If you like a game that gives you a hard time, you need to look no further. Outward is the type of game that will frustrate you and reward you all in the same gaming session. It's got solid survival mechanics and dare I say, even combat. Most people will tell you the combat is clunky, but I think it fits perfectly with the rest of the game. It's the type of game that wants you to work for your rewards, and I don't see why combat should be any different. It also has a CO-OP mode that is frankly the best part of this game. This is a good enough game to experience on your own. But by all means, if you can, play it with a friend.

There is a huge problem though. I don't know what the coop in this game is like if you play online, but I do know that split-screen is riddled with rage-quitting bugs. Imagine you and your friend spend 30 hours in this game, learning the game's mechanics. discovering new recipes that you become extremely dependent on (how to craft traps when you're in a tight spot, how to make all sorts of consumables) only to one day load your save and realize your crafting menu is empty. That's right, your character has been hit with sudden amnesia and now you're completely dependent on your friend, who probably specializes in something else and probably doesn't know half the recipes you do. Worse yet, you can't use manual crafting anymore. You press the button to assemble a manual recipe but nothing happens. Another bug that goes perfectly hand-in-hand with the other. So now, not only is your character's entire learned recipes list gone, you cant even use YOUR OWN memory to manually craft what you need. You've been practically locked out of crafting altogether.

This is one of the more persistent bugs that the player base has complained about ever since before the definitive edition. You'd think the devs would've fixed such a serious bug all those years, but no. They just made the graphics slightly prettier.

It's a good game that I fully recommend if you were to play it single-player. But as it stands, co-op needs a lot of fixing that, frankly, I don't think will happen. And it's extremely disappointing.

If you like a game that gives you a hard time, you need to look no further. Outward is the type of game that will frustrate you and reward you all in the same gaming session. It's got solid survival mechanics and dare I say, even combat. Most people will tell you the combat is clunky, but I think it fits perfectly with the rest of the game. It's the type of game that wants you to work for your rewards, and I don't see why combat should be any different. It also has a CO-OP mode that is frankly the best part of this game. This is a good enough game to experience on your own. But by all means, if you can, play it with a friend. There is a huge problem though. I don't know what the coop in this game is like if you play online, but I do know that split-screen is riddled with rage-quitting bugs. Imagine you and your friend spend 30 hours in this game, learning the game's mechanics. discovering new recipes that you become extremely dependent on (how to craft traps when you're in a tight spot, how to make all sorts of consumables) only to one day load your save and realize your crafting menu is empty. That's right, your character has been hit with sudden amnesia and now you're completely dependent on your friend, who probably specializes in something else and probably doesn't know half the recipes you do. Worse yet, you can't use manual crafting anymore. You press the button to assemble a manual recipe but nothing happens. Another bug that goes perfectly hand-in-hand with the other. So now, not only is your character's entire learned recipes list gone, you cant even use YOUR OWN memory to manually craft what you need. You've been practically locked out of crafting altogether. This is one of the more persistent bugs that the player base has complained about ever since before the definitive edition. You'd think the devs would've fixed such a serious bug all those years, but no. They just made the graphics slightly prettier. It's a good game that I fully recommend if you were to play it single-player. But as it stands, co-op needs a lot of fixing that, frankly, I don't think will happen. And it's extremely disappointing.