CohhCarnage Plays OUTWARD 2 Pre-Alpha (With Nine Dots Studio CEO Guillaume Boucher-Vidal) 

Honestly the fact that a founder can talk about his game with this much love really sells it to me.

I love how game creators are having these longer chats with streamers and content creators it's so much better than the short tidbits you get with mainstream news avenues. Hope more gave devs take notice and start doing this more with streamers who are passionate about their games.

Outward gave me an experience no other game came close to giving me. A genuine adventure where navigating became an adventure of its own. Breathtaking vista combined with secret hiding in every corner. I cannot wait for outward 2.

This is the first content i'm seeing from CohhCarnage, i happenened to just be interested in outward 2. But i have to say, he's giving off such a nice and friendly vibe. He's so consistently respectful and empathetic to the developer in the stream. Very nice

Major respect that a game studio is so transparent and against crunch

This is the duel wielding we want! Thank you 9-dots Sellsword's Twinblades are BACK BABY!

So refreshing to to listen to game developers have an honest and frank discussion. Looking forward to this release!

I remember watching Guillaume playing the first game as demonstrations of the gameplay before launch and those really sold me on it. It felt like he really loved what he had made and was almost nervous to show it to people, I'm glad it was such a success. I'm really liking how the new one is coming along, but I hope we keep the core experience from the first game.

the leap in graphic fidelity is pretty insane

ive played hundreds of hours of the first. my only issue was that the world was empty but at 13:00 they mention it. im really glad theyre listening :)

@6:50 exactly why I first found outward. We wanted a split screen open world RPG

for an alpha build looks crisper the games that full released lately

Great video, thanks Cohh and Guillaume. I'd love more stuff like this in the future, if possible.

The combat already looks so much better than the first game... can't wait for this!

Dude the dual wield movesets are soooooo awesome looking! Combat looks like an amazing evolution.

character-centric > camera-centric kinematics. This makes the game's quality 1000x. It will make the character look more planted on the ground, as opposed to the camera dragging the character

Outward is something so incredibly special to me. I am SO happy they are bringing a second adventure to life. Feeling afraid for the sake of my characters life rather than for my soul currency…. Puts this on par with the souls series. And I can’t wait to see how number 2 will make my hands sweat

I love to see how happy and proud he is watching this gameplay. It's nice seeing creators who are so proud and tuned in with what their audience wants.

Loved watching you play through Outward twice. Excited for number 2! Such a unique game.

Will they have the same person doing the soundtrack? The music in the first one was one of my favorite parts.

I am soo stoked for this one !!!!

This is looking amazing already! Wish listed!

This dev is bang on and i will support this 100% outward 1 was great cant wait for 2

Woaw, this is now my new most expected game !! Looks great!!!

I was able to catch a bit of this on my lunch break, but I'll have to rewatch later. I'm so excited for this game. I played a bit of outward in 2020 but recently replayed it with the definitive edition, and got completely hooked. More outward with improved combat and more fleshed out world sounds like my dream game.

"Interrogation mark" took me a second to understand what he meant. I love hearing people speak English when it's not their first language. They connect dots that a native speaker wouldn't think to

My biggest complaint about Outward 1 was coming to a big town for the main quest and the response was always "come back in 3 ingame days and ill accept to your talk" AFTER that I just spent a few hours exploring the area while moving towards said city. So demotivating.

Looks very good imo, will def check it out

I hope they keep the survival aspect of the game it’s makes it more immersive like cold weather and using tea to keep warm , eating and sleeping ect

thank you so much Cohh for what you are doing to cover this IP. Nine dots are really recreating and even more improving the old rpg style. I really enjoyed everything about Outward 1! There's is an interesting interview on POLYGON about Morrowind that let the developpers explain what happened back on the days while there were into creating the game, it is for me a gem of an article that explain perfectly what making a game should look like, I hope one day Nine dots will manage to create such a great game, Outward had a great personnality and strong mecanics direction, I hope they will poursue on that and improve what was there, It would be enough to make a GREAT GREAT game !

great stuff

I have been playing outward 1 with my friend since February last year, and after finishing it, we start again. Truly amazing game.

Music got quite the Age of Wonders vibes, i love it :D

I so enjoyed the the first outward!

Cohh when I saw this vid I lost it!!! Oh my god I can't wait!!!

I can’t wait to play this it’s gonna be sweet

Using circles for meters is really genius. Allows you to easily identify major percentages like 1/4, 1/2, ... etc.

I missed it. FML. SUPER HYPED!

Let's go Guillaume, from Quebec city ! will buy your game for sure

This looks great

This looks so good. It looks like everything I loved about Outward's combat but with a bigger budget. I'm in love.

I love how the music keeps many parts of the old ost

This is a must buy for me. I really hope they spend the time they need to fully flesh out the game.

im so excited. almost 1k hours in outward all solo on HC. one of my favorite games of all time.

Glad he understands that while Zelda’s weapon fragility system sucks, gear durability is fine as a resource when it’s done well.

good show guys 👌

Wishlisted for an instant buy once its released - Crisper combat/graphics and more customization, Yes please/Thank you!

It's looking and sounding like the phenomenal game I wanted Outward 1 to be!

thank you Cohh!! thank you Nine dots!!!

Can’t wait for a new local coop adventure with my wife. This game is so special

HOW DID I NOT HEAR ABOUT THIS

will there be splitscreen coop?

The character walks like such a pauper 😂

Yea ill be honest, i play alot of Triple A games but man, for a game that isnt triple A, Outward was a dream. Still is in my opinion. I know they had me by the balls once i started playing and i learned the mechanics and enjoyed the artstyle and music. Cant wait for Outward 2.

I like this guy. Exact opposite of Todd Howard in every aspect. We need more guys like him in this industry.

This man is a hero

This dev understands that broad, playable early access can be a huge detriment to the development and should be used sparingly! Good to see :)

I loved my Outward 1 experience. Though I am very biased as I live in Quebec City, home of their studio. :P

Im seriously so excited to play with with my wife, we have over 500 hours on outward 1 together!

Time to go and finally finish the first game:)

OMG ! Outward 2 !! really reminds me of Gothic 3

these guys making the next fable game would be amazing

He was totally right just got my ps5 and saw the first part on sale very cheap I bought it to see what it was about and I must say they nailed it with split screen hoping for part two they keep that feature I started outward literally two weeks ago and have sinked many hours for the game very amazing!

Looks pretty good for pre alpha

I’m here because of your Lies of P play through which I thoroughly enjoyed. Great playthrough! Did you ever get your waffle?

Anyone know if it's the same composer? The music in Outward was truly amazing.

Loved the first game ! One thing I really would love you guys could improve if you have the resources for it is making the world feel a bit more alive, sometimes it felt a bit barren, don't really know how that could be achieved , maybe more Fauna diversity and npcs? With that said will definitely be getting the sequel :)

*Try to add more immersion with the interface-or at least options to turn things off, like enemy health bars

I never played Outward. This seems like a great game to have a long early Early Access before doing a 1.0 release. Would definitely play this

I didn't mind no fast travel at early and mid-game. However at late game when I was powerful and rich enough to afford it, not being able to do it felt cheap. At least allow me to buy my way to travel quickly with my 9,000 silver and gold lol. Also, making map navigation more dynamic and in-depth would be the solution to no-fast travel. I loved using my map I just wish there was more to it. I do not mind punishing mechanics, I just want them to possess depth so I can learn how to navigate it well. Same goes for weapon durability.

Please dont shy away from the use of color and neon effects from the first game it was such a neat art choice. Please tell me that Jean Francois Racine is working on the music for this game as well. Please tell me we are finally gonna see what the town of Haboob looks like. Will alpha pearlbirds still be secret boss fights?

I had so many funny moments playing Outward 1 with a friend, cant wait for 2 i just hope i dont get one shotted by random ice wizards or stunlocked by creepy wendigos lmao

Nice, I'll be keeping an eye out for this one. I haven't committed to getting the first one yet, I like the idea of it but it did appear janky. Hope this kne can deliver a similar promise with more polish

Dual wield. yep, im buying this. lol

hahah weapon durability is a warriors mana that is soo cool

Can we have one full breakthrough tree? One breakthrough point that let's us max out one whole tree skill?

theres gonna be a #2? already in. done. sold.

I like this CEO he is a real gamer looking forward to outward 2

I wonder how the PC controls will work.

Ahh I love the first game but I could never beat it, honestly it was hard af

Is burnt health being replaced with the wounds mechanic? I hope so. I didn't mind being punished for taking hits and being fatigued, I just wanted it to be more dynamic. Wounds system sounds like a good replacement but still punishing.

that shield is freaking huge. made of wood? the weight would be insane. i bet the metal shield would be worse.

i bought outward 1, still trying to understand the game, really hard but i hope i will beat it someday

Brilliant looking game and I'm sure it's fun for some, I wish the Devs all the luck with this and the future. Any game with survival stuff in ends up annoying me, I have to eat and 'live' in real life so doing them in games isn't fun for me, I'll watch cohh play it though

OUTWARD 2!? GIMME

As long as i can still play on pc with a mouse and kb like i did with the first one this is looking pretty awesome. The art style is a little cartoony for my taste, but it's not like the first one was a pretty game either and I have a lot of hours in that xD

Very curious to see this new system that requires the same tech as menu control. That’s got me very curious. 🤔

Hopefully they fixed the camera in this one. It was just too wonky in the first one and the camera/controls were the only reason I simply couldn't play it.

If this has mod support I'll play it a lot

Nioh 2 combat system out here

I notice, the mana does NOT regen.

I really liked the idea of Outward, but I balked hard while trying to play it, I'm all for not being a chosen one and all that but I felt I needed to much supplies for survival stuff, and I could deal with that over all, but my hard limit that forces me to hit a wall of being unable to play is timing out on quests, and its like oh well start another game and maybe you can finish the quest next time, also start over to follow another quest chain. Why can't I roam through the world an get the home plots in all the other cities without a questline, camping all the rest of the time and can't zip back to my place to be immersed. Prolly more nitpicky for me but I wish you could grind out more key skill unlocks or whatever its called, or at least get the ones you already had on future playthroughs, that would make me excited to loop again rather than passing like a piece of gear on.

I loved the first one but man I really hope they fix/improve the character creator this time around lol

This is not fair I played the game since day one😢 how do you get to play it... money is tuff right now!

This guy is speaking my language - I am also completely tired of games being centred around telling the player that they're the main character and they're so super speshul all the goddamn time. I'm so bored of being the chosen one.

Omg

Man... I love the first game so much, pretty much everything about it, but I just couldn't get through the combat jank. I've stopped and started the game over 4 times in the span of 3 years or so thinking each time "this is gonna be the one!" but nope it just doesn't happen. I was hoping the definitive edition did some sort of tweaking in the combat area, but I don't think they did. This looks completely different in terms of combat though! The animations and feedback look completely different and that awful slowdown stuck effect isn't there when you hit an enemy! Wish this was coming sooner, but I have no problems waiting because this will turn out amazing. For sure it's gonna be at least 2 or 3 years until it gets released. Wishing the team all of the luck!!

why not just make all the rewards of other factions inaccessible if you already committed to another faction? and playing with a friend would still let you get rewards from cooperatively completed quests(unless its a faction related)

they should open source development a bit, there are so many programmers willing to make menus systems and other things just to make the game better

I want to like this and its predecessor, but I just cannot deal with no real map system.