Outcast: Second Contact
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This page is for the 2017 remake. For the original version, see Outcast. For the updated version, see Outcast 1.1.
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| Developers | |
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| Appeal Studios | |
| Publishers | |
| Bigben Interactive | |
| Plug In Digital | |
| Engines | |
| Unity 5[Note 1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 14, 2017 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 68 |
| OpenCritic | 68 |
| IGDB | 70 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, Shooter, TPS |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Sci-fi |
| Series | Outcast |
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| Outcast | |
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| Outcast | 1999 |
| Outcast 1.1 | 2014 |
| Outcast: Second Contact | 2017 |
| Outcast: A New Beginning | 2024 |
Outcast: Second Contact is a singleplayer third-person action, shooter and TPS game in the Outcast series.
General information
Availability
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| Golden Weapons Pack | Steam only. | |
Game data
Game settings.
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\outcast_Data\StreamingAssets\userdata\config.ini[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/618970/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\\outcast_Data\StreamingAssets\userdata\savegames\[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/618970/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | Hor+. The intro movie and main menus are stretched to fit the entire screen. Gameplay/HUD Scaling is otherwise correct. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Added in Patch 1 | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.
Input
Keyboard remap settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | You can remap movement controls but not inventory shortcuts. Mouse controls cannot be remapped. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | ||
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| PlayStation button prompts | ||
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | ||
| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Button prompts | ||
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Added in Patch 1 | |
| Surround sound | Added in Patch 1 | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Dutch | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | Mistakenly labeled on Steam as portuguese. | |||
| Spanish |
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
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| Nvidia 3D Vision | See Outcast - Second Contact. | ||
| vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 7 | 10 |
| Processor (CPU) | 4th Gen Intel Core i5 AMD FX 8300 |
6th Gen Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen 5 1400 |
| System memory (RAM) | 6 GB | 16 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 15 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 AMD Radeon HD 7950 DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 AMD Radeon 290 |
- A 64-bit system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unity engine build: 5.6.3p4[1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/618970/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (618970) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-05-12