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This Is Outriders 101 trailer
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The story isn't grabbing me in any way whatsoever, and there's a lot of jank, but if my friends decide to jump in, I'm all for it. Seems like a great loot co-op romp. And I went trickster in the demo and quickly realized that the up close and personal Gears like shotgun shredding method would be my path.
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My friends won't play it, no doubt on that. I don't know if this is viable in solo or does it lose some of its appeal.
I picked up the demo just to see how it plays - Remnant: From The Ashes is one of my fave games from last gen, so I was hoping this could scratch the same itch being a third-person shooter with multiplayer and magic powers.
Honestly, so far, I'm not blown away - it looks and plays well enough, the shooting is fairly satisfying, but the story has not grabbed me in any way, and the setting seems quite bland so far. Remnant wasn't particularly stellar in the story or environment departments either, but then it had no pretences about that, and let them sit firmly in the back seat so the gameplay could take the forefront, which I appreciated.
I think I'll give the demo another shot, as a different class - I'm a pyro at the moment, which is fun enough, but maybe one of the other classes might draw me in a bit more. If I had an Xbox I'd be happy to play it via gamepass, but sadly I'm on PS5, so I'll have to see if it grabs me properly before I consider buying it.
Honestly, so far, I'm not blown away - it looks and plays well enough, the shooting is fairly satisfying, but the story has not grabbed me in any way, and the setting seems quite bland so far. Remnant wasn't particularly stellar in the story or environment departments either, but then it had no pretences about that, and let them sit firmly in the back seat so the gameplay could take the forefront, which I appreciated.
I think I'll give the demo another shot, as a different class - I'm a pyro at the moment, which is fun enough, but maybe one of the other classes might draw me in a bit more. If I had an Xbox I'd be happy to play it via gamepass, but sadly I'm on PS5, so I'll have to see if it grabs me properly before I consider buying it.
For me the Pyro (at least in the demo) was the weakest class. Both Technomancer and Trickster are really fun. Have not tried the Devastator yet.
If you find "let's play this as aggressively as possible to get to the best loot as fast as possible" interesting, then it might be a lot of fun playing solo.
I enjoyed the demo but found the controls frustrating. A number of times I'd get stuck with a bunch of enemies coming at me or not being able to roll out the way of a grenade despite hammering the button, or not moving to, or staying in, cover when I'm trying to. Part of this might be to blame on how I'm used to how Gears works (which is perfect IMO) or even a game like Uncharted, so then this takes a bit of getting used to with the "aim to cover" type mechanic - but it just doesn't seem very consistent.
It also felt like the game is heavily designed for co-op, and I can imagine the difficulty and enjoyment will be somewhat impacted playing it single player (as I will be doing).
Would I be buying it day one without Game Pass? Not a chance. But with Game Pass, given the demo progress carries over, I'll definitely give it some more of my time.
It also felt like the game is heavily designed for co-op, and I can imagine the difficulty and enjoyment will be somewhat impacted playing it single player (as I will be doing).
Would I be buying it day one without Game Pass? Not a chance. But with Game Pass, given the demo progress carries over, I'll definitely give it some more of my time.
honestly, I think releasing a demo like this did them a ton of good. I think if they released the game without a demo, people would've been pissed at the product and word of mouth would've been horrible. However, they let people see it- faults and all- with the perk of making fixes on their end and carrying progress for us.
Honestly, they should have another video showing off a few character build possibilities. Its a decent overview, but it definately doesn't have enough time to get into that stuff.
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Guess that's what I'll start with. I'm pretty much hooked on the division 2 tbh, but since this is on game pass I might give it a try and see how to goes.
I was interested in the story when it was about this last group of humans colonizing a strange alien world and liked the story a lot less
and the story becoming the most generic feeling thing ever.
Gameplay wise, I'm not sure. I'm playing as the one that does melee/timewarping related stuff, and those moves are satisfying but the core shooting doesn't feel especially great?
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Gameplay wise, I'm not sure. I'm playing as the one that does melee/timewarping related stuff, and those moves are satisfying but the core shooting doesn't feel especially great?
I know people hate on Games as a service all the time, but 60 Eurobucks for what is basically a GAAS without any GAAS advantages (but to be fair, also hopefully without the annoyances), which is free on Xbox, seems.. courageous.
It'll probably do fine on Series consoles, but.. yeah, idk.
It'll probably do fine on Series consoles, but.. yeah, idk.
I played the demo on Series X and was surprised at how much I enjoyed it, definitely giving it a shot on Game Pass.
And what about the advantages of not being a GAAS?
Less worry about very long term balance and more focus on being fun?
No mechanics designed to get FOMO out of users?
No micro-transactions either
I think that stuff is exactly what people are looking for.
Eurobucks, lol.
I get your point, but the game isn't free on Xbox. It's locked behind a paid subscription.
But yeah, Game Pass is currently such a good deal that it might as well be considered free compared to the alternatives. ;)
The fact that it isn't a GAAS is definitely an attraction for me. There are some GAAS games I'm fine with but GAAS design introduces just as many flaws as advantages it brings imo. And in some cases I absolutely do not want to be on another gaas designed never ending treadmill.
This isn't to crap on GAAS for people who love that style of game, but it also has its turn offs for some consumers like me.
Exactly, a 30-ish hour action romp with an engaging loot system the whole way sounds fantastic to me, even if the voice acting and cutscene direction all are awful. I get if folks are a bit tentative to drop $60 on it given the lack of polish in some areas, but I'll be there on Day 1 on Game Pass.
you don't need to state that you "even loved" Destiny, because that implies it's generally disliked. Destiny is one of the most popular games on the planet, lol. That being said, we're in the same boat. I generally love the looter genre and really enjoyed the demo for Outriders.
I still don't quite get what kind of game it is. Is it a grind pve game like warframe, a narrative focused game with coop like gears of war, a diablo coop shooter like remnant from the ashes and hellgate london?
It's a Looter game with a focus on story and endgame.
I don't think they've said but considering the loot is balanced solely for PvE (so many would be completely busted in PvP), it's unlikely without a complete rework of the loot system.
Was avengers doing well on steam pre release? Do we have any indication if it's going to be more successful than avengers?
The story is so over-the-top grimdark as to enter unintentional parody territory - that mission where you're rescuing the lieutenant sticks out as one that made me go "you can't possibly be serious" at how it ended - but the gameplay, especially for Trickster, was so damn good. And hey, it's Gamepass, and crossplay, so I'm there day 1.
Sounds like a People Can Fly game!
I thought the same thing during the end of that mission haha
I don't feel like it takes itself too seriously though. There's plenty of moments that are intended to be funny, I'd even say that scene specifically was trying to be too.
Oh yeah i liked the demo, dont care.about the story i skipped all dem cutscene and shits, i played the devastator that class is fun to play next week with gamepass imma be playing that game like crazy
I havent seen the game since first revealed, seems interesting, ez gamepass game tbh glad its launching on the service
