Band of Outlaws

The concept of the game is kinda fun, and for a game this pixelated it still looks pretty good. But there's a lot of nasty things about this game. The controls for example are really bad, you can't run, shoot or jump at the same time. And often the controlls are unresponsive. The endbosses are a joke, you just keep shooting and they die before you do unless you're unlucky, then you try again. There are 2 bosses for who you have to jump 1 or more times. You can only shoot in 8 directions, while your enemies can shoot in all directions. All enemies are way too easy, besides birds and archers, which are at some locations a little OP. The hardest part of the game isn't fighting, but make certain jumps which are only hard because of the weird movement of your character.

"Band of Outlaws" is yet another of literally thousands of 2D retro pixel platformers infesting Steam and lowering the average quality of all video games everywhere. This badly made platformer is less than 30 minutes, which is 30 minutes too long for crapware of such poor quality. I mean.. it's not an asset flip, because the game assets are so awful no self respecting asset creator would publish them. From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. A choice was made to use obsolete, decades old retro pixel "art" as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics. It's unclear if this is due to lack of budget or talent, regardless, the overall visual quality of the game is extremely low as a result. There's no option to change the resolution and no useful graphics tweaks. There's no way to ensure this is running at the native resolution of your display. There's no guarantee this game will look right on any PC as a result of this hamfisted design decision. The controls can't be customised, which will be an annoyance for many, but it can also render the game unplayable for differently-abled gamers, or gamers u…

I'm so glad i found this game again! My wife and I met the devs. at Indy PopCon in Indianapolis back in 2017 before the game came out. We played an early version and loved it!

genius game

Fantastic game for the price

Pretty fun game. It's fairly short, you can beat the game in a mere hour, however that hour is densely packed with fun levels, secrets, and boss fights. The core gameplay loop is shoot fast moving projectiles to defeat enemies, get gold, and of course, stay alive. Some elements are lacking, the sound of the jump made me mute my computer and put music on on my phone, but the visual elements. I would say that the closest thing I've played to this game is Shovel Knight, which this game can be compared to not just from themes, but the aesthetics and gameplay. Overall, worth a buy if you're looking for a quick game to download and play if you're craving something different from your usuals, especially if you catch it on a sale.