LTTP: Star Wars Outlaws

DryvBy

Member
I bought this thing used in GameFly. I expected nothing and I'm coming away with something.

The Goods: The game sometimes looks stunning. If you ignore the character models, it's a gorgeous looking game for the scenery. Cities are nice. Playing on a Pro, the Quality 40fps feels perfect with some mild graphic hiccups (shadows bouncing in a background oddly). The world's (so far) feel fun and not too big but not too small. I'm kind of shocked the world isn't flooded with content like Ubisoft like to do. The gameplay loop is fun if you want kind of a Watch Dogs game in space. I'm actually shocked the space battles are decent. They're a bit better than Starfield but I honestly expected 0 fun from them.

The Bads: This story is super girl boss. Everyone that tries to be cool is like that muscle chick from Fast and the Furious. It's really annoying to sit through as I'm not a girl nor a boss. The entire cool tough chick thing is just not appealing to me in the slightest. And the story is just very mid overall anyway. Outside of that, the characters look really ugly. The main chick looks like an 80s version of my aunt, who smells like perfume and cigarettes. I can't get over that. Her ugly butt chin casts too much shadow, it's a giant Jay Leno chin too, very distracting. And she has a busted up Owen Wilson nose. If I was the actress, I would have sued for defamation of looks or something. And watching her go through a bunch of Storm Troopers by punching them out is hilarious. She's skinny as crap. No way these Troopers stood a chance if they can be knocked out by a karate chop to the mask.

Would I recommend: shockingly, yes. Good graphics, fun gameplay loop, not over cumbersome with objectives. I'd just recommend skipping the story unless you like a domme mommy.
 

Zuzu

Member
Yeah the game is good fun and the atmosphere and detail they built into the open world is fantastic. They made finding side quests more natural than other Ubisoft games and I liked it. I liked Kay Vess and I enjoyed her dialogue and humour probably 90% of the time. It is quite Gen Y-ish writing but it was entertaining for me. ND5 was a decent character to put beside her also.
 
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Justin9mm

Member
I think it's a fun game that looks amazing. I enjoyed it more than jedi survivor.

Most of the hate for this game was irrational - same story with AC shadows. I guess blind hate for ubisoft games is trendy or something like that...
I'm the opposite, I love the Star Wars franchise in general but hated Outlaws, quit after about 6 or 7 hours.. Jedi Survivor, I competed and found enjoyable enough to play through. How you could think Outlaws is better than Survivor I can't understand. Combat and gameplay in Survivor is worlds above Outlaws. Outlaws looks good, that's all it had going for it.
 

forsakkenSoul

Neo Member
Coincidentally, I added this game to my wishlist just yesterday. It has all the ingredients I like: Star Wars, open world, good graphics, and interesting gameplay. A negative point like the weak story was to be expected. I honestly can't remember the last Ubisoft game that had a truly compelling story that kept me hooked from start to finish.
 

nordique

Member
looking forward to trying it one day - i will work on my back log until game pass

not as interested in this game as the jedi series but the open world part in the star wars universe appeals to me.
 

DryvBy

Member
I'm the opposite, I love the Star Wars franchise in general but hated Outlaws, quit after about 6 or 7 hours.. Jedi Survivor, I competed and found enjoyable enough to play through. How you could think Outlaws is better than Survivor I can't understand. Combat and gameplay in Survivor is worlds above Outlaws. Outlaws looks good, that's all it had going for it.
I like Jedi Survivor a ton more, but I was expecting a good laugh for $10. I somehow have been enjoying it. It's just Watch Dogs reskinned imo. It's way more fun than I thought it was going to be
 

Topher

Identifies as young
I like Jedi Survivor a ton more, but I was expecting a good laugh for $10. I somehow have been enjoying it. It's just Watch Dogs reskinned imo. It's way more fun than I thought it was going to be

Funny....I just picked this up again. Got it used from Gamefly for $8. Going to play it once I'm done with AC: Shadows
 

Bojji

Member
I'm the opposite, I love the Star Wars franchise in general but hated Outlaws, quit after about 6 or 7 hours.. Jedi Survivor, I competed and found enjoyable enough to play through. How you could think Outlaws is better than Survivor I can't understand. Combat and gameplay in Survivor is worlds above Outlaws. Outlaws looks good, that's all it had going for it.

Jedi survivor is a good game. What I liked about outlaws was focus on stealth gameplay, infiltrating bases was like Splinter Cell sequel we never got (after upgraded character is quite capable). While Jedi survivor is like a mix of Dark Souls and God of War+Uncharted - we had many similar games in recent years.

I also think main story is not bad and more "fun" than in EA game. Many characters are quite good. To me this game without bugs is a solid 8/10.
 

StueyDuck

Member
its a game that if you gave an extra year and farmed it out to a different studio, it would be great.

but ended up with generic Ubislop open world design.
 

simpatico

Member
I've considered it when it reaches the $7.49 mark, but I wonder if it's worth our time. Money aside. You could be doing a Prodeus replay or something. Just not sure.
 

Hanzaki

Neo Member
I played it last week but for me the PSSR shimmering was super distracting... I know they have fixed it in some level but its still there unfortunately so I just couldn't play it anymore after crashlanding on the first planet. The grass and trees was looking awful in the wind I just couldn't play it in this way:messenger_weary:
 
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