While the visuals are ok for 2017, and there's an interesting premise (though the story and the writing quickly become too cliched), there's practically no reason to waste your time on this game. Maybe if you played the original and are nostalgic, but even then, the remake is just a mess with game breaking bugs.

To start with, the camera, controls and shooting are horrible. They are not just bad considering the game was released in 2017, they are bad even by 1999 standards (the original Outcast release). The UI is not that better: there are so many things done wrong, it doesn't even make sense to list them. But just to name a few, it's not possible to sort items in the inventory, hide completed quests, and when you open the map in full screen, you can't see the compass. All this makes in0game interactions really tedious. It's ok to have that in 1999, but in 2017?

Then, there's stealth. I sneaked around an NPC to pass one of the tests in tutorial and never ever used it again. It's broken, it's useless, it's zero fun. Heck, there's more stealth in Doom and Quake than in this game, and shooting and movement in these games released in 1993 and 1995 respectively is also better than shooting of a 1999 game remake released in 2017!

Then maybe the side quests are good? Nope, zero interesting stories, lots of kill and fetch tasks. And paired with clunky movement and bad shooting, it's not fun doing any of them. Maybe for the weapon upgrdades and money (to buy weapons, ammo, and more upgrades), but really no. You can easily complete the whole game with the basic pistol (which I did), because that's the least clunky weapon in Outcast.

If the game is so bad, why did I complete it with all the achievements? Well, it's rather short when you follow a guide (good luck solving some of the puzzles without it!), and I wanted to see why this remake was praised so highly. I have no idea except that maybe the original game is even worse, and people are too nostalgic?

Anyway, avoid this even if you started playing videogames in the 80s like I did. It's not worth it even for the nostalgia.

While the visuals are ok for 2017, and there's an interesting premise (though the story and the writing quickly become too cliched), there's practically no reason to waste your time on this game. Maybe if you played the original and are nostalgic, but even then, the remake is just a mess with game breaking bugs. To start with, the camera, controls and shooting are horrible. They are not just bad considering the game was released in 2017, they are bad even by 1999 standards (the original Outcast release). The UI is not that better: there are so many things done wrong, it doesn't even make sense to list them. But just to name a few, it's not possible to sort items in the inventory, hide completed quests, and when you open the map in full screen, you can't see the compass. All this makes in0game interactions really tedious. It's ok to have that in 1999, but in 2017? Then, there's stealth. I sneaked around an NPC to pass one of the tests in tutorial and never ever used it again. It's broken, it's useless, it's zero fun. Heck, there's more stealth in Doom and Quake than in this game, and shooting and movement in these games released in 1993 and 1995 respectively is also better than shooting of a 1999 game remake released in 2017! Then maybe the side quests are good? Nope, zero interesting stories, lots of kill and fetch tasks. And paired with clunky movement and bad shooting, it's not fun doing any of them. Maybe for the weapon upgrdades and money (to buy weapons, ammo, and more upgrades), but really no. You can easily complete the whole game with the basic pistol (which I did), because that's the least clunky weapon in Outcast. If the game is so bad, why did I complete it with all the achievements? Well, it's rather short when you follow a guide (good luck solving some of the puzzles without it!), and I wanted to see why this remake was praised so highly. I have no idea except that maybe the original game is even worse, and people are too nostalgic? Anyway, avoid this even if you started playing videogames in the 80s like I did. It's not worth it even for the nostalgia.