Outriders Worldslayer

Outriders Worldslayer is an expansion for Outriders, a cooperative action role-playing shooter made by the Polish studio People Can Fly and published by Square Enix. The base game came out on April 1, 2021 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, and Worldslayer followed on June 30, 2022. Square Enix also sells an Outriders Complete Edition that bundles the base game, the Worldslayer expansion, the Hell’s Rangers content pack and five exclusive emotes.

Outriders is set on Enoch, a distant planet that humanity tried to settle after climate disasters made Earth unlivable. An energy storm called the Anomaly wrecked the colony and gave some survivors, known as Altered, supernatural powers. Worldslayer picks up after the base story, as the spreading Anomaly sends violent snowstorms across Enoch. The Outrider searches for a way to stop them, meets the Pax shaman Atuma, explores the lost Pax city of Tarya Gratar and confronts the Insurgent commander Ereshkigal.

Play combines third-person cover shooting with role-playing systems. Players create a character and pick one of four classes: the Trickster bends time, the Pyromancer controls fire, the Devastator uses seismic attacks and the Technomancer relies on turrets and gadgets. Weapons and gear can be fitted with hundreds of mods, skills are unlocked through class skill trees, and health returns by damaging or killing enemies. Raising the world tier makes enemies tougher while improving the loot they drop.

The story and endgame can be played alone or with up to two other players in drop-in, drop-out co-op. The endgame includes Expeditions, a set of 18 hand-built levels with their own mechanics, and The Trial of Tarya Gratar, a dungeon with demanding boss fights. Players can also transmog their appearance to match any gear they have collected.

People Can Fly began work on Outriders in 2015 and grew from about 40 staff to more than 200 during development. The studio said it was not a live service game, and the writers aimed for a darker tone than its earlier shooter Bulletstorm. The base game received mixed or average reviews according to Metacritic, with critics praising its combat and visuals more than its story, and it passed 3.5 million players within a month of launch.