An In-Depth Look at the Launch/Server Issues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoIqLrdL134
With Outriders now becoming “playable” for most people… I am finally able to produce a full review. To summarize, the game has excellent loot, and atrocious balancing. Build diversity is non-existent… secondary mechanics are mediocre at best, but the bare bones for one of the BEST loot systems I have yet seen in a game are there at its core.
Overall, I game I am having fun with, but a game that is marred by always online directives, kernel level anti-cheat, launch week server issues, and some of the worst fundamental skill balancing I have ever seen.
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Make sure to check out the second side of this video, a server and launch condition analysis by AxialGT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoIqLrdL134
The worst thing is that the rounds ability is OP and the devastator doesnt even have it !!!! I am so mad
I noticed that only until they fixed their sever issues I was then able to actually use my internet. Just over the last couple days before Sunday that I could never use my wifi at night. For some reason it just kept having the same connection problems.
The most realistic and rational review over seen so far.
One addition I would add is that there are only really 2 combat/fights in the game.
Huge mobs of insurgent/humanoid enemies and huge mobs of monster enemies.
Neither of these combat situation changes throughout the entire game.
Nearly every one is identical to the one before other than the scenery.
I agree on all of this.
And even if its not a 12/10 game (still better than 90% of games in 2019/2020), Im still having fun and like it…Like Jakub kur%% 😀
The HUD missing bug solution:
Start a game.
Go to Settings -> HUD and turn off like 4? 5? things
Exit to lobby
Start a game again (Continue Game)
Go to Settings -> HUD and turn on what you turned off
Works for me.
The game is not worth the $60, people need to start gaining self-confidence and awareness instead of "giving up" this amount of money for "relatable" marketing twitter managers.
Altho I00% agree the launch cycle, you missed one. The i don't care about the game. Idgaf the game, but I care about your opinion
Good review! But your voice clarity socks in this video.
Is the camera still shaky during cutscenes? Couldn't even play the demo because I got nauseous trying to watch cutscenes 😂
I love how much praise you give AxialGT, glad that praise has became more descriptive than "he bought me a computer so I owe him a shoutout every video."
I found him through you, which makes me thankful, but sometimes it just feels so phoned it when you mention him/his channel.
Keep up the good work UEG, love the content.
Is there any skill involved like controlling the recoil or is the recoil non existent ?
Oh well, I'm enjoying my Devastator for now, just in the last phases of the campaign playing solo on world level 10 and enjoying it. Devastator surely is strong enough for campaign. Guess will have to create a new character for end game.
This is fun, but the launch is worse than cyberpunk. They should have done a borderlands 3 or a nioh and offer BOTH online AND offline play. I hate the forced online only, it always sucks.
They need to take notes from Deep Space Galactic on how you HAVE to have certain classes to advance
I'm loving it but yee
Very well put together and thought out critique(as always). Although I do both agree and somewhat disagree. Leveling up and going through the story I have made a ton of different and viable builds that was a lot of fun to play, some even suprised me by how effective they were. Then came endgame(WT15/expeditions), and now I struggle a lot. Most "hit a brick wall" feeling I've had from any game, and you are on point when saying that atm there is litterally only "glass cannon DPS" centered around "** bullets" that is viable. Wich really sucks. I had so much fun leveling up and experimenting with different builds/weapons/mods, but now it looks like I just have to give in to the meta(wich I hate) to be able to do the "loot loop" proper. Wich is a real shame. I think PCF has done an amazing job with creating an awesome early/leveling game, but end game is in dire straits when it comes to creating what you want to play. Hopefully after fixing the bugs and server/co-op they will focus on this. As to me this will be what makes or breaks the games long term survival. Honestly wondering if the best thing they could do would be to nerf some of the expeditions/WT and remove ** bullets entirely, as it is boring as hell. Fingers crossed that the devs will somehow be able to fix this.
Kernel level anti-cheat(cough… Malware.. cough…) – whelp I'm not touching this game then. Maybe If I get to setting up that gaming VM.
Good game but we need to stop making excuses for these companies https://youtu.be/YcdzL_szG4M
Nice to see someone not licking the developers behinds. The game is fun, but it has major issues. People seem to not be able to comprehend that. We live in a society where people thank developers on their hard work releasing an unfinished game. Logic is great.
My wife pointed out the opening music sounds like the lego batman opening and now i can't un hear it.
I almost always fucking HATE time limits. One of the lamest, laziest 'difficulty' modifiers available.
Always Online more like Always full of SHIT! I will never understand why Company's does this shit this Game is practically a Singleplayer Game with Multiplayer features WHY is it always Online even when you play alone it is sooo F'ing STUPID.
First time i see your vid. Incredible quality review! I subscribe, liked and comment. Totally deserve visibility!
PS: If there is patches, keep us up to date!
Who even likes looter-shooters? Who's favorite genre of games is looter-shooters?
I love my Devastator & I'm devastated by the imbalance. I hear that Devastators cannot do the challenge tiers beyond tier 10.
So…. what do I do now?
You missed the stage of looter shooters where end game people bitch about balancing.
World tier 15, challenge tier 13, pyro… My anomaly power is 115 k… My eruptions are doing like 25 mil total… Pyro is the goat.
Well, the devastator was the only class that looked cool to me.
There are actually many viable endgame builds other than the bullet builds.
They need to buff the Devastator class pronto! End game content is a struggle for the Devastator
I can't take u serious did u hit end game ? Did u make u build ? And hu the music ? Are u serious are some high class ppl here wou pass a cup of tea please
The aiming controls on console using controller makes the game almost unplayable.
You cant make micro adjustments to your aim its all or nothing,its easier to move your character to aim than it is to use the camera control.
Yeah practically unplayable I couldnt even make it through the prologue.
Looks like a modified more advanced for honor loot system.
Ngl I still love the game but having decided to main a devastator as my first grind feels pretty demoralizing after having loved it in the demo. I'm ilvl 47 on every piece and can confirm that soloing over ct~11-12 is basically nigh impossible without full legendary god roll sets, and you essentially need to be on the highest challenge tiers in order to reliably farm high level legendaries. So the damage balance issue is actually a loot issue as well.
I have yet to connect or have someone connect to me ingame and I’ve completed the story. This game is a broken mess. Why can’t we have an offline mode? It’s not like we can play with others anyway
Nice vid but respectfully disagree… the game is giving players a chance to feel powerful and making that easy for them to do so. I don't view it as a balancing issue. It's the meta (right now) because everyone is still new to the game. There are too many gun, tree paths, and armor mods for everyone to have tried everything just yet.
Great video tho I think you are confusing viable with optimal or "meta".
As a Devastator player, I agree that we have it the roughest at end game but we can for sure do end game. It's not as easy as other classes but 3 stars solo is doable. Some levels are worse then others. There are a few Devastator streamers that farm ct15 no problem. Compared to other classes though… Definitely unbalanced.
My interest in this game died when I discovered the price is a third of the minimal wages for a month in my country. Big oof.
can you remove the damage numbers??