Rebel Galaxy Outlaw

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5.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 123 Ratings

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  1. Antiks
    Aug 13, 2019
    4
    Bought the game for space combat but found the controls to be pretty bad. The combat is based around an auto follow / auto aim setup. Mouse is essentially unplayable. My HOTAS which i typically use for these games also controlled incredibly bad. The gamepad is the only thing that works well for this game. If you don't like playing on pad and find hold button to follow/lock on unappealing IBought the game for space combat but found the controls to be pretty bad. The combat is based around an auto follow / auto aim setup. Mouse is essentially unplayable. My HOTAS which i typically use for these games also controlled incredibly bad. The gamepad is the only thing that works well for this game. If you don't like playing on pad and find hold button to follow/lock on unappealing I would just avoid this game entirely. It could probably be a middling score if it weren't for the show stopper of bad controls.… Expand
  2. 123579
    Aug 14, 2019
    4
    Launched with abysmal keyboard and mouse controls, and apparently a slew of flight stick issues. I cannot put into words how awful the keyboard and mouse controls are. For a game selling itself as a continuation of '90s space flight sims, they sure did **** all research into good control schemes.

    The gameplay itself is what you expect of the genre, if a bit shallow. For example you    Launched with abysmal keyboard and mouse controls, and apparently a slew of flight stick issues. I cannot put into words how awful the keyboard and mouse controls are. For a game selling itself as a continuation of '90s space flight sims, they sure did **** all research into good control schemes.

    The gameplay itself is what you expect of the genre, if a bit shallow. For example you can't actually dock, you can only approach stations and press 'E'. Missions consist of flying to a purple or yellow icon by pressing 'E', and then either pressing 'E' again, or clicking on enemies until they die. Sometimes you press 'E' again to loot. There is a reason it only costs $30. Your money is probably better spent on other games, unless you really want to play it for some reason. No Man's Sky is on sale for $30 right now and if you don't have it yet you'll get way more out of it.

    if it wasn't for the horrendous controls I would give it a 6 or 7. I wanted to like this game, I really did, but it is so damn half baked, with incorrect keybind prompts popping up, no "up one menu" key, really strange mouse controls in certain menus, and so on. Be highly dubious of anyone giving it a 10. I could see someone who played it with a controller with no expectations of a flight sim giving it an 8 at the most, which is what the professional critics seem to have averaged on.    … Expand
  3. Frostphoenyx
    Aug 14, 2019
    1
    Definitively worse than the first. Telling people that this game reminds them of Privateer is an insult to this master-piece.

    + the music
    + ship design
    + nice intro

    - the hud and the user interface are horrible
    - the fov made me puke
    - the grind
    - the mouse controls are terri-bad
    - the protagonist is dull
    - the story is meh

    Avoid at all cost !
  4. Vasot
    Aug 17, 2019
    4
    Worse from the first game a silly made arcadish type of game and unfinished you can tell from the poorly designed menus (even the graphic options are missing from inside the game you can only change them if you use the game launcher WTF !!). The plot is stupid typical B-movie stuff with space Rednecks and aliens and they all look like toys (even the spaceships look like toys inspired by aWorse from the first game a silly made arcadish type of game and unfinished you can tell from the poorly designed menus (even the graphic options are missing from inside the game you can only change them if you use the game launcher WTF !!). The plot is stupid typical B-movie stuff with space Rednecks and aliens and they all look like toys (even the spaceships look like toys inspired by a Kids tv show) completely forgettable story with meh characters. The graphics they are very cartoonish (Borderlands art style yuck !!!) nothing special to write about as for the controls they are confusing and badly remapped in the PC version you have to search the keyboard options menu to find how everything works and the mouse control during combat it's bad you have to use the autolock game system just to make the targeting easier LOL !!!. There is not even a Tutorial in this game and it's supposedly a 2019 title for god shake.. At the end it's just a poorly made arcade and nothing more than that don't waste money for this wait for something better… Expand
  5. Jerzy_
    Jan 23, 2021
    2
    Do you want to waste your time for underdeveloped and frustrating game? Do you enjoy bad and unresponsive controls, impossible missions and chaos? Give it a go.
  6. Almostpilot
    Oct 6, 2019
    2
    Calling this game Privateer's spiritual successor is a heresy. Privateer was a great game 30 years ago. Now you launch the same game with the same content from 30 years ago with just a better look is a huge lack of creativity. Visually beautiful, but with repetitive gameplay, unbalanced and with little diversification. You get the best ship in the game by staying in one system and notCalling this game Privateer's spiritual successor is a heresy. Privateer was a great game 30 years ago. Now you launch the same game with the same content from 30 years ago with just a better look is a huge lack of creativity. Visually beautiful, but with repetitive gameplay, unbalanced and with little diversification. You get the best ship in the game by staying in one system and not following the story. And there are only 5 different ships and 4 variations of them.… Expand
  7. Quitschemucke
    Aug 18, 2019
    4
    Rebel Galaxy Outlaw just will not arrive me. The game seems unfinished, the story is irrelevant, the space seems empty and somehow not what I had hoped for and a game in the direction of freelancers. Approaching recognizing what freelancers but it is absolutely not ran. Freelancer is still one of the best space shooters and the game is from 2003. No, the game is unfortunately not for meRebel Galaxy Outlaw just will not arrive me. The game seems unfinished, the story is irrelevant, the space seems empty and somehow not what I had hoped for and a game in the direction of freelancers. Approaching recognizing what freelancers but it is absolutely not ran. Freelancer is still one of the best space shooters and the game is from 2003. No, the game is unfortunately not for me ... I'm just super disappointed. Above all, you have to do the side missions to then continue in the main story, it is explained nothing and it just does not get a cool feeling, too bad

    Graphic: 8/10
    Control 3/10
    Story (?): 2/10    … Expand
  8. blaa
    May 20, 2020
    1
    A bad game with terrible controls that tries to hide this behind enabling flight assist and aim assist as default.
  9. Bluefenix
    Sep 19, 2020
    0
    I loved the first rebel galaxy, the broadside combat was great, the music was amazing, and I have replayed it multiple times because there is nothing like it out there.

    Outlaw is a cheap generic dogfighting game that doesn't even work on a joystick properly. It is unoriginal, the combat is based on auto-follow, so holding a button, and well... I have seen dozens of dogfighting games    I loved the first rebel galaxy, the broadside combat was great, the music was amazing, and I have replayed it multiple times because there is nothing like it out there.

    Outlaw is a cheap generic dogfighting game that doesn't even work on a joystick properly. It is unoriginal, the combat is based on auto-follow, so holding a button, and well... I have seen dozens of dogfighting games that are better, so I don´t know why they abandoned their original and successful format.

    Do not buy    … Expand
  10. Innocente
    Oct 26, 2019
    3
    There is some good in this game, but it is very much a negative experience overall.

    * Zero documentation. Nothing in-game, nothing out of game. And there are things that need explaining. * Level scaling. As your ship grows more powerful, the missions you get grow harder. Even in the base starting system. Eventually, you have no 'easy' missions. There is little point to moving    There is some good in this game, but it is very much a negative experience overall.

    * Zero documentation. Nothing in-game, nothing out of game. And there are things that need explaining.

    * Level scaling. As your ship grows more powerful, the missions you get grow harder. Even in the base starting system. Eventually, you have no 'easy' missions. There is little point to moving to other systems as the one you start in will suffice.

    * Lame story. Really? The developers never saw 'John Wick'? The protagonist actually leaves the big baddie alive and the story is about tracking him down again? Awful.

    * No real depth to the game at all. There is just nothing here and eventually it all just boils down to 'go shoot some guys'.

    * No personal storage outside your ship. It makes doing 50% of the missions an absolute nightmare as there is not real way to gather and save materials needed to complete the missions.

    * Lots of minor bugs and glitches. Nothing game breaking, but pretty dang annoying. Like coming out of warp at full speed right in front of a structure. Bang! Enjoy your repair bill. Or just about to dock at a structure and whoops. Police Scan. Bang into the structure. Enjoy your repair bill.

    I am sure there are lots of folks that like this sort of game, however I am not one of them. Do wait for a while and get it on sale for $10 or so. It is really not worth much more than that, in my opinion.    … Expand
  11. sandora85
    Nov 3, 2019
    3
    I have one simple question why??Double Damage you have brilliant idea first game using dreadnought fierce battle simple and remarkable game play.But you change game concept small fighter ship battle dog fight etc. you screwed because out there have many similar type games and many of them better then yours.Realise your mistake and turn reality.
  12. Abscess2
    Aug 22, 2019
    0
    Good intro and good music. Mouse and keyboard controls were so bad I uninstalled after ten minutes.
  13. Wiebe
    Feb 26, 2020
    3
    Cluncky gameplay, bad voice acting, strange design. Bad B version of Freelancer?
  14. NeonLightLive
    Sep 14, 2019
    0
    To begin with - play galaxy on fire 2, this is an ancient android game, you will understand what plagiarism happened, literally all the mechanics from communicating in bars to copying the properties of weapons and equipment to the ship, I paid for a free game on the phone from 2012, no music or animation does not block the lack of ideas
  15. Larrynautik
    Aug 14, 2019
    2
    The game is very poorly intuitive and balanced. You're attacked but Elite unkillable hoards of ennemies without a single chance to win. Graphics and not very nice, they're okay for a 2012 game, but not in 2019. Economy is way too basic and obscure ; anyways, you just can't have a big trade ship, as there are only 4 models of ship in the game, and the cargo capacity is ridiculous.The game is very poorly intuitive and balanced. You're attacked but Elite unkillable hoards of ennemies without a single chance to win. Graphics and not very nice, they're okay for a 2012 game, but not in 2019. Economy is way too basic and obscure ; anyways, you just can't have a big trade ship, as there are only 4 models of ship in the game, and the cargo capacity is ridiculous.

    Dogfight is very hard to manage as the radar is almost unreadable. I was waiting this game for a long time, and I'm eventually really deceived. I was hoping for a new Freelancer, I get this poor game whose content is far from any player expectations.

    I do not recommend.    … Expand
  16. SharpyB
    Aug 27, 2019
    3
    Repetive and boring gameplay. Great animations - which you will start quiting after tenth time you see them in ten minutes. Horrible flight controls. Main protagonist makes you wanna crash and burn. Main story is just pasted on and gives absolutely no motivation to suffer throught the game.
    Makes one think if some developers put their games to Epic store just because player feedback and    Repetive and boring gameplay. Great animations - which you will start quiting after tenth time you see them in ten minutes. Horrible flight controls. Main protagonist makes you wanna crash and burn. Main story is just pasted on and gives absolutely no motivation to suffer throught the game.
    Makes one think if some developers put their games to Epic store just because player feedback and reactions are not visible there.    … Expand
  17. Mordhaus
    Nov 30, 2020
    0
    I played the original and loved it. When the prequel was announced, I would have bought it day one...but it went exclusive to Epic. I got over that as it is a small team and they needed the money from Epic. So I waited a year for it to come out on Steam, where the original fans made the series popular. I asked in both the discord server and the twitter page, but was told rudely both timesI played the original and loved it. When the prequel was announced, I would have bought it day one...but it went exclusive to Epic. I got over that as it is a small team and they needed the money from Epic. So I waited a year for it to come out on Steam, where the original fans made the series popular. I asked in both the discord server and the twitter page, but was told rudely both times that unlike almost all other former Epic exclusives, there would be no sale of any type.

    Nothing, not even a coupon if you owned the original game. So I created a post on the discussion forum and it grew to be the largest post there, with multiple people wondering why they were treating the original fans this way. In return, they used the minimum possible excuse to ban me without warning for 30 days. All for calling a known Epic troll a shill. I won't be buying anything from this company in the future. They rode the fan's backs to get cash from Epic and sold us out.    … Expand
  18. Azgarod
    Aug 14, 2019
    3
    This game is bad. Really bad. Coming off of just finishing rebel galaxy, jumping into everspace and elite dangerous, this game flies like a monstrosity mix of elite dangerous and no mans sky. In a world where we have unbelievable gems like everspace for freedom of movement and elite dangerous for realism, why would you ever go back 10 steps to something just bad. Everything about this gameThis game is bad. Really bad. Coming off of just finishing rebel galaxy, jumping into everspace and elite dangerous, this game flies like a monstrosity mix of elite dangerous and no mans sky. In a world where we have unbelievable gems like everspace for freedom of movement and elite dangerous for realism, why would you ever go back 10 steps to something just bad. Everything about this game is more complicated than it needs to be and not in the elite dangerous good way.

    Pros
    1. Soundtrack
    2. Graphics (cartoony but fine)

    Cons
    1. Gameplay
    2. Acting
    3. Controls
    4. Space movement

    I think much of this could be corrected if you were zoomed out significantly further from your ship    … Expand
  19. MaelstromX
    Aug 15, 2019
    0
    The controls are unbearable. Can't believe that Freelancer in the 90's outclasses this one. Also, beware the Epic Games Store. I created an account for this game and suddenly, someone got ahold of my credit card information. What followed are three $150 charges on my credit card. I'm guessing some sort of Fortnite currency. I don't play Fortnite so I'm just guessing. Beware, however, theirThe controls are unbearable. Can't believe that Freelancer in the 90's outclasses this one. Also, beware the Epic Games Store. I created an account for this game and suddenly, someone got ahold of my credit card information. What followed are three $150 charges on my credit card. I'm guessing some sort of Fortnite currency. I don't play Fortnite so I'm just guessing. Beware, however, their security is obviously not up to par with some other sites. You have been warned.… Expand
  20. Falcone
    Sep 10, 2019
    3
    The game has nice music and explosion's effects. That's all.
    Alas, there is one more game that can not be listed in the row with such masterpieces like X:Universe and Freelancer.
  21. Gamerjohn
    Jan 9, 2020
    0
    The game doesn't launch, distraught Ben Solo. After his scuffle with Luke Skywalker, which left the Jedi training grounds in ruin, the boy who would one day be Kylo Ren fled to the arms of Snoke, hoping to connect with the Knights of Ren. Kylo Ren #2 picks up with Ben and Snoke in the mysterious space
  22. Ranger1956
    Sep 14, 2019
    2
    This game is addicting as Wing Commander: Privateer (by Origin Systems) and Freelancer (by Digital Anvil), and is a rip-off of the same exact premise these games were based on. However, that is where it ends. I couldn't get it to even download and still get that damn error screen when it wants to load or run the "Prerequisites". Even now, I'm still getting that SU-PQR1603 error when theThis game is addicting as Wing Commander: Privateer (by Origin Systems) and Freelancer (by Digital Anvil), and is a rip-off of the same exact premise these games were based on. However, that is where it ends. I couldn't get it to even download and still get that damn error screen when it wants to load or run the "Prerequisites". Even now, I'm still getting that SU-PQR1603 error when the launcher wants to update. I have done everything on the EpicGames website support page, and on the Windows related page, and still get the same error. The only way I could get it to work was after watching a YouTube video and putting a small line of code in the EpicGames Launcher program line. If the developers of this game hadn't put so much money into the lame-ass wannabe rock music, and more into the game's development it would have surpassed Privateer and Freelancer. And as others have said the mouse and keyboard layout and interface really sucks, especially the mouse. Not to mention, but I will anyway, the fact that your autopilot key and the tractor beam key are the same one! It's a real pain when you have an item on the MFD you want to tractor in only to find yourself being autopiloted to some destination. These two functions should never be on the same key bind. I have turned down the mouse sensitivity so much, both on my mouse and in game, and it is still way too sensitive. Then I have to turn it back up after I exit the program. Plus you have to have a game pad in order to play the eight-ball otherwise you can't set up your shots, even then, these controls are also way too sensitive. Definitely will not buy anymore games through EpicGames.… Expand
  23. JaksIRL
    Dec 21, 2019
    0
    Quite possibly the worst game I have ever played. It plays like it was designed by idiots who suck. The worst, ugliest human models I have ever seen in any game ever. This includes some of the most awful amateur games that have ever darkened the doors of anyone's PC.

    It would take a battalion of the greatest artists, coders, designers and voice actors a million years to purposely    Quite possibly the worst game I have ever played. It plays like it was designed by idiots who suck. The worst, ugliest human models I have ever seen in any game ever. This includes some of the most awful amateur games that have ever darkened the doors of anyone's PC.

    It would take a battalion of the greatest artists, coders, designers and voice actors a million years to purposely replicate such an abortion of a video game. Wanting my money back is an understatement. I want to be compensated two million US dollars for each minute I had to suffer through this steaming pile of garbage.    … Expand
  24. jseph1234
    Feb 28, 2020
    0
    A junk looking hooky,trying to be a dogfight game that is half-baked and released as an Epig Games exclusive. Don't waste your money, you'll be sorry
  25. TheFrog
    Sep 6, 2022
    3
    I was hungry for some old-style space combat. Unfortunately, this game plays worse than Wing Commander, you just need to point your reticle in the general direction of the enemy and let aim assist do the rest (you can also press a key in combat and the ship will automatically pursuit the enemy for you, but I REFUSE to do it - might as well let the PC play by itself).
    Not that you would go    I was hungry for some old-style space combat. Unfortunately, this game plays worse than Wing Commander, you just need to point your reticle in the general direction of the enemy and let aim assist do the rest (you can also press a key in combat and the ship will automatically pursuit the enemy for you, but I REFUSE to do it - might as well let the PC play by itself).
    Not that you would go very far without aim assist, because of the insane aerobatics the AI pulls, and especially because of balance. Instead of forcing you to carefully make every shot count, they give you auto aim and make you fight at least five enemy ships at a time, all of them spamming missiles one after the other. I'm pretty sure a single mission had me take out at least thirty enemies, including the random encounters on the way between waypoints. Especially bad are those instances where you reach your third mission goal (scan something, pick up special cargo, etc.) only to have five or six enemy ships instantly MATERIALIZE right behind you, taking out all of your shields in less than one second.
    No tactics, just point towards an enemy and try to take it out as fast as possible. No planning a careful approach: enemies can instantly materialize anywhere. Ship upgrade? Yes, but pretty disappointing overall, especially since the enemies level up at least as fast as you. While their ships have outwardly remained the same, they take more shots before exploding now than they did at the start, and my firepower is 7-8 times as much. So there is absolutely no feeling of growing, improving, you actually become comparatively weaker the more you upgrade your ship. Compare this to the Starpoint Gemini approach, where you start with a very small ship and have to carefully avoid combat with most enemies, but as you improve, you capture bigger and better ships and eventually can duke it out with the strongest.
    Better play something else, like the X games or the old Descent Freespace.    … Expand
  26. Ace07
    Sep 22, 2020
    3
    Game seem like it could be fun but I'm making this review to help save someone some money. The controls suck (on controller) as well as the options to change them. Having pitch and roll on separate analog sticks makes it unplayable. If I would have known that I wouldn't have wasted my money.
  27. ArtEM-41
    May 29, 2020
    4
    Я ожидал, что графика будет единственным минусом игры. Оказалось абсолютно в ТОЧНОСТИ наоборот.
  28. bigpepe
    Apr 16, 2023
    4
    Kinda playable, but really HUUUUGE step back in comparison to Rebel Galaxy. The devs are privateer fans and wanted to do something similar, breaking the game in result. Very limited number of ships (the best can be bought after a few hours of playing, in the first system where we start the game). No capital ships - your choice is limited to flying garbage truck, bulky transport orKinda playable, but really HUUUUGE step back in comparison to Rebel Galaxy. The devs are privateer fans and wanted to do something similar, breaking the game in result. Very limited number of ships (the best can be bought after a few hours of playing, in the first system where we start the game). No capital ships - your choice is limited to flying garbage truck, bulky transport or fighter.
    If you like the first RG there is a high chance you will not like this one.    … Expand

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Quarter to Three
    Jan 15, 2020
    80
    Among the many insights offered in Rebel Galaxy Outlaw, it knows that if there’s one thing better than cruising around in a sweet ride blowing stuff up and flying through their explosions, it’s cruising around in a sweet ride blowing stuff up and flying through their explosions while listening to sweet tunes.
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  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Dec 6, 2019
    73
    Outlaw is a throwback to the roots of spacesim genre, a visual aid that shows where it all began and helps to understand just how far the genre has evolved since then. And the lesson to take is this: let the past stay in the past. [Issue#241, p.40]
  3. GameGrin
    Oct 18, 2019
    85
    Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is a fun and addicting space combat game with an amazing soundtrack. However, controls can be really weird without a game controller and playing it for the first time is very daunting unless one watches a 40 minutes long introductory/tutorial video.
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