The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Preview – Filling the Mass Effect Void!

A Third-Person Action RPG by Owlcat Games, The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is filling the void left by the Mass Effect series.

We recently got a chance to check out The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Closed Beta – learn more with our preview…

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Preview – Filling the Mass Effect Void!

The Closed Beta for The Expanse: Osiris Reborn kicks off with one’s arrival at the space station of one’s current employer. While at the beginning of the game, it’s not the start.

The Protogen company has attacked your assigned work ship, releasing a disease that takes out most of the crew.

As one explains this to the guy in charge of the space station, Protogen rolls up and demands to be let on board.

From there, your job is to escape alive – and kill anyone who gets in your way.

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is a third-person shooter that takes the best elements from Mass Effect. Most interactions involve cover-based shooting with a few gadgets tossed in, like grenades or damage buffs.

However, The Expanse: Osiris Reborn truly excels with its partner attacks.

In certain rooms, players will have explosives or pipes that can be dropped onto enemies. From there, allies can pop those off while you fight the enemy, doing serious damage.

While not in every room, they are a game changer when they appear.

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn also truly excels with its zero-gravity fights. While playing out the same for the most part, one’s camera is altered, and one can be hit from many different angles.

Death did happen on more than one occasion due to the difficulty finding foes – a minimap with a ping of shooting enemies would certainly help. Thankfully, allies can provide revives a few times per mission, so failure was never imminent.

Of course, The Expanse: Osiris Reborn’s sound effects from fighting out in space are on point – play this one with headphones!

The Closed Beta for The Expanse: Osiris Reborn didn’t provide character creation, but two classes were available – think Soldier and Engineer.

The main difference we found was that one had more of the engineering skill, while the other had more of the persuasion skill.

Additional dialog options were provided with persuasion, but engineering lets players get into different areas – both are valuable.

Finally, The Expanse: Osiris Reborn features a number of choices in the game – both minor and major.

A minor choice early on nets a few NPC allies when the space station is first attacked, while the other has players making their way out with just their brother.

However, a later major one basically changed the escape route from the space station. It’s nice to see choices actually matter this early on in the game.

While unfamiliar with The Expanse until now, The Expanse: Osiris Reborn features an S-tier atmosphere that could very well take the crown of “Best Space RPG.”

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn will release for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store.

Learn more about The Expanse: Osiris Reborn via its official website.

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