Outriders

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5.7

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  1. dredgman
    May 6, 2021
    4
    Technical issues notwithstanding, Outriders is simply boring. The loot system and perk system seem intriguing and well-designed, but there's little reason to explore them to their full potential. The handful of enemy types behave similarly, and every combat encounter starts to run together. The world is visually interesting at times, but running from encounter to encounter to eliminateTechnical issues notwithstanding, Outriders is simply boring. The loot system and perk system seem intriguing and well-designed, but there's little reason to explore them to their full potential. The handful of enemy types behave similarly, and every combat encounter starts to run together. The world is visually interesting at times, but running from encounter to encounter to eliminate predictable mobs is not.

    Outriders also struggles to hit an enjoyable difficulty level. On paper, the world-tier system seems appealing: difficulty can be adjusted on the fly, with more difficult enemies providing better loot and better drop rates. However, it feels discouraging when you a reach point where enemies can destroy even the "tank" class in one or two hits. So if you decrease the difficulty, congratulations, you can stomp the enemies to experience a bland story, but you reach a point where to experience the end-game content, you must play at the highest world tiers to obtain the highest-level loot.

    There's also no self-revive in single-player despite having one per encounter when playing co-op, which can lead to frustration. Encounters pretty much all come down to one or two remaining elite enemies at the end that soak up an inordinate amount of damage while doing nothing interesting.    … Expand
  2. Codestroyer
    Apr 16, 2021
    4
    Não tive saco pra terminar a demo. Quer um resumão? Passa tempo e continua cagado

    - Crash pra krl
    - Animações meio cagadas e bugs visuais cagados
    - Gráfico não é nada tão impressionante, bem meh
    - O que joguei de história achei mediana, nada que prenda, chega ficar meio maçante.
  3. respwn
    Apr 7, 2021
    4
    Unimaginative game with a lot of technical problems. The gameplay is basically a Avatar-Like storygame/lootshooter with multiplayer support. Besides that, I've seen nothing that makes that game standout, except myriad of bugs that made me restart the game like 10 times, just to finish the prologue. I cant recommend.
  4. Gr8Soulman
    Apr 3, 2021
    4
    I waited for it, but it is little mess.. Nice story but it tried to compine mass effect and gears of War, making a little mess....
  5. Trashpanda25
    Apr 9, 2021
    4
    I played the full demo (PC) version with some friends. The first few hours were ok, I gave it a decent amount of room to grow and develop. I was excited for a 'diablo style shooter' and committed to trying the full demo experience before making a decision whether to purchase.

    What i found was a front to back lackluster experience. I did not encounter many of the bugs others    I played the full demo (PC) version with some friends. The first few hours were ok, I gave it a decent amount of room to grow and develop. I was excited for a 'diablo style shooter' and committed to trying the full demo experience before making a decision whether to purchase.

    What i found was a front to back lackluster experience. I did not encounter many of the bugs others complained about at the time. A few disconnects, a few party forming errors etc. I could live with the errors especially since it was a demo and technically nearing the end of it's early access.

    The story is extremely bland, so much so that I do not feel compelled to play further. Does the loot style and short cooldowns on abilities feel diablo esc? YES!... but lacking and or missing something. The story wasn't it's strong point, but I couldn't really even buy into this games world enough to keep playing. The gameplay was fine, but always felt janky and frankly missing elements that would have hooked me further.

    If I could summarize in only a few words i'd say that Outriders is, on paper, an excellent game but it misses the mark on story, gameplay, and world building so i'll pass on this one. Maybe i'll revisit when the game ACTUALLY feels complete and has had quite a bit more polish / missing puzzle pieces included.

    Wouldn't recommend to anyone.    … Expand
  6. JonathanSidwell
    Apr 10, 2021
    4
    I lost everything with the inventory wipe I played the game for over 70 hours and that's what the awarded me with
  7. G-Dragon
    Apr 2, 2021
    4
    Fun game but dont work. this is a problem we should not se annymore. this is 2021 and server problems 2. day is not ok .
  8. Pini0n
    Apr 3, 2021
    4
    It can be fun for a bit. Trying abilities and weapons is nice. The problem is that the game gets very repetitive and dull after some hours, it's always the same thing with the fights, you open a door - fight some mobs - open another door - kill some more mobs... And in every door theres a small cutscene. The game could have been great, but it's nothing more than an Anthem 0.5 where youIt can be fun for a bit. Trying abilities and weapons is nice. The problem is that the game gets very repetitive and dull after some hours, it's always the same thing with the fights, you open a door - fight some mobs - open another door - kill some more mobs... And in every door theres a small cutscene. The game could have been great, but it's nothing more than an Anthem 0.5 where you can't fly (you can't even jump).

    Wait for a sale if you want to try it out    … Expand
  9. SetDaRekordStr8
    Apr 23, 2021
    4
    Can't believe I wasted my money on this blatant money grab, shell of a game.
  10. eliteshadowx
    Apr 8, 2021
    4
    The game has major balance issues and the devs are extremely lazy. This game is poorly developed and very boring in terms of builds and classes. PCF is a failure. The story is kind of interesting but otherwise the game is not worth buying.
  11. Shinjiyami
    Apr 8, 2021
    4
    While the game has a great foundation and potential, the decisions made for its development and its poor execution have severly hurt the games future. For a game that prodomently is played single player to be required to be online only ( a devision typically made as a eatto combat digital piracy)
  12. BJgobbleDix
    Apr 9, 2021
    4
    Recommend this game?: Currently NO. Maybe in the future if it fixes many of its issues and had a price drop.

    Ignoring Server Issues, Crashes, and Game Breaking Bugs for the time being, this game is currently only OK. It's fun but not exactly good either. It definitely has potential though as a looter shooter. When it comes to build variety, it's nowhere near the depth of many other    Recommend this game?: Currently NO. Maybe in the future if it fixes many of its issues and had a price drop.

    Ignoring Server Issues, Crashes, and Game Breaking Bugs for the time being, this game is currently only OK. It's fun but not exactly good either. It definitely has potential though as a looter shooter. When it comes to build variety, it's nowhere near the depth of many other looter type games out there. I would almost consider this more of a "Lite" version of this genre to some extent.

    The gameplay itself is interesting as it has a cover mechanic system similar to Gears of War but is unnecessary since the combat is more aggressive and fast paced. Plus, the cover system is very archaic in design--clunky and actually hurts being agile. You cannot vault over tons of obstacles. You constantly are forced to take stairs or ramps when you should obviously be able to climb up a ledge but cannot. I would have much preferred the ability to jump and crouch and have a more natural, dynamic cover system that does not involve hard latching to walls. Would have complemented this game a lot more.

    Graphics have moments of being decent but overall, nothing special. A bit dated when considered in the AAA group of games (which its priced as such). Sound is OK. Its not always synced well and has a horrible level control--many times it randomly gets too loud which if wearing headphones is painful. I also do not care for the sound effects of some skills and weapons. But overall, the guns and skills do sound impactful. They just could have improved details.

    The game is also fairly 1 dimensional in design. You have an "arena" where you clear enemies out, go to a connection piece (usually a door), then go to the next "arena." Its fine for the game play but at the same time, can be monotonous. Its definitely an old school design and unoriginal. I would have preferred more dynamics with bigger maps to create more potential. Plus, there are these AWFUL transitional cutscenes. You always get stuck with a brief black screen, very brief cutscene of you opening something or jumping a ledge, then another brief black screen to then start playing. It happens for nearly everything. It hurts the cinematic feel with many situations. Even the different stages of a boss do this. I would have preferred staying in third person while watching a boss undergo changes vs this jarring effect. Just needs to be much more seamless in design.

    The different classes are definitely unique to each other. They have some cool abilities and cool looking gear. This is more of the highlight of the game because you definitely will feel powerful in most situations. Crafting is clean and simple for the most part with decent cohesion and interactions between the large variety of Mods. Again, not exactly a ton of depth like say Diablo 3, Warframe, Borderlands 3 or many other looter type games. But still fun to optimize builds.

    Another area the game needs some work on is AI. Enemies are nothing too special. Overall, they dont do bad. Sometimes I wished the ranged units would maneuver from cover to cover more and melee enemies didnt run in nearly a straight line to you all the time (give them an evasive maneuver which the human versions actually do). Ranged enemies can also be way harder than their bosses they accompany. They have insane levels of tracking (my god snipers are dumb to deal with in a couple maps). And most enemies will stagger you even if youre mid dodge (no I-Frames when dodging). You can actually get almost stun-locked at times and its incredibly frustrating. The overzealous stunning is actually an issue that definitely needs attention.

    Another area the game needs work on is balancing. Theres a definite gap where being high DPS with weapons is what really matters for the most part. You can just glass cannon throough everything and maintain healing through this--Damaging Skills need major buffs as well.. The endgame is timed trials and it heavily promotes this play style. If there were other formats of gameplay such as Defense mode or Horde mode, it could open gameplay up to also Tanks or supports

    Overall, fun game but needs a lot of work still and doesnt do anything new or unique in the genre. Plus, it has many bugs and performance issues thus a major reason for a low score. Ignoring the issues, I would give this game a 6/10.    … Expand
  13. Rimsie
    May 15, 2021
    3
    Enjoyable at first but quickly becomes reptitive. Every encounter is the same - obviously placed cover with some grunts followed shortly by the boss. Game ranks up your gear just as you need it. Its linear, not open world, in case you're wondering. Dead world, nothing to do but go to the objective and repeat the formula. Really tried to enjoy it but there are no excuses for something soEnjoyable at first but quickly becomes reptitive. Every encounter is the same - obviously placed cover with some grunts followed shortly by the boss. Game ranks up your gear just as you need it. Its linear, not open world, in case you're wondering. Dead world, nothing to do but go to the objective and repeat the formula. Really tried to enjoy it but there are no excuses for something so plain. I would be embarassed as a designer. Combat is fairly fun though.… Expand
  14. monkeydude40
    Jul 1, 2021
    3
    Close, but no Cigar. My biggest problem with Outriders is Bulletstorm. If you where shown several games side by side with Outriders and asked to pick which one was made by the same team you would never pick Bulletstorm in a million years. I mean, its okayish, but you can clearly see that it is in some sort of awkward middle ground between Destiny 2 and Gears of War. It feels like they wereClose, but no Cigar. My biggest problem with Outriders is Bulletstorm. If you where shown several games side by side with Outriders and asked to pick which one was made by the same team you would never pick Bulletstorm in a million years. I mean, its okayish, but you can clearly see that it is in some sort of awkward middle ground between Destiny 2 and Gears of War. It feels like they were going for a Persistent Online Looter shooter, remembered the fate of Anthem and changed gears half way through.

    That aside the controls for the Camera and ADS just feel slightly `wrong` even after messing about with turning Aim Assist and camera sensitivity there is just this almost indefinable sense that you aren't quite doing what you want. I started the game and chose the Trickster who is supposed to be a close range fighter who relies on interrupts but getting into a pack of enemies and trying to use the blade attack was quite literally hit or miss as I found myself accidentally being slightly off at a 45 degree angle. Changing to a Pyromancer made my previous attempts moot as it made the enemies laughably ineffective.

    In conclusion there is really nothing that jumps out and makes you think `wow`. The cover system is broken (enemies seem to have infinite grenades that can target you with pin point accuracy), the story is meh and I couldn't care less about the story line.    … Expand
  15. DTM12NY
    Apr 3, 2021
    3
    Don't waste your time with this game, first impressions are always best but this one is horrible. Game crashes every 15 minutes, your level does not matter because you are 22 getting 27 gear just to still get one hit by the level 27s , the abilities feel useless and some are mildly good.
  16. painstar
    Apr 14, 2021
    3
    Generic bugfest with some tedious things like short cutscenes of opening doors, invisible walls etc.
  17. TemendirAiris
    Apr 9, 2021
    3
    Игра ООООЧЕНЬ скучная. Шутер довольно уныл своими однотипными врагами. Сюжет виднеется где-то на заднем плане пусть и со сценками, но привязанными как-то не умело. Нет чего-то надрывного из-за чего проникаешься миром игры. Персонажи своими разговорами тоже не способствуют развитию оных. Мне было скучно после 7 часов игры. Может я и вернусь когда-нибудь в эту игру, но не сейчас, мне нужноИгра ООООЧЕНЬ скучная. Шутер довольно уныл своими однотипными врагами. Сюжет виднеется где-то на заднем плане пусть и со сценками, но привязанными как-то не умело. Нет чего-то надрывного из-за чего проникаешься миром игры. Персонажи своими разговорами тоже не способствуют развитию оных. Мне было скучно после 7 часов игры. Может я и вернусь когда-нибудь в эту игру, но не сейчас, мне нужно отдохнуть от неё.… Expand
  18. r4v3n999
    Apr 28, 2021
    3
    Very very bad online game inplayeble more bug end not patch for resolve not buy
  19. Crasten
    Apr 7, 2021
    3
    Game always crashing
    I played around 29 hours and my game crashed many times, there are bugs & glitchs... So sad
    Coop was imposible
  20. Youngdonkeyy
    Apr 3, 2021
    3
    On pc it's working a lil tid better than on consoles i admit that. But just the servers going down. Some lag input, and no real original outtake on the series.
  21. espanzera
    Apr 2, 2021
    3
    Fun, but quickly get bored with the same type of shootings. Game for 5 hours
  22. Jehbrx
    Apr 3, 2021
    3
    Jogo tem uma dinâmica muito boa, tarde estou gostando muito porém a equipe deixo a desejar logo em dia de lançamento, fazendo com que o jogo não consegue segurar cai toda hora servidor acho que eles não esperavam algo assim.. espero que melhore isso antes q muitas pessoas comece a pedir reembolso
  23. Ghost606
    Apr 3, 2021
    3
    The flashy videos promised a lot.
    The game sadly doesn't deliver.
    First off, are the graphics... Graphically the game is very weak. Aside from some occasional nice lighting, It looks like a game from 5 years ago, at least. The character animations are weak and the mocap looks shoddy. Occasionally facial animations look bizarre, with characters showing their awful teeth and gums too much,    The flashy videos promised a lot.
    The game sadly doesn't deliver.

    First off, are the graphics...
    Graphically the game is very weak. Aside from some occasional nice lighting, It looks like a game from 5 years ago, at least. The character animations are weak and the mocap looks shoddy. Occasionally facial animations look bizarre, with characters showing their awful teeth and gums too much, or clothing physics jump around between camera changes, etc. The former being made worse by the truly awful character models. (See below). It also has one of the most pathetic character creation tools I've ever seen, especially for a game claiming to be, in part, an RPG. You literally get to choose from a handful of heads, some makeup/facial hair, and hairstyles. No body alterations, no facial tuning.
    This wouldn't be so bad, if it weren't for the fact that the stock heads are so damned ugly. Male or female, just hideous or boring, or both.

    Gameplay wise, it's essentially gears of war on tighter rails. The missions are extremely linear. Move from A to B, kill enemies, repeat. If you have a team, some of you flank, blah, blah.
    It's also pretty easy, even with the tiers enabled.

    Your characters powers are very derivative too. We've seen all this stuff before, and that isnt always a bad thing. After all, tried and tested works. However, these mechanics are just boring.

    On a plus side. There are lots of weapons, and clearly some thought went into combining certain perks with gunplay, which is nice. Unfortunately it doesn't make up for all the other short falls.

    Overall, the game just feels lacklustre. It's graphically uninteresting, gameplay is repetitive, derivative, and god damn, those player characters are hideous    … Expand
  24. yaanaohtar
    Apr 10, 2021
    3
    This is a badly designed game. Let's ignore the game insert politic of real life into it, the game has multiple problem

    1st Is requiring single player to have online connection to play the game, while multiplayer does not have dedicating server. 2nd Controller is nearly unusable in this game, you are constantly have to correct your aim. 3rd No hip shooting, in every normal game aiming    This is a badly designed game. Let's ignore the game insert politic of real life into it, the game has multiple problem

    1st Is requiring single player to have online connection to play the game, while multiplayer does not have dedicating server.
    2nd Controller is nearly unusable in this game, you are constantly have to correct your aim.
    3rd No hip shooting, in every normal game aiming will enhance distance enemy, you can shoot without aiming just fine, but in this stupid game, if you dont aim, you wont have the aim circle to allow you to shoot close enemy.
    4th Using gear of war system here is a retard idea, the game is fast pace with multiple enemy rushing and tanking your shots, but the game does not allow you to jump, dash or crouch. Not only that, the cover system of gear of war + camera angle result in you will constantly being sucked into wall, preventing you from moving fast. In order word, the covering is not for you, it is for the enemy, these covering are obstacle for you.

    I am amazed that a lot of youtube reviewer give this badly designed game higher than average score.    … Expand
  25. foojee
    May 22, 2021
    3
    absolutely a bastard game in technical terms. it's been 2 months since the release, but it constantly crashes and crashes 3-4 times in a couple of hours, or just disappears from the servers. this is especially "pleasing" during the passage of the expeditions. to the developers of "BRAVO".
  26. Fanonymous
    Apr 4, 2021
    2
    I understand having an internet connection to verify purchases ala app stores and such, but having an always on connection for a single-player game? Nope, nah-uh, no thanks. Please see Valheim for the right way to do online co-op multiplayer. For 1/3rd the price of this game? Ya, this is a travesty of the gaming industry in 2021.
  27. urieaal
    May 27, 2021
    2
    The controls are terrible. they need a lot of fine tuning.

    Sound issues, every other character that speaks was bogging down or caching for some reason. Too many characters speaking at once in the main starting area, often causing dialog to over lap and get jumbled. the story takes away from any personal connection to other characters right away. so personally i just wasn't interested    The controls are terrible. they need a lot of fine tuning.

    Sound issues, every other character that speaks was bogging down or caching for some reason. Too many characters speaking at once in the main starting area, often causing dialog to over lap and get jumbled.

    the story takes away from any personal connection to other characters right away. so personally i just wasn't interested with the story at all.

    camera was giving me motion sickness, it bounces around a lot and has tendency to be in the wrong spot.
    Just seems like a **** game to me. like they are trying to cash in on the destiny/division market only they just did it really ****.    … Expand
  28. Sinatra
    Mar 15, 2022
    2
    We bought this game to play it in COOP. The game itself is quite good and a lot of fun. Actually it is better then I expected.
    But I have one big problem with this game and the Dev´s. It is an always online game, but should be called a "maybe sometimes able to play" game. So, you make a game, that is not playable (not even in single player) if not connected to the servers. Now, the server    We bought this game to play it in COOP. The game itself is quite good and a lot of fun. Actually it is better then I expected.
    But I have one big problem with this game and the Dev´s. It is an always online game, but should be called a "maybe sometimes able to play" game. So, you make a game, that is not playable (not even in single player) if not connected to the servers. Now, the server did not work since the release. Now one year later, they are still not working. A week ago we played 1 mission 5 times in 40 minutes, because the server connection was gone 4 times !!! I tried playing single player with the same result. So, after one year there is still no patch, that would allow you to play offline, nor have the server issues been fixed. Honestly, can it be any clearer that the Dev´s just don´t care.... yeah, no more games from people can fly for me. What a disgrace!    … Expand
  29. nomaddc
    Apr 9, 2021
    2
    A completely underwhelming and buggy experience. Crashes, disconnects, bugs.
    Gameplay is very raw and unpolished, derivative. Game aspires to be the next Destiny, but doesn't put the effort in and will likely end up being the next Anthem.

    Save yourself some time on this one and just skip.
  30. Theninjew
    Apr 10, 2021
    2
    Picked up the game and ran as the devastator "tank" class. I have to say, for a class advertised as a "stand your ground" class, I spent most of my time running and hiding from volleys of grenade spam and bullet sponge elites, wishing that I could get health back at something other than close range. A boring assortment of same-y guns and only one or two good abilities are your tools toPicked up the game and ran as the devastator "tank" class. I have to say, for a class advertised as a "stand your ground" class, I spent most of my time running and hiding from volleys of grenade spam and bullet sponge elites, wishing that I could get health back at something other than close range. A boring assortment of same-y guns and only one or two good abilities are your tools to fight enemies that will spam constant knockdowns as well as lots of Bull**** things like freezes on hit that take away your ability to shoot or use abilities. Enemy AoEs will pass through cover to hit you, and I can't count the times I've died to an attack who's visual element missed me. Finally this morning I also got that infamous bug that stripped me of all my inventory, and decided I'd had enough. This game can suck my dick.… Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 17 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. CD-Action
    Nov 19, 2021
    75
    Outriders guarantees an enjoyable evening with friends. We had lots of fun clearing out stage after stage, gathering loot, upgrading our gear and improving our builds so they complement each other perfectly. The final score would have been higher if it weren’t for tons of technical issues we had to deal with. [06/2021, p.28]
  2. Riot Pixels
    Jun 9, 2021
    72
    Killing everything that moves with bullets and magic while enjoying picturesque alien vistas is good enough for 20 hours (30, if you’re into Expeditions), but don’t expect anything more substantial out of Outriders.
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  3. Cubed3
    May 7, 2021
    50
    Gears of War meets Destiny… and the end result is mediocre. Take away the "coolness" of playing a gun totting superhero, and all you are left with is basically one more generic looter shooter, that doesn't manage to impress, neither with its repetitive gameplay, nor with its boring story and world building. Add to that a couple of technical and network issues, and you are in for a - pricey - treat.
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