I feel like I have to butt in because this game got so many negative reviews for NO good reason. The game was never a live service, they said from the very beginning that it wasn't going to be, but people kept treating it as such and complained when it didn't meet live service expectations.

The game is in a complete state, all the content that was meant to be is in it, the story is complete, it has an ending, and that's that. The game is also loads of fun, sure it has some scary difficulty spikes but no one is forcing you to play on the harder difficulties either, that's only if you want to drop better loot but again, not necessary in the slightest to beat the actual game.

Overall this game is great and you really shouldn't listen to negative reviews whose only argument is that the game is "abandoned". It's not, it's *finished* and that's perfectly normal that it doesn't get more updates.

Awesome game, always come back for a few rounds, highly recommend hitting up the discord or reddit to find games with other people, met some great people on here. Please don't shut the servers down!

Keeping this short and simple, Outriders is more than worth it on a sale. It has all the feel of an average third-person looter shooter. There isn't much negative I could say about the overall gameplay.

That being said, this is basically just a more casual version of "Remnant: Rise From the Ashes" with the added bonus of everything being nearly on rails in tight, condensed maps.

I only have two really big complaints with the game:

1. Optimization is absolute dog water. Frame rate drops and stutters are frequent even when I drop everything to the lowest quality, and even then the use of certain powers guaranteed a significant, jarring stutter and frame rate drop. This stuttering can end a run prematurely when you're getting horded.

2. The story is so shallow, and the characters even more so. Who is who? Why are they who they are? When did they get there? How did they come to be? What is their overall purpose? At no point did I make any emotional connection to any of the main supporting characters, and that wasn't for lack of trying. Plot and dialogue in this game just aren't anything to write home about, and you could remove most of the characters from the team with little to no effect on the story.

If you're the type of person who cares about story and immersing through complex character customization, you could skip out on this game without missing much. However, if you have some friends to play with and you want some mindless, shooty, grind-for-loot adventure then I suggest this game on sale for sure.

My professional opinion: 6/10, better with friends.