A game about if AI turned really mean, and decided it was fun to genocide the world. Sounds like the plotline to a Terminator Film.

Outpost: Infinity Siege is a blend between FPS and RTS. Using both Tower Defense and Scavenging Elements. You are the last outpost of human civilization. Build and defend your base from an AI revolution, created by humanity. Players will need to deploy out to abandoned areas to collect supplies to bring back to the outpost and fend off any hostile XEN along the way. Expanding humanity's reach on the world, and eradicating the XEN from the world.

I kept seeing this game over and over on my recommended, and with it saying "Mixed" I thought, this is either going to be something really fun and addicting, or a total S***fest where my graphics card self-destructs.

I'm utterly amazed with how many things are happening at the same time, and for Unreal Engine to balance all of this, although all the firing just looks like splines and raycasts back and forth (I'm work in Unreal, I know). I do feel the gameplay can be improved, because I have felt like the player character was a bit janky in terms of movement, there is some fluidity. But it ain't perfect either.

I think this is something that has bothered the majority of us, and it'll be fixed in the future. Some loot in levels will spawn underneath a object or under the ground in general. I've had the odd time a piece of really important loot has decided to plant itself underneath and either made a trip pointless, or softlocked my game.

Visually, it feels stunning, quite breathtaking graphics. In some cases I have felt disconnected from the game, due to a texture error or glitch. Apart from that, it is immersive.

AI is just a point A to point B. There is some actual pathfinding that goes on, but the AI just feels a little underwhelming at the moment.

What really sells me about the game is the cannons, artillery, turrets. I find it satisfying you can put a bunch of turrets in a spot, and let it run. At times I got it in a rhythm and others I got all of them firing at the same target, at the same time. There is a sense of automation too, at the start you are running around like a headless chicken reloading your turrets and your own gun. However, then you start to unlock features which automate those tasks, first semi-automated, to fully automated.

Can we also talk about the building system, my word you can stack your weapons high. I've got a fairly good base for both Infinite Defense and Tours. I think I'm on my 14th base iteration, because I like to stack different bases, with their own unique pros and cons. Like, one that can do both close and long range, but I have to run around reloading everything, because I haven't unlocked full automation yet.

I'm not much of an FPS type of person, used to be. I'm more of an RTS type of player. And mixing both of the genres together into one big game, has got me on board! We need more locations to explore too!!!!

If I'll be honest, a lot of the reviews I've seen are based on the fact that people aren't happy about a feature, or it being janky for the player. If you can look past the current issues with the game, you can find a unique, fun, yet challenging experience. This game is still being developed on, so we'll expect some changes in the near future.

Overall, I recommend this game!

Overall not a bad game, it just has some rough edges. The story of the game isn't particularly interesting in my opinion, it has a few quirks but the writing isn't brilliant. I enjoy the looting experience, working out how to pack the most amount of stuff into your limited recall box is fun for me and the gun customisation system is fun enough to keep things interesting.

The bigger draw is the base building aspect, there's a lot you can do but some aspects of the build system does feel limiting as to what you can build. There's a fairly big jump in difficulty between the snowy area and the city too, which can feel bad when you lose potentially a fair amount of work.

Still, worth picking up and playing if you have any interest in looting stuff and building bases.

What I Liked

Not really a game like this out there. Sure, a lot of extraction shooters, but building a base and defending it to keep your loot is a good design. Base defense is actually a ton of a fun, with different modifiers to how it will play out in the end of each run. Sure, it can get samey, but it's still a blast to play.

The graphics, at least when fighting, are perfect. As well as the sound effects.

A lot of variety in base building, character builds, gear, and so on.

What I Did Not Like

Honestly, it needed another year. Unsure what happened to force a release when it obviously wasn't ready, but outside the base building extraction gameplay, it's an okay game. The voice acting is awful, the characters look odd, and the story isn't that great. It's not the point of the game, but, it really leads to its downfall.

It's hard to figure out why certain things happen, what certain stats mean, why I'd want to go with this gun instead of the other gun. It's a bit of guesswork.

The extraction part is okay. Fun scavenging, with some enemies around, but it could have been better.

Why I Stopped Playing

With more work and time, this could have been an incredible game. It may have launched a new genre. I played it a bunch, stopped for the night one night, and just never went back! But I do recommend it when it's on sale.

Disclaimer

I have been a gamer for over 30 years. I tend to play mostly PC games. I also bounce around between games A LOT. I may purchase a $60 game and play it for 2 hours or spend $10 on a game and spend 50 hours on it. Even if I played a game a short time, it does not mean it is bad. It just means another game caught my attention. I also complain about flaws in games a lot, even about the littlest of things. Keep that in mind when reading my reviews. If I do not have a complaint, then the game must be special!