I spent almost the entire campaign cycling through nearly identical variants of the same two or three shotguns and rifles, trashing the old one each time a bigger number came along. The same goes for Outriders' weapons, which span a mostly predictable variety of assault rifles, shotguns, DMRs, sniper rifles, and LMGs. I can see the numbers get higher and trust that an extra 10 percent damage against the stronger Captain enemies is helping, but the result doesn't meaningfully change how I play the game. The incremental upgrades aren't transformative, but rather subtle nudges toward certain playstyles, like my Trickster's eventual affinity for shotguns.

Nothing illustrates this better than Outriders' extensive class skill trees for the four classes that mostly consist of tiny, incremental stat boosts (plus 5 percent close-range damage here or plus 8 percent clip size there). Outriders is expected to release on Apon Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, Stadia, and PC.Rolling the perfect combination of perks on your favorite Destiny guns could take hours, but it's just a few clicks in Outriders.Īs a shooter fan first and a loot fan second with days worth of time in Destiny and Borderlands, I think People Can Fly and I have opposing priorities in our loot shooters-everywhere I would zig, Outriders zags. If you don't see it on the front page, search the store.The PC version of Outriders is slightly larger than the one on consoles and requires a minimum of 24GB, although possibly more. If you don't see the demo there, use the search function.The demo requires a minimum of 22GB on your console, although People Can Fly noted on Twitter that it could possibly be more after decompression. How to download the Outriders demo on Xbox It'll be available even after the game's launch. There isn't a set time limit on when you can play the demo. It's worth noting that you can't pre-load the demo ahead of time. Source: Square Enix (Image credit: Source: Square Enix)

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