
In addition, people who have survived exposure to the Anomaly like the Outrider have become "Altered", mutated humans possessing supernatural powers. Beset by hostile alien wildlife and left with dwindling resources, the colonists split in a massive civil war pitting the remnants of the ECA against the Insurgents, militant rebels who seek to overthrow the ECA. The Outrider is awakened from cryostasis 31 years later in 2190, where they find that the ECA's attempted colonization has failed, with the Anomaly destroying all the colony's advanced technology and trapping all the colonists within the confines of a single mountain valley. One of the Outriders, having survived exposure to the Anomaly, is mortally wounded during the fighting and is put back into cryostasis by Shira Gutmann, an ECA engineer. The Outriders attempt to warn the ECA to abort the colonization, but the ECA leadership instead send their own security forces to silence the Outriders by purging them. However, they quickly discover the Anomaly, an unexpectedly massive and deadly energy storm. The Outriders, a team of elite soldiers tasked with scouting the landing zone and paving the way for the colonists, are the first to land. Despite the Caravel suffering a catastrophic explosion in the middle of construction, the Flores successfully reaches Enoch's orbit in 2159, after an 83-year journey. Two massive colony ships, the Caravel and the Flores, are built, each holding 500,000 colonists. The major governments of Earth combine their resources under the newly formed Enoch Colonization Authority (ECA) in a last-ditch effort to preserve humanity on Enoch, a distant Earth-like planet. Plot ĭuring the middle of the 21st Century, Earth has passed the point of no return as climate disasters grow more frequent and dangerous, surpassing humanity's ability to mitigate them. The game can be played solo, but players can also complete the game together with two other players. In cutscenes a dialogue tree allows to decide the outcome of some conversations, though it does not affect the story's progression. As the players explore, they can explore different hub areas, talk to non-playable characters and complete side missions. The game incorporates various role-playing elements. Players can equip armors that offer protection against incoming damage, with each class having their own unique armor sets to collect. If the world level is high, it is more likely for the player to get high-end loot from defeated enemies.

As the player progresses, the world level (the game's equivalent to gameplay difficulty) will increase. Players combat monstrous animals, human, and humanoid enemies.

Players can hide behind cover to shield themselves from enemy attacks, though health will only regenerate if the player manages to hurt or kill enemies. Players can use different weapons such as shotguns and assault rifles to defeat enemies, and firearms can be customized with weapon mods.

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The game features a skill tree that allows players to unlock and upgrade their skills. These special skills have a short cooldown time and can be combined with other skills for maximum effects. The four classes include the Trickster, which has the ability to manipulate time, the Pyromancer, which can manipulate fire, the Devastator, which can unleash seismic attacks, and the Technomancer, which uses turrets and other devices. In the beginning of the game, players create their custom characters and choose from four classes, each of them with unique abilities that the players can use. Outriders is a third-person shooter mixed with elements from role-playing games. Square Enix External Studios worked with People Can Fly for the development. While the game reached over 3.5 million players by May 2021, it's unclear if it was a commercial success because of Square Enix and People Can Fly releasing different statements on the game's commercial performance. The game received mixed reviews from critics, with praise towards the gameplay, customization, and visuals, but criticism for the story and characters.
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It was released on April 1, 2021, for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

Outriders is an online-only cooperative action role-playing third-person video game developed by People Can Fly and published by Square Enix. Third-person shooter, action role-playing
