{"id":23043,"date":"2023-02-27T00:01:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T00:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=23043"},"modified":"2023-01-08T13:21:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T13:21:44","slug":"the-outbound-ghost-switch-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/27\/the-outbound-ghost-switch-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"The Outbound Ghost (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A tragedy has struck the rural town of Outbound.\u00a0 The water supply has mysteriously been poisoned, killing most of the people in the area.\u00a0 And the rest of them have been picked off by a serial killer.\u00a0 So now the whole place is a literal ghost town.\u00a0 You play as a ghost who has lost their memory as you try to help people pass on and solve the mystery of what happened to the town.\u00a0 The Outbound Ghost is a Paper Mario inspired RPG, with flat paper characters and battles with timed actions.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

In the game you\u2019ll move around 3D areas, talking with other ghosts and running into enemies for turn based battles.\u00a0 You can hide in bushes to try and surprise them so you can get the first turn.\u00a0 But you don\u2019t fight yourself.\u00a0 Instead, you have figments fight for you, and you get more as you progress.\u00a0 In battle, your figments can attack with timed button presses, or use skills to give your party buffs, heal them, or attack the enemy.\u00a0 You can also do a defend move where you save a turn for later, similar to Bravely Default.\u00a0 When you win, you can earn items and experience points and level up.\u00a0 Outside of battle, you can craft items at anvils that you can equip to your figments that give them special skills or passive abilities.\u00a0 You can change the difficulty, which is nice, but Easy mode is laughably so.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, I lost interest in this game after a while, which is a shame because it had the potential to be so charming.\u00a0 The story takes forever to go anywhere, gameplay is very meandering, battles get repetitive, and the text isn\u2019t lively at all.\u00a0 The whole game just feels dull.\u00a0 If you crave another RPG to play, here\u2019s one for you, but I can definitely think of better ones you can spend time with.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Outbound Ghost is rated E-10 with an ESRB descriptor of Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 Cartoony paper cut outs hit each other and defeated characters just disappear.\u00a0 Overall the game has a lighthearted look, but because of all the text and certain story aspects, I\u2019d say this one\u2019s best for older kids only.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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