Combat style of Batman Arkham Asylum, open world like AC and slap car fights and customization on it and you got this game that is still fun to play years later.
11/10
To me the trailer for this game was the best thing about it. The space adventure filled with humor in the world run by corporations? Sign me up! Unfortunately the game itself is lacking in many parts and does not hold up to the feelings that were promised. Although there are some very funny moments and some interesting stories, most of it is average and kind of boring. The game is filled with a reasonable amount of content, but overall it is just not that interesting. The companions are lacking depth and soul and trying to give them a bit more personality with one sidequest does not help much. They feel artifical in comparison to companions from games like Mass Effect or Dragon Age. Weapons on the other hand are great. They feel good, they sound good and bullet time feature is very entertaining. Enemies...not so much. They are repetitive and not very challenging. The game is generaly very easy even on hard difficulty setting and you'll have more ammo and consumables than you'll ever need. The world is pretty interesting from a lore standpoint. There are some really great ideas there, but what you actually see is not doing it justice. But one of my biggest grudges is with the music. Combat music is awesome, but since the combat takes on average 10 seconds, you don't get to enjoy it very much. But the music for exploring is just dull. The game is really missing some sort of radio like Fallout games have. I would recommend putting on some of your own music. The second grudge I have is about the game mechanics and design itself. There are many various little things that are annoying. Like you cannot jump on the ladder, the conversations between NPCs are being repeated over and over, you cannot use your companion's abilities if you change their equipment, quest marker doesn't show you the quickest way, bad AI etc. The game was okay, but it could have been so much more with an interesting setting like this.
Death of the Outsider is in my opinion the weakest part of the whole franchise so far. Although I appreciate new powers and locations which are very interesting, I feel that the momentum that was presented in the rest of the franchise is lacking. I would not be surprise if it would fit someone's taste perfectly, but it is just such a side-step from the traditional pattern these games have, that fans of the series might find it not as satisfying. Even though I would not call the gameplay bad, it is still good but not as good as I was used to. The part that left me most dissapointed was the story. I can't tell you exactly what I didn't like about it to avoid spolers, but let me just say that sometimes less is more. I feel that I would be actually happier if I didn't play Death of the Outsider.
