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Play Overview
The Outbound Ghost (2022) is a narrative role-play about a ghost on a quest to find out why they died and help others ghosts come to terms with their own post-mortal existence. It's inspired by Paper Mario and Final Fantasy but offers many more battle options through the Figments character traits you recruit for your party. It's a beautiful homage that innovates with highly detailed team-building themed around the different emotions we deal with when life gets hard.
You wake up on the outskirts of Outbound, a town in purgatory where unfulfilled ghosts go instead of ascending to the afterlife. With no memory of your past, you explore the world to piece together the events that led up to your death. Your plight is exacerbated by a murder that implicates you as the prime suspect.
Play involves running around the world to find secrets, hidden areas and bonus loot. As you do you stumble into turn-based battles where you call upon the Figments that you have collected. You take turns attacking and defending, which can be a bit of a grind. But as you craft abilities and put together different combinations of Figments this becomes more engaging.
The result is a game that offers a simple linear story and straightforward battles. These are particularly good for younger players who enjoy learning through repetition. What starts as slow progress is transformed, by the sheer number of Figment and ability combinations, into a detailed and creative system. This is paired with a light-touch story about how our positive and negative traits can help and hinder us, to offer a game that is visually striking and addresses themes of mental health.
Our examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked The Outbound Ghost 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Thom Robertson and updated 7 weeks ago.
You wake up on the outskirts of Outbound, a town in purgatory where unfulfilled ghosts go instead of ascending to the afterlife. With no memory of your past, you explore the world to piece together the events that led up to your death. Your plight is exacerbated by a murder that implicates you as the prime suspect.
Play involves running around the world to find secrets, hidden areas and bonus loot. As you do you stumble into turn-based battles where you call upon the Figments that you have collected. You take turns attacking and defending, which can be a bit of a grind. But as you craft abilities and put together different combinations of Figments this becomes more engaging.
The result is a game that offers a simple linear story and straightforward battles. These are particularly good for younger players who enjoy learning through repetition. What starts as slow progress is transformed, by the sheer number of Figment and ability combinations, into a detailed and creative system. This is paired with a light-touch story about how our positive and negative traits can help and hinder us, to offer a game that is visually striking and addresses themes of mental health.
Our examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked The Outbound Ghost 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Thom Robertson and updated 7 weeks ago.
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Play Style
This is a Battle, Role-Play and Sequencing game with Adventure, Collecting, Fighting, Narrative and Traversal elements. This is a single-player game.
You can play this game in the following styles:
Benefits
This game is good if you want to:
Age Ratings
Skill Level
10+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Mechanics could be handled by younger players, but to appreciate the story and themes you would need to be a bit older.
Game Details
Release Date: 21/09/2022, updated in 2022
Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and iOS
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Battle, Role-Play, Sequencing (Adventure, Collecting, Fighting, Narrative and Traversal)
Accessibility: 39 features
Components: 3D Third-Person and Hand-Made
Developer: Conradical Games (@ConradicalGames)
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