Outward Definitive Edition

I know how to use maps and compass properly IRL now.
As long as you prepare accordingly and clear areas bit by bit, it's not too hard. Money farming is easy with the tent ambush feature.

Played this game for so long to then realise that i have never crafted a floor trap for the most easiest achievement.

This game is best played with a friend, or alone if youre into grinding out or finding all the best gear to fulfil your dream set and damage.
Otherwise, the gameplay is alright, a bit rough with the combat, and is a drag at some parts where walking is a must, so expect long travels with almost no ways of fast travelling.

Waiting for Outward 2 in the meantime.

This game is amazing. Handcrafted discovery and dungeon delving RPG like I've rarely seen before. From enemy design to armor and weapon models, to skills and the world itself, it's all done with great care.
I can only wish I had more time to sink into it, and give ti the thorough approach IT DESERVES!

well, the game is great, is smooth, is perfect to play with friends and MODS!!! i super recommend a perfect rpg game for an immersive game-play.

Combat is meant to be challenging, but is too challenging for me. The game turns into a cycle of walk 15 minutes > attempt combat > get killed. Trying to practice combat is especially frustrating due to the long walk often required between encounters, as manual saves are not allowed. I kept trying based on many posts saying that you get the hang of it, but would have returned the game prior to two hours had I known it would have ended up like this.

I walk outside I die, I drink water I die, i see mysterious green fog i die, i bring friend to play and beat everything with me we die several times, this game is certainly definitive in fucing my ass, but no matter what i get up an win, definitely not with some random pvp mechanic like hitting them through wall, placing traps, or shooting them with a bow on top of something, shut up I winner you loser

Das Spiel hat keine tiefgründige Story, aber dennoch ziemlich unterhaltsam. Es bietet gewisse realistische faktioren, die die meisten vergleichbaren Spiele nicht hinbekommen. Es bringt viele schöne Stunden Unterhaltung und mit einem Freund perfekt für ein gemeinsames Abenteuer.

Kann es jedem empehlen :)

I'm stunned by how amazing this game is. I see and feel so much of the love that was put into this game.

Great difficulty and so much fun. Recent negative reviews on this game are definitely coming people from not understanding the experience this game is trying to provide to the player. I get it, and I love it. I see my self playing this for much longer than the hours I already put in.

Corruption give you Defiled when it 100% Negative:
Hunger rate +100%
Lightning Resistance -50%
Lightning Damage -50%
Attack Speed -10%
Physical Resistance -30%
Impact Resistance -30%
but there is a Positive:
+15% Decay resistance
+50% Decay damage bonus
+15% Frost damage bonus
and you got crazy companion that trying to kill you damn this game is for me LOL

Outward is a different type of game, probably for a different type of player. I'm not sure I'm that different type of player, but someone probably is. I'm leaving this positive review for that someone.

This game is best enjoyed on hardcore mode. A Couple more rounds and maybe go hudless.

played and beat on console and now playing again on steam, its an incredible survival adventure game, very challenging but also very rewarding, and kudos to the devs for keeping couch coop alive

enjoyed everything except Sirocco questlines (Caldera is still pretty cool). Its not really a souls-like, maybe around 60% souls like? But overall, good first time experience.

bag despawed after death even though the loading screens say you are supposed to see it on the compass. respawned me in combat with different creatures than what i had died to the first time, each death skips a few in game days so i auto failed the first quest. do not recommend. (im aware its my skill issues)

1. this game does not respect your time as you will spend the majority of game time running from point to point in boring and empty worlds to do what is essentially fetch quest best reserved for early-2000s MMOs

2. the amount of story in this supposed role playing game is shorter than a one page summary on your phone's screen, written in the prose and vocabulary of a 6th grader

3. combat is extreme jank , worse than Piranha Bytes RPGs

I suppose I can understand peoples complaints but to be honest the game is a blast and with a friend it's even more fun because the journey you get to experience with them is just too good to pass up for it's on sale price of like $6 or whatever. If it's not for you then so be it but I would highly suggest this game!

Great game, plus absolute legends for adding couch coop when almost no other modern titles have that option.

I like how this offers no level up system but actually has you try and play the game and learn new skills and such

I;m having a blast playing this game but the missions are very badly designed and let the game down badly.

Some of them have permanent negative effects, some can end your character's run altogether and many operate of timers with permanent negative effects for failure. Reading the wiki is essential to play the game and avoid these - which is unfortunate.

Other problems are the bad UI and feedback during combat - but these can be fixed with mods. Basically, this game is not enjoyable in it's shipped state and/or doing research.

But it definately has a charm and it is satisfying to try different builds and defeat bosses.

I wanted to write a review on this game some day so i am doing it now.

The good:
This game has something that some would call SOUL.
The devs did put a lot of heart into it and made some fun mechanics.
I also like the lore of the regions and factions. ( but i dislike the quests)
The magic system is pure FIRE. There are a lot of combos you can do between different spells that cause new effects.
You can also combine classes for crazy combos and the limit of 3 breakthrough points balances it as well.
I think in case of breakthrough points less was more, for that reason i agree with the limit.
I also think some of the crafting and cooking is very nice.

The bad:
The game has a lot of walking and the game punishes you for running because of stamina burn.
I think that is very bad design that just wastes a players time.
Let us run outside of combat without stamina burn. Stamina burn from running just forces you to camp more or carry more stamina burn tea. Its just annoying...
We have already a lot of stuff to manage (Sleep/Food/Drinking/Weather/healing/disease/corruption)
It just adds another thing to it if you don't want to walk everywhere.
Another bad thing are the time sensitive quest.
That might be a personal opinion of mine but i think time sensitive quest that give you perma debuffs are just bad and not fun.
It forced me once to restart my character. I personally find that horrible.
Also the main base game quests until ancestral peacemaker are just lame.
On top of that the voice acting is just weird. They tried to save money by just making the voice actor say the first 2 lines of a dialogue box and then the rest is just silent.
I personally find that dumb i would rather have full voice acting OR NONE AT ALL.
Oh yea also why can't we choose what to repair on rest? Why do i have to equip it in my hand to repair it?
Just a small annoyance...
Also why is the UI so empty of information.
There is a mod called combat hud that basically shows you buff timers and buffs/debuffs.
It basically fixes this. Its really annoying having to open the Character menu to see the timers.
Why does the base game not have more hud info? You are giving us the info in the character tab anyway. Why do we have to press an extra button to see it?
Another bad thing is the limit of quickslots. I think they should have added at least 5 more quickslots that you can only bind with consumables. That would have made the game much better.

Conclusion:
I like the game it has its charms but it has so many small dumb flaws that you have to fix through modding.
I recommend buying it when its on sale and please check out the quality of life mods before you play the game. Its basically like skyrim.( a fun game that needs to be fixed through mods)

This game has an INSANE amount of depth. I am barely scratching the surface 14 hours in... Outward feels like what Dark Souls 2 could've been in many ways, especially the dungeons and the need for lanterns and torches.

My advice is to play this blind - this game teaches you through experience, which you get by getting beaten up by stuff you didn't know was a thing until suffer through them.

Your character is dumb, weak and broke; and it can actually get much worse.
Your time in this game is not supposed to be perfect. Some days you will lose, and some you will win, but mostly you'll lose. There are no save states, so if things went bad you can't load a previous save to fix them - you'll have to unscrew them manually.

The moment you realize that despite all the shit you went through, you still managed to survive and get strong - is when the game starts getting very addictive.

Combat feels clunky and stiff, but it's very fitting for the overall experience and atmosphere of the game.

its a game about managing inventory and resources, and does not want you to "save" your consumables. It wants you to consume them! If you play slowly and with purpose, and expend your food/water/potions/traps while you do, you'll have a much better time!

It's a decent game, a lot better with co-op. It's quite tedious and gets unnecessarily annoying at times, there are a lot of fillers. However it does a few things well such as inventory management, food, water and sleep needs. Camping system is neat as is cooking and alchemy. Specializations could use some work, some seem garbage while others are OP. The Sirocco DLC is stupid, complete waste of time that is simply there to drain your hours for no gain.

This game is best enjoyed with friends, but I can't get mine to play anything with me for more than like 2 or 3 days before they run off and buy something else to only play once so like 300+ of my 343 hours at the time of writing this have been solo. I really enjoy the game. The replayability is great, and there's so much content to do for each playthrough. Also the music is really nice. 5 stars. 10/10. Chef's kiss.

The world seems like it interesting to explore but the combat is just so purposefully obtuse its not fun

要是有脑机接口，这玩意绝对是第二异世界人生。一切都太真实了。你就是个普通人，没有高贵的血统，也没有逆天的背景。所以外界的一切对你来说都是非常致命的。被野兽咬几口就感染了，防御几次攻击就失衡了，学个破魔法也要牺牲自己的生命。作为普通人，你要尽可能的活下去，认真规划好每一个战斗。反正我是乐在其中哈哈哈，天天埋陷阱坑boss

very good game two play with a friend
I really like the Backpack mechanic and the fighting system.
The world is beautiful.
There are many interesting places to discover.
Also you don´t have a map that shows you where you are on it.
It´s a nice game. I can only repeat.

Very cool, but DON'T LOOK UP ANYTHING!!!

Biggest charm for me playing CO-OP was us figuring stuff out along the way, from recipies to weapons and mechanics. Looking stuff up would ruin a BIG part of the experience. Also, damn I suck at combat alone.

One of the best co-op experiences I've ever had, and that was only with the base game. Came back for the definitive edition, and loving the additional DLC content. Best played without looking up anything about the game and enjoying the thrill of discovery and learning about the world the hard way.

Weird game with a very steep learning curve. Nothing in the game tells you that Jam on bread is absolutely critical to your success.

Tips:
Boil bugs.
Fish a lot.
If you aren't sure what it does, magic isn't for you.
Drink water.

Game gets a 6/10 for being a bastard.

A stellar experience that captures the true spirit of exploration and adventure. No game made me feel this like a plucky explorer in a dangerous world. Not only is the setting highly creative and detailed, but the openness is organic and rewards player ingenuity without handholding. So you truly feel like you have progressed, not just mechanically but mentally.

This game is just amazing. It could be called an 'adventure simulator'. It might be a little clunky in combat, but combat isn't the point. The adventure is. And the music... Oh my God the music! One of the best OST out there!

It's difficult for me to recommend this game, not because I didn't like it. In fact, I do like this game, and that's why I have 80 hours into it. But what felt like a novelty at first, becomes tedious after a while. This game is "hard", not due to difficulty, but because it doesn't have any quality of life features to it.

I will say there is a lot to do, and a lot to customize. I enjoyed the combat, the crafting, and the equipment.

There are some clipping issues, no jump (which is weird cause you can dodge roll), and you will be doing a lot of running as travel, which gets bothersome at some point.

Sold game. No jumping in game is a bit different but the mechanic of combat is enjoyable. Will say the traveling gets annoying after awhile, at least there is auto run for the long journeys. Many different play throughs and character build customization so you can put a ton of fun hours into it.

Great Game; I was very hesitant at first I didn't want to play a game that takes muscle memory to win because it is so difficult. That said this game is challenging but most everything can be solved by planning and just playing cautious. The magic system is weird but you get used to it via trial and error and probably the most powerful way to play. The Bows and Daggers are fun all while actually being an awesome way to beat anything in the game. I love the split screen factor and its why i bought the game originally to play with my kid. He is only 7 but he has a blast too, he struggles with some of the stuff and stays away from magic other than summoning a ghost. He likes being a tank with heavy armor and shield he loves just blocking everything. WARNING THE WEATHER IS DEADLY!

This game is something else. It truly gives the vibes of actual surviving, and not being the main character of the story, only a hapless npc. My only problems are:
- Not enough side quests in the areas.
- No matter what you do, your character will look like a diseased molerat.
Otherwise it is a pretty decend game. 8/10

it's a unforgiving survival game with hard combat big open regions to explore and solid build crafting based on weapons and skills and not xp farming. it's one of my favorite survival games and co-op is great! lots of stuff to do and places to explore the only thing i'm not a huge fan of is time based quests but that's also part of the unforgiving survival mechanics. honestly solid 8.5/10 overall

its got a high difficulty curve but once you are past it; its an amazing game. having a friend to assist in fights is the only reason i got past it my self. i'd describe it as a souls like but focused on survival instead of combat

A pretty amazing game all things considered. I remember playing the original version and enjoying it,but it was always lacking. This version fixes just about all my problems I had with the original. As you can see from my playtime as of typing this I genuinely enjoy the game. While the three brother DLC is a little meh since there's a lot of grind involved overall this game has been a blast. It rewards trial and error as well as experimentation and knowledge. The more you learn about the game its mechanics and perks the more your able to travel. The easier your runs become. My first run ever I lost my house and kept spam dying in the winter, after that I decided to play it a bit slowed and grab certain perks that didn't require a breakthrough. What turned into some of the hardest fights in the game for me became somewhat of a joke. Not to mention the modding scene for the game also puts a fun spin on it once you get tired of the base game. The amount of build variety, weapon designs, and lore in this game has me praying outward 2 is here swiftly. If your on the fence about Outward I recommend trying it especially if its ever on sale again. Don't be afraid to look things up if you're really worried about finding items or even builds. This RPG is about having fun not suffering through it for bragging rights. This game is a learning curve that once you've mastered the basics you'll dominate the game easily. Often negative reviews for this game tend to be the difficulty, the lack of true fast travel, or they don't understand how to properly build their character.

Well, this is equal part survival and rpg, quite interesting take on both genres, though it's far from brutal realism of stuff like Green Hell, so game is far fully rpg. Though you'd still to have to watch out for hunger, temperature, rest, bunch of afflictions... start is especially rough with any wolf, bandit and big bird being a mortal threat. Inventory management would be an issue all thorough your adventure, as weight you can carry is quite small, even with best travel bag. Lots of mechanics are quite peculiar for rpg - got to drop travel bag before fight to avoid issues with dodging and maneuvering, mana only becomes available after accessing ley line and sacrificing some of your physic, so you'll lose a bit of strength in exchange for mystical powers. Also half of magic is not very strong and needs magic circle of element in question to empower them.

There isn't much in terms of looks, and wasn't even in year of release, even less now, thought it shouldn't be that jarring to the eye.

Audio is okaish, nothing outstanding but serviceable.

Plot is great\good (though maybe closer to good level), though it might not seem to be so at start, but bunch of concepts, bit of branching, look at situation from perspective of various factions is pretty nice.

Learning how things work on your own in Outward is very fun in the early game. Once you have the basics down it becomes difficult to figure out what the game wants you to do next, but the early game is very strong. Hopefully Outward 2 makes it slightly easier to figure out what the players goals are, without resorting to a guide or tutorial.

Good game that forces you to preplan your combat encounters

I just dont get what people find in this game...

On paper we thought its the perfect coop game, RPG, classes, detailed combat, exploration and looting and all with a friend? Sounded perfect!

Wrong...

There are so many design choices that make the game so incredibly tedious, that it just kills all fun and joy.

We needed a shitload of mods just to make it bearable, but here are many of the awful design choices we had to "fix" with mods:

Most classes are made up of passive or extremely situational skills that dont feel impactful at all, you are also limited to 3 classes out of 11.

You only have a single action bar of 8 slots for active abilities, which is not enough, since more than half of all abilities require a specific buff you need to have, so you also need to constantly open your skill book to buff yourself before you can use an ability.

Oh did i tell you the buffs have 3-5min cooldowns and are consumed when you use the combination ability?

Did i also tell you that the ability has also sometimes up to 6min of cooldown and barely has more impact than a normal attack?

The map doesnt really show anything, including the player position, but its not like you miss much, each map seems big but its just incredibly empty.

Enemies dont really respawn and there are only a handful in every area, so it always feels dead and empty everywhere.

The quests are generally barely more than fetch-quests you find in bad MMOs or repeatable quests in other RPGs.

Your carry weight is incredibly small and things are incredibly heavy, so you can barely loot anything, especially when you want to use more than one weapon.

The coop part didnt feel well designed either, since the coop partner gains no quest progress or achievements, you only earn gear and potentially abilities.

All in all the game is an incredible disappointment and i really dont get why people recommend it to others.

We fought our way through and 100% finished the game in almost 65 hours.

I feel robbed of valuable lifetime after finishing this game.

Dont waste your time unless you hate yourself and your coop partner.

I wanted to like this game, but it fights against you all steps of the way. Sometimes, those struggles are interesting, such as backpack and equipment management are well executed. But mostly, they are frustrating in ways that do not educate you how to play better, as any failure is severely punishing.

The WORLD is empty, this is mostly seen in the cities/towns, where only a few NPC's will actually interact with you. Through 30 hours of playing, the only story I've done is to complete the starting area.

One of my biggest gripes, is that there is no built-in encyclopedia. Every enemy is deadly, I need knowledge before fighting them, since dying is so severely punished. If you're only playing the game, each new enemy will murder you, and teleport you to a random location, confusing you further.

The COMBAT is fine, it holds up relatively well. Plenty of variety, melee/range/magic. Except for the fact that
enemies will chase you until the end of the world, so if you want to test if you can beat a foe, you can shoot an arrow at it, then have it chase you around the entire map until you die.

The REGIONS are not great. You can go from the starting region into the Marshes, and not be able to kill a thing. Difficulty should be linear. The most interesting bit is the map, which provides you no indication where your player position is. I love that concept, really fits with the theme.

The spoken character dialog, of which there isn't much of, doesn't align with the subtitles.

All of these complaints could mostly be solved by a modding patch, and it isn't unlikely that I won't give it another attempt in the future.

This game is a lot of fun. I know you could solo and have a good time, but it really shines with a friend. AND it really can suck your life away cause there's a lot to explore and it's just hard enough to be satisfying without a grind-vibe.

My brother told me to buy it. At First i was hesitant, because the game is not for everyone.

I was positively surprised, playing in CO-OP is a cool adventure, but Solo is boring as hell.....

Combat is neither Good nor Bad , survival part is good , but the World feels empty sometimes.
Graphics is not bad, could be better tho. Overall progression/combat/gearing up is kinda Souls-like.

This combination might not be for everyone i understand .
Solid 6.5/10 from me

There is a lot to be said about this game. There are some systems I really like. Unfortunately, most of the systems I was most looking forward to, had some major flaw.
There's no fast travel, meaning you need to walk everywhere, with no map markers so you'll need to navigate as well. I liked that idea, until I realised the map is inaccurate, the world design feels arbitrary and lifeless, and there is no jumping or climbing, and sprinting is discouraged, all leading to boring traversal. The travel is punishing and walking is slow for immersion - fine. Give us a horse.
The world feels vast... and empty. There are a dozen or so interesting things in the first map alone that most npcs should know about and just don't mention. The writing sets the world up a developed set of societies living in dangerous lands. I cannot fathom how anyone gets anything done when there are bandits outside every city gate, and everything but the city interiors are long lost ruins.
The death scenario system sounds great, until you die two steps from a city gate and get dragged halfway across the map instead two steps back into town.

Things that do work: the resting and repair systems feel good and fair.
The magic is hard. Really hard. If I didn't know better I would say the game doesn't want you to use magic. Every kind of magic has several steps to casting a spell. This being in addition to the arduous task of acquiring mana in the first place. Magic feels earned and powerful because of this.

In conclusion, as some people have already said. This game feels like it has the core of some very good ideas. Ideas I was really looking forward to. But it fails to execute most in some crucial way.

I love this game, but it will not tolerate not being taken seriously. You WILL lose fights if you aren't smart, and from what I've seen, this game doesn't do a Game Over screen on normal mode. Instead, you get dragged off to be held prisoner by intelligent forms of life, and you have to find your way out and get your stuff back. This game is rad as hell.

Overall: 9.5/10 to 10/10 game.
Survival aspect: 8/10
Graphic design: 8.5/10
Monsters: 9/10
Lore: 9/10
Armor/weapons/magic/cooking/alchemy: 9/10
Fighting system: 8.5/10
Multiplayer: 10/10
Singleplayer 8/10
Hardcore > Normal
Mods: 8/10

This is the game I dreamed and imagined as a child. Now very much enjoying it as an adult. Download the multiplayer mod so you can run more then co op game play. Invite your friends and family and enjoy exploring an awesome game.