In all seriousness, I did not expect to be enjoying this as much as I am nor did I expect so much content for such a small price. I worry this will end up being badly advertised and forgotten about but there's a really fantastic art style here along with some really good animations, tight controls and a nice atmosphere. Give the trial a go or watch the Quick Look, it's worth your time and money.

Got the trial on my Xbox download queue, will try it out when I have the time.

OMFG it's Ikaruga combined with Strider, two games I love!

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

Whats ironic was I was telling my friend I wish they made a contra style game with the Ikaruga system, and damn this is pretty much it.

The art in particular looks great.  The quicklook did not do the game visual justice.

The reviews at GameSpot and 1UP are surprisingly favorable. I might get this.

Ive been looking forward to this since the quicklook, trialed it just to be sure but bought it before i even finished the demo portion.

This game is fantastic. Reminds me of Shadow Complex and Ikaruga. I'm over 3 hours in, and I'm enjoying it a lot.

" The demo was enough for me. It's a good game but I don't need to buy it. "

The graphics are pretty amazing.

I bought it last night, only got to the first checkpoint though.

I've been playing for about 3 hours now and I'm really enjoying it. I would recommend it to anyone that enjoys platformers. 

Bought this last night on a whim and was pleasantly surprised at how good it is!

can anybody give me an idea how long it is? i don't have much money at the moment so i'd like it if it could keep me going for a while.

it sounds like a bit of a sleeper hit, i didn't expect such positivity from you guys

Gonna have to get this now, it always looked interesting but the Quick Look EX that was on here didn't really sell it. However I heard too many people, online and in the real world say how good it is. Will download it tonight. Got sooooo many games to play at moment its silly. Gonna have to take a holiday or something to get through them.

just beat it today. I was super mega excited about this game but it's actually better than I expected.

fucking hell, this game is good. I beat it in about 6-7 hours, plus the entire game can be played co-op, plus there's co-op challenge rooms. plus there's an Arcade Mode that's like a high score run + time attack mode rolled into one. there's plenty of content for ten dollars. I can't believe it's not 15.

think of it as a better Shadow Complex.

I don't want to throw around statements like 'it's a better Shadow Complex' as it is different in both focus and execution but there are definitely similarities and equal amounts of things to make you want to come back and play some more.

Just wanted to spread the word that Outland is pretty cool. This game will probably get more attention around here when/if the staff start talking about it.

played the demo, i might just buy it.  Be nice to see a quicklook of this game on the site. 

Really enjoying it thus far. So far the biggest surprise of the year for me.

I really liked the look of the game from the Quick Look, but the gameplay didn't seem that great. With all this positive chatter, I'll at least give the demo a try now.

I really loved what I saw of the quick look and it seemed to be getting some positive attention so I bought it when it popped up on the dashboard. I just hope it actually does get challenging, it looks like it could be a ton of fun if it does.

The demo was pretty good. Considering picking this up now. Just a few questions. Do your abilities expand much more, or it all going to be basic platforming and simple combat spiced with color switching? I really want to like this game now, but it still feels very mundane mechanically. Is the level design creative at least?

I really enjoyed the demo, the controls seem super tight and for 800 points it seems like a god damn steal. Gonna pick it up when I have time to play.

just wanted to say Yo back 

I played the demo and was pleasantly surprised. I will mostly likely be purchasing this game.

" The demo was pretty good. Considering picking this up now. Just a few questions. Do your abilities expand much more, or it all going to be basic platforming and simple combat spiced with color switching? I really want to like this game now, but it still feels very mundane mechanically. Is the level design creative at least? "

                    @CaLe said:

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                    The demo was enough for me. It's a good game but I don't need to buy it.

                   

Game is pretty awesome, love the concept and art style

This game is amazing so far. The platforming is shockingly fluid, and the light/dark dynamic keeps the game interesting and challenging.

Is was all on board until:

" @SoldierG654342: haven't made it there yet, is it really that bad? "

" @Yanngc33 said:

" @SoldierG654342: haven't made it there yet, is it really that bad? "

It's a three stage boss fight without checkpoint between any of them. If you die at any part, you have to do it all over. Playing it isn't actually that hard (except for the last stage, that's where I always died), but the way the fight is designed makes me really worried for the rest, which is a shame, because I really liked the fight with the High Priestess.  "

@SoldierG654342:
 That boss is by far the easiest in the game, theres two places  where nothing can hurt you  as long as you take your time. The flying dragon boss on the other hand is a total motherfucker in the third stage. I'm glad the game is as challenging as it is, never unfair and chances are if you died it's your own fault and not the games.

The game has really impressed me  with the amount of content for 800 points, It's not quite as good as Shadow Complex but  as someone else said the focus is very different. The game makes you learn how to use the colour shifting instead of just letting you force your way through and there are plenty of upgrades  to make the game a little bit easier. I found all of the checkpoints to be pretty fair  including the multi-stage bosses, I never had to retry one of them more than 10 times. The art style is great, the length puts a ton of full priced releases to shame and it has a fun set of achievements.

"

@SoldierG654342:
 That boss is by far the easiest in the game, theres two places  where nothing can hurt you  as long as you take your time. The flying dragon boss on the other hand is a total motherfucker in the third stage. I'm glad the game is as challenging as it is, never unfair and chances are if you died it's your own fault and not the games.

Yet another reminder that I still need to download the demo for this game.

Got big love on the Bombcast, get on it doubters!

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@SoldierG654342:
 That boss is by far the easiest in the game, theres two places  where nothing can hurt you  as long as you take your time. The flying dragon boss on the other hand is a total motherfucker in the third stage. I'm glad the game is as challenging as it is, never unfair and chances are if you died it's your own fault and not the games.

 

The game has really impressed me  with the amount of content for 800 points, It's not quite as good as Shadow Complex but  as someone else said the focus is very different. The game makes you learn how to use the colour shifting instead of just letting you force your way through and there are plenty of upgrades  to make the game a little bit easier. I found all of the checkpoints to be pretty fair  including the multi-stage bosses, I never had to retry one of them more than 10 times. The art style is great, the length puts a ton of full priced releases to shame and it has a fun set of achievements.

"

@SoldierG654342:
The game would have possibly benefited from checkpointing after the running/jumping sequence but play that sequence enough and you will realize none of the mines  from the sky are random and with a tiny bit of staring at  the pattern youll realize its quite simple, infact all of the bosses are quite simple including the initially confusing final boss. I just don't see how lack of checkpoints ruin the game at all. During the levels checkpoints are possibly a little too frequent and the fact the game wants you to learn a set of patterns instead of just hammering away at the attack button is quite refreshing.

Also you should have 11 hearts by this point, I could see if you had not been backtracking/buying all the hearts this sequence could be much, much harder.

"

@SoldierG654342:
The game would have possibly benefited from checkpointing after the running/jumping sequence but play that sequence enough and you will realize none of the mines  from the sky are random and with a tiny bit of staring at  the pattern youll realize its quite simple, infact all of the bosses are quite simple including the initially confusing final boss. I just don't see how lack of checkpoints ruin the game at all. During the levels checkpoints are possibly a little too frequent and the fact the game wants you to learn a set of patterns instead of just hammering away at the attack button is quite refreshing.

Also you should have 11 hearts by this point, I could see if you had not been backtracking/buying all the hearts this sequence could be much, much harder.

"

"

@SoldierG654342:
The game would have possibly benefited from checkpointing after the running/jumping sequence but play that sequence enough and you will realize none of the mines  from the sky are random and with a tiny bit of staring at  the pattern youll realize its quite simple, infact all of the bosses are quite simple including the initially confusing final boss. I just don't see how lack of checkpoints ruin the game at all. During the levels checkpoints are possibly a little too frequent and the fact the game wants you to learn a set of patterns instead of just hammering away at the attack button is quite refreshing.

Also you should have 11 hearts by this point, I could see if you had not been backtracking/buying all the hearts this sequence could be much, much harder.

"

@Brad:
I finished with 12 hearts and 7 magic  energy things and I can't imagine having to fight it with much  less.  Having the double damage sword by collecting all of the marks of the gods really helped too.

" @ImmortalSaiyan: Disagree completely, the combat is really well implemented and adds a different level of mayhem in later levels when you're having to switch constantly. The animations and variety of combat is pretty well done too.  "

Also I think the combat a layer of diversity to keep you rolling with the tempo of the game. Though nothing is more satisfying then barreling through, slipping through polarities, juggling and diciing enemies as well as dashing under low ceilinged areas. It just flows so god damn good 

Easily one of the best "stoner" games ever created. Its such a psychadlic experience with the sound and the graphics just working its way like magic.

Got it and Deathspank when PS3 came back online... Haven't played either!

I gotta get back to this game. I dug the two hours or so I sunk into it. Nice fluid controls.