What was supposed to be a paradise soon turns into a deadly hellscape, and your player-created character, known as an Outrider, is plunged into cryosleep after barely surviving the catastrophic events that transpire. Earth is deemed inhabitable due to one too many wars and natural disasters, so the human race sets forth to find a new home on a planet called Enoch. Outriders’s story does little to draw you in. It’s also infinitely better when you’re playing with friends, so if you’re traditionally a solo player, be warned. But underneath the cringe-worthy dialogue and generic premise is a game that’s fundamentally fun, but one that only rewards players who have the time to invest in it, and patience to endure the game’s sludgy start. You’d be forgiven for thinking that Outriders was nothing more than a poor tribute act, then, particularly as the game’s outlandish characters and fairly forgettable story do little to help its plight. If it all sounds a bit samey compared to other games, that’s because it is. There are countless bits of cover to huddle behind during firefights and various guns to collect with different rarity values, power and stat-boosting bonuses the familiar circular cursor that’s used to navigate most of the menus is alive and well, and there’s crafting, gear and bullet-sponge bosses to take down. A predominantly brown, war torn world awaits the player after a clunky introduction, and harkens back to the insipid period where every video game developer suddenly forgot that other colors were available. This feeling of familiarity doesn’t do Outriders any favors, either. I generally despise pitting ‘Game A against Game B’ when it comes to a review (nothing is truly original after all), but Outriders’s inspirations are so obvious that it’s impossible to ignore. If you’ve ever dabbled with Destiny, The Division or Gears of War, it’s hard not to draw comparisons between Outriders and the aforementioned games. It’s immediately obvious from the outset that Outriders takes liberties with some of its source material.
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