What is Outriders’ About?
In terms of entirely new properties being put on display at Square Enix’s press conference, few had us more intrigued than developer People Can Fly’s Outriders.
A dark co-op shooter experience, the game sees three soldiers wandering the wastes of an alien planet in search of a mysterious object. The planet is swarming with hostile lifeforms, and each new scene brings out monsters more horrifying than the last.
Given the studio’s pedigree of developing titles like Bullet Storm and Gears of War: Judgement, it’s little surprise the game nails a macabre tone and aesthetic with some sci-fi elements thrown in, and has thus already gained plenty of fans rabid for more.
However, one big question remains to be answered about the game: What is the story actually about?
Sure, the developers let slip some minor details about what the game would entail, but overall, viewers were still left primarily in the dark regarding who the characters are, why they’re on this alien planet and what they hope to gain by being there.
These details will no doubt be cleared up as the title’s summer 2020 release, but for now fans will be left wondering what the drive behind this dark game’s plot will be.
