The game description:
"Experience the first-ever open world Star Wars game, set between the events of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Explore distinct planets across the galaxy, both iconic and new. Risk it all as Kay Vess, a scoundrel seeking freedom and the means to start a new life, along with her companion Nix. Fight, steal, and outwit your way through the galaxy’s crime syndicates as you join the galaxy’s most wanted.
If you’re willing to take the risk, the galaxy is full of opportunity."
www.starwarsoutlaws.com & https://twitter.com/StarWarsOutlaws & https://twitter.com/LucasfilmGames
Star Wars Outlaws: trailer at official SW YouTube channel & https://twitter.com/starwars/status/1667942084001792002
Star Wars Outlaws: Official Gameplay Walkthrough: 10 minute video from Ubisoft
Star Wars Outlaws Gameplay Breakdown by the Ubisoft Developers: 12 minute GameSpot video with more details & background
“Don’t tell anyone… but when ‘Star Wars’ first came out, I didn’t know where it was going either. The trick is to pretend you’ve planned the whole thing out in advance. Throw in some father issues and references to other stories - let’s call them homages - and you’ve got a series.” - George Lucas
I’m actually looking forward to this game. It’ll probably be put back to 2025 at some point in the future 😉 But I’ll wait.
A proper “open world” action-adventure game, set in the Original Trilogy era, with space combat too? Count me in.
(Until they give us an updated X-Wing, Tie Fighter, and SW Arcade all-in-one type of game!)
A few videos with some initial thoughts of the trailer & game videos so far:
Star Wars Explained - www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkEDf_av_2Q
EckhartsLadder - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldSHair2BFs
HelloGreedo - www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nTxtM97dhY
jackfrags - www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiIu9H9rqfQ
IGN - www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI1xD5NwEME
a few articles:
www.polygon.com/23757878/star-wars-outlaws-gameplay-new-ubisoft-game
www.theverge.com/23758235/star-wars-outlaws-gameplay-trailer-ubisoft-forward-2023
www.ign.com/videos/star-wars-outlaws-is-the-open-world-star-wars-game-weve-always-wanted-summer-of-gaming-2023
https://gamerant.com/star-wars-outlaws-gameplay-combat-guns-space-ship
https://kotaku.com/star-wars-outlaws-release-date-commando-droid-nd5-1850534004
“Don’t tell anyone… but when ‘Star Wars’ first came out, I didn’t know where it was going either. The trick is to pretend you’ve planned the whole thing out in advance. Throw in some father issues and references to other stories - let’s call them homages - and you’ve got a series.” - George Lucas
The same here. Finally an open world adventure shooter game set in the OT era. It has been a long time since the the old Dark Forces/Jedi Knight games.
The space combat caught the eye too, and appears to be simpler than the Squadrons game. Instead, more like a modern take on the old X-Wing/Tie-Fighter games, which is always a bonus.
“In the future it will become even easier for old negatives to become lost and be “replaced” by new altered negatives. This would be a great loss to our society. Our cultural history must not be allowed to be rewritten.” - George Lucas
Yeah, this certainly caught my eye and has me looking forward to seeing more of the game. Jedi Survivor looked great and all, but this open world game is one I’ve been looking forward to since they first announced it, and hoping that it wouldn’t be cancelled or end up in limbo.
Looks pretty good going on just those first couple of videos too.
The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.
Formerly Emre1601 - computer hard drives are brittle too!
This looks very good. But I’m done with games that are just a big open space filled with fetch quests. Hope to be proven wrong but otherwise done after the likes of Horizon and Tsushima burned me out on the genre. Then again I could be lured in when it actually gets here…
This looks very good. But I’m done with games that are just a big open space filled with fetch quests. Hope to be proven wrong but otherwise done after the likes of Horizon and Tsushima burned me out on the genre. Then again I could be lured in when it actually gets here…
I get that. I’m also hoping for some specific space combat levels or locations, somewhere you can go to just blast some TIEs, or maybe even some X-Wings! Probably a few levels or locations where there is some intense yet mindless blasting away of many stormtroopers or Greedo types too.
The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.
Formerly Emre1601 - computer hard drives are brittle too!
This looks very good. But I’m done with games that are just a big open space filled with fetch quests. Hope to be proven wrong but otherwise done after the likes of Horizon and Tsushima burned me out on the genre. Then again I could be lured in when it actually gets here…
I get that. I’m also hoping for some specific space combat levels or locations, somewhere you can go to just blast some TIEs, or maybe even some X-Wings! Probably a few levels or locations where there is some intense yet mindless blasting away of many stormtroopers or Greedo types too.
Oh yes, absolutely. I’ll probably play through the levels once or twice. After that it will hopefully be some sections, levels or missions where there is some good simple dogfights and “Dark Forces” type of shooting many, many Imps.
“Don’t tell anyone… but when ‘Star Wars’ first came out, I didn’t know where it was going either. The trick is to pretend you’ve planned the whole thing out in advance. Throw in some father issues and references to other stories - let’s call them homages - and you’ve got a series.” - George Lucas
If this pulls off the space combat well, like a cross between the recent Squadrons and old Rogue Squadron games then I’ll be happy, with simple short missions or the ability to hang around a large battle and take down a load of Imperial or Syndicate ships. I’ll be hoping for more videos or articles showing the ability to do just that, anyway. 😃
I did enjoy Squadrons, and find it to be one of the better games in recent years. But something little more simple, or arcade-like, would just hit the right spot for me.
Great thread too, SoBS!
“In the future it will become even easier for old negatives to become lost and be “replaced” by new altered negatives. This would be a great loss to our society. Our cultural history must not be allowed to be rewritten.” - George Lucas
I’d have liked to have the option to customize or select a character (droid, alien, legacy character, or make your own) in this as much as anyone. But fans having issues about the lead character in this for being a woman? Dickheads.
Toxic Star Wars fans threaten to boycott Ubisoft’s open-world game over female protagonist at Gaming Bible
Star Wars Outlaws’ Backlash Proves We Need More Women Protagonists at Kokatu (a woman of color being the protagonist)
First ever Star Wars open world game reveal has left ‘fans’ fuming at Unilad
Star Wars Outlaws Fixes The Franchises’ Big Protagonist Problem at ScreenRant
“Don’t tell anyone… but when ‘Star Wars’ first came out, I didn’t know where it was going either. The trick is to pretend you’ve planned the whole thing out in advance. Throw in some father issues and references to other stories - let’s call them homages - and you’ve got a series.” - George Lucas
First I’ve heard about it. Is this a real outrage or just a clickbait one? At this stage I find do it odd after a few Assassin’s games in this vein that you can’t choose male or female. Even just for replay value. But ultimately it’s a non-issue.
So people are making a fuss over a video game protagonist being female? Really?
I’ve been looking forward to this. So happy that it will actually happen and see a release!
Star Wars Outlaws: Official Story Trailer - at the official Star Wars YouTube channel.
‘Available August 30, 2024. Play up to 3 days early with Gold or Ultimate edition, which includes the base game and season pass’
Star Wars Outlaws: Creative Director Julian Gerighty Breaks Down the New Story Trailer - at the official Star Wars website.
'Adventure? Excitement? A Jedi craves not these things. But a scoundrel sure does.
Star Wars Outlaws, the highly anticipated open-world game coming August 30 for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC, promises to let fans live their best scoundrel life as Kay Vess, an up-and-comer in the galaxy’s underworld. With the arrival of a new story trailer — featuring the reveal of major villains, potential allies, and more — hype for the first Star Wars game of its kind continues to build. To learn a bit more, StarWars.com had a virtual sitdown with creative director Julian Gerighty of Ubisoft’s Massive Entertainment, discussing Star Wars Outlaws’ threatening new crime syndicate, the “dream opportunity” of creating a bounty hunter, and how anyone who’s ever “felt trapped” can identify with Kay.’
Star Wars Outlaws: Official Game Overview Trailer - a new 4 minute trailer form today’s Ubisoft Expo thing.
Star Wars Outlaws: Official Gameplay Showcase - a 10 minute play through video from the official Star Wars YouTube channel
more game info and a couple of early reviews:
https://nerdist.com/article/star-wars-outlaws-game-trailer
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft-shows-10-minutes-of-star-wars-outlaws-gameplay-footage
https://www.vg247.com/star-wars-outlaws-is-a-major-cinematic-milestone-for-star-wars-games-and-a-cracking-start-to-ubisofts-stewardship-of-the-ip
https://x.com/gothicserpentx/status/1798431266888413427
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSPTp-1pgGc (10 minute video review, from Morphologis)
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/star-wars-outlaws-will-take-roughly-30-hours-to-finish-and-double-that-for-completionists
This does look cool and like it will be fun to play.
“Don’t tell anyone… but when ‘Star Wars’ first came out, I didn’t know where it was going either. The trick is to pretend you’ve planned the whole thing out in advance. Throw in some father issues and references to other stories - let’s call them homages - and you’ve got a series.” - George Lucas
Here’s almost 30 minutes of gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2dKymmwDa4
Ubisoft distributed that to a handful of Youtubers to react to and as b-roll but this channel decided to upload it raw.
The price is too high maybe when it comes down to earth and reality I will play it, I just started playing Battlefront II and Jedi Fallen Order on gamepass because its affordable.
Looks like a deep sale situation to me
