makes it impossible to see squat past your nose, because the combat is the worst i have ever seen in a game, your weapons fire paint balls that barely do any damage even if you shoot to the head, because the menus are awful to navigate and you will need to use them all the time in order to save. I could go on but while the idea of the game is good, everything in it, the engine, the level design the progression system the combat, the dialogue are all horribly implemented way behind other games.
I misread the title as Outlast not Outcast. Was scratching my head for a minute before I realized what it was actually about. I am all for this. I own the original Outcast from GOG but do find the dated graphics hard to play with.
Cool beans. 🙂
To the pits with the chromatic aberation though.
Good but slightly oversaturated. So it looks more toonish as compared with the original game.
Nothing too technical on the graphical side but I’m glad to see the artistic direction remains strong in this remake.
Ulukai!
this looks like day one garry incident
Looks way better than I was expecting and very, very faithful to the original. I can’t wait to replay one of the best games ever made!
fantastic !