They also said they needed the opportunity to tutorialize the game's systems, so having the player start from the beginning made the most sense. For one, it'll allow those not familiar with the mixture of gunplay and supernatural powers, along with the RPG systems to get used to the combat. The developers said they thought about dropping the player in the middle of the game for the demo but decided against it.

Rather, you have to unlock certain conditions to play them, therefore forcing the player to explore way after finishing the main quest. In the Outriders broadcast that aired on Wednesday, the developers revealed that some aren't even immediately available during the demo. However, back in 2019, we didn't get to play a lot of the sidequests, which are now available. 'Maybe for some games it sounds like 2-3 hours of gameplay is a huge chunk, but for our game, it's a really really small part of it.' You'll even get the chance to face the game's first Altered boss, Gauss. Only three classes, the Pyromancer, the Trickster, and the Devastator, were available to us at the time, but the Technomancer is now available, too.

Since you can finetune your character build with different guns and powers, the ability to experiment before release is almost like getting a headstart. Players get the whole setup - why you've landed on a new planet, what happens that causes the expedition to go haywire, how you get your powers, and hints for the overall mystery you'll uncover - while also being offered the chance to play around with the four classes and start to find their preferred playstyle.

Media got to play this part of the game back in 2019 when People Can Fly was first showing Outriders off, and we can tell you it's extensive. Source: Square Enix (Image credit: Source: Square Enix)

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