Outriders

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.

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 will start by happily admitting I did not like the demo at all but after being convinced by a friend to try again boy was I wrong. You will hear a lot of hate from people on this one and all I can say is they probably don't know how to play the game and maybe have been ( like I was with the demo ) to impatient. There is a lot to get to grips with so may take a while to get used to. In the long haul I believe this will be an amazing game with lots of developer support, here's hoping I'm right but for now it's pretty damn awesome 👍🏻

Division 2 is a product that nobody cares about, it has no vision. Destiny 2 is ... ehm Destiny 2. Anthem was dead before it even arrived. Ghostrecon has no reason to exist. Borderlands is frustratingly boring with its fetch quests. Now we have Outriders.

The story is great and the game definitely has an identity, but there is only one way to play this game and unfortunately it is not about skill and knowledge, it is exclusively about the numbers on your gear. That's why this game will not die, but dry out very quickly. In a short time, it will become very toxic. This is not a game you will play to relax or calm down like the others.

Division 1 and 2 do it right. There is some hard and frustrating content, but there is enough stuff to do while just leaning back and farm grind or try out new stuff.

Outriders on the other hand is always stressful thanks to the downscaling and the frustrating amount and combinations of enemies.

Additionally, considering the last statement from the developers how this game is supposed to be a "combat puzzle" shows how inept and distend they are from reality. I do not have much faith in them at all.

This game has potential to be good, more then the other looter shooter. But if we would rate every product on potential, then everything would get a pass.

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 !