The release of Square Enix's co-op RPG shooter Outriders was highly anticipated earlier this week, and perhaps a little too highly anticipated, as the team has been working very hard to try and stabilise the game's servers.
Unfortunately, that's led to quite a bit of negative feedback on the Microsoft Store and social media, but to the Outriders team's credit, they have been very, very responsive on social media with consistent updates.
When the servers have been working, the general consensus has been that Outriders is an enjoyable co-op shooter, and we've already seen a few in-progress reviews crop up from the likes of GameSpot and Game Informer that have been mostly full of praise (we have our own Pure Xbox review of Outriders coming soon).
As with all highly-anticipated releases, we're assuming any server issues will eventually disappear over the next few days as the team works around the clock to fix those problems this Easter weekend. Fingers crossed!
How are you finding Outriders so far? Give us your thoughts in the comments below.
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Good game so far. Nothing special, but definitely fun. Hope they fix the server issues soon!
Really enjoying this so far, despite the server issues. Feels like a Gears of War/ Destiny/ Mass Effect hybrid.
Brand new release reliant on servers (and also on Game Pass) runs into issues? Shock!
I don't get how this game has became big deal.. before it got on gamepass everybody seemed to be in agreement demo vas fairly poor, outdated design, too rough around the edges.. and now there are also network issues. I'm cool with "free" games (GP still costs monthly), but there are many many better games on the service already. It's ok to admit they ain't all winners.
@Cikajovazmaj I would say the reception was pretty mixed on the demo,I saw lots of people saying they loved it...most seemed to not like the start..but once they got there powers etc they liked it
One problem for me is the matchmaking, it's super rare for me to find anyone to play with..I was just going to do it alone but the games getting tougher and I don't want to lower the world tier ..so it would be nice if I could actually find someone to play with without going on discord or something
@Cikajovazmaj You spoke to everybody 🤔, You mean you wasn't interested and no one else should be. Seems you was in the minority
Love it so far, server problems are a bit annoying especially when it kicks you out of a quest 3 Times in a row
@GateCrasherUK when I'm referencing everybody, I'm talking about community on this same website and it's sister sites. I understand that is not a 100% certain validation of the thesis, but given the size of the sample "statistics and probability" would consider it a pretty valid confirmation of public opinion.
In all honesty, I did not try the game after being patched, and things might have improved (@SegataSanshiro)
But as first impressions go, comments were tearing this apart.
Once you can get on, and pass that early badly written exposition, it’s good fun. Need to go have a chat with the sensitivity for aiming, but other than that happy out for the minute…
Enjoying it so far, apart from the annoying server disconnects 😡 played it this morning for an hour or so and didn’t get disconnected so hopefully things have improved overnight. I’d say which class you pick can have a huge effect on how much you enjoy the game. I started off (in the demo) as a Pyromancer and I was like...meh. When I started playing the full game I created a new character and chose Trickster as my class and now I’m enjoying it a lot more. I haven’t tried the other classes yet.
With the few hours i had with the game i havent noticed any server issues then again my game is set to invite only solo mode.
The server issues are impacting on my enjoyment but when I actually get to play, its a lot of fun - and I have only played Solo so far...
To begin with: requiring an online connection to play single player was an idiotic decision.
All I can really say is I'm glad it is on gamepass. If I had paid $60 I would have refunded it in the first couple hours for not being able to play single player.
I don't give a single care about the multiplayer or co-op. I just want to play the single player without being kicked off every 10 minutes.
I normally go ahead and buy gamepass games if I like them, but I can promise Outriders will not be a purchase from me unless they remove the online requirement for single player.
ignore the critics and their moans about outdated level design I like 3rd person cover based shooters and this is a good game. plays like gears of war and mass effect. the story gets pretty interesting by the end as well.
Better than the last two gears of war games
Im really enjoying it, The gameplay is very addictive. It's also really satisfying when leveling up your gear..
@Cikajovazmaj Clearly didn't ask everyone. The demo ranged from mediocre to good.
The demo had me super hyped. Especially after playing a couple different classes and realizing the game actually played entirely differently depending on your class. Unlike most games where a different class is just a reskin and rename of an ability to make it seem different.
If I could play single player despite servers I'd be over the moon because the actual game is fantastic.
The best way I can describe it is that it feels like I am playing an 90/00s Scifi series like "Stargate" or "Farscape" with a bit of "The 100“ for good measure.
The humor is spot on. One moment I remember, because I have willingly played it about 8 times now is when you go to save Jakob.
The first knock your character was just like" okay let's see what's up". After they shut the door on him, that perfect "Oh no they didn't" clocked smile with a more deliberate hit on the door after.
The only issue is not being able to play it since servers are down. Single player should never have to have an kine connection.
@TrueAssassin86x That plays no part. Even on solo mode, if the servers drop you get kicked out. I had to repeat the same mission 3 times because of this. You CANNOT play single player without being connected to the servers.
same with almost all looter shooters you have to be online to play the game, destiny, division you have to be online.
I am enjoying it. People.jist need to chill it's going to have bugs and issues the first few weeks all online games do.
I'm really enjoying it so far. I'm lucky to have had only one disconnect so far and I'm level 22. Two things for me that set it apart from other games are the fact you can respec your build at any point for free if you want to change it up and the crafting system is really cheap so you aren't penalised for upgrading lower level gear
My Technomancer got a little samey so I respecced the skill tree and swapped all the mods on my gear and away I went with a completely different build.
I find it funny that we've got to a point where so many just accept that games are going to have problems at launch
Really enjoying the game so far, I read a good tip somewhere that says don't try and play it like a cover shooter, let the enemies use the cover and then you just roam around and pick them off which is how I've been playing
i've just played single so far but really enjoying it. Lv 14 and on world tier 6. Will jump into multiplayer soon. Just like getting a feel for the game first
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