That's not an exaggeration, by the way - sometimes there really are scores of enemies hunting you down. Enemies will continually move to flank you - sometimes whilst simultaneously blowing up your cover - which means you'll frequently pirouette from rock to rock, tree to tree, handy low-slung wall to handy low-slung wall, to avoid getting pinched by two dozen tanky blowhards. Combat can be challenging and unforgiving, and few Outriders will last long without getting up close and personal.
While yes, it's ostensibly cover-based combat, your foes aren't keen on indulging those who prefer to sit back and snipe from a distance. This is just as well, really, as pretty much everything unfolds on a battlefield, and Outriders wants you to get stuck right in.
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Chuck in an impressive array of different weapon mods and special abilities, and it really feels as though every character - even those sharing the same class DNA - will vary wildly on the battlefield. Some are trickier to adapt to than others - Pyro, for instance, initially can't heal themselves without finishing someone off with flames a fiery feat easier said than done - but thanks to that aforementioned skill-tree, you can tuck and tweak until you've crafted your own formidable soldier from every class' default foundation. There's a class system - you can choose to play as the tanky Devastator, the nimble Trickster, firestarter Pyromancer, or my personal favourite, the go-go-gadgetry of Techomancer - and all bring a certain flair to proceedings. Sure, there's a modest learning curve, but it's a more simplified affair than other games of its ilk. To its credit, Outriders is stuffed with all the usual hubbub - skill trees, special abilities, crafting, looting, accolades - but rarely feels overwhelming. And while the environments you traipse through on planet Enoch aren't quite as exciting as they will-they-won't-they-get-shot-in-the-head twists, once you progressed past the everything-here-is-brown phase, you'll find some stunning backdrops poking through all the flames and blood.
And though I've seen some people complain about a lacklustre plot and wobbly voice-acting, again, I've seen worse, so make of that what you will.Īlso? I really enjoyed how Outriders' Game-of-Thrones-ified the entire cast so you didn't know who was going to make it from one second to the next, let alone the next cut-scene. It's got all those sci-fi buzz words in it - the Earth destroyed, humanity's last gasp at survival was to deep-fry everyone in cryo and travel to a planet lightyears away - but it's complex without being unduly tough to follow. That said, it's unlikely the story's going to grip you hard, but I've definitely experienced worse.
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It's not leeching all my free time and forcing me to unravel miles of complex lore and nightly homework as though it's a tedious second job. Yes, there's a solid campaign with plenty of side missions and expeditions, and yes, it's early days, but right now, Outriders is exactly what it should be: a game. Whereas Destiny wants me on every week, front and centre, to complete daily and weekly quests to scrounge about for miserly loot drops, Outriders is considerably more relaxed about my commitment to it. and no, I don't just mean the server downtime. I've been an early adopter of all the games you've seen Outriders compared to - Destiny, The Division you name it - but none of those games have been so generous in terms of giving me back my free time. Of everything I enjoy about the latest looter-shooter - and there's quite a bit - what I love most is that it doesn't demand all my attention like a teething toddler. The most maddening thing of all about this bungled launch is that it's likely turned away players that might otherwise have loved what Outriders has to offer.
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For a full 72 hours, players all over the world sat patiently (or if, like me, you're a little less zen about this kind of thing: impatiently), waiting for the "Authenticating" to become "Signing in!" to become.
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