History VideoGame / Outcast

A surprisingly, amazingly good third-person adventure, ''Outcast'' was noteworthy for its time for a host of innovative and effective game developments, almost all of which sadly reduced its chances in the marketplace. It had the bad luck to use unusual rendering method widely called "voxels"[[note]]actually "a height field with some software raycasting"[[/note]] to generate a wide-open, go-anywhere play world... just when 3D accelerators based on rendering polygons got really popular.[[note]]Although, had they gone with polygon rendering on the [[UsefulNotes/GraphicsProcessingUnit GPUs]] available at the time, no computer in the world at that point in time would be able to handle the game.[[/note]] It had a deep story, with good writing... just as Internet-based deathmatches with {{Excuse Plot}}s became popular. It had a full orchestral -- and we ''mean'' orchestral, as in "a big bunch of real musicians" -- score, in a time when techno or rock was almost required on any game's soundtrack.

[[WhatCouldHaveBeen A sequel was planned]], but before development could really get off the ground, the company went bankrupt. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150622062356/http://outcastii.free.fr/www/eng/index_eng.php This website]] preserves what little remains from the original sequel's development materials, including a [[https://web.archive.org/web/20060522172859/http://outcastii.free.fr/www/main/focus/OC2_1st_Script.pdf design doc draft]]. A fan-made, open source sequel entitled ''[[http://www.openoutcast.org/wp/ Open Outcast]]'' is currently in development by a group of enthusiasts. And in April of 2014, several of the original devs started a Website/{{Kickstarter}} [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/outcast-reboot-hd/outcast-reboot-hd project]] to fund an HD remake of the first game, with eventual hopes to develop a sequel. While said Kickstarter didn't succeed, the developers created a remake, titled ''Outcast: Second Contact'', which was released on November 14, 2017. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDYI32gSrA4 The trailer for the remake can be watch here]]. A sequel was ''finally'' announced in 2021, titled ''[[VideoGame/OutcastANewBeginning Outcast: A New Beginning]]'', to be released on March 15, 2024.

[[WhatCouldHaveBeen A sequel was planned]], but before development could really get off the ground, the company went bankrupt. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150622062356/http://outcastii.free.fr/www/eng/index_eng.php This website]] preserves what little remains from the original sequel's development materials, including a [[https://web.archive.org/web/20060522172859/http://outcastii.free.fr/www/main/focus/OC2_1st_Script.pdf design doc draft]]. A fan-made, open source sequel entitled ''[[http://www.openoutcast.org/wp/ Open Outcast]]'' is currently in development by a group of enthusiasts. And in April of 2014, several of the original devs started a Website/{{Kickstarter}} [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/outcast-reboot-hd/outcast-reboot-hd project]] to fund an HD remake of the first game, with eventual hopes to develop a sequel. While said Kickstarter didn't succeed, the developers created a remake, titled ''Outcast: Second Contact'', which was released on November 14, 2017. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDYI32gSrA4 The trailer for the remake can be watch here]]. A sequel was ''finally'' announced in 2021, titled ''[[VideoGame/Outcast2ANewBeginning Outcast 2: A New Beginning]]'', to be released on March 15, 2024.

[[WhatCouldHaveBeen A sequel was planned]], but before development could really get off the ground, the company went bankrupt. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150622062356/http://outcastii.free.fr/www/eng/index_eng.php This website]] preserves what little remains from the original sequel's development materials, including a [[https://web.archive.org/web/20060522172859/http://outcastii.free.fr/www/main/focus/OC2_1st_Script.pdf design doc draft]]. A fan-made, open source sequel entitled ''[[http://www.openoutcast.org/wp/ Open Outcast]]'' is currently in development by a group of enthusiasts. And in April of 2014, several of the original devs started a Website/{{Kickstarter}} [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/outcast-reboot-hd/outcast-reboot-hd project]] to fund an HD remake of the first game, with eventual hopes to develop a sequel. While said Kickstarter didn't succeed, the developers created a remake, titled ''Outcast: Second Contact'', which was released on November 14, 2017. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDYI32gSrA4 The trailer for the remake can be watch here]]. A sequel was ''finally'' announced in 2021, titled ''[[VideoGame/Outcast2ANewBeginning Outcast 2: A New Beginning]]''. It is set to be released Marsh 15th 2024.

[[WhatCouldHaveBeen A sequel was planned]], but before development could really get off the ground, the company went bankrupt. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150622062356/http://outcastii.free.fr/www/eng/index_eng.php This website]] preserves what little remains from the original sequel's development materials, including a [[https://web.archive.org/web/20060522172859/http://outcastii.free.fr/www/main/focus/OC2_1st_Script.pdf design doc draft]]. A fan-made, open source sequel entitled ''[[http://www.openoutcast.org/wp/ Open Outcast]]'' is currently in development by a group of enthusiasts. And in April of 2014, several of the original devs started a Website/{{Kickstarter}} [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/outcast-reboot-hd/outcast-reboot-hd project]] to fund an HD remake of the first game, with eventual hopes to develop a sequel. While said Kickstarter didn't succeed, the developers created a remake, titled ''Outcast: Second Contact'', which was released on November 14, 2017. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDYI32gSrA4 The trailer for the remake can be watch here]]. A sequel was ''finally'' announced in 2021, titled ''Outcast 2: A New Beginning''.

* {{Feelies}}: Included were sheets detailing every weapon available in the game and translations of every word of the Talan's language, "Agazork", into English.

* ShoutOut: One musician in the city Okriana will sometimes randomly play the first few notes from a ''StarWars'' song.