Techwright Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Star Wars: Outlaws has been announced and has a pre-alpha game demo. Anticipating a 2024 launch. Some reviewers have compared it to both the Uncharted series and Jedi: Fallen Order/Survivor series. It's being called "the first ever open world Star Wars game". Nix, the cute critter of the game, is more than just a pretty face. He'll be an intrinsic tool in the player's quest to survive, as the demo demonstrates. I suspect he's going to be every bit as popular as Jedi: Fallen Order's BD-1. I'm sure the plushies are already been sewn. Reveal: Gameplay demo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaOGDreamWeaver Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 It certainly looks the business. Dialogue needs a little polish. Suspect the small McGuffin the monkey/cat thing is playing with is a lot more deadly than just a toy. Also - lovely tiny Easter Egg: they visual-checked both Star Wars and Indiana Jones in the gameplay intro, as it pulls down from the stars, then into a diamond that looks suspiciously like the Paramount logo. WAKE UP YA MISCREANTS AND... HEY, GET YOUR OWN DAMN SIGNATURE. Look out for me being generally cool, stylish and funny (delete as applicable) on Excelsior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techwright Posted June 13 Author Share Posted June 13 6 hours ago, ThaOGDreamWeaver said: It certainly looks the business. Dialogue needs a little polish. Suspect the small McGuffin the monkey/cat thing is playing with is a lot more deadly than just a toy. It appears to be the Star Wars equivalent of a black pearl. I wonder how long it will be before someone points out that this basically encourages giving pets small choking hazards? I'm intrigued by what I've seen. I do think that rancors have been dreadfully overused in Star Wars, and I consider the appearance of one in the trailer to be a negative point, but a small one. The SW universe is vast and many monsters have been shown. It would be nice to tap one of these others for the role of boss-fight threat. I'm curious to know if this will be canon or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biostem Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 (edited) I'm more interested in what appears to be a reprogrammed commando droid. Other than that, there's really nothing piquing my interest... Edited June 14 by biostem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaOGDreamWeaver Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 It's an early alpha, but quite a lot of polish on it for that. I like that you can tell Obvious Dodgy Plot Arc Lady to go e'chu-ta herself right from the get-go (because AIAB). Though the WANTED full screen flash is a) annoying compared to the discreet Alert Status in the top bar, and b) an obvious GTA lift. Speaking of which, I would play the hell out of GTA: Mos Eisley. WAKE UP YA MISCREANTS AND... HEY, GET YOUR OWN DAMN SIGNATURE. Look out for me being generally cool, stylish and funny (delete as applicable) on Excelsior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techwright Posted June 14 Author Share Posted June 14 10 hours ago, biostem said: I'm more interested in what appears to be a reprogrammed commando droid. Yes, that was intriguing. Especially as it appears that whoever reprogrammed it gave it a significant memory upgrade. Commando droids were probably the second smartest level of Separatist droids, but this one performs at a level of personality and intelligence that rivals the tactical droids, possibly surpasses them, and is definitely more refined in speech. ND, "Andy", also is odd because it has a large unrepaired scar. You'd think if someone went to such trouble to give it a serious upgrade, they'd also repair the chestplate, but perhaps it is a recent scar. I also note that it has a restraining bolt. I wonder if the use of that / potential loss of that will be important to the plot. I like that recent Star Wars has been making a good effort to show the recycled use of Separatist droids after the Clone Wars ended. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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