History VideoGame / Outriders

* ObviousBeta: To put it mildly. Players have reported hours-long loading times, textures that persistently refuse to load, massive server instability, crashes, and some GoodBadBugs.

An expansion titled "Worldslayer" was released on June 30th, 2022, bringing with it a new campaign, reworks to the endgame, new progression systems, new Expeditions, and a new endgame activity.

** [[spoiler:Things are [[BittersweetEnding slightly less bleak]] by the conclusion of ''Worldslayer''. Yes, Shira is dead and the Anomaly is still raging across Enoch, but the civil war is over and Ereshkigal’s genocidal plans have been stopped. The ECA survivors now have a place safe from the storms, thanks to the help of the last remaining sentient Pax, the shaman Atumna. With the threat stopped, the Outrider leaves their allies behind, vowing to discover the secrets of the Pax city. After fighting their way deep into the vaults, the Outrider discovers records showing that the last Pax king had visions of humanity’s future arrival and the Outrider specifically, and built an army to combat them, but failed to realize he was centuries too early and unleashed the Anomaly on the planet. Now with more questions, the Outrider makes plans to discover what else the Pax were preparing for and why there were interested in the protagonist.]]

** [[spoiler:Things are [[BittersweetEnding slightly less bleak]] by the conclusion of “'Worldslayer'' Yes, Shira is dead and the Anomaly is still raging across Enoch, but the civil war is over and Ereshkigal’s genocidal plans have been stopped. The ECA survivors now have a place safe from the storms, thanks to the help of the last remaining sentient Pax, the shaman Atumna. With the threat stopped, the Outrider leaves their allies behind, vowing to discover the secrets of the Pax city. After fighting their way deep into the vaults, the Outrider discovers records showing that the last Pax king had visions of humanity’s future arrival and the Outrider specifically, and built an army to combat them, but failed to realize he was centuries too early and unleashed the Anomaly on the planet. Now with more questions, the Outrider makes plans to discover what else the Pax were preparing for.]]

** [[spoiler:Things are [[BittersweetEnding slightly less bleak]] by the conclusion of “Worldslayer" . Yes, Shira is dead and the Anomaly is still raging across Enoch, but the civil war is over and Ereshkigal’s genocidal plans have been stopped. The ECA survivors now have a place safe from the storms, thanks to the help of the last remaining sentient Pax, the shaman Atumna. With the threat stopped, the Outrider leaves their allies behind, vowing to discover the secrets of the Pax city. After fighting their way deep into the vaults, the Outrider discovers records showing that the last Pax king had visions of humanity’s future arrival and the Outrider specifically, and built an army to combat them, but failed to realize he was centuries too early and unleashed the Anomaly on the planet. Now with more questions, the Outrider makes plans to discover what else the Pax were preparing for.]]

** [[spoiler:Things are [[BittersweetEnding slightly less bleak]] by the conclusion of “Worldslayer.” Yes, Shira is dead and the Anomaly is still raging across Enoch, but the civil war is over and Ereshkigal’s genocidal plans have been stopped. The ECA survivors now have a place safe from the storms, thanks to the help of the last remaining sentient Pax. With the threat stopped, the Outrider leave their friends behind, vowing to discover the secrets of the Pax city. After fighting their way deep into the vaults, the Outrider discovers records showing that the last Pax king had visions of humanity’s future arrival, and built an army to combat them, but failed to realize he was centuries too early and unleashed the Anomaly on the planet. Now with more questions, the Outrider makes plans to discover what else the Pax were preparing for.]]

** [[spoiler:Things are [[BittersweetEnding slightly less bleak]] by the conclusion of “Worldslayer”. Yes, Shira is dead and the Anomaly is still raging across Enoch, but the civil war is over and Ereshkigal’s genocidal plans have been stopped. The ECA survivors now have a place safe from the storms, thanks to the help of the last remaining sentient Pax. With the threat stopped, the Outrider leave their friends behind, vowing to discover the secrets of the Pax city. After fighting their way deep into the vaults, the Outrider discovers records showing that the last Pax king had visions of humanity’s future arrival, and built an army to combat them, but failed to realize he was centuries too early and unleashed the Anomaly on the planet. Now with more questions, the Outrider makes plans to discover what else the Pax were preparing for.]]

** [[spoiler:Things are [[Bittersweet Ending slightly less bleak]] by the conclusion of Worldslayer. Yes, Shira is dead and the Anomaly is still raging across Enoch, but the civil war is over and Ereshkigal’s genocidal plans have been stopped. The ECA survivors now have a place safe from the storms, thanks to the help of the last remaining sentient Pax. With the threat stopped, the Outrider leave their friends behind, vowing to discover the secrets of the Pax city. After fighting their way deep into the vaults, the Outrider discovers records showing that the last Pax king had visions of humanity’s future arrival and another threat, and built an army to combat them, but failed to realize he was centuries too early and unleashed the Anomaly on the planet. Now with more questions, the Outrider makes plans to discover what else the Pax were preparing for.]]

** [[spoiler: Becomes a [[Bittersweet Ending]] by the conclusion of Worldslayer. Yes, Shira is dead and the Anomaly is still raging across Enoch, but the civil war is over and Ereshkigal’s genocidal plans have been stopped. The ECA survivors now have a place safe from the storms, thanks to the help of the last remaining sentient Pax. With the threat stopped, the Outrider leave their friends behind, vowing to discover the secrets of the Pax city. After fighting their way deep into the vaults, the Outrider discovers records showing that the last Pax king had visions of humanity’s future arrival and another threat, and built an army to combat them, but failed to realize he was centuries too early and unleashed the Anomaly on the planet. Now with more questions, the Outrider makes plans to discover what else the Pax were preparing for.]]

** [[Becomes a [[Bittersweet Ending]] by the conclusion of Worldslayer. Yes, Shira is dead and the Anomaly is still raging across Enoch, but the civil war is over and Ereshkigal’s genocidal plans have been stopped. The ECA survivors now have a place safe from the storms, thanks to the help of the last remaining sentient Pax. With the threat stopped, the Outrider leave their friends behind, vowing to discover the secrets of the Pax city. After fighting their way deep into the vaults, the Outrider discovers records showing that the last Pax king had visions of humanity’s future arrival and another threat, and built an army to combat them, but failed to realize he was centuries too early and unleashed the Anomaly on the planet. Now with more questions, the Outrider makes plans to discover what else the Pax were preparing for.

An expansion titled "Worldslayer" was also announced and will release on June 30th, 2022, ringing with it a new campaign, reworks to the endgame, new progression systems, new Expeditions, and a new endgame activity.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: The war between the ECA and the Insurgents is sort of this, although it's really more 'dark grey and even darker grey'. Both sides have a horrendous history of atrocities and are run by people who range from 'flawed but well-intentioned' to 'sadistic psychopaths', and it's clear that it would be much better for humanity if they could find some way to put their differences aside rather than grinding their species into extinction through selfishness and mutual loathing, but the ECA is incrementally more sympathetic during the time of the story thanks to having a slightly higher proportion of sane long-term thinkers in its ranks, making it slightly better equipped to get the human race out of its present rut. [[spoiler:The independent enclave the protagonists set up at the end of the main story contains defectors and refugees from both sides, but the ECA leadership are presently the only ones it has cordial diplomatic relations with.]]