Outriders

 PlayStation 5
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5.9

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  1. FurionPS4
    Apr 7, 2021
    6
    For me this game could have been a 9/10 but I'm going to have to give it a 6 because of specific reasons.

    First you should know that I'm on PSN and have reached World Tier 15 and also about to complete the Challenge Trials. Throughout my whole experience in the campaign I was under the impression that raising World Tiers would improve my chances in getting legendary drops, and as well    For me this game could have been a 9/10 but I'm going to have to give it a 6 because of specific reasons.

    First you should know that I'm on PSN and have reached World Tier 15 and also about to complete the Challenge Trials. Throughout my whole experience in the campaign I was under the impression that raising World Tiers would improve my chances in getting legendary drops, and as well be the core area where I could keep raising my weapon levels and continue farming. I always considered the Time Trials in Challenge Tier to be more of a side thing, something you do to test your builds but not be the main area to where you farm.

    After completing the story in WT15 and also helping other friends reach WT15, meaning I put in around an extra 15 hours in the campaign while playing in WT15, I only found 1 legendary drop. The rest of the legendaries I received in the campaign were all put behind a quest wall, meaning that they are guaranteed if you follow certain side missions, like completing all the hunts, bounties, and collecting souvenirs. I thought for a minute that yes if I continue going up WT I will finally start seeing Legendary drops like in my other favorite looter games, Diablo Series and Borderlands, but that hope never came to be realized. I had 1 legendary drop after endless hours in the campaign to soon realize that when it comes to legendary items Outriders is more like Destiny than my favorite looter games. After finishing the campaign in WT15 I was able to reach CT12 in just 2 hours, but then the repetitiveness and lack of maps got boring pretty fast. It reminds me a lot of Destiny in that aspect. I want to start other classes but knowing what the end game is like, and knowing that there is no incentive in the campaign anymore I just don't feel as excited or motivated to do it. Returnal is coming out soon so now I have my sights on other games.

    I resent the players who just sped through the game in WT7 to reach Challenge trials, who just grinded hours on CT to increase their legendary drops. I stopped playing destiny because of those type of repetitive trial grinds where you can't move around the world and traverse around the environments for legendary drops. I also resent that all the time I put into World Tier farming was basically a pointless endeavor, and now it feels like I wasted my time. My biggest question is why is there a cap in World Tier when the campaign world is so much more vast, with better designed maps and more side missions. The campaign as whole is ten times more diverse than time trials (Challenge Tier).

    To me Challenge trial is a gimmick you see in live service games, but People Can Fly specifically mentioned that this is not a live service game. So what is the catch? Why don't they want to give incentive to loot hunters to appreciate their campaign and side missions and level up their World Tier? Why did they design their game with two seperate looting systems which make their campaign World Tiers irrelevant to the core mechanic for legendary hunting and gear leveling.

    I hope one day they realize that the only way to make the game complete as a whole is to raise the World Tier Cap to 20, and make the Time Trial challenges a place to test your gear, not a place to find and level your gear. If anything Outriders should give players the option to grind the campaign or challenge trials.

    Capping the World Tier to 15 and lowering the legendary drop rate to a near 0% lowers all incentive to appreciate the campaign and side missions. There is literally no reason for loot hunters to care about the campaign, which in my opinion has better map designs than Challenge trials.

    Other than this I thought the game was really good, and I love all the classes and the gameplay is fantastic. Too bad, that they didn't grasp on what makes looter games great, such as other of the greatest hits. By the time I finished games in Diablo and Borderlands I would be swimming in legendaries and experimenting endlessly with my builds. In Outriders it feels like a grind and I don't think I want to keep putting in the time to reach that level of desired experimentation. I need 2 more trophies for my platinum and after that I think I'm going to put the game in the shelf (figuratively speaking since I'm all digital)

    PS. I don't think it should be a standard for developers to release games with so many bugs and issues. This is not something we should accept. So I'm lowering my score to a 6. Still it could have been a 9/10    … Expand
  2. Kevinsullivan
    Apr 5, 2021
    5
    Loved it really did the gear system the powers but can't forgive it for be yet one more game that's released broken constant disconnected can play co op and ways getting kicked and to top it of the end game doesn't work as you can't play with other players as you get kicked all the time all so one of my hunts is glitched and I can't complete it at all
  3. N3ffShark
    Apr 7, 2021
    5
    An extremely bland looter and shooter. Nothing too great to write home about, feels more of a poorly done clone of others mixed together. Story dragged on, weapons got stale.

    Not the worst game out tbere, would recommend to play with friends when the game goes on sale. Gave 5/10 for uninspired gameplay, but reasonable considering the conditions.
  4. GrumpyReviewer
    Apr 19, 2021
    7
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    Outriders is a decent game; it's not the best looter-shoter ever made, but it is pretty competent in that sense. The graphics are OK, same for the sci-fi story, but the gameplay is amazing. The guns and skills feel tight and playing the game, alone or with friends, is a blast.

    I also appreciate the dev team for not making this a "service game". Per their own interviews, Outriders will be a game with a beginning and an end. The last thing we need is another generic Destiny clone to keep us hooked on a forever grind.

    All that being said, they SERIOUSLY need to fix the log in/connection issues. I don't remember the last time I logged in without having to restar the game (or the system) a few times. The same for the disconnection errors... it's very frustrating to finally manage to kill a particularly hard boss and get disconnected... :( I almost gave up on this game a few times because of this.

    But there is a lot of game here, and a lot of heart. Hope they keep fixing and patching it.    … Expand
  5. Psyclerk
    Apr 16, 2021
    6
    Outriders is much like other games throughout history that launched early on in a console's lifespan but weren't considered system sellers. It's a fairly mediocre game that gives you something to play on your shiny new console until a killer first-party game or the next big installment in an established AAA franchise drops. It's also a game that requires you to invest some time into itOutriders is much like other games throughout history that launched early on in a console's lifespan but weren't considered system sellers. It's a fairly mediocre game that gives you something to play on your shiny new console until a killer first-party game or the next big installment in an established AAA franchise drops. It's also a game that requires you to invest some time into it before you 'get to the good part' and can actually see its appeal.

    There are a couple of hurdles that players will have to overcome before they can really extract some decent entertainment from Outriders. First, you will need to play until about level 10. This will get you access to your class skills as well as get you into the skill tree. Before that level, the game feels like a cover shooter with a gimmick...which it is, but you can't appreciate the gimmick without some time invested. It's a poor design decision and only the first of several.

    Second, you will need to "unlearn" what you know about similar games. Outriders will be accused of copying from The Division and Gears of War, but if you play this game like those other two, you will find that the game is both difficult and unrewarding. It is actually better to play aggressively, chasing enemies down, firing off your abilities, swapping out weapons, and only using cover to reload your weapons or wait out a skill cooldown. Playing conservatively as you might in the Division will only lead to frustration as enemies swarm over you.

    The game requires an online connection, I imagine primarily to keep cheaters at bay. However, there is no competitive mode, only co-op. The game offers four classes, but parties are limited to only three players, another odd choice.

    Fast travel is available, though it is very clunky. There are hub areas scattered about, and you can fast-travel to points you have previously unlocked. However, this is limited to your immediate area. For some reason, for example, you cannot travel from the field in the first zone to the third hub area, or a field in the fourth zone. You must return to the hubs, and inter-hub travel is only available there. From the hubs, you have to fast-travel AGAIN to field locations near whatever hub you are in. Maybe there is a technical reason for this but it still comes off as very odd.

    I didn't find the story compelling in the slightest. The premise is a little interesting, but then it's handled in a way that either expects you to know what's going on without any background, or be interested in the missing details enough that you want to progress the story or side missions.

    Graphics are certainly not next-gen. There's not much difference between PS5 Outriders and something from the PS3/Xbox 360 era. I was a little miffed to see so much clipping on various models, both characters and the environment. At this stage of video gaming, it just seems lazy.

    Barring all this, the game does have some interesting gameplay. Finding a good combination of skills and weapon types can be compelling, though, due to the always-online nature of the game, you can't pause mid-battle to swap out from your inventory. The game continues to be 'live' even when in the menus, so if you enter a battle with the wrong gear/skills, you will likely have to die in order to try again. The loot system is fun, allowing you to modify existing gear in a number of interesting ways, using several types of resources.

    Overall, it's not a great experience but it's not total garbage. If you are willing to invest some time, you will likely get some entertainment out of the game, at least until the next big thing comes along.    … Expand
  6. Kenmei
    Apr 18, 2021
    5
    Outriders feels like a bunch of other games mixed together to make something that doesnt equal any of the games it tries to copy. Plus some truly baffling decisions about keeping the game online only have really almost ruined the experience for me personally.
    The game mimics alot of other always online live-service type games, with The Division taking the most of its base data from. Its    Outriders feels like a bunch of other games mixed together to make something that doesnt equal any of the games it tries to copy. Plus some truly baffling decisions about keeping the game online only have really almost ruined the experience for me personally.
    The game mimics alot of other always online live-service type games, with The Division taking the most of its base data from. Its an over-the-shoulder 3rd person shooter with RPG mechanics and based almost entirely on loot grinding. However the game also tries to sway towards the opposite end of the spectrum by forgoing the usual open world map associated with these games and opting for smaller levels with an extremely tight focus on what each part of the map is meant for at the end of the day. It doesnt really work as well as it could have, since the map is pretty bad, especially since theres no freaking compus on the mini map which still drives me insane. And each map is very similar. Once you leave the forest areas you come to the desert areas and so on.
    Gameplay is at least enjoyable for the most part. Each class is pretty fun but you're really doing yourself a disservice if you dont at least try to get your class to level 10ish as thats when alot of the fun mechanics of the game finally start to open up. Problem is, at the end of the day, there's just not alot to do here. I personally got 1 character to finish the story and the end game is just grinding the same old dungeons over and over again. There's not alot here to keep me going to grind out loot and continue with the slog that all these live service games end up becoming in the end.
    I personally like these 3rd person style shooters like this, but there's not enough here to keep me going for very long. All the issues with it being always online and the servers being down quite often for a game that very clearly could have been done offline is always baffling to me. This feels like the very definition of a B tier game to me. There's some fun to be had but alot of weird and off putting things keep it from being any higher and will keep me from continuing to play it long term.    … Expand
  7. OutlawTX
    Apr 4, 2021
    6
    At its core, the gameplay is addictive and fun with a decent story but the endgame leaves something to be desired and having to restart the game over and over in order to log in doesn’t do it any favors. In the endgame you end up being incredibly underpowered trying to mow through high end enemies with ridiculously timed levels. The game pretty much just slaps you in the face and says, FAt its core, the gameplay is addictive and fun with a decent story but the endgame leaves something to be desired and having to restart the game over and over in order to log in doesn’t do it any favors. In the endgame you end up being incredibly underpowered trying to mow through high end enemies with ridiculously timed levels. The game pretty much just slaps you in the face and says, F off.I guess my response is, ok...I will.… Expand
  8. 80sChild
    Apr 25, 2021
    5
    This is NOT a single player/solo game. You can play that way, but there is no enemy scaling that adjusts for solo play. You'll still be fighting mobs of broken, lazily programmed AI regardless. And I played through it solo.

    Earth dead, colonize new world, superpowers. The story is barely serviceable, but its there and its decent enough. If you were expecting GoW Judgement or Bulletstorm    This is NOT a single player/solo game. You can play that way, but there is no enemy scaling that adjusts for solo play. You'll still be fighting mobs of broken, lazily programmed AI regardless. And I played through it solo.

    Earth dead, colonize new world, superpowers. The story is barely serviceable, but its there and its decent enough. If you were expecting GoW Judgement or Bulletstorm levels of entertaining from People Can Fly, its not here.

    The shooty stuff is good, the weapons (mostly) are useful and pack an ever increasing punch. The cover mechanics are nowhere near as responsive for a studio that made a Gears game, often times your character will go zipping off at an odd angle. Sometimes hits don't register. Lots of weird little things.

    There's 2 major issues (for me) that killed this game:

    1) Lazy programming.
    - Enemy AI has 2 (and only 2) behaviors: Enemy shoots with pinpoint accuracy from 10 miles away
    - Or more often, every single enemy on screen rushes you at the same time. I mean they all want to have their gun barrels touching your cheek. It completely destroys any ebb and flow to combat.

    2) Cover mechanics and boss encounters are broken.
    - Often times all a boss has to do is swing their hand/claw at you. It doesn't matter if it actually hits you, because you'll take damage anyways. Even if you're a mile away.
    - Their special attack goes through cover, destroying the whole point of cover (we're talking stone pillars 10 feet thick). Again, destroys any ebb and flow that the combat could have had.

    Combine those two flaws together. Then imagine that literally EVERY enemy in the game can match your speed. You cannot out run them, regardless of who/what it is. Every enemy runs at the same speed. YOUR SPEED.

    You can't outrun them, they ALL want to be in your personal space, they never miss, they don't have cooldowns and they toss grenades like confetti. I can't imagine this would be fun with friends.

    PROS:
    - 4k/60 on PS5
    - Guns are diverse enough to be interesting
    - Mod system is robust enough
    - Abilities are interesting for the most part

    CONS:
    - Graphics are decidedly last gen. Its not bad. Its not great either.
    - Trash story, uninteresting characters, cringy Pandora-like aliens (who live in Pueblo style houses lol)
    - Lazy programming/enemy AI
    - Boss encounters vary wildly depending on how broken they are mechanically
    - Most of the game design is extremely generic until the last 2-3 areas
    - No scaling for solo players, be warned.
    - Level scaling is broken, being one level under an enemy can mean thousands of hit point/health points below an enemy.
    - No matchmaking for endgame activities, you can "matchmake" to join other peoples parties, but they're currently booting players at the end of a run to keep the rewards for themselves. Good job, PCF.
    - Fade out and fade in, for every interaction, every 5 seconds. WTH???
    - Boss powers (and sometimes bullets) go through walls, making cover pointless.
    - Lots of odd glitches, cover system is garbage (This studio made GoW Judgement BTW), bullets and sniper fire go through walls/cover. Lots of bugs and jank.

    I regret this purchase. Wait for a good sale (or rent on Game Pass if that's your thing), its not worth $60 in its current state. Probably never will be, it's problems are in the foundation of this game.    … Expand
  9. soooB
    Apr 4, 2021
    5
    Mostly bland. Ignoring the connectivity issues this is a fairly standard looter shooter. The graphics are decent but you don't really notice it because of the style and nothing about the gameplay really stands out. The one area where it really differentiates itself is in having the most clichéd plots and the most hackneyed dialogue I can remember, combined with impressively awful voiceMostly bland. Ignoring the connectivity issues this is a fairly standard looter shooter. The graphics are decent but you don't really notice it because of the style and nothing about the gameplay really stands out. The one area where it really differentiates itself is in having the most clichéd plots and the most hackneyed dialogue I can remember, combined with impressively awful voice acting for most roles. Really not worth the effort of battling through the server issues, I would have preferred paying for a Bulletstorm DLC really.… Expand
  10. Hectik
    Apr 5, 2021
    5
    Pros

    - 4 classes which encourage you to play different styles (Close up run and gun (trickster), or hang back and let your toys have fun (Technomancer). - Chaotic gunplay which forces you to be aggressive to survive - AI is pretty good tending to flank you if you turtle down Cons - Server issues. Sometimes takes 10min just to sign in - Game crashes. Especially when the host    Pros

    - 4 classes which encourage you to play different styles (Close up run and gun (trickster), or hang back and let your toys have fun (Technomancer).
    - Chaotic gunplay which forces you to be aggressive to survive
    - AI is pretty good tending to flank you if you turtle down

    Cons

    - Server issues. Sometimes takes 10min just to sign in
    - Game crashes. Especially when the host leaves the game
    - Buggy laggy gameplay. Unresolved textures, invisible enemies, enemies and player phasing to different areas.

    Everyone complains Cyberpunk is unplayable. Outriders is worse in it's current state. Hopefully improved after some patch drops as it could be so much more    … Expand
  11. Heyyoitsmerambo
    Apr 5, 2021
    7
    I’m a couple hours in, so far so good! It’s like Gears of War meets Destiney.
  12. Yugakhan
    Apr 21, 2021
    5
    not a fan of slow start games but if you stick with it it get intriguing. combats a problem AI difficulty is all over the place and its a bit sluggish.
  13. HugeyBear
    Apr 10, 2021
    5
    I should have waited at least a few months for a drop in price. Not only was the release a mess with servers but the game is nothing new or exciting. Maybe it’s because I’ve been gaming for so long now that games need to have something unique and fresh for me to fall in love with them. I don’t think this is a bad game... it’s generic though and is lacking in quite a few areas.

    The story    I should have waited at least a few months for a drop in price. Not only was the release a mess with servers but the game is nothing new or exciting. Maybe it’s because I’ve been gaming for so long now that games need to have something unique and fresh for me to fall in love with them. I don’t think this is a bad game... it’s generic though and is lacking in quite a few areas.

    The story isn’t great nor believable even for Sci-Fi
    The enemies don’t have enough variety
    The guns don’t feel very unique
    There just isn’t enough content for a looter shooter... yet.

    If I could have waited for a sale I would have but I paid full price and it’s ok but not great. The Division 2 and Destiny 2 are both much better.    … Expand
  14. Andizzzzy
    Apr 12, 2021
    5
    Pro's
    - Gameplay is pretty fun.
    - Characters and voice acting is great - No micro-transcations! - Better than Anthem and honestly more fun than Destiny. Con's - OVER PRICED. - bugs, a lot of bugs which is unacceptable in a non-open-world, 3rd person shooter. - on PS5 the graphics are really... not good enough. They're nice, but come on, this was your opportunity to take advantage    Pro's
    - Gameplay is pretty fun.
    - Characters and voice acting is great
    - No micro-transcations!
    - Better than Anthem and honestly more fun than Destiny.

    Con's
    - OVER PRICED.
    - bugs, a lot of bugs which is unacceptable in a non-open-world, 3rd person shooter.
    - on PS5 the graphics are really... not good enough. They're nice, but come on, this was your opportunity to take advantage of the Ps5 hardware.
    - end game, it is like the developers didn't really know what the games true purpose was, where is the end game content, activities, raids, anything?

    meh/10    … Expand
  15. FlavoryViking
    Apr 5, 2021
    5
    Never been so addicted to a game. Its just the feel when you shot, the rush, the fast phase, and how the enemies get obliterated in pieces. The mix of skills and how you can customize your weapons with mods makes the game so much fun. Ive never seen a loot game with so much story either.And the voice acting is good as well. I like that good old humor and the liv movemebt is super. I meanNever been so addicted to a game. Its just the feel when you shot, the rush, the fast phase, and how the enemies get obliterated in pieces. The mix of skills and how you can customize your weapons with mods makes the game so much fun. Ive never seen a loot game with so much story either.And the voice acting is good as well. I like that good old humor and the liv movemebt is super. I mean lots of game the characthers just stand there. Here there is motion capture in every single scene and side missions.I enjoy the story as well and all the lore. The design on the items, weapons and inviroments are really beautiful. As with all games it has its bugs here and there. I would make cut scenes different in places herr and there. But either way I cant put the controller down. It just has a great "feel" to it. Specially when I crash down like a meteor and turn 15 enemies into a pile of grinded meat. The end game is really fun as well. The expeditions are made so they connect really good to the story. And it is so much action its ridicolously fun. Adding one or two more players and its so much more action. If you like Doom slaughter and looters, this is it.… Expand
  16. Madchillmojo
    Apr 8, 2021
    5
    I've gone 3 hours into the game and its... "ok" for a free game on Xbox GamePass. If I paid retail at $60-$80USD I would feel like I made a bad choice. Playing on Xbox One S the game feels very Beta. Collision mechanics are wonky, aiming down sites is overly floaty, movement feels numb and the gunplay is lacking in any real punch. Feels like they were aiming for a Gears of War clone inI've gone 3 hours into the game and its... "ok" for a free game on Xbox GamePass. If I paid retail at $60-$80USD I would feel like I made a bad choice. Playing on Xbox One S the game feels very Beta. Collision mechanics are wonky, aiming down sites is overly floaty, movement feels numb and the gunplay is lacking in any real punch. Feels like they were aiming for a Gears of War clone in many ways but it's not nearly as polished or complete. Divinity 2 gets my heart rate thumping during firefights... Division 2 feels slick, immersive and ultra realistic... RedDead 2 draws me in to the story and the graphics would make Ansel Adams hang up his photography career and sell shoes instead... this title does none of that. The loot/gear systems feels eerily like Anthem... (most disappointing game ever... so far) which is particularly disturbing. Really not a good sign at first blush. They say they're patching and updating blah blah blah but Anthem's dev's said that for a year before we finally got the "yeah, just kidding. We're abandoning this project" announcement... Outriders has some good foundations and there's potential here... but it feels like yet another instance of the Dev's trying hard to meet a release date and bypassing a whole lot of Quality Assurance testing to hit that date just to satisfy the investors. I get it... but it leaves the end user feeling like they were sold a Porsche and got a Yugo.… Expand
  17. deplorable
    Apr 2, 2021
    6
    Welcome to the worst character customisation from the previous or new generation of game consoles. I think they spent 20 minutes on these options, plus if you don't like what you picked, it's fine; sometimes you change race during cutscenes. A bug that hasn't been seen since the Age of Conan MMO.

    For some reason the radar is on the top left, which i can't think of any game that's ever    Welcome to the worst character customisation from the previous or new generation of game consoles. I think they spent 20 minutes on these options, plus if you don't like what you picked, it's fine; sometimes you change race during cutscenes. A bug that hasn't been seen since the Age of Conan MMO.

    For some reason the radar is on the top left, which i can't think of any game that's ever done that. I mean it just looks terrible being there instead of top right.

    Graphically it's a mixed bag - the game looks better during cutscenes than what you actually play - it's a little jarring and certainly not as seamless as they intended.

    It can look pretty, and sometimes really good but other times it's drab, worn and you can tell a lot of environment parts were reused. For an open-world game, you'd get that but for an instanced game where each area is separate - it feels rushed.

    open every chest because in some areas the masses of ammo boxes and loot boxes look the same. Seriously... hell take the first real area when they give you a sniper rifle. Speaking of...

    Draw distance. When using a sniper rifle this is ridiculously bad, i thought i had loaded up Brute Force for the original xbox. The powers are interesting, the classes as well.. but the shooting, the shooting doesn't feel good. Destiny (say what you want about Bungies inability to tell a story) but the gameplay is fast, fluid and fun.

    This gameplay doesn't know whether to be slow, fast or fluid and mixes them up with weird results. It's not a pleasant experience. But like bad shooters of old you get used to it the more you play as you kill the walking, sometimes exploding for no reason, pinatas for loot.

    Story wise, it feels like they mixed mass effect andromeda with killzone and a spice of bulletstorm (they did make that one) - it's very genetic; being violent for violent sake (expect a lot of enemy bodies exploding in blood). You can tell why it's not a "Live Service" as they'd be heavily criticised. As it is, it kinda works as a co op but the game play; AI, Cover system all feels like it's a decade old. And that's not a compliment.

    I honestly think they're trying to make a niche between borderlands and Destiny/The Division etc. Although never of those were quite as linear as this game, hell even in the camp area which is large there's people blocking off passageways etc until "you're ready" to progress there, even if it's all instanced (worse than the city in anthem).

    turn off motion blur in the settings. And no there's no way to move the radar to the top right where it belongs.. the world tier is a nice idea but nothing we haven't seen in diablo, warhammer etc

    For a new game, it feels aged. It's just average; average shooter, average story... just.. meh. 6/10. A rushed ill thought out co op shooter - fun with friends drinking. but very 2010

    hold X to pay respects. Retro is in fashion after all, and this offers nothing new. I'm just glad i got the Xbox Game Pass 3 months for £1. Oh look my character went from black to white, and now i think he's hispanic... should have named him Michael    … Expand
  18. Ipoitalo
    Apr 7, 2021
    5
    wow this game was waaay to overhyped...
    its a good mediocre game at best..
    Story.... barely ok gameplay...mixed bag...good option but cluncky af..compared to other games (like Remnant from the ashes, wich is the waaaay better game an flew under the radar. and how about a bit diversity? Gameplay loop: go there....clear area..go there clear Area...all the time..not even a lazy defend    wow this game was waaay to overhyped...
    its a good mediocre game at best..
    Story.... barely ok
    gameplay...mixed bag...good option but cluncky af..compared to other games (like Remnant from the ashes, wich is the waaaay better game an flew under the radar.
    and how about a bit diversity? Gameplay loop: go there....clear area..go there clear Area...all the time..not even a lazy defend this...
    graphics....ok too...
    fun to play....at least with friends..o don't like it that much solo
    and REALLY no offline option for solo???damn bugs and crashes everytime...that is a terrible launch..like Cyberpunkt...

    like i said..its ok...but better options are Division 2 and remnant from the ashes..but if you platined both games already like i did...its something to pass the time    … Expand
  19. haide
    Apr 5, 2021
    5
    The game is actually good, but the game crashes and disconnects make it unplayable. No offline single player and always on compulsion have let the fun of the game fall into a deep hole. If you have time to play, you can't do it.
  20. LG_Fox_Brazil
    Apr 12, 2021
    6
    Hard to say anything that hasn't been said yet, but Outriders was a very promising game for fans of the looter shooter genre but it just doesn't deliver an exciting experience as promised. In the end, it's an above average game that doesn't bring anything new to the table (which is really not a problem), but also doesn't refine all the mechanics that we already know from similar games. ItHard to say anything that hasn't been said yet, but Outriders was a very promising game for fans of the looter shooter genre but it just doesn't deliver an exciting experience as promised. In the end, it's an above average game that doesn't bring anything new to the table (which is really not a problem), but also doesn't refine all the mechanics that we already know from similar games. It is, unfortunately, just an above average game… Expand
  21. hgerik
    Nov 29, 2021
    7
    Fun game but release was a mess, still buggy, bad matchmaking boring Story. Gameplay itself is fun.
  22. Dem0nK
    Jun 28, 2021
    5
    Non-working HDR that looks worse than SDR and devs are so lazy than even knowing that HDR isn't working don't allow to disable it in-game. In-game HDR-brightness setting is a kind of joke, 1st time seeing that kind of incompetence.
  23. umutzzz
    Oct 5, 2021
    6
    This game was just oke. Nothing special and not bad. There are alot of games which are very good so I would not recommend playing this.
  24. lucuwu
    Aug 10, 2021
    7
    es un buen juego multiplayer, jugar el modo campaña de 3 es una experiencia muy buena, los gráficos son muy buenos.
    Lo que se noto bajo es la calidad de la historia, y algunos bugs que se van encontrando mientras realizamos la campaña...
  25. jokerzombie
    May 3, 2023
    5
    It is a cool shooter, you start feeling the impact of your shoot and your abilities in its beginning, you are not overpower but kill things fast and with some challenge. Then the end game arrives. Every single enemy turns out to be bullet sponges, the bosses are just huge sponges, not a single one have a unique mechanic or something different, they are just huge sponges with 3-4 attacksIt is a cool shooter, you start feeling the impact of your shoot and your abilities in its beginning, you are not overpower but kill things fast and with some challenge. Then the end game arrives. Every single enemy turns out to be bullet sponges, the bosses are just huge sponges, not a single one have a unique mechanic or something different, they are just huge sponges with 3-4 attacks and respawning enemies in the between.
    Just be aware that the gameplay is focused on you moving all the time and using your abilities every time, playing it using cover will get you killed quite fast.
    It is that type of game with a huge amount of loot, making you spend more time than you want in the menus analyzing statuses. The menus are copied from Destiny, so you have a boring cursor making everything slow in the consoles
    The graphics does not feel like last gen, until you find the correct HDR configuration (and the game does not help you to reach it) everything is very bland.
    The story is boring and forgettable, saying more than this is saying more than the story.
    The sound of the weapons and abilities is cool, I don't recall if the game has any music in it.
    Play with a friend for good laughs, catching up and not paying much attention to the game.    … Expand
  26. mfmaxpower
    Apr 23, 2021
    7
    Outriders feels more like a 6 but combat is just too fun to rate it that low. Still, best description of the game is that it's janky but fun. The co-op stuff hurts the game. It doesn't work well, while if they'd made a single-player game this could have been special. The world and graphics are pretty disappointing, and there's a ton of rough edges, but the story is pretty good in a badOutriders feels more like a 6 but combat is just too fun to rate it that low. Still, best description of the game is that it's janky but fun. The co-op stuff hurts the game. It doesn't work well, while if they'd made a single-player game this could have been special. The world and graphics are pretty disappointing, and there's a ton of rough edges, but the story is pretty good in a bad scify kind of way while combat is a blast once you power through rough early goings.… Expand
  27. boris_out
    Dec 29, 2021
    7
    Неплохой лутер-шутер для прохождения в кооперативе. Способна ли эта игра дать вам нечто большее, чем однообразный тир с однообразными врагами? Однозначно нет.
  28. FRIST_008
    Jun 15, 2023
    5
    Мышка на пс5... Вы серьезно? На дуалсенсе и шоке ещё норм, но иксбокс... Я вам сочувствую. Честно, сочувствую без иронии. Где патчи на консоли спустя столько времени?

    интерфейс часто не описан и догайдывайся сам, так например в игре можно распылять шмотки, и получать бафы для дайльнейшей перековки. Как понять, что вы знаете этот навык? Кооп на соньке (час до коопа), тормоза когда    Мышка на пс5... Вы серьезно? На дуалсенсе и шоке ещё норм, но иксбокс... Я вам сочувствую. Честно, сочувствую без иронии. Где патчи на консоли спустя столько времени?

    интерфейс часто не описан и догайдывайся сам, так например в игре можно распылять шмотки, и получать бафы для дайльнейшей перековки. Как понять, что вы знаете этот навык?

    Кооп на соньке (час до коопа), тормоза когда Сони хост или слабый проц. Игромеханически кооп устроен по уникальным коллекционным предметам, по уникальным у каждого лутам, но с общими квестовыми предметами и целями. Вплоть до побочных разговоров. Потому не смейте без коопа поднимать квестовые вещи иначе можете запороть ачивку другу.

    Кооп система голосований, 2 против одного - доминирование. Отложить.

    Черные экраны. Пример с мостом. или пролазать сквозь горы. С интерфейсом. Интерфейс без ссд. Затухание, растухание звука. Только под пиво или если вы очень устали вам это не будет бесить.
    пропадающий звук и потом появляющийся при заходе в интерфейс

    Вначале чувствуется Пафос пипл Кен Флай. Но главный герой серая размазня, а не суровый мужик. В итоге, пафосная история не работает, потому что ей не хватает харизматического героя.

    Есть пару юморных сцен в духе студии и они смотрятся хорошо.

    В игре всё происходит очень быстро и вы входите в темп боя так, чтобы между боями было мало перерыва, а перерыв нужен то чтобы собрать секретки и ресурсы.

    Чтобы быстро обозреть локацию глазами разработчики запретили в игре прыгать. Таким образом вы как крот смотрите только вниз.

    Сама стрельба сделана в виде губок, играя троём я бывало просто всаживал по 3-4 обоймы пулемета, Карл в врага чтобы его убить. Мини боссы вообще без реакции, удобно для снайперов. У остальных голова дёргается, будто с них конфеты можно выбить

    Импакта от попадания в части тела нет. А бонус всего 20-25% критического урона (не шанса, урона). Хотя это качается и оружием и бронёй и способностями.

    кстати способности на броне, оружии и вашего класса легко перекачиваются. Что-то бесплатно, а что-то платно.

    Использовать способности весело. В игре есть совершенно разных класса и у каждого 3 специализации которые отличаются пассивками. Например я играл за и у меня был вариант играть с дробовиком и ближним боем или штурмовой винтовой и усилением патронов.

    Итоги:
    Игра не для одного игрока.

    Это не игра уровня пипл Кен Флай. Это нишевый продукт от них для коопа.
    Отсутствие прыжков, картонная физика, Подзагрузки - а значит гигантские проблемы с оптимизацией. Но тут даже трупы исчезают и нет крови и крутых отражений на земле, а анимации взяты тупо с прошлых игр. Что тут не так?
    Но что в ней хорошего: вы играли в коопные игры? Что в них главное? Треш и угар серьезного Сэма, круши и ломай и мочи? может с вызовом как ремнант?    … Expand
  29. Saheer
    Apr 24, 2022
    6
    Jeu convenable dénué d'intérêt en solo. Néanmoins, le jeu prend une autre tournure lorsque vous combinez les pouvoirs entre les différentes classes. Un vrai aspect tactique prend place dans les modes de difficultés très corsés.
    Je le recommande bien évidemment pour le plaisir que cela procure entre potes, si vous êtes allergique au coté décalé de Borderlands. Pour la partie solo passez    Jeu convenable dénué d'intérêt en solo. Néanmoins, le jeu prend une autre tournure lorsque vous combinez les pouvoirs entre les différentes classes. Un vrai aspect tactique prend place dans les modes de difficultés très corsés.
    Je le recommande bien évidemment pour le plaisir que cela procure entre potes, si vous êtes allergique au coté décalé de Borderlands. Pour la partie solo passez votre chemin. Le jeu ne vous procurera aucune sensations. Aussi bien au niveau du gameplay que du scénario.    … Expand
  30. Arrow_2234
    Apr 30, 2022
    7
    It’s fine. Dhdbdhsvdjddhsjdbdidhdidhdhdidbdbdje ejehe die heBoobshsins she diss she jshsbbwhenesvjesh Evers she hee dnsjavnr
  31. Warrior_of_Doom
    Jul 19, 2023
    5
    The overall score is based on how much fun I personally had with every component of the game
    and the overall experience.

Awards & Rankings

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#75 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2021
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#19 Most Discussed PlayStation 5 Game of 2021

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73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 48 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 48
  3. Negative: 1 out of 48
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 15, 2022
    60
    We didn’t exactly see anything new in Outriders, to be honest. The game delivers a fair amount of content in terms of levels, weapons, or skills. However, from the gameplay point of view, it’s nothing more than meeting aliens, zombies and insurgents in paintball arenas for 15 straight hours, plus the expeditions.
  2. RPGamer
    Jun 10, 2021
    70
    In two highly competitive genres, this crossbreed may go unnoticed, but its difficulty system should be taken into account. It’s advisable to embark on the campaign of this shooting RPG since Outriders offers tons of hours of fun, invites players to play with friends, and has appealing visuals. Fans of both RPGs and shooters can get a lot out of it, but they shouldn’t expect a revolutionary game, for it is a mixed bag of interesting features and cliches. Even though the journey is enjoyable, Outriders is neither a strong contender in the RPG elite nor in the shooting universe.
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  3. Checkpoint Gaming
    May 29, 2021
    70
    Outriders is not a perfect game by any means. Its narrative, while containing some fun characters, feels somewhat underdeveloped. The conflict between the intended aggressive style of play and the omnipresent walls for cover lead to a strange kind of dissonance where the level design feels at odds with the most fun way of playing the game. The server issues are ongoing and can occasionally make the game inaccessible. The endgame is a lot of fun, but only if you’re playing in a group. When the experience is working well, it is a ton of fun shooting your way through hordes of enemies and marvelling at the latest rare gear. However, while the flaws do not ruin the experience, they are notable.
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