Hayley Stone
@hayleystone.bsky.social
Narrative designer at Obsidian Entertainment (The Outer Worlds 2 🪐) | SFF author of Make Me No Grave and the Last Resistance series | Opinions are mine. She/her.
Website: www.hayleystone.com
Website: www.hayleystone.com
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Thank you to everyone who's been sharing their stories about playing the Outer Worlds 2! It's been an absolute blast seeing the positive response! 🥹
So much of this game was a labor of love by the team, and it's beyond rewarding seeing players connecting with it in all the ways we hoped!
So much of this game was a labor of love by the team, and it's beyond rewarding seeing players connecting with it in all the ways we hoped!
Wow! What a stunning shot of Niles! ❤️
🦾 Niles Abara 🔧
#TheOuterWorlds2 #Niles #Obsidian
#VirtualPhotography #VPPortraits
#ThePhotomode #VPRepost
[Captured with UUU | ReShade | Edited in PS]
#TheOuterWorlds2 #Niles #Obsidian
#VirtualPhotography #VPPortraits
#ThePhotomode #VPRepost
[Captured with UUU | ReShade | Edited in PS]
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Wow! What a stunning shot of Niles! ❤️
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I’ve been loving THE OUTER WORLDS 2! The moment to moment gameplay is much improved over the first (which I already enjoyed), the flaw system is super interesting and cool, and the companions’ stories are varied and nuanced.
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I’ve been loving THE OUTER WORLDS 2! The moment to moment gameplay is much improved over the first (which I already enjoyed), the flaw system is super interesting and cool, and the companions’ stories are varied and nuanced.
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A game like The Outer Worlds 2 rewards curiosity, empathy, patience, and the ability to put information together from gathered scraps and figure out what's crucial and how you should act on it. It treats you like you're smart. I ADORE it.
November 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A game like The Outer Worlds 2 rewards curiosity, empathy, patience, and the ability to put information together from gathered scraps and figure out what's crucial and how you should act on it. It treats you like you're smart. I ADORE it.
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Display brand loyalty across the galaxy with official apparel from The Outer Worlds 2—the finest upper-body wearable billboard! Because being the best choice isn’t optional. bit.ly/3WyvCQ7
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Display brand loyalty across the galaxy with official apparel from The Outer Worlds 2—the finest upper-body wearable billboard! Because being the best choice isn’t optional. bit.ly/3WyvCQ7
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Possibly due to my ADHD, I rarely read any onscreen game text longer than an FTL update, but I read every terminal and journal in the original Outer Worlds because they were so well-written, funny, and concise. So I tried my best to hit that bar for them in The Outer Worlds 2.
November 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Possibly due to my ADHD, I rarely read any onscreen game text longer than an FTL update, but I read every terminal and journal in the original Outer Worlds because they were so well-written, funny, and concise. So I tried my best to hit that bar for them in The Outer Worlds 2.
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The Flaws system in Outer Worlds 2 is really cool. Game is like “oh you like minmaxing? What about…the DEVIL’S minmaxing??”
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The Flaws system in Outer Worlds 2 is really cool. Game is like “oh you like minmaxing? What about…the DEVIL’S minmaxing??”
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If you're playing Outer Worlds 2 and are mean to Niles, you should have your video game priveleges permanently revoked. This man must be cherished and nurtured at all costs
October 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
If you're playing Outer Worlds 2 and are mean to Niles, you should have your video game priveleges permanently revoked. This man must be cherished and nurtured at all costs
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Everyone NEEDS TO PLAY THIS. We need more TOWs games 😩 especially since this one was straight up phenomenal
Thank you to everyone who's been sharing their stories about playing the Outer Worlds 2! It's been an absolute blast seeing the positive response! 🥹
So much of this game was a labor of love by the team, and it's beyond rewarding seeing players connecting with it in all the ways we hoped!
So much of this game was a labor of love by the team, and it's beyond rewarding seeing players connecting with it in all the ways we hoped!
November 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Everyone NEEDS TO PLAY THIS. We need more TOWs games 😩 especially since this one was straight up phenomenal
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It was incredibly difficult not to talk about The Outer Worlds 2's utterly funny dialogues and gorgeous landscapes while reviewing it. Seeing everyone enjoy it now as much as I did is amazing.
November 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It was incredibly difficult not to talk about The Outer Worlds 2's utterly funny dialogues and gorgeous landscapes while reviewing it. Seeing everyone enjoy it now as much as I did is amazing.
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Hey, so not only is #OuterWorlds2 really good, it has some actually quite nuanced opinions about faith and religion?
October 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Hey, so not only is #OuterWorlds2 really good, it has some actually quite nuanced opinions about faith and religion?
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October 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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This isn't exactly news, but the radio in The Outer Worlds 2 is an Achievement and you *need* to listen to it.
Nails the tone perfectly. I've laughed at the messaging but also been genuinely impressed at the quality!
#TheOuterWorlds2
Nails the tone perfectly. I've laughed at the messaging but also been genuinely impressed at the quality!
#TheOuterWorlds2
November 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This isn't exactly news, but the radio in The Outer Worlds 2 is an Achievement and you *need* to listen to it.
Nails the tone perfectly. I've laughed at the messaging but also been genuinely impressed at the quality!
#TheOuterWorlds2
Nails the tone perfectly. I've laughed at the messaging but also been genuinely impressed at the quality!
#TheOuterWorlds2
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I'm a bit of an Obsidian sicko, and annoyingly yack at length about KotOR II and New Vegas and just about every game they do, but this one? This might be my favorite game of the past 5 years (at least since Cyberpunk).
This has 'everything' I cherish and value in a role-playing game. GREAT WORK!
This has 'everything' I cherish and value in a role-playing game. GREAT WORK!
Thank you to everyone who's been sharing their stories about playing the Outer Worlds 2! It's been an absolute blast seeing the positive response! 🥹
So much of this game was a labor of love by the team, and it's beyond rewarding seeing players connecting with it in all the ways we hoped!
So much of this game was a labor of love by the team, and it's beyond rewarding seeing players connecting with it in all the ways we hoped!
November 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I'm a bit of an Obsidian sicko, and annoyingly yack at length about KotOR II and New Vegas and just about every game they do, but this one? This might be my favorite game of the past 5 years (at least since Cyberpunk).
This has 'everything' I cherish and value in a role-playing game. GREAT WORK!
This has 'everything' I cherish and value in a role-playing game. GREAT WORK!
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We are celebrating Day of Dead in México and Obsidian was present lol
November 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We are celebrating Day of Dead in México and Obsidian was present lol
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I've only started it, but my God, the Outer Worlds 2 is so unbeilevably good. It feels like the culmination of RPG design up to this point. It's the best in every class. The writing, the levels, the combat, the MUSIC!!! Its all top notch.
Tysm to everyone @obsidianent.bsky.social who worked on it!
Tysm to everyone @obsidianent.bsky.social who worked on it!
October 31, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I've only started it, but my God, the Outer Worlds 2 is so unbeilevably good. It feels like the culmination of RPG design up to this point. It's the best in every class. The writing, the levels, the combat, the MUSIC!!! Its all top notch.
Tysm to everyone @obsidianent.bsky.social who worked on it!
Tysm to everyone @obsidianent.bsky.social who worked on it!
Hey, look, it's the little Pentiment easter egg I put in! 😅 Was hoping someone would catch this!
@jesawyer.bsky.social Glad Andreas kept doing books.
November 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Hey, look, it's the little Pentiment easter egg I put in! 😅 Was hoping someone would catch this!
Thank you to everyone who's been sharing their stories about playing the Outer Worlds 2! It's been an absolute blast seeing the positive response! 🥹
So much of this game was a labor of love by the team, and it's beyond rewarding seeing players connecting with it in all the ways we hoped!
So much of this game was a labor of love by the team, and it's beyond rewarding seeing players connecting with it in all the ways we hoped!
October 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Thank you to everyone who's been sharing their stories about playing the Outer Worlds 2! It's been an absolute blast seeing the positive response! 🥹
So much of this game was a labor of love by the team, and it's beyond rewarding seeing players connecting with it in all the ways we hoped!
So much of this game was a labor of love by the team, and it's beyond rewarding seeing players connecting with it in all the ways we hoped!
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If anyone wonders what I've been up to lately, that would be obsessively playing The Outer Worlds 2.
Doggone masterpiece of writing, music, and if you don't just look everything up on the internet, a real brain teaser at times.
Treats you like you're smart.
Doggone masterpiece of writing, music, and if you don't just look everything up on the internet, a real brain teaser at times.
Treats you like you're smart.
October 31, 2025 at 5:12 AM
If anyone wonders what I've been up to lately, that would be obsessively playing The Outer Worlds 2.
Doggone masterpiece of writing, music, and if you don't just look everything up on the internet, a real brain teaser at times.
Treats you like you're smart.
Doggone masterpiece of writing, music, and if you don't just look everything up on the internet, a real brain teaser at times.
Treats you like you're smart.
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"This game was wild for that"
~Me, every five minutes in The Outer Worlds 2
~Me, every five minutes in The Outer Worlds 2
October 31, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"This game was wild for that"
~Me, every five minutes in The Outer Worlds 2
~Me, every five minutes in The Outer Worlds 2
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In the words of Vinnie from Goodfellas, "and that's that".
The Outer Worlds 2 might have some of the best writing I've seen in a good few years (among other strengths), and I really hope to put something together about it soon
The Outer Worlds 2 might have some of the best writing I've seen in a good few years (among other strengths), and I really hope to put something together about it soon
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
In the words of Vinnie from Goodfellas, "and that's that".
The Outer Worlds 2 might have some of the best writing I've seen in a good few years (among other strengths), and I really hope to put something together about it soon
The Outer Worlds 2 might have some of the best writing I've seen in a good few years (among other strengths), and I really hope to put something together about it soon
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Outer Worlds 2 is so fucking good. I'm like, maybe an hour in and I can already see drastic improvements to all the stuff that pulled me out of the first game. Much more engaging characters and story off the bat, really fucking punchy dialogue, SO MANY VARIABLES IN HOW YOU DO THINGS.
October 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Outer Worlds 2 is so fucking good. I'm like, maybe an hour in and I can already see drastic improvements to all the stuff that pulled me out of the first game. Much more engaging characters and story off the bat, really fucking punchy dialogue, SO MANY VARIABLES IN HOW YOU DO THINGS.
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Manticore-hunting Ester and Zahra, her mythic creature partner in crime, are a fantastic character study of grief and obsession and the bonds of trauma and ultimately hope. They’re also just hard af. They make Fonda Lee’s Untethered Sky one of my favorite works of monster hunter fiction.
October 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Manticore-hunting Ester and Zahra, her mythic creature partner in crime, are a fantastic character study of grief and obsession and the bonds of trauma and ultimately hope. They’re also just hard af. They make Fonda Lee’s Untethered Sky one of my favorite works of monster hunter fiction.
Ahhh! It's almost time! Get ready, Commanders! 🌌
Your directive: Prepare for deployment — Arcadia awaits.
The Outer Worlds 2 launches soon. #TheOuterWorlds2
The Outer Worlds 2 launches soon. #TheOuterWorlds2
October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Ahhh! It's almost time! Get ready, Commanders! 🌌
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We’re back with Wireless Free Arcadia, brought to you by Auntie’s Choice! Here's a preview of "It’s Auntie’s Choice!”, composed by Tony Blackwell (Original Spacer’s Choice jingle by Justin Bell). youtu.be/-H86Rwui3tk
October 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We’re back with Wireless Free Arcadia, brought to you by Auntie’s Choice! Here's a preview of "It’s Auntie’s Choice!”, composed by Tony Blackwell (Original Spacer’s Choice jingle by Justin Bell). youtu.be/-H86Rwui3tk
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Outer Worlds 2 is so good so far but WHY DID VALERIE JUMP SO FAR TO CONCLUSIONS HERE OMFG
October 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Outer Worlds 2 is so good so far but WHY DID VALERIE JUMP SO FAR TO CONCLUSIONS HERE OMFG