Outriders

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5.7

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  1. Gamecrazy
    Apr 8, 2021
    0
    I don't know where any of the positive reviews have come from-unless it's the game devs and fanboys doing it themselves. The truth is, it's an Always Online game despite being listed as SINGLE PLAYER/ COOP. Servers are incredibly unstable, promised crossplay still doesn't work, and the game's matchmaking barely functions. When it does function, the game is bug ridden and tedious at bestI don't know where any of the positive reviews have come from-unless it's the game devs and fanboys doing it themselves. The truth is, it's an Always Online game despite being listed as SINGLE PLAYER/ COOP. Servers are incredibly unstable, promised crossplay still doesn't work, and the game's matchmaking barely functions. When it does function, the game is bug ridden and tedious at best while the endgame is pure repetition. The solution? Well, instead of adding content or fixing bugs ("supposedly" will happen in later patches) the devs decided to nerf classes and limit game styles.

    This game is a total failure-buy at your own risk.    … Expand
  2. Solear
    Apr 8, 2021
    0
    The single player part of the game is OK, although the story starts out like meh a bit, it get better later on. I quite enjoyed the game. However there are a lot of some issues that ruins the experience.
    Some game design issues around networking part are really bad, starting with matchmaking being immediately open, which came as a shock. You cannot choose specifically what you want to do,    The single player part of the game is OK, although the story starts out like meh a bit, it get better later on. I quite enjoyed the game. However there are a lot of some issues that ruins the experience.
    Some game design issues around networking part are really bad, starting with matchmaking being immediately open, which came as a shock. You cannot choose specifically what you want to do, which expedition you want to go to, and since the matchmaking is for the lobby, where's no guarantee that the person you join to is actually doing the activity you signed up for.. 50--50 if they just stand in the camp, or do something completely different.. Story mode multiplayer ask you to confirm every little thing multiple times to ensure you are in the same instance and there are soo many instances that it's getting tedious after a short time..
    But the main reason I give the game a 0 is the instable, unreliable networking part and the mandatory sign-in at the beginning even if you play solo.
    The multiplayer part of the game is abysmally bad. Game is not able to log in about 40% of the time, 50% is crashing out of the console, crashing when you join a game, crashing when the host starts an activity, crashing when you finally tarts something, crashing when anybody else is crashing.. I'm playing a lot of games, but I can't recall in recent history anything that would be THIS BAD. The game had multiple alphas and beta tests, I can't believe the developers were not aware of the demand and the load balance they need to do on the servers, because it's unbelievable that these issues have not came out earlier.. The game can't manage to hold a stable game of multiplayer.. Ever since I started playing, I can't recall actually exiting a multiplayer game. It was always crashing out dropping me to tile, stuck in sign in etc..
    Every new game has issues, but the amount of network problems this one has put in in par with Anthem, even worse.. At least when I managed to log into Anthem in mostly hold the game at least, Outriders, can't even manage basic functionality.    … Expand
  3. Robinjhoe
    Dec 11, 2021
    5
    So i got this game with the xbox game pass, and two friends asked me to play the game with them. Initially i didnt want to, since the game doesnt have a really good reputation but i love scifi and loot shooters so why the hell not. And to be fair, now after reaching ct15 and maxing out my character im still very split on recommending the game.

    Positives: + Satisfiying loot and    So i got this game with the xbox game pass, and two friends asked me to play the game with them. Initially i didnt want to, since the game doesnt have a really good reputation but i love scifi and loot shooters so why the hell not. And to be fair, now after reaching ct15 and maxing out my character im still very split on recommending the game.

    Positives:
    + Satisfiying loot and equipment
    + Somewhat interesting world
    + Semi-deep class customization, though as always i hate meta builds being mandatory

    Negatives:
    - Cringeworthy dialogue (either be serious or comedic and not both), story that goes nowhere (the
    ending was a joke) and characters who cant stop talking, runing any sense of atmosphere on an
    alien world.
    - Very much wasted potential concerning the world and setting in general (i.e. reusing models for
    bosses, especially for the hunting missions where the monsters are supposed to be named
    individual beasts that you even bring back as a trophy, but then they all are just normal boss
    monsters in different colors, very dissapointing)( Alien natives, that end up as cannon fooder, with
    no background, no "alien" culture, no special traits beside one different captain.)( All factions use
    the same army tactics/units, even the aliens. Basically just different skins)
    - Always-Online which i will never stop hating
    - An insane amount of bugs. Lightning glitches, not properly functioning gear or passives, game
    crashing on startup and so on.
    - Somewhat weak feeling abilities.

    Again, i had fun with the game. But you can make anything fun with friends, so i dont want to use that argument. My main feeling with this game would be disapointed. The game has a lot of potential but who or what doesnt. And that doesnt matter if its wasted potential. As a loot, coop shooter its fun with friends when you need a game to not be bored. But it certainly isnt something i would want to play again in the future    … Expand
  4. 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
  5. huszarka
    May 8, 2021
    1
    More than 1 month after release, it quits because of ,,Outriders server problem". And you cannot play NOW (when I write this, 2021.05.08!) Oh, and I play it in single player mode, alone. So I cannot get it. But never buy this crap..
  6. GabiUp2
    Nov 27, 2021
    0
    This game does not work. For the last two weeks, I've been stuck in one fight because the game loses connection to the servers and due to checkpoint saving I have to repeat the whole zone again and again and again (14 times atm). It did that on another occasion as well but then it was not as painful as I was able to get to another checkpoint time. Srsly, don't buy it on PC. It's anotherThis game does not work. For the last two weeks, I've been stuck in one fight because the game loses connection to the servers and due to checkpoint saving I have to repeat the whole zone again and again and again (14 times atm). It did that on another occasion as well but then it was not as painful as I was able to get to another checkpoint time. Srsly, don't buy it on PC. It's another one when devs thought "F**k it - we will repair it in the future."… Expand
  7. RockerKR
    Apr 26, 2021
    5
    Primitive, repetetive, weak abilities, boring gameplay /////////////////////////
  8. Grimsworth
    May 14, 2021
    0
    Decent game ruined by absolutely incompetent developers. Massive amount of bugs from inventory wipes, heavy stuttering, inability to sign into the always online game, gear/mods/skill trees failing to work at random on top of a horrible multiplayer experience plagued by heavy lag, rubberbanding and failure for skills/shots to register. The console controls are also abhorrent, with terribleDecent game ruined by absolutely incompetent developers. Massive amount of bugs from inventory wipes, heavy stuttering, inability to sign into the always online game, gear/mods/skill trees failing to work at random on top of a horrible multiplayer experience plagued by heavy lag, rubberbanding and failure for skills/shots to register. The console controls are also abhorrent, with terrible aim acceleration and awful auto aim snap. Currently the game has been out for a month and a half and the only issue I listed that has been remedied is the inventory wipe, what was listed is also far from the full list of bugs. Updates are also slow and have introduced new significant bugs every patch.

    This game may end up worth playing if they can iron out all the laughably bad bugs and you can get it on sale for $20-30 or less.    … Expand
  9. 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".
  10. somedevsaregood
    Oct 25, 2021
    0
    We all deserve refund on this game. There is no offline play for potential modding in the future. The game is way over priced and its not a AAA cause game devs with smaller budgets did way better then the 6 hour game call outriders. This game become redunded after you beat the game in 6 hours.
    Loot nope it sucks as well. Borderlands 1 did better then that in like 2008. This game is as bad    We all deserve refund on this game. There is no offline play for potential modding in the future. The game is way over priced and its not a AAA cause game devs with smaller budgets did way better then the 6 hour game call outriders. This game become redunded after you beat the game in 6 hours.
    Loot nope it sucks as well. Borderlands 1 did better then that in like 2008. This game is as bad as Anthem and the online is what kept people from playing any longer. Now lets get too disecting the online experince its a p2p or commonly known as peer 2 peer witch uses the same style of connecting like a bit torrent witch is shared between one another like pirating. They kick people out of a end game content run so they get more loot and there is only 3 people.
    Also all your loot is saved on there sever so nothing you gain from this game is truly yours and they purposly did wipes of peoples gear. Understand the loot that is saved is no bigger then 10 megabytes in size and most people playing this game has 5 terabytes witch could save that data and they could have 20 more games with full of saved data.
    They also say this game is singleplayer well its not enjoyable when you hit lag spikes playing alone.
    I think you all get what im saying this game is far worser then cyberpunk 2077 like beyond far worse.    … Expand
  11. Ferawyn
    Nov 29, 2021
    2
    A pathetic attempt at another Destiny clone, with gameplay that feels like an XBOX port from 15 years ago.
    The game starts off by showing you 5 minutes of cutscenes for every 5 seconds of gameplay, pushing you through a moronic tutorial, just in case you forgot left-click means shoot. Movement is stiff. Shooting is weak. Brain-dead cover mechanics with regenerating health. Honestly, is it    A pathetic attempt at another Destiny clone, with gameplay that feels like an XBOX port from 15 years ago.
    The game starts off by showing you 5 minutes of cutscenes for every 5 seconds of gameplay, pushing you through a moronic tutorial, just in case you forgot left-click means shoot. Movement is stiff. Shooting is weak. Brain-dead cover mechanics with regenerating health. Honestly, is it 2005 again?
    And then you're expected to pick a 'class' without any idea of what they do, or ability to try them out.
    Why would anyone pay money for this?
    The graphics are ok, I guess. And unlike many others, my game never crashed.
    Worthless.    … Expand
  12. Shirojv
    Apr 6, 2021
    0
    Такой кал, что просто тошнит. Начну по порядку ощущений.
    Нужно регистрировать аккаунт еще и на левом сайте, ага, очень интересное начало. Спрашивается нахрен в стим забирал эту пробную версию.
    Создаю персонажа, челюсть проходит сквозь бороду, борода не соединена с частью волос сверху, ну думаю ладно, все равно шлем одену. Начинается душный диалог, пафосное приземление, и маленькая    Такой кал, что просто тошнит. Начну по порядку ощущений.
    Нужно регистрировать аккаунт еще и на левом сайте, ага, очень интересное начало. Спрашивается нахрен в стим забирал эту пробную версию.
    Создаю персонажа, челюсть проходит сквозь бороду, борода не соединена с частью волос сверху, ну думаю ладно, все равно шлем одену.
    Начинается душный диалог, пафосное приземление, и маленькая локация, полностью закрытая невидимой стеной, идешь с нпц разговариваешь, очень интересно. Стрелять не дают, прыгать не дают, просто иди, слушай диалог. Дальше игра превращается в сплошной коридор, шаг в лево невидимая стена, шаг вправо, текстурка не пройти-перепрыгнуть.
    И тут до меня доходит, на пробел прячемся в укрытие, на контрол перепрыгиваем препятствие. Прыжков, приседаний и других итераций в игре нет. Персонаж не может перешагнуть лиану высотой до колена. И перепрыгнуть тоже, она слишком низкая для такой анимации. Офигенная опция, происходит что-то на фоне карты, за пределами коридора, появляется "Нажмите Е, чтобы наблюдать", вау как интересно, что чтобы наблюдать, я могу СМОТРЕТЬ не сам.

    Забрало падает. Соснольщики ликуют.

    Есть нормальные игры, а есть игры где ты прилипаешь к поверхностям, и стреляешь пока враг высунулся. Очень, очень, очень интересный геймплей. Кстати инерция в этой игре сосет, персонаж скользит влево вправо, как будто на льду.
    Начинается диалог - камеру трясет, стреляешь - камеру трясет (укачивает влево-вправо), часть катсцен пропустить можно, часть нет. Почему? Потому
    .Сюжет тупорылый, персонажи ходят по планете без шлемов и средств защиты, спорят, нарушают технику безопасности - сразу видно профессиОналы с большой буквы Г. Харизматичные? Ну разве что пше пше поляк.
    Каждый раз когда идешь по коридору и видишь бочки/столы/укрепления, значит всегда будет перестрелка, и враги всегда будут спереди. Расстановка как в шашках. Ты - укрепления - враги. Повторить и зациклить до конца игры, геймдизайн холе.

    Последними плевками в лицо были:
    Стрельба из снайперской винтовки только стоя, стрейф или движение и прицел начинает ходить быстрее тебя. Плюс при прицеливании он первые пол секунды дрожит как бы при вскидывании.
    Я кучу раз на пустом месте нажал абилку, затем применил на врагах и персонаж такой "Ух, это я сделал???". Ты что дегенерат, уже пятый раз подряд я применил этот скилл. Скрипты писал одаренный интеллектом.

    Это позор позора, эта игра делает все то, что другие лутер шутеры, но хуже. Я не люблю дестини, но она показалась мне просто шикарной по сравнению с этим калом.
    Подытожу: Это убогая версия дестини с видом от третьего лица, без прыжков и приседаний, с укрытиями и кастрированным функционалом. Как если бы у первого бордерлендса был ублюдок от Sci-Fi бомжихи с ужасной наследственностью.

    Позор.    … Expand
  13. sOKall294
    Apr 3, 2021
    0
    Купил игру и не играю потому что сервера переполнены. в 3 утра появляется места но я спать. Чтобы поиграть нужно уволится и играть с 5 утра до 17.00
  14. Edunjanin
    Apr 6, 2021
    2
    I was really excited for this game as fan of looters, I played Diablo 3 and Destiny 1 and 2 for the past few years. This game has so many issues it's insane.
    -The game crashes non-stop for random interactions, sometimes it crashes when you open a door, sometimes it crashes when you talk to a NPC.
    - Frame rate issues even with high end PC. - The game also happens to wipe all your loot    I was really excited for this game as fan of looters, I played Diablo 3 and Destiny 1 and 2 for the past few years. This game has so many issues it's insane.
    -The game crashes non-stop for random interactions, sometimes it crashes when you open a door, sometimes it crashes when you talk to a NPC.
    - Frame rate issues even with high end PC.
    - The game also happens to wipe all your loot for some people. Imagine you played this game for 20+ hours for this to happen.
    - Gameplay is: run there, clear the area, advance. there is not much brains needed
    - Enemies: pretty boring, mostly humans that are behind cover and monsters that charge you and minibosses that just walk towards you with some extra abilities.
    - Weapons: nothing unique, standard weapons as many other shooters.
    - Armor: looks cool, set bonus for legendary armor is a nice idea but really limited atm.
    - Abilities: even though they look cool, they get boring pretty quickly, I found myself change between skills and trees non-stop. Also some options in the skill trees make no sense. For example, on my technomancer i wanted a poison build so I invest heavily in the top tree but some really good poison perks are in the bottom tree for some reason??
    - Matchmaking: This must be the worst thing in the game. It is laggy as hell, it crashes the game but the worst thing is that it asks you what you want to play but if you randomly join someone for an expedition, that person can just decide to do other stuff instead of it or stand around. And why is that? Because the game just randomly puts you in a team with someone regardless of what they want to do or if they are even there. It happened pretty often that I stood in a camp and upgraded my gear, then randomly 1-2 people joined on me, I wasn't looking for people to join me. 8/10 players I joined are literally just standing there or want to do other stuff. Why not pool people together that selected an activity. It feels like Destiny LFG but nobody knows what the other one wants to do or if they are even there.
    - Builds: Anomaly infused bullets and ignore the rest. That's the meta, every enemy is a bullet sponge in this game, its the only viable way to deal damage. I tried all of the ablities on every class but everything else is significantly worse than the anomaly bullets. So with normal gunplay and the other abilities you do way too little damage but with anomaly bullets you melt everything in your way. In a party of 3 you can expect everyone to run Anomaly bullets with tricksters and technomancers using their slow and freeze abilities. So you end up shooting motionless enemies that will die in super fast. But I can't blame them, who wants to shoot an entire mag into one enemy.

    2/10, legendary armor and weapons look interesting and can give you a small extra to you build, rest is far under average.    … Expand
  15. AlexXZ
    Apr 4, 2021
    0
    ребята из IGN снова поставят высокую оценку.
  16. 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.
  17. nazartropanets
    Apr 6, 2021
    2
    gameplay - 4/10
    story - 7/10
    graphics - 1/10
    optimization - 0/10
    a lot of bugs, lags and crashes, bad optimization and graphics, but good story
  18. Shawnlart
    Apr 3, 2021
    0
    I will never support SQARE ENIX AND PPL CAN FLY anymore... so disappointing, they did not learn anything from anthem and cyberpunk incident? why people get furious?? I dont understand why they did not even manage to stablize the server. How can I give a good rating when I can not even log in?? truly disappointing....my fxxckin 60 something bucks.
  19. Enter1ch
    Apr 3, 2021
    0
    DONT buy this game.
    Absolute unplayable. This game needs a internet connection to the outriders servers, you cant connect for the 3rd day in a row.
    If you actualy can connect after 1-2 hours of trying you get disconnect in between a mission and your progress is lost after reconncting. IF you actualy offer a game on release , on a 4 day easter holiday weekend , on the xbox game pass    DONT buy this game.
    Absolute unplayable. This game needs a internet connection to the outriders servers, you cant connect for the 3rd day in a row.
    If you actualy can connect after 1-2 hours of trying you get disconnect in between a mission and your progress is lost after reconncting.

    IF you actualy offer a game on release , on a 4 day easter holiday weekend , on the xbox game pass you SHOULD have a bunch of servers because anyone who owns the gamepass will atleast try the game.    … Expand
  20. 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
  21. ninapride
    Apr 8, 2021
    0
    All the 10/10 ratings are total BS. Anybody that looks online at steam forums can see thousands of posts complaining the game is unplayable and broken. OUTRIDERS is worthless because it requires a constant connection to their servers which are broken.
  22. 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
  23. 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....
  24. Stefanobed
    Apr 2, 2021
    1
    Bad copy of destiny 2. Boring gameplay ,no open world ,story off line 3. Another game "copy and paste "
  25. Astaror
    Apr 3, 2021
    0
    Game don't even start, despite the fact demo was working fine. Support answers with generic sentences and don't even bother reading reports.
  26. tjbim
    Apr 2, 2021
    0
    50 bucks for a game that doesn't work, 0 for a perfectly mastered black screen
  27. Jonas-san
    Apr 3, 2021
    2
    Well, as I thought this game is really disappointed. Repetitive, visually looks like an old gen game and that gameplay isn't innovative. It ok to play as a free game (gamepass) but doesn't worth to spend money on it.
  28. diakon1
    Apr 3, 2021
    0
    I paid 60 Euros, and this game is a total mess. Generic, uninspired, and boring. Plus this game is currently very buggy and unplayable. Worst spend money...
  29. Gunmars
    Apr 10, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Outriders tries to cut out it's own little piece of the looter shooter genre, instead of being just another Destiny copy it takes some risks with the formula overall with varying success. First thing I'd say is I do not think Outriders should be classified into the same broad range as other looter shooters, if anything I would call it a strange new mix of Diablo Shooter. Loot comes at you fast and furious, while most of it is generally useless you can disassemble both weapons and armor for mods that can be then placed on other pieces. At the same time you are given a small indicator on items that shows if you already own said mods and can just outright sell for "scrap", the in universe stand in for money. One of the main areas Outriders falls short is giving the player the option to focus on run and gun shooting or stick to cover. While the game gives you the option to stick to cover Gears of War style it doesn't do a great job in making it a fun experience. Most enemies will lob some type of grenade to chase you from cover or just suicide flank you making the run and gun style of shooting much more appealing and seemingly the overall meta. When I initially played the open beta for Outriders I wasn't thrilled with the story we were allowed to see nor the early class skills in general and I was hesitant at best to give this game a try. But boredom won out and I jumped in, short of early server issues and a few bugs my personal experience is Outriders ran well enough. Story wise early it is a bit hit or miss and the ending kinda hits it's mark. There are a few story beats where I was super into the mystery and others are was perplexed why that was their answer for the way events happened. Classes are a weak point early but slowly build into a strength the higher you level, allowing you to tailor a class more towards your liking. Weapons and armor are easily customizable, some armor looks great and others looks like they don't fit the universe at all. It's mainly about finding the look of armor you want, get the highest end version of it and mod it to your liking. This game is far more casual than some others in that aspect, in Outriders you probably only have to spent a few days at most to get the gear you want while other games time lock you trying to do so. Outriders end game is called "Expeditions" and is a solo or group race against time to recover crashed supply pods. While it is easier in a group some aspects of this mode were overlooked, such as solo players not getting any extra time to complete and not getting a single res like the group mode. While this mode can become a challenge higher up you go in it's levels it will still give you some rewards for failure so at least if you die solo or fail as a group you do get some reward instead of just wasted time. Overall the community as a whole is good, the Devastator class as of this review is highly lacking in end game desirability as groups prefer high end damage over a meaty tank class.

    Overall I enjoyed the game, it doesn't take any radical next steps for the genre and makes some aspects of it more casual player friendly while allowing enough end game replay ability now for it to be fun. Decent story, decently fun but lacking variety side quests, fast loot progression, scaling difficulty and good enough end game for now. Outriders is a solid game that doesn't blow down the doors of a genre but with enough support may have a decent shelf life in the market.

    -------EDIT 4/10/2021-------

    Altered my original score of a 8 down to a 5. Big brain devs panicked over some classes out preforming others and subsequently flailed around in the darkness and nerfed basically everything to hell. Instead of selective nerfs and buffs to help bring some classes down and others up just a bit they basically killed all high end builds that were clearing content too fast and moved the timed gated end game goal post to make it virtually impossible on higher levels solo and in groups a times. Not only did the "over preforming" classes take massive damage and survivability hit the lower end classes also took the same hit. So the meta builds are still the meta, the crap classes and still crap and no one is having fun trying to hit a insane time limit on end game content. Until People Can Fly gets their heads out of their asses and fixes this plus a whole new full inventory wipe bug. AVOID OUTRIDERS.    … Expand
  30. MrMurdoch
    Apr 4, 2021
    0
    $60 for something with less content than you get from many free-to-plays without dropping a penny. It's just something that stagnates before the demo ends. The $60 you drop for PC version is just regretful. It's clearly designed in such a way that this is evident only after about 4 hours, well past any refund point. As a "service," maybe if Game Pass for PC cost only $10, I could see$60 for something with less content than you get from many free-to-plays without dropping a penny. It's just something that stagnates before the demo ends. The $60 you drop for PC version is just regretful. It's clearly designed in such a way that this is evident only after about 4 hours, well past any refund point. As a "service," maybe if Game Pass for PC cost only $10, I could see playing this here and there, after substantial updates and server stability. But clearly they don't expect server load to maintain, and people will be, and are currently, dropping this quickly.… Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  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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