The Outer Worlds was a breakthrough release for Obsidian Entertainment. After spending years working on smaller-scale titles, the Irvine-based developer finally created a new AAA first-person RPG, the first from the company since the launch of 2010's Fallout: New Vegas. Although the game wasn't the Fallout New Vegas 2 that many fans had hoped for, The Outer Worlds was still, in many ways, Obsidian's answer to the Fallout franchise. It shared a lot of the same dark humor as the post-apocalyptic series, and it was violent and choice-driven, like many of the company's previous works. The Outer Worlds did receive criticism from some corners of the internet, but it was nonetheless a big hit for Obsidian, both critically and commercially.