The Outer Worlds

I really have to stop giving AAA games a try. It's not them, it's me. I gave The Outer Worlds a try today and... I don't even know what much to write about it.

It's a story-driven RPG with a lot of FPS combat. Many people compare it to Fallout, but say it's worse. I wouldn't know, since I've never played a Fallout game. As far as I got, which wasn't very far, I didn't really see anything that makes this game unique.
You progress your character by getting new equipment, upgrading it, and leveling your character and slotting points into whatever weapons and skills you want to excel at. Standard RPG stuff. There are stealth and bullet time mechanics, allowing you to sneak past, or into, enemies, and also allowing you to slow down time briefly, to give you an edge in combat. I think you mostly shoot at enemies, but combined with stealth, perhaps more melee-oriented builds are also possible.
As for the story, conversations with characters influence certain events, and you may have extra dialogue options available based on your stats. That system might have interested me if the story had in the slightest. There are strong attempts at hyper-capitalist humor, but I didn't encounter any jokes that I really found funny.

Honestly, I feel like I got what I expected. This seems very on-par with most AAA releases, few as I've played, and perhaps even better due to a relative lack of bugs and other problems. It's well made and seems to mostly accomplish what it wants to. Still, I find it entirely bland and boring, both in terms of gameplay, as well as the story. I wouldn't recommend it. Unless you're looking for something very standard and average, which is what big publishers always seem to be going for.