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That said, the crafting system saves it. You can pull any mod you’ve ever dismantled and slap it onto any weapon or armor piece. This means your level 50 "God Roll" purple shotgun can be as powerful as any legendary, provided you invest the resources. It’s a democratic system that rewards experimentation over pure RNG luck. If you played Outriders in April 2021, you remember the pain. The servers were a dumpster fire. The "inventory wipe" bug—where you’d log in to find every single piece of gear deleted—was a nightmare. People Can Fly had to literally restore items manually via support tickets.
8/10 (7/10 at launch, 9/10 if you main Trickster) Have you revisited Enoch lately? Did the Worldslayer expansion win you over? Drop your thoughts in the comments—and for the love of the Anomaly, don’t forget to dismantle your blues.
The tone is aggressively early 2010s. Characters scream lines like, "I didn’t sign up for this!" and "That’s classified!" with absolute sincerity. The main antagonist, a dictator named Seth, monologues about "order" while wearing a leather trench coat. It’s ridiculous. OUTRIDERS
Do not skip the journal entries. The hidden lore about the "Anomaly" and the planet’s indigenous creatures is genuinely Lovecraftian and better written than the main campaign. The Gameplay: Cover is for Cowards (Literally) Here is where Outriders shines. People Can Fly made a deliberate design choice that sets it apart from Gears or The Division : Cover is a trap.
The issue isn’t the quantity—it’s the distinctiveness. Legendary weapons have unique models and set perks, but 90% of the purples and blues look identical. You’ll see the same "Double Gun" skin for twenty hours. The armor is better, with each class having distinct silhouettes, but you’ll still be squinting at stat bars more than admiring your character. That said, the crafting system saves it
Outriders is a game of violent contradictions. It is janky yet hypnotic. Its story is laughable, yet its lore is fascinating. Its endgame is repetitive, yet its core combat loop is arguably the most visceral in the genre. So, grab your favorite anomaly-infused sidearm, and let’s dive back into the planet Enoch. Let’s get the obvious out of the way: Outriders is not subtle. You wake up as a custom protagonist who has been in cryo-sleep for decades. The moment you step out, you are immediately thrown into a civil war on a hostile alien world, betrayed by your own commander, and accidentally imbued with reality-bending superpowers called "Anomaly abilities."
To the developer’s credit, they fixed almost all of it. The 2022 "Worldslayer" expansion overhauled the endgame, removed timers from most expeditions, added a roguelite "Trial" mode, and introduced the PAX skill trees (which are bonkers powerful). Today, Outriders is a stable, complete experience. But first impressions matter, and that launch tainted the game’s reputation forever. Short answer: Yes, especially with friends. It’s a democratic system that rewards experimentation over
Outriders showers you in guns. Blue, purple, and eventually legendary (gold) drops happen constantly. You will spend a significant portion of your playtime in the menus, comparing stats, dismantling duplicates, and applying mods. For loot gremlins, this is heaven. For everyone else, it’s exhausting.
But now, looking back with clear eyes and countless patched updates, I think we were too harsh. And at the same time, maybe not harsh enough.
Cross-play was broken for months. The endgame "Expeditions" were timed, which forced players into pure DPS builds, invalidating entire support playstyles.
People Can Fly set out to make a brutal, power-fantasy looter-shooter. They succeeded. It just took a few patches to get there.