History VideoGame / Outland2011

''Outland'' is an adventure platformer game, developed by Creator/{{Housemarque}}. It was published by Creator/{{Ubisoft}} for the UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade and UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 in 2011, and then published by Housemarque themselves on [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in 2014. It is known for combining {{Metroidvania}}, BulletHell and [[PlatformGame platforming]], and is heavily influenced by ''Videogame/{{Ikaruga}}''.

[[SimilarlyNamedWorks No relation]] to the 1981 film ''Film/{{Outland|1981}}''. Or to the successor comic to ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty''. Also has no relation to the 2012 Australian [[Series/{{Outland}} TV series]].

[[SimilarlyNamedWorks No relation]] to the 1981 film ''Film/{{Outland}}''. Or to the successor comic to ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty''. Also has no relation to the 2012 Australian [[Series/{{Outland}} TV series]].

%% * AnAxeToGrind: Some of the humanoid enemies wield them.

* AnAxeToGrind: Some of the humanoid enemies wield them.
* BadMoonRising: The sisters merge to form one.

* ShockwaveStomp: Very similliar to the Mario variety (well, besides using feet instead of his ass), complete with a momentum-halting front flip before the actual execution. The actual shockwave doesn't really have that much range, but the kick and the stomp count as seperate hits.

[[SimilarlyNamedWorks No relation]] to the 1981 film ''Film/{{Outland}}''. Or to the successor comic to ''NewspaperComics/BloomCounty''. Also has no relation to the 2012 Australian [[Series/{{Outland}} TV series]].

''Outland'' is an adventure platformer game, developed by Creator/{{Housemarque}} in 2011. It was published by Creator/{{Ubisoft}} for the UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade and UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and published by Housemarque themselves on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. It is known for combining {{Metroidvania}}, BulletHell and [[PlatformGame platforming]], and is heavily influenced by ''Videogame/{{Ikaruga}}''.

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* DarkIsEvil: Sister Moon.
* TheDragon: [[CaptainObvious The Dragon]].

''Outland'' is an adventure platformer game, developed by Creator/{{Housemarque}} and published by Ubisoft for the UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade and UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and published by Housemarque themselves on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. It is known for combining {{Metroidvania}}, BulletHell and [[PlatformGame platforming]], and is heavily influenced by ''Videogame/{{Ikaruga}}''.

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* XMeetsY: ''Videogame/{{Ikaruga}}'' meets the 2D ''Franchise/PrinceOfPersia'' and ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' games.

''Outland'' is an adventure platformer game, developed by Creator/{{Housemarque}} and published by Ubisoft for the XboxLiveArcade and {{Playstation 3}} and published by Housemarque themselves on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. It is known for combining {{Metroidvania}}, BulletHell and [[PlatformGame platforming]], and is heavily influenced by ''Videogame/{{Ikaruga}}''.

[[caption-width-right:315:{{Ikaruga}}, eat your heart out.]]

* OrangeBlueContrast: Just look at the box art or any screenshot, it's a relentless barrage of orange and teal. Because the gameplay asks for two contrasting colors, and black and white were already taken by ''{{Ikaruga}}'', it is somewhat understandable.

* CollectionSidequest: Of the usual "hidden item" variety. Most of the time you just get some concept art out of it, although you do ultimately get the ability to stick to walls longer, reveal all large money pots in the game and double the strenght of your melee attack if you get enough of them.

%%* ReversePolarity

%%* SilentProtagonist

''Outland'' is an adventure platformer game, developed by Creator/{{Housemarque}} and published by Ubisoft for the XboxLiveArcade and {{Playstation 3}} as a downloadable budget title. It is known for combining {{Metroidvania}}, BulletHell and [[PlatformGame platforming]], and is heavily influenced by ''Videogame/{{Ikaruga}}''.

* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Spiders, flowers, bugs, you name it: if it's ColorCodedForYourConvinience and not inanimate, chances are it's going to either eat you or shoot a lot of bullets at you and then eat you.

''Outland'' is an adventure platformer game, developed by Creator/{{Housemarque}} and published by Ubisoft.

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt

* LightIsNotGood: Sister Sun.

* MetroidVania

* {{Reincarnation}}
* ReversePolarity

* SilentProtagonist

* XMeetsY: ''{{Limbo}}'' meets ''{{Ikaruga}}''.
** ''{{Ikaruga}}'' meets the 2D ''PrinceOfPersia'' games.
* YinYangBomb

''Outland'' is an adventure platformer game, published by Ubisoft.

* DemonicSpiders: Surprisingly enough, the literal giant ones (as well as the extra-large variety) aren't that bad since the former are more or less the first enemy you come across and latter aren't that much different from the normal variety besides their size and ability to take more hits. The smaller ones are far more annoying, since they either shoot arching streams of projectiles at your general direction or leap at you, and you can't tell kind they are until they attack.

* GoingNative: The opening depicts TheHero leaving the big city to find a cure for in visions.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: At least 2 types of warrior enemies carry one. Especially annoying with the GiantMook variety, since you can only jump over them to hit them from the back right after they attack: try jumping too early and you'll hit their head or their mace or try getting too close before jumping and you'll hit their prone mace.
* Mayincatec: The aesthetics ''ooze'' this, from the random artwork on the walls to the intricate carvings to the humanoid enemies' armor and even to the bosses. Look no further than [[spoiler:the Winged Serpent]], another name for [[spoiler:Quetzalcoatl]].

[[caption-width-right:318:{{Ikaruga}}, eat your heart out.]]
Outland is an adventure platformer game, published by Ubisoft.

An unnamed man experiences bizarre dreams every night, and no medicine can rid him of them. Exhausted and compelled to find answers, he visits a shaman who tells him a tale of what is occurring. Thirty millennia ago, two divine sisters, [[LightIsNotGood one of light]] and [[DarkIsEvil one of shadow]], created the world, and ''both of them'' wished to destroy it afterwards. A hero rose up and, using his own soul, bound them both to the earth. The man is the {{Reincarnation}} of that hero, and the fact that he's back means the sisters will rise again too. Therefore TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt is at hand, and it's up to this new hero to rise up and begin SavingTheWorld.

* XMeetsY: {{Limbo}} meets {{Ikaruga}}.
** {{Ikaruga}} meets the 2d PrinceOfPersia games.

* DemonicSpiders: Surprisingly enough, the literal giant ones (as well as the extra-large variety) aren't that bad since the former are more or less the first enemy you come across and latter aren't that much different from the normal variety besides their size and ability to take more hits. The smaller ones are far more annoying, since they either shoot arching streams of projectiles at your general direction or leap at you.