Bossed around
The bosses are generally of the impressive variety too, an early boss, the giant Golem, requiring dexterity to climb up his club – a nod to Shadow of the Colossus, while later bosses cause headaches with their attacks of red and blue projectiles in elaborate designs.

Light the way
In fact, the difficulty levels are perhaps overly ramped up in these battles, with taking damage almost impossible to avoid. Restarting upon death can irritate, but then hasn’t that always been the way in the combating of pattern-regular bad guys?
Occasionally you will come across co-op portals too – on-line challenges which can only be beaten with a friend in tow. In these tough set-pieces timing is everything, with players challenged to block incoming fire for one another, or clear paths of obstacles. A well conceived idea decently executed and an added extra to a campaign itself playable with a partner.

Heavy rain
Verdict
A steep learning curve and the tough negotiation of some truly mind-bending combinations of red and blue projectiles means Outland can frustrate at times; who ever said saving the world was easy? Thankfully, its ambience and visual flair easily compensate for hitting the odd brick wall. While the price is the real deal breaker, marking out the low budget download-only scene as the current hub of risk-taking and cutting-edge design. ®
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COMMENTS
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Flasback. My thoughts exactly. Looks and sounds very very similar.
That's a good thing BTW.
Foolery
That's comparing chalk and cheese buddy. 80-85% is a totally fare reflection of LA Noire. It has eaten my life for the past 4 days and it's brilliant, but it doesn't warrant more, there are too many flaws. Still, I'll be pushed to find a game I enjoy more this year (until Skyrim).
This is a completely different type of game to LA Noire and can only be judged within its genre. It wouldn't eat my life, but it may do for someone else who enjoys these kind of games.
I think the guys (and gals) who do the games reviews here are 'usually' spot on with their assessments. Considering this one (different guy from LA Noire review) writes about games for a national paper too, I'd be careful with your accusations about not knowing their business.
Perhaps you should stay away from forum trolling. You clearly have no idea.





