As was made clear from the first teasers and trailers for The Outer Worlds, it is a game where megacorporations are taking over planets throughout space. As such, the game appears to have something to say about capitalism and power. And now, co-director Leonard Boyarsky has come forward to talk about how the game doesn`t aim to be `politically charged.``I don`t want people to think this is a really hard, politically charged game: it`s supposed to be fun, it`s supposed to be humorous,` he explained to VGC.The game is more about how power is used against people who don`t have it rather than acting as a critique of capitalism. `It can be insidious; the way which people control the stories you tell about the world. If you let other people control that narrative, then they can control you to a certain degree. That can be any form of government: if it wasn`t capitalism it could be something else,` he said.Boyarsky added that development on The Outer Worlds began in April 2016, which was before `things happened [in world politics]` that `nobody expected.` He didn`t mention any specific events but you can read into what he`s saying.He and other members of the development team grew up during the `onslaught of consumer culture.` As such, the developers are familiar with those events and will use the game to `poke fun at it,` Boyarsky said.Boyarsky said the team at Obsidian has been `very careful` about how it tells its story about power imbalances, just Boyarsky did with the 2001 RPG Arcanum that dealt with racial issues. Overall, Obsidian`s aim with The Outer Worlds is to tell a story and write characters that look at `all aspects of issues.``The last thing we want to do is make a game that people feel is lecturing them,` Boyarsky said.The Outer Worlds launches on October 25. Though it is developed by the Microsoft-owned Obsidian, the game is published byGrand Theft Auto V parent publisher Take-Two Interactive`s new indie games label, Private Division.The game is coming ...
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