Outland is a combination of many games, it borrows a lot of mechanics and environments from other games, but the best thing about the game is that it blends everything together very well. Everything about the game will remind you of some other game from the past, whether it’s the environments, gameplay or story.
While Outland successfully blends all the mechanics together, it does not mean that it doesn’t offer you a unique experience. Outland is astonishingly beautiful and stylish title. The game will push any gamer to their limit; the difficulty can offer a lot of challenge here. As soon as you start playing the game, you will realize that the developer Housemarque has put in a lot of effort.
The story revolves around two sisters who use the powers of darkness and light, and your character is someone who has learned to use both these powers. The light and dark powers are represented with the red and blue colors. The powers will be guiding you through different puzzles and enemies in the game. Your character can always use his sword to finish of foes, but the sword isn’t enough to get the job done, you will be forced to use your powers throughout the game.
When you first begin, you are presented with very few powers to use, as soon as you start progressing, new powers are unlocked. At first you will be able to use only one kind of power, but later in the game you will combine the powers of light and darkness to unleash very powerful spells on your foes.
Skills in Outland will always be a motivation for you, the game is made in such a way that you will feel pushed to learn new skills and use them. The game lets you visit all the levels that you have finished before, and with your newly learned skills, you will find out that there are some places that you can visit after you have learned a specific skill.
Outland is a great new game for you to play this summer; the game has so many similarities with some of the best games that you will not want to miss it.
