The Backlog Check-in Vol. 325: 3/23/24: Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist/Grandia HD Collection/South Park: Snow Day!
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:40 pm
Played: Outriders
Finished: Nothing
Playing: Outriders
Added: Nothing
Outriders makes a really good first impression, it begins like a third person action adventure shooter. Unfortunately it doesn’t take long until it becomes more of a typical co-op third person looter shooter where all that you basically do is clear out waves of enemies in areas.
The levels are linear, you just travel through them with no real interaction until you reach battle areas where waves of enemies come out and you have to kill them all to proceed. The amount of enemies that you have to fight is ridiculous, this is what makes it obvious that it’s meant to be played co-op.
The only way that I survive the enemy encounters is by playing on the story setting which greatly reduces the damage that you receive, and most enemies die within a few shots. It’s admittedly a little on the easy side, but I was finding it too difficult on the easy setting which feels more like normal to hard to me. There’s too big of a gap between the story and easy settings, it’s a little too easy on story and a little too hard on easy.
The shooting combat is kind of fun, but repetitive. The game in general is repetitive as you basically just clear out areas of enemies over and over again without any other gameplay. There’s no stealth, traps, platforming, puzzles, or environmental interaction of any kind. It’s just shooting enemies, and nothing else.
I’m still somewhat enjoying it because the story, characters, combat and graphics are all pretty good, but it would have been nice if there was more to do than just shoot waves of enemies.
Games releasing this week
Acolyte of the Alter
Amairo Chocolate
Ancient Weapon Holly
Ario
AutoForge
Between Horizons
Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles
Cities: Skylines II - Beach Properties
Distant Bloom
Dyschronia: Chronos Alternate
Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist
Farming Simulator Kids
Felix the Cat
Felvidek
Ghost Trick: Phantom detective
Godsworn
Go Fight Fantastic
Grandia HD Collection
Guilty Gear: Strive - A.B.A
Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road
The Inn Sanity
Kadomon: Hyper Auto Battlers
The Last Case of Benedict Fox
The Magical Mixture Mill
Mars 2120
Millennia
Motesolo: No Girlfriend Since Birth
Muv-Luv
Muv-Luv Alternative
Necrosmith 2
Not Tonight 2
nZen
Omega Crafter
One Last Breath
Open Roads
OTXO
Outpost: Infinity Siege
Palia
Pepper Grinder
Planet Zoo
Predecessor
Richman 11
Sentry
Sonzai
South Park: Snow Day!
Spring Dash
Stasis: Bone Totem
Strange Horticulture
Sunny Cafe
Suzerain: Kingdom of Rizia
Terra Memoria
Touch Detective 3 + The Complete Case Files
Valiant Tactics EX
Finished: Nothing
Playing: Outriders
Added: Nothing
Outriders makes a really good first impression, it begins like a third person action adventure shooter. Unfortunately it doesn’t take long until it becomes more of a typical co-op third person looter shooter where all that you basically do is clear out waves of enemies in areas.
The levels are linear, you just travel through them with no real interaction until you reach battle areas where waves of enemies come out and you have to kill them all to proceed. The amount of enemies that you have to fight is ridiculous, this is what makes it obvious that it’s meant to be played co-op.
The only way that I survive the enemy encounters is by playing on the story setting which greatly reduces the damage that you receive, and most enemies die within a few shots. It’s admittedly a little on the easy side, but I was finding it too difficult on the easy setting which feels more like normal to hard to me. There’s too big of a gap between the story and easy settings, it’s a little too easy on story and a little too hard on easy.
The shooting combat is kind of fun, but repetitive. The game in general is repetitive as you basically just clear out areas of enemies over and over again without any other gameplay. There’s no stealth, traps, platforming, puzzles, or environmental interaction of any kind. It’s just shooting enemies, and nothing else.
I’m still somewhat enjoying it because the story, characters, combat and graphics are all pretty good, but it would have been nice if there was more to do than just shoot waves of enemies.
Games releasing this week
Acolyte of the Alter
Amairo Chocolate
Ancient Weapon Holly
Ario
AutoForge
Between Horizons
Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles
Cities: Skylines II - Beach Properties
Distant Bloom
Dyschronia: Chronos Alternate
Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist
Farming Simulator Kids
Felix the Cat
Felvidek
Ghost Trick: Phantom detective
Godsworn
Go Fight Fantastic
Grandia HD Collection
Guilty Gear: Strive - A.B.A
Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road
The Inn Sanity
Kadomon: Hyper Auto Battlers
The Last Case of Benedict Fox
The Magical Mixture Mill
Mars 2120
Millennia
Motesolo: No Girlfriend Since Birth
Muv-Luv
Muv-Luv Alternative
Necrosmith 2
Not Tonight 2
nZen
Omega Crafter
One Last Breath
Open Roads
OTXO
Outpost: Infinity Siege
Palia
Pepper Grinder
Planet Zoo
Predecessor
Richman 11
Sentry
Sonzai
South Park: Snow Day!
Spring Dash
Stasis: Bone Totem
Strange Horticulture
Sunny Cafe
Suzerain: Kingdom of Rizia
Terra Memoria
Touch Detective 3 + The Complete Case Files
Valiant Tactics EX