Explosive action

Outriders starts off with the colonisation of a beautiful alien planet However things quickly go sideways A quick 31year time jump and your protagonist has cryoslept into the future Armed with superpowers they are now fighting a war on the desolate remains of the planet The story mode takes around 35 hours to complete I wish I could tell you itrsquos all good but it isnrsquot There are moments where the dialogues and the voice acting are so bad your eyeroll will do its own little eyeroll and still not be done So why play this game Well it is all about the actionOutriders shines in its gameplay levels and unique creatures The game is entertaining from start to finish and if you play coop its entertainment levels go up by several notches Letrsquos start with the class selection There are four different classes to choose frommdashDevastator Pyromancer Technomancer and Trickster Devastators are closerange experts Your powers give you exceptional melee strength and you can recover health by killing enemies that are close by Pyromancer as the name suggests is a fireskilled class This class is great at killing groups of enemiesTechnomancer is a longrange weapons class and you have an array of deadly gadgets at your disposal Tricksters are the most unique they are closerange fast attackers and can teleport in and out of combat as they please If you noticed there are no support classes and thatrsquos part of the fun This means even if you are playing it alone you have a chance to finish the game just as much as the next guy Though it will be a tough long road ahead if you plan to play this solo I played my game with a Technomancer and though your skills for closerange combat are lacking many devices fill the gap As this game is a lootershooter there is a lot of looting and shooting and grinding to be done As I mentioned the levels are tough especially solo and this means you will keep doing smaller missions and side missions to level up Though grinding in most videogames is a chore in Outriders it is actually fun The combat and the monsters are well thought out I loved the exploding gore and bloodsoakedadrenalin rush you get during missions and this is true for all combat in the game Add a few friends in coop and you are in for a fun session of expletives and bondingGear is a huge part of Outriders and the game doesnrsquot truly start till you find your first elite gun Speaking of guns the design of the guns in this game is brilliant everything just feels fun You can also upgrade your guns and tweak them with newer parts fairly easily You can also transfer mods to newer better weapons So all the grinding you end up doing has significant value in the endGraphics of the game are pretty good The load screens for fast travel were a little longer than I would like them on the PS4 Pro but once the area was loaded there was no stuttering or lag The design team of this game requires a standing ovation the monsters guns and gear all seem to have been painstakingly laboured over With all this weaponry I would be into a deathmatch mod for Outriders I think it would be fun to play Outriders does have some bugs though Several times during the game I would have enemies stuck in objects like walls and boxes making it really hard to kill them The game also hung on me on two occasions Outriders overall is a lot of fun and I found myself enjoying it despite the janky voice acting glitches and crazy tough levels The story mode is long and while all of it is not great it is satisfying to play The multiplayer aspects make this game infinitely replayable If you are looking for a nice thirdperson scifi shooter to sink your teeth into go for this just try not to cringe at the voice acting OutridersRating 45Developer People Can FlyPublisher Square EnixPlatform PC PS4 PS5 XBO XSXPrice PC Rs 2999Consoles Rs 3999