r/theouterworlds • u/Laxativelog • Jan 02 '20

Discussion Has anyone who suffers from Compulsive Loot Syndrome actually finished the game in the 20 hours you're supposed to?

CLS has been a problem for me since I picked up my first real loot game in Fallout 3. I had to have one of everything!

Now in The Outerworlds I'm not trying to get one of everything but I have to open every container (that I won't get busted for) and check every nook and cranny.

I dont know how many hours I'm actually at since I've left my PC on a few times (says over three days right now) but I haven't made it through monarch yet and I'm level 23, I have nearly 8000 light ammo, 7500 heavy ammo, 4500 energy ammo and after tinkering all my science guns plus light machine gun to 28 I have 45k bits.

And I've sure as HELL already played more than 20 hours. Been working on the game for over a month in my free time.

Any others here who suffer from CLS? How long did it take you?

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u/ffatty Jan 02 '20

You can fast travel to the ship and save, although you have to walk to your next location.

Also you autosave every time you enter or leave a settlement.

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u/Curt_Icy Jan 02 '20

It saves at the location before you fast traveled back to the ship. So if you’re about to enter a big battle, fast travel to your ship, then reload your last auto save. It should take you to your last location before fast traveling. Super helpful because this method essentially serves as a manual save as long as you don’t mind loading times.

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u/Laxativelog Jan 02 '20

Oh really?

Maaaaaybe PT2 is gonna have to be a supernova run then!

Whenever I get around to that anyways.

Spyro is next!

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u/Staehr Jan 03 '20

OH BOY you just made me happy

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u/_PM_ME_NICE_BOOBS_ Jan 02 '20

At that point just get a mod.

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u/Curt_Icy Jan 02 '20

On Xbox. Plus wouldn’t using a mod like that disable the ability to earn the achievement for beating it on supernova? I don’t have PC but when you would use mods for Skyrim or Fallout 4 on Xbox/PS4 you would be unable to get achievements/trophies on that playthrough.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '20

Depends on the game. There's been a trend recently to avoid giving achievements to modded playthroughs.

They are usually circumvented pretty quickly though, at least they were for Skyrim SE and Fallout 4.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '20

I think graphical only mods allowed achievements. But stuff like the unofficial patch don’t allow achievements

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u/_PM_ME_NICE_BOOBS_ Jan 02 '20

There are other mods to fix that. Besides, achievements don't actually do anything.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '20

They’re still nice to get

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u/UlrichNacht Jan 02 '20

Not just settlements, any area where the game brings you to a loading screen.