AsOutriderswent live around the world, much of the conversation around it has seemingly been quite positive. There’s been one major problem going on since launch, though, that beingOutriders' serversconstantly preventing players from checking out the game.
The game requires players to be connected to the internet to play, even for thosechoosing to playOutriderssolo. In and of itself, that’s not necessarily a popular decision, but the servers have been preventing many from hopping into the game in recent days. Notably, People Can Fly and Square Enix deserve commendation for how quickly it reacted to the issues and how hard it has worked in the past couple of days to improve, alleviate, and attempt to eliminate these issues. That hasn’t stopped many from voicing their concerns over the servers, though.
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On Metacritic, users have to wait something like 36 hours before they can post reviews of the game. Unfortunately, as that time comes to an end and many are not posting, they are skewing heavily negative. There doesn’t seem to be enough sheer volume to say the game is being review-bombed, but the impact of the scores are undeniable. What’s worse, many publications do not have reviews or review scores posted themselves for a likely variety of reasons, so hopping onto metacritic really only shows these reviews*.
Notably, practically every negative review so far has brought upOutriders' servers. What follows are review scores as of this writing.
What’s important to reminder is that this is likely to change. Not only will People Can Fly stabilize the servers at some point, but many may be holding back their own reviews until they beat the game. Given theextensive endgame ExpeditionsOutriderspromises and the solid campaign length, it seems unlikely many of these complaints have completed the game yet. Indeed, this seems to be many voicing their discontent with the server status and not the game itself.
Finally, it’s worth reiterating that People Can Fly have issued multiple updates regarding its server status since day one. It’s well-aware of the issue, andPeople Can Fly is obviously doing its best to bringOutriders' serversup to fan expectation.
Outridersis available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
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