Outlaws + A Handful of Missions Reviews

I've seen people say this game was ahead of it's time, but it really wasn't. This game came out in 1997. That's the same year as 'GoldenEye 007'. It wasn't even close. And to make matters worse, other games that came out that year included 'Dungeon Keeper', 'Final Fantasy 7' & 'Tomb Raider'. That being said, it's pretty fun once you get the keybindings set to something a bit more civilised, although the the aggressively maze-like levels that have you searching every nook & cranny for the next key so that you can progress is frustrating, & obviously intended to compensate for the small number of tiny levels; you can complete the game in about 2 hours if you know where everything is. Consider picking it up on sale, especially if you have a soft spot for old Clint Eastwood moves (like I do). You could even be a total a-hole about it & try to beat the game before the 3-hour refund window expires ;P

DISCLAIMER! If you want to play this in 2025, you'll most likely need the Outlaws Unofficial Restoration Patch from moddb. Without it my game crashed all the time but with it, not a single time. It restricts you to a smaller screen where increasing resolution only makes texts smaller and you still have black bars, but makes the game playable on most if not all modern systems. Outlaws is also due for a TFE compatibility update sometime in the future (was supposed to get it last year). An awesome boomer shooter with impactful guns, great and unique gunplay for it's time. Peak western with a fitting soundtrack.

A bit of nostalgia, but the controls/available technology I think are a good improvement to this game, good range of difficulty in overall game play, platforming and puzzle solving beyond just a shooter based on the old wild west. The story is good with an AMZAING soundtrack, one of the perks to owning the original was that the game doubled as CDs where you could listen to the soundtrack, they knew they had great music. The bonus missions while don't really add to the story, are some fun additional content, and the many Easter eggs are fun as well.