Outland is an adventure developed by Housemarque, released 27 April 2011 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux and Mac. The main story takes about 9 hrs to finish.
What Outland is
Outland is an adventure game developed by Housemarque and released in 2011. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
In-between balance and chaos stands one man, whose efforts will either bridge the ancient divide or doom the world to destruction
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 12 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Outland holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Players rate it 78, 7 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 9 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 12 hrs, roughly 1.3 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 @ 2GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2 GB RAM and 512MB Nvidia GeForce GTX 460/550, AMD Radeon HD 5770. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Outland launched on 27 April 2011, within three weeks of Portal 2, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire and Terraria. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Portal 2, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire, Terraria.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Outland yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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