Outriders

This game what it would feel like if you took, Gears of War, Destiny and The Division and threw them together.

Sadly, it has worse cover mechanics then Gears, with a few enemy attacks straight up going through cover to hit you on the other side. It has more generic writing then Destiny 1 with a story that feels more generic than a Young Adult Fiction novel. It also has the same bullet sponge bosses that The Division is famous for.

The abilities start off cool but slowly loose pace with the rest of your arsenal, to the point where I am currently Level 19 and unable to kill normal ads with my abilities.

The character Look customization is lack luster as your truck you drive around in has deeper looks customization.

The skill tree for each class is expansive, with tiny upgrades leading to occasional bigger percentage and stat upgrades. That are separated into three categories for each class.

All of the guns in the game (As long as they are the same type) feel the same. A white assault rifle will feel no different from a purple besides the extra effects your bullets do.

Weapon upgrading and customization are actually quite decent, with the ability to spend materials to keep it up with current level gear or to change out the effects your bullets have on enemies.

There is no transmog in this game, so when you have high level gear, it is possible to look either cool or like you came out of a wardrobe wearing anything that stuck to you.

In short, if you have the Xbox Game Pass, I would recommend trying it since you can play for free. On any other platform, I would give it a pass and if you are still interested, buy it when it is on sale, that might help ease the disappointment.

When somebody buys a game, it is assumed that it will be playable according to the product description. In this case 3 players co-op game. Since release date players were suffering from lag and getting disconnected. So it is NOT playable at all. In addition to inventory disappearing issues, and Square Enix give zero care about players.

I gave it 1/10 because of one reason, there is no 0/10.

Good luck !

Awesome game. I don't get the hate. The gameplay is quick and snappy and the graphics are beautiful. I was engaged from the start with a story that deserves it's own TV show. Yes it's designed to be played with friends but ive been playing it solo as I don't like multiplayer games. If I have one Gripe it's that the cover system doesn't always work well with projectiles either going over or through cover to hit you but other then that it's been a joy to play. The armor and weapons looks great with tons of customization options. I would love to see this turn into a series . If you enjoy heard of war or the mass effect games give this a try.

I agree the demo was a bit naff. But playing this now is amazing. I love the combat and gameplay and customisation. It's what anthem should have been.

I just wished I could have played this on a next-gen console as I am sure it would look stunning. The gameplay is incredible, graphics amazing, storyline original and unique. The servers have seemingly been fixed as unfortunately they were a major issue at the start for this game and contributed to many of the negative reviews as they kept locking people out (myself included) but since that has all seemingly been fixed now I can give this game a perfect rating.