Worth: $11.00
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Intro:
The AI is just so dumb, the mission objectives so samey, that it’s straight up not a very good time.
Because we are living through the End Times, it feels like Outriders originally came out about 500 years ago, minimum. However, if you consult your calendar, you’ll find out that’s simply not true. Point of fact, Outriders came out in April of 2021, which is bloody bamboozling and further proof that something is fundamentally broken in the universe.
The Outriders launch was a mixed bag. The game itself was loads of fun, chockers with looting and shooting, but also beset by a number of bugs, some of them game-breaking and progress-halting. And, although the campaign was generous, the endgame content – the stuff you do over and over again after the story is over – was repetitive and not terribly rewarding.
Still, and this shouldn’t be ignored, the game was fun. Teaming up with a couple of mates, utilising the genuinely cool powers and abilities – not to mention impressive array of weapons – Outriders was a blast. Yeah, it was a little trashy and rough around the edges, but there was a good time to be had.
Well, now just over a year later, the first big expansion to Outriders has arrived, Outriders: Worldslayer, and the result is… uh, not great.
See, Worldslayer isn’t so much a whole new beginning as a continuation of the original’s endgame. So, while there are new missions and whatnot, the difficulty is scaled so high that if you’re playing solo, you’re in for a miserable time. Enemies simply throw themselves at you, over and over like fleshy kamikazes and without at least one, preferably two other players to take some of the aggro, it becomes a frustrating slog.
The thing is, though, even with two other players the whole experience feels like The Division with a head injury. The AI is just so dumb, the mission objectives so samey, that it’s straight up not a very good time. Worse still, when you finally trudge through the game’s story, you’re simply rewarded with another not very good endgame pursuit that ages like milk in the noonday sun.
Look, if you and two of your mates genuinely adored every second of vanilla Outriders, and you don’t mind spending a bit of dosh on a rather short-lived expansion because the new loot and endgame stuff is enough of a draw, maybe Outriders: Worldslayer will be worth a squiz. For everyone else who bounced off the original after completing the campaign, this will be a short, expensive and frequently frustrating experience.
