In 'Outriders', powers and teamwork beat guns

Square Enix has been drip-feeding details of Outriders, its upcoming squad-action RPG-shooter... chimera since last year's E3. Its latest broadcast, now live, added details of the fourth and final character, the Technomancer, alongside more gameplay details. It also coincides with a two-hour playthrough session, which I played remotely earlier this month. There's still a while to go before Outriders arrives on consoles and PCs, and it's already a lot of fun. But how will the game avoid the pitfalls of similar (notoriously named) 'looter shooters' like EA's Anthem?