Outriders’ new Worldslayer expansion coming later this summer

Final 12 months, Outriders shocked gamers with its surprisingly deep customization system and ability-focused fight. Towards the top of 2021, developer Folks Can Fly launched a small content material replace, New Horizon, and revealed a brand new enlargement, Worldslayer, coming June 30.

In a livestream on Thursday, Folks Can Fly supplied the primary concrete particulars on the upcoming enlargement, which we performed a brief demo of in late March. In contrast to the New Horizon replace, Worldslayer is a paid enlargement for Outriders, and gained’t come to Recreation Cross — though it appears the bottom sport will stay part of Microsoft’s subscription service.

Worldslayer must be fairly acquainted to Outriders gamers, and there are not any big-ticket objects like a brand new class or weapon kind (that we all know of). As an alternative, Outriders’ first enlargement focuses on enhancing the strong base the sport already had. That begins with problem, the place the sport’s varied problem tiers (problem ranges that go up as you progress, providing higher rewards) will now be Apocalypse tiers.

The primary 15 Apocalypse tiers might be for all Outriders gamers, whereas the ultimate 25 — as much as tier 40 — might be unique to Worldslayer gamers. In fact, gamers who courageous these greater tiers might be rewarded with higher-level gear (as much as 75) and particular “Apocalypse” objects.

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When an merchandise drops in Worldslayer, it has an opportunity to drop as an Apocalypse merchandise, which has an additional, third mod slot on it, additional enhancing a participant’s abilities and providing extra combos than earlier than. Nonetheless, gamers will nonetheless solely have the ability to swap out one of many now three potential mods on their armor, making god-rolled objects that a lot tougher to seize, however much more rewarding for gamers prepared to place within the work. With every class additionally getting two new Legendary units and quite a few Legendary weapons, there might be some main construct shakeups in Worldslayer.

Other than gear, gamers will have the ability to enhance their characters by means of two different avenues: PAX class bushes and Ascension.

The PAX class bushes are new ability bushes that gamers will have the ability to spend money on — utilizing particular ability factors that come from Worldslayer content material. These bushes give bonuses to courses that their kits are in any other case lacking, and will permit gamers to both broaden their builds or specialize additional.

The Ascension system must be acquainted to Diablo or Borderlands gamers who’ve interacted with the Paragon or Badass rank programs, respectively. As Outriders proceed to do their Outrider factor post-max degree, they’ll have the ability to enhance their stats with small, incremental upgrades. It is a very long-term system; Folks Can Fly says it may take round 360 hours for gamers to unlock each node.

For gamers who wish to bounce into Worldslayer however missed the unique Outriders, the enlargement will include a level-30 increase, which gamers can use as many occasions as they need, and may even be used to spice up different courses as much as endgame ranges.

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As for what these newly degree 30 characters might be doing: Worldslayer will add a number of hours of marketing campaign content material, new areas, and extra. Folks Can Fly can be promising a brand new endgame exercise, which can get its personal broadcast nearer to the enlargement’s launch date.

In our restricted expertise with Worldslayer, the place we performed about an hour of the brand new marketing campaign in a three-player group, it’s positively extra Outriders. However that’s not the dis it could initially seem like. I used to be a reasonably large fan of Outriders final 12 months, and it all the time felt like one thing that was near greatness — a strong first draft that would come out swinging with a sequel or an enlargement.

With the character construct depth coming in Outriders: Worldslayer — to not point out the mysterious endgame actions — the enlargement may very well be the beginning of a brand new period for Folks Can Fly’s third-person shooter. In my demo, Outriders nonetheless felt nice to play, and I used to be excited by every bit of Apocalypse gear that dropped for me and PAX factors I may place in my new ability tree.

No matter whether or not the ultimate product is extra of the identical or the development I’ve been hoping for since final 12 months, Worldslayer positively confirmed me sufficient to depart me enthusiastic about my return to Enoch.