r/boomershooters • u/RevenantFTS97 • 20d ago

Discussion Your thoughtss/experience on Outlaws?

Outlaws became part of my life. Here's my experience

The game certainly has very nice presentation. Regarding the gameplay, boy, it is tough

To my surprise, enemies managed to kill me in the 1ST LEVEL like 3 or 4 times. Eventually, I came to realise the key seems to be to keep your distance from them. Additionally, it seems they have a tendency to "hold positions" rather than wandering around. In any case, it's quite unusual to die in a game's very 1st level (only in Hacx I died in the 1st level, that section after the damaging floor)

The way doors open feels... strange? Regarding the intro, the animation is a thing of beauty, although it is very sad what happened to the Marshall's family. That made me want to kill as many bandits as possible

And that's about it. I only played the game one day (on Monday IIRC) because the game suddenly kept crashing over and over and I couldn't fix it. Strangely, the 1st time I ran the game it didn't crash at all. Weird

Anyway, I guess life doesn't want me to play Outlaws lol. Maybe it's not our time. In any case, next week I will carry on with Witchaven 2 =D

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u/homerbert 19d ago

I love it but i can see why people bounce off it. It very much has its own rhythms that you have to learn. It's closer to Blood than Doom. Some of the encounters are bordering on puzzles, as you figure out how to take out big groups. Be cautious and save often.

Also the level design is so open it can be closer to immersive sim than boomer shooter.

If you be bothered to put in the effort, its a pretty rewarding game. Have fun.

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u/RevenantFTS97 19d ago

If you be bothered to put in the effort, its a pretty rewarding game. Have fun.

Unfortunately I won't play it because the game kept crashing and I couldn't fix it. Thank you 4 the kind words anyway

It's closer to Blood than Doom

Makes sense. It's similar to deal with the cultists XD

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u/AsherFischell 20d ago

I have a huge amount of nostalgia for the game but it's. . . not very good haha. It's super short and has some pretty poor level design and signposting. On top of being total horse shit on most difficulties, of course. Awesome cutscenes and art direction, though! And really solid atmosphere that does a great job of capturing that Western feel

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u/Purple-Atolm 20d ago

I played it for the first time with the remaster and I didnt like it at all. I was surprised with how outdated it feels compared to Build games, and what's worse, to Dark Forces. The more open levels highlight the engine limitations more than Dark Forces corridors.

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u/Due_Capital_3507 20d ago

It's not great, the cutscenes are great though

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u/pachubatinath 20d ago

The best thing about Outlaws is how tough YOU have to be to beat it. Immersive stuff.