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Star Wars Outlaws is a galaxy-wide coming of age story

Star Wars Outlaws is an upcoming open world adventure focussed on the journey of thief Kay Vess, and her place in a hostile galaxy.

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just_looken333d ago

How about a story on how all these clone wars era droids are coming back online? yet that never happened in the lore on mass.

There were few here and there but now jedi survivor and here they are fully awake non hostile.

This games story is like so many other star wars ideas just made for the trash bin

Can not wait till the next star wars game were 2 gay droids fight for freedom against hon solos secret daughter or some crap.

Daeloki333d ago

Survivor was limited to a fairly small area of the galaxy, mainly Koboh, and the game literally explains how they were brought back "online" so to speak and programmed to serve the raiders. I think you underestimate how big a galaxy is.

As for them being hostile or not, we've seen restraining bolts ever since a New Hope and in the prequel era the battle droids were usually remotely controlled. Once those restraints are removed it makes sense that these droids would regain some level of freedom. There has always been a theme of treating droids fairly in Star Wars and showing that they are more than just machines and promoting them having free will. Having droids with personality as supporting characters or even main characters sounds awesome to me, I don't see how variety is a bad thing.

just_looken333d ago

variety is fine and yeah droids being back online here and there sure

But last few years they have been rewriting solid lore and story to fit the last trilogy

There is a huge galaxy like you said stop dinging out the past to flash it again

She could have been a rebel eventually or become a smuggler helping with cargo shipments through that show off a droid like they did in rebels.

Chopper is a classic yeah like r2d2 but still new spin made it fresh

Here is a commando droid oh battle droid same lines just there for "fans"

Heck why do we not have another genral grevies? cyborg style that would be way more interesting

Daeloki333d ago

"But last few years they have been rewriting solid lore and story to fit the last trilogy"
Such as? I admit there has been a lot of stuff added into the timelime, but I don't think there's a lot that changes or touches excisting lore too much.

"She could have been a rebel eventually or become a smuggler helping with cargo shipments through that show off a droid like they did in rebels."
I don't understand what you're saying here?

"Chopper is a classic yeah like r2d2 but still new spin made it fresh

Here is a commando droid oh battle droid same lines just there for "fans"

Heck why do we not have another genral grevies? cyborg style that would be way more interesting"

Again, I'm not really sure what point you think you're making?

just_looken333d ago

I am saying is stop beating the same drum and or the past

My examples were bad

Just know the droid will be saying classic lines and she will be stupid like like mandalorian season 3 because everything is in stone and or changed so the first order can rise then that whole garbage story.

Daeloki333d ago

"I am saying is stop beating the same drum and or the past"

I mean sure it seems to be set in the "past" but it does seem like a fresh take compared to what we've gotten in the past. And it seems like it's gonna be a more grassroot level plot so it won't necessarily even connect with excisting lore in any major way. Regardless, we've seen very little, so it's a bit early to draw any conclusion one way or the other.

"Just know the droid will be saying classic lines and she will be stupid like like mandalorian season 3 because everything is in stone and or changed so the first order can rise then that whole garbage story."

Very weird take, like I said, it's too early to assume anything about the plot, let alone "just know" anything. That type of battle droid hasn't really been shown to say anything quotable (it's not the same as the roger-roger ones). As for Kay, we hardly know anything about her yet, so a bit soon to start calling her stupid. And stories like the Mandalorian that are set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens are bound to have relation to how the First Order came to be, from a story telling point of view that just makes sense. That said, this game takes place between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi so I highly doubt there's gonna be any reference to the First Order.

goldwyncq333d ago

That’s just the Star Wars films in general

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Star Wars Outlaws Wanted Levels Can Be Cleared by Defeating Death Troopers

You can clear your wanted levels in Star Wars Outlaws by defeating the death troopers.

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Skuletor1d 10h ago

I remember the same thing in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Ubisoft sure love to copy paste stuff in their games.

Skuletor1d 8h ago

I just figured out where they got the extra A to make AAAA games, they copy and pasted an extra A 😂

anast1d 8h ago

The complete game will be about $140.

Friendlygamer1d 7h ago (Edited 1d 7h ago )

The mc looks so bland, she needs a cooler outfit and hair or maybe allow people to play as the awesome robot with the duster coat

Gameseeker_Frampt18h ago

We talking bland like Luke Skywalker or bland like Han Solo? Human characters in Star Wars have always been bland and the scale ranges from kid in bathrobe with shaggy hair to generic male with awesome sidekick and ship.

Friendlygamer8h ago

Ridiculous, young harrison ford was extremely hot and charismatic, han solo basically created or at least heavily influenced the charming rogue trope.

Gameseeker_Frampt5h ago

"Han Solo basically created or at least heavily influenced the charming rogue trope." I'm sure Robin Hood and Zorro will thank Jennifer Lawrence - I MEAN HARRISON FORD - for paving the way.

Vx_17h ago

Disney cannot ever make a main character without a pet following their ass, this formula needs to change.

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anast20d ago

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Ubisoft Is Pulling Out All The Stops To Ruin Star Wars Outlaws

Hanzala from eXputer: "Ubisoft takes away even the right to own Star Wars: Outlaws as if the ridiculous pricing and uglified characters weren't enough."

TheLigX25d ago

Im all in with the author on the business practices side of things…. But the “uglification of the character”? Lol. Dude is a nut.

CrimsonWing6925d ago

What weird is Ubisoft has always been doing this tier thing and for the same prices. Look at Valhalla and tell the tiers and pricing, look at Division 2, but now all of a sudden we choose this hill to die on.

What about other publishers? I know I bought the third tier for Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth never once saw an article about that.

There’s some vicious mob mentality going on and this chick is nowhere near as fugly as what Xbox is pulling with Fable. There’s literally a couple angle shots on this b*tch that makes her look weird, but I can snapshot you a bunch of others where she looks fine.

Like, what in the hell is going on that made this the hill to die on? Remember Red Dead 2 having multiple tiers and content locked behind tiers? We did boycott that game to be burned to the ground and string up the publishers.

Markusb3325d ago

there was an internal memo at xbox asking dev teams to not make females with curves and sexy, make of it what you will.

notachance25d ago

tbh the first time I saw the latest fable trailer I laughed at the main character's face, there's no way that sh*t isn't on purpose

Crows9025d ago

To be fair...Xbox hasnt shown fable recently and fable isn't star wars.

More current attention means conversation will focus around current events. As we approach fables release you can bet people will talk about how ugly that character is if it hasn't changed and more specifically if there's no character creator to adjust that ugliness

Profchaos25d ago

The difference with rdr2 and this is you can never ever play this pay walled mission. Rdr 2 was just a horse you got early and some online currency.

But GTA v has flying missions pay walled and no one noticed.

Anyhow it's not the first time.ubisoft has done this assassin's Creed IV had a entire PS exclusivity mode story while watchdogs had a few PS exclusive missions

shinoff218325d ago (Edited 25d ago )

I think because with ubisoft it's a pretty big pattern and I think more and more people are getting upset about it. Ubisoft are the biggest abusers of this practice.

Also the other point. Even if you think the chick is ugly. So what it's a video game character. Do they all have to be society's standard beautiful

VincentVanBro25d ago

Why do you care? Regardless of how long this practice has been in place, why would you defend it? Do you like having to pay extra $$$ for a complete game?

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Eonjay25d ago

Here is a picture of the article writer Hanzala Iftikhar: https://exputer.com/author/...
Can someone tell this guy to GTFO. Isn't it funny how we have the revenge on the toads running around calling everyone else ugly.

And totally agree with you on the business end. Especially with the dlc mission. Its like they want to fail.

Crows9025d ago

Okay so down below you grab the best possible picture of the games character....and the most middling angle and lighting for the actress. Good job...

Eonjay25d ago

@Crows90
"Okay so down below you grab the best possible picture of the games character....and the most middling angle and lighting for the actress. Good job..."

I used the SAME EXACT image from the article itself. They same one they used to call her ugly. Oh, did you not read the article? Good job...

RiseNShine25d ago (Edited 25d ago )

Hve you seen the real model? Her name is Humberly González, and She's like 10 times more beautiful than the game's character, just google it and looks at some pictures, it's pretty clear they have uglified her on purpose.

smolinsk25d ago

No it's not. The character in the game has a lot more charisma from the trailer we have seen. She is not ugly Just a little normal with some sweet and charming characteristics to her like the dimple in the chin and high cheekbones. The girl that motion captured her looks boring and yes beautiful but so non charming and special. just the classic boring beautiful.

Vees is perfect and nice to see them doing normal with a curve

Eonjay25d ago

Wait... you are for real saying that this:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media...
is 10x more beautiful than this:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media...

I don't get it. Are you just trolling?

CrimsonWing6925d ago (Edited 25d ago )

Troy Baker didn’t look like Joel.
I think they wanted this character to fit in the world and environment. She’s a down on her luck smuggler and looks the part.

Most game characters don’t look like their voice actors. Take the FF7 cast for example.

dumahim25d ago

@CrimsonWing69

Troy Baker wasn't the model for Joel. It'd make sense if you used an example of the actual model used for the character appearance.

CrimsonWing6925d ago (Edited 25d ago )

@dumahim

Can you link me an article saying the character was modeled off the voice actor?

I 100% see this as an artistic decision and not a woke one. She fits in with the scoundrel looking smuggler kinda of characters. People are f*cking over reacting. We’ve gone through so much bullsh*t with woke character designs… I have no clue why this is the one everyone and their mother is taking a stand on. Like, what world am I living in?

MeatyUrologist25d ago

Eonjay: I definitely think the actual voice actor looks better than the Freddy Mercury spawn looking character they came up with. Just seems weird with the games industries push for diversity and representation that they would take an attractive woman of color and make her an unattractive bland looking white woman.

MontyeKristo24d ago

Eonjay

Considering one is a real life pretty woman and one is a video game character made out of pixels - yeah. She is.

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Inverno25d ago

What's nuts is that people can't seem to tell the huge difference between the models and who they're modeled after. It's not just unflattering angles, female protagonists in games are ugly as all hell. The excuse is always "you don't know what real women look like", which is ironic cause neither do the ones that say that know it seems.

MrBaskerville25d ago

Character seems cool. I think most gamers are just a little brain damaged from being online.

JackBNimble25d ago (Edited 25d ago )

Disney alright fucked the star wars, at this point it's just another game.
Buy it or not the star wars franchise will never comeback from what Disney has done to it.

isarai25d ago

Whyd they add butt chin and laugh lines since the reveal tho?

https://www.reddit.com/medi...

Killer2020UK25d ago

Agreed. Ubisoft really suck at this stuff. I feel sorry for the devs who've put in all that work to make a videogame only to have execs and money men create a load of bad faith by shoehorning in monetisation everywhere they can.

This "uglification" thing is nonsense though. If devs don't want their characters looking like they've just stepped out of a salon then that's fine. It's not some grand conspiracy and even if it was, what a hill to die on.

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ROCKY2825d ago

UBI is SOFT and so are all the executives in SF

Eonjay25d ago

Its a perfect example of how greed destroys. Its like they still don't get it. Imagine being so greedy that you turn everyone off and get nothing.

ROCKY2825d ago

they once were the king of the hill years back - but they have fallen based on ego's and greed
sad but true

Markusb3325d ago

Ubisoft are going to see this fail and it deserves to, esecially after the whole, gamers need to get used to not owning their games statement. Pricing and paywalls for single player is insane. The trend of making charaters androgynous is clear and has been going on for a while, tied to ESG social credit scores etc, pretend its not real thats fine but its how games are funded these days. You can say it doesnt matter, if that is true why spend time, effort and money changing the characters? Also why facial scan a beautiful actress and then change her, dont waste money paying her for a scan, japanese and korean devs seem to be fine making characters look just like the people they paid for their likeness.

Gameseeker_Frampt25d ago

Everyone calling the character model ugly to fit their social agenda would probably be posting videos/articles complaining about Alien and The Terminator if they were released today. "Woke Hollywood is butchering female characters - instead of getting supermodels we are forced to watch Sigourney Weaver and Linda Hamilton!"

Nobody complained about the way the Kay Vess looked in the cgi trailer last year. Ubisoft didn't change the way the character model looked from then to now. What did happen is players got to see the difference between the cgi and actual gameplay graphics - which for any gamer with half a brain shouldn't be surprised that everything is downgraded when it comes to Ubisoft. Watchdogs, The Division, Assassin's Creed, Far Cry - what they use to sell you the game looks nothing like what you get when you buy it. Why are the people upset with the "uglification" of Kay Vess not also complaining about how bad Galen looks now?

-Foxtrot25d ago

When it comes to the character ask yourself, why is it male characters look almost identical to their actor but the female ones don’t

It’s a trend

Cal from the Jedi games looks identical to the actor, yet she doesn’t.

It’s not just this game it happens with most western games these days

Eonjay25d ago (Edited 25d ago )

No. Absolutely not. Chris Judge doesn't look like Kratos. Nolan North Doesn't look like Drake. Troy Baker has 50 different roles he has played and he doesn't look like any of them. Eve from Stellar Blade has her artist's body but not her face. It is exceedingly difficult to find ANY Japanese voice actor or actress that looks like their game model. Like at all. Ben Starr doesn't look like Clive. This lie has to stop. There is no trend. There is just a weird movement where people want the medium to reflect what they deem as acceptable. Its brainwashing. Don't let them get you.

-Foxtrot25d ago (Edited 25d ago )

I’m talking about FACIAL models who allow them to use their likeness not just mocap actors

Kratos isn’t based on Chris Judge facial wise is he

However Leon S Kennedy in the RE Remakes has a voice actor and face model

Sure there’s exceptions but my point is when it does happen it’s mostly the female characters who suffer

Crows9025d ago

Absolutely wrong you continue to be.

He didn't say the voice actors look like all the characters they're voicing. When you try to make them look and represent each other....yeah that's where apparently some devs have a wicked hard time.

Eonjay25d ago

Obvious we are both men, but I highly doubt any woman legitimately looks at Kay Vess and thinks they are 'suffering' lol. In fact, as people mentioned, last year NO ONE had anything negative to say about her looks. If we are talking about the FACIAL models, then can we agree that the model they came up with for her face isn't bad... like at all?

romulus2325d ago

Doesn't Senua look just like Melina Juergens?

isarai25d ago (Edited 25d ago )

Also since the reveal they gave her a butt chin and extra laugh lines alongside other small tweaks to her facial features for no real reason.

https://www.reddit.com/medi...

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