Talk:Outcast (video game)

Gameplay
The control of the player character was actually rather problematic. The second item is that the original release was quite buggy, as is described in the section "Release". These factors probably contributed to the commercial failure of this project: Steep learning curve, bad control, high demand on computer power while the delivered production values were below those of programs with hardware acceleration (s. comment by Nil Einne), bugs that interrupted gameplay or prevented you from completing quests. This criticism should somehow be added to the article, perhaps somebody can find a review from back then?(91.63.226.72 (talk)) —Preceding undated comment added 02:34, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Voxel ratio?
Are you guys SURE that everything was voxel? The characters seem rather polyrendered to me. // Gargaj 21:01, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

''From a preview I remember reading ages ago, it was mostly voxels but also some (software rendered) polys were used too. IIRC the characters were polys, and I'd guess that the buildings are too. 82.71.7.193 14:40, 4 January 2007 (UTC)''

Doesn't Voxel mean pretty much polyrendered and used as a sprite *after*? It's rendered in real time but scaled and "copy/pasted" to screen, instead of rendered directly to screen. "Blade Runner" used the same method, it looked real-time 3d but when the character was too close to the screen you could see the huge pixels, this was done for performance before all that nifty "3d acceleration hardware" was commonplace. 200.121.137.167 19:21, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually when Outcast that nifty 3D hardware had started to become commonplace which was one of the big problems. Outcast was designed in such a way that it couldn't take advantage of the nifty 3D hardware so it was panned for it's high requirements and low res Nil Einne 16:03, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

The Talan Essences
"Ka    The essence of wind, it is obviously the rarest essence ever to manifest."

Why is it "obviously" the rarest? Is there some backstory that all wikipedia readers are supposed to know beforehand, to be able to read this article? Just state that it's the rarest, because we just happen to not live in that fictional planet so we AREN'T SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT. 200.121.137.167 19:25, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Kizaar
Kizaar is not a region. In the region of Shamazaar ,Zeo, the talan at the Well of Essence says that Kizaar is a distant island in Okasaankar where the female talan and the children of Adelpha are found. It is not seen in the game, but Kizaar is not a region. It is an island in the region if Okasaankar.

Broken Official link
http://www.outcast-thegame.com/ is a dead link (redirects to Atari home website). Suggest replacing it with http://web.archive.org/web/20080420151516/http://www.outcast-thegame.com/. --82.45.115.238 (talk) 00:42, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

No screenshots?
No screenshots of the actual game are given in the article. It's hard to get a feel for the graphics of the game without screenshots. 75.170.46.193 (talk) 18:23, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism
Some idiot completely trashed the plot section with. Please refer to the version history. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.200.70.50 (talk) 17:34, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

And he did it again: "Target objective is to access a prison and become inmate." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.230.226.247 (talk) 19:39, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

Source

 * https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue53/page/n59
 * https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue52/page/n23
 * https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue40/page/n107
 * https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue40/page/n17
 * https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue36/page/n11
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20020308030852/http://www.gamespot-es.com/news/01_09/27/1/index.asp
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20190220074533/https://www.lalibre.be/economie/libre-entreprise/elsewhere-entertainment-un-petit-developpeur-belge-qui-voit-loin-51b87fc2e4b0de6db9a91f13
 * https://web.archive.org/web/19991105040319/http://www.games.net:80/pcgames/articles/0,1034,5751,00.html?CHANNEL=pcgames&AD_SECTION=adventure
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20000119181040/http://pc.ign.com:80/news/9707.html
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20000816045141/http://www.outcast-thegame.com/press/reviewsindex.htm
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20000824091956/http://www.outcast-thegame.com/gallery/makingindex.htm
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20000816044940/http://www.outcast-thegame.com/news/index.htm
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20001011060030/http://sharkyextreme.com/games/interviews/appeal/
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20010405125204/http://www.3dsoundsurge.com/interviews/outcast/outcast.html
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20031026190326/http://adventuregamers.com:80/newsarchives.php?start=126

PC Player sales analysis

 * https://archive.org/stream/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1999-12/PC_Player_1999_12#page/n15

First 3D open-world game?
According to the PlayStation Store, Outcast was "the first 3D open-world game in video game history." Is that an accurate assertion? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.203.143.126 (talk) 12:16, 6 January 2020 (UTC)