Outriders -

The tone is aggressively early 2010s. Characters scream lines like, "I didn’t sign up for this!" and "That’s classified!" with absolute sincerity. The main antagonist, a dictator named Seth, monologues about "order" while wearing a leather trench coat. It’s ridiculous.

But now, looking back with clear eyes and countless patched updates, I think we were too harsh. And at the same time, maybe not harsh enough. OUTRIDERS

That said, the crafting system saves it. You can pull any mod you’ve ever dismantled and slap it onto any weapon or armor piece. This means your level 50 "God Roll" purple shotgun can be as powerful as any legendary, provided you invest the resources. It’s a democratic system that rewards experimentation over pure RNG luck. If you played Outriders in April 2021, you remember the pain. The servers were a dumpster fire. The "inventory wipe" bug—where you’d log in to find every single piece of gear deleted—was a nightmare. People Can Fly had to literally restore items manually via support tickets. The tone is aggressively early 2010s