{"id":1474555,"date":"2026-01-25T14:50:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T14:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/XW3cPvCT7AerYHXVXuHVVk"},"modified":"2026-01-25T14:50:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T14:50:03","slug":"early-access-multiplayer-shooter-out-of-action-is-ironically-full-of-action-with-cyborg-ninjas-blasting-each-other-in-a-mix-of-titanfall-and-max-payne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/early-access-multiplayer-shooter-out-of-action-is-ironically-full-of-action-with-cyborg-ninjas-blasting-each-other-in-a-mix-of-titanfall-and-max-payne\/","title":{"rendered":"Early access multiplayer shooter Out of Action is, ironically, full of action, with cyborg ninjas blasting each other in a mix of Titanfall and Max Payne"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Between games like Dusk<\/a>, Amid Evil<\/a>, Prodeus<\/a> and Ultrakill<\/a>, indie gaming has long taken over from the big-budget devs in delivering the best single-player shooters (though id Software can still pack a punch when it wants to). But lately, small developers have been beating the mainstream in the multiplayer sphere too.<\/p>\n

With Call of Duty: Black Ops 7<\/a> falling flat on its face<\/a> and Battlefield 6<\/a> struggling to maintain<\/a> its promising initial momentum, I’ve turned increasingly to the throwback deathmatch joys of Straftat<\/a> and the cooperative combat shenanigans of 2024’s Echo Point Nova<\/a>. Now, new indie challenger Doku Games has entered the arena with Out of Action<\/a>, a PvP FPS that aspires to be the darling of movement kids everywhere.<\/p>\n

Out of Action doesn’t look all that in screenshots, with generic-looking cyborg ninjas battling in aggressively grey arenas. But it springs to acrobatic life when in motion. Its cyberpunk-ish warriors can shoot-dodge, slide across floors, run along walls, rebound off <\/em>walls, and perform first-person somersaults in midair. It’s enough to make Max Payne motion sick.<\/p>\n

On the subject of Max Payne<\/a>, Doku Games also promises “advanced multiplayer bullet-time”. The Steam page doesn\u2019t explain what this means or how it works. But Doku Games ran a (successful) Kickstarter for Out of Action in 2024, and its original pitch<\/a> provides more detail. Apparently, bullet-time “only affects players within the line of sight of others who are affected, leaving obscure combat in different areas of the map untouched”, which sounds pretty clever. Bullet-time can also be charged through fighting effectively and with style (which presumably means doing a load of cool tricks) while loadout choices also affect the system.<\/p>\n

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