Outrage

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There was a time when the idea of humanity in space was fairly similar to space, but the reality of the shared experience in reality has been pretty different. Not only have the first-person action RPGs inspired the genre in terms of the vastness and freedom offered by space, but the other two genres have been vastly different from one another. This is the most common thought with the rest of the industry, but there is another, particularly mysterious one.

Outrageic is a first-person shooter that follows the tale of two two special forces at war. The games are centered around the military, the marines, and the wars, but their motivations are inherently interesting. Unlike space marines, each side has a distinct set of goals that are wholly unique to their faction. It is as simple as that, and the game does a great job of immersing the player into its world.

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There's something about the grotesque violence in a game that reminds a player of what a large number of other shooters from the past 20 years have done. Games like Doom and Wolfenstein are no exceptions, but that is not as relevant to space marines as space marines. The aliens in Outrage, for example, are often at odds with each other, but their motives for what they are and how they operate are constantly in flux.

Outrage is made up of both the trappings of an FPS, a style that they have failed to create. The best example of this is the wacky military game, Transcendence, which features what is described as a super-powered tech suit. Players begin the game wielding the style from a high-tech craft to the superpowers they find themselves in, but with every upgrade their resistance to this technology allows.

The basic concept of the armor suits is clearly meant to work on top of everything else, but that hasn't been done to the same degree of detail as the games, and this has not been done to the same degree in Outrage. Even the story is based on the same premise as Outrage, as the resistance is fighting against a mysterious alien force, but instead of going from one adversary to the next, they are fighting for the greater good. There are a lot of unthinking weapons like shotguns and assault rifles to discover, and a series of bosses that are just too big and grotesque for players to be defeated in a single playthrough.

And here is the problem. Outrage is all about giving players reasons to try again. This can be a really long game and it makes it easier to get lost or made irrelevant by new mechanics that can cause the game to spawn and crash completely. The game can be beaten quickly if players take care to do some of the more tedious things in the story, but then they get killed multiple times because of poor checkpoints and a frustrating checkpoint system that takes years to get going.

Overall, Outrage's world is just going to be one big firefight for the player to really sink their teeth into. Each character has their own unique play style, and while the environments do not have enough variety to keep them interesting, they all play extremely similarly.

All in all, Outrage is a fun, fast-paced action game that takes full advantage of its 60fps. That said, it never really hits the highs of the series to deliver a truly engrossing experience. Its lack of any multiplayer options in the game is a bit disappointing and will probably be fixed in future updates, but Outrage is still a fun game to play.

Visually, Outrage is looking quite impressive, with some impressive-looking environments. Unfortunately, most of the time, the environments look a bit washed out and the audio presentation is just… generic.

Outrage is full of problems and a variety of gameplay options. One of the main complaints that some players have had is that the game constantly throws out quick time events to spice things up. This is compounded by the fact that some fights are completely over-the-top, forcing players to avoid moving in order to keep the pace going.

However, those are negatives and Outrage is a solid enough game to not put it down.

Despite some drawbacks, Outrage is a fun game to play and a great showcase of the PS2's graphical capabilities. Outrage was developed and published by Sega and released in 1999.

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