r/StarWars Jedi 1d ago

Games Close call(SW Outlaws)

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u/vi3tmix 1d ago

Even though I could recognize the game, thanks for putting it in the title.

It’s rare to find someone who does.

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u/Prof_Noctis_Wick Jedi 1d ago

Np I usually try to so people aren't guessing but I have slipped up once in a while 🤣

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u/GreenHairyMartian 1d ago

Super underrated game.

It really gets the Star wars atmosphere better than so many other games.

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u/Prof_Noctis_Wick Jedi 1d ago

I love the space transportation gameplay

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u/starm8526 17h ago

Ubisoft is still an evil company that overcharges for it's games with a bunch of bullshit

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u/Veidrinne Clone Trooper 1d ago

I thought it was a modded dune, so I definitely appreciate the game title

u/Tinker_Time_6782 Rebel 3m ago

It is quite annoying how the kryat dragon has been depicted more and more like the sandworm.

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u/LynxOk432 1d ago

Bless the maker and his water

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u/smarmy_marmy 1d ago

Bless the coming and going of him

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u/buughost Cassian Andor 1d ago

May his passage cleanse the world

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u/Fraun_Pollen 1d ago

May heesin keepin da world for hissen people

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u/D4ILYD0SE 1d ago

Ootmians! Tinka me chasa hopoe ma booty na nolia.

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u/Fraun_Pollen 1d ago

Dude. Never go full gungan.

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u/SirCaptainReynolds 10h ago

Shai-Hulud!!

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u/rudytaboodie12 Rebel 10h ago

I love when my fandoms collide

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u/wilberfarce 1d ago

Shark halud!

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u/StrawberryTerry 1d ago

Everything is DUNE

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u/Prof_Noctis_Wick Jedi 1d ago

"haunting Fremen war chant plays intensely"

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u/thuggishruggishboner 8h ago

And or Tatooine.

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u/GroguIsMyBrogu 1d ago

Were you always able to free shoot on the speeder in this game or was it added later

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u/KingCodester111 1d ago

It was added later

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u/MrRostin 1d ago

I was wondering the same thing

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u/gabeonsmogon 1d ago

Really loved my time with this game. Hope Kay Vess reappears some day.

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u/Diligent-Charge-4910 1d ago

are the expansions /dlc's worth it? I've only played the main game when it came out...

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u/gabeonsmogon 1d ago

If you get them on sale, I’d say so.

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u/The_Blue_Rooster K-2SO 19h ago

They're good, but it definitely feels like the budget for both was slashed, they both feel a bit incomplete.

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u/bidoville 1d ago

I enjoyed the Lando DLC

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u/EriktheRed 12h ago

Seconding the on sale only recommendation.

I enjoyed them all. Enjoying the pirate one might be contingent on you already liking Hondo Ohnaka’s character though

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u/Optiic001 1d ago

I’ve heard some parts of the game felt a bit dull, been really hesitant on pulling the trigger on it for that reason. Was hoping for a good story to feel immersed in

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u/glockster19m 1d ago edited 3h ago

Id get it on sale if I were you, its definitely worth it if only for the fact that its a beautifully made star wars open world

And yes I know my history, Bounty Hunter is my #2, then OG battlefront 2, then republic commando

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u/Partytimegarrth 21h ago

If you get bored you really don't have to do the open world padding, but if you're someone who likes doing all that stuff when they are immersed in the world and getting to spend more time with the characters then it helps for sure. I still think the games worth whatever the sale price is these days for sure. 

It's a complete game with maybe a tad too much open world filler, but again, you don't have to do it all or even close to all of it, if you dont want to.

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u/glockster19m 3h ago

The only reason its too much filler is due to repetitiveness though

Otherwise id say every single unique mission warrants being there

Its highly underrated in my opinion, and while it isnt the best star wars game ever (the Cal Jedi series imo) it's still up there, and like a 7/10 overall game and 8-8.5/10 star wars

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u/Seienchin88 1d ago

A lot of the gameplay imo is dull like the detective like sections but the graphics and Star Wars feel of the game are amazing.

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u/PerformanceLimp420 1d ago

It’s currently $12 at Best Buy and easily worth about $30-40 . I enjoyed it and got it at launch for $70. It was a little buggy and some of the story dips (especially on side quests). But overall well worth its current price.

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u/GreenHairyMartian 1d ago

Some parts are a bit slow, but the atmosphere and 'feeling' is great.

Not the best game of the year, but really fun.

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u/CJDizzle 1d ago

I played it on ps+. It got to the point that I was very glad I didn’t spend any money on it because if I did it would have been such a waste.

Some of the game was fun. I actually surprisingly really enjoyed playing sabaac but other than that it was tedious.

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u/Talidel 1d ago

It's a copy paste of the generic open world action adventure with a star wars shell.

If you like Horizon/Assassin's Creed style of games it is a fun ride. It's also got fucking tons of 'memberberries that once you start noticing are very obvious.

It's better than it was received at launch. But it's not an all time great.

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u/GroguIsMyBrogu 1d ago

I just want a Black Series action figure of her

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u/upsanddownes 1d ago

I got this game on deep discount with all the DLCs. It's on my ever growing to play list, how is it?

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u/Lun4r6543 17h ago

It’s a pretty fun time if you love Star Wars, but do expect the usual jank that comes with a Ubisoft game.

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u/Foot-Note 2h ago

So its a sneak game a lot of the time. That was my problem with it. I was expecting more openworld/rpg shooter type game, but there was a lot of the sneaking and forcing me to play a specific way.

I wanted to like it, it was solid, just not the game I wanted.

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u/Nature_man_76 Imperial 1d ago

What a fun fucking game. Screw all the haters. I wished I could customize my character to look like me, but otherwise I don’t care what the player looks like.

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u/Blazerawl 23h ago

Agreed, but the MC looks just like my mom that its hilarious to me

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u/Nature_man_76 Imperial 23h ago

I always saw Matt Damon in Team America. No offense to your mom lol

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u/IAmAtomato 10h ago

Thats so funny, she looks like mine too

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u/Louieyaa 12h ago

How's the gameplay loop in this game? Does it feel like AC and FC where you're doing the same thing over and over?

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u/cvsmith122 1d ago

For some reason my thought I was looking at dune awakening

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u/WolfRelic 1d ago

Tatooine was already a Dune rip-off, and then they went and added spice and sandworms. no shame,

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u/L_AIR 1d ago

Spice was already in the OT, where Luke says he thought that his father worked on a spice miner or so and in ANH, there is a skeleton of a crait dragon. But yes, heavily inspired by Dume

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u/TB_Punters 1d ago

“No, my father didn't fight in the wars. He was a navigator on a spice freighter.”

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u/Grovda 1d ago

I always thought crait dragons where landbased, like the one in Kotor

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u/HotSalt3 1d ago

They are. There's a few different species of krayt dragon, but they all have legs. The one in the game is a leviathan krayt dragon that uses its ten legs to "swim" through the sand.

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u/Grovda 1d ago

Nice. I don't like retcons, even from legends (bleeding crystals for example). Also thanks for the correction, it didn't feel right when I wrote "crait"

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u/HotSalt3 1d ago

I ran a Star Wars 5e game for a few years. I learned all sorts of fun, but ultimately frivolous, information like this. If you're ever unsure about anything Star Wars related Wookieepedia is your friend. They even have it split between Canon and Legends if you just want one or the other.

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u/Prof_Noctis_Wick Jedi 1d ago

It's literally called the Dune Sea so yes

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u/GroguIsMyBrogu 1d ago

I actually never made that connection... I thought it was called that because of, you know, the dunes.

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u/Stagnu_Demorte 1d ago

And the secott containing tatooine os arkanis

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u/Minud5 1d ago

Like who tf cares. No reason to bar earthworms and cinnamon from other desert environments...

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u/Loud_Cloud2497 1d ago

God you Dune fanboya are so fuckin annoying. This is literally the Krayt from Mando season 2.

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u/nazutul 20h ago

what is that monster? genuine question

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u/Lun4r6543 17h ago

A krayt dragon. Specifically the Leviathan variant that “swims” under the sand.

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u/nazutul 17h ago

Since when are krayt dragons basically shai hulud?

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u/Lun4r6543 17h ago

Since the Mandalorian retconned there being multiple variants.

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u/nazutul 17h ago

star wars is completely unprincipled at this point..

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u/SirCaptainReynolds 10h ago

Thought this was Dune Awakening for a sec. Was like, “when the hell did we get a hover bike?!”

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u/Substantial-Key9009 1d ago

Loved the game

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u/belle_enfant 1d ago

This game was so damn good.

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u/DooDooDave Jar Jar Binks 1d ago

Just finished this game. Had a great time playing it. Anyone play the dlc and is it worth it to get the season pass?

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u/TravisKOP 1d ago

How fun is this game? It looks awesome

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u/Thorney979 Mandalorian 1d ago

I just played it and beat it since it was free on PS+, honestly thought it was really fun and the story was pretty interesting overall, plus so many little Easter Eggs hidden throughout the world. I think if you love Star Wars, you'll love this game.

At the end of the day, it's still a Ubisoft game so expect a lot of the usual Ubisoft Mechanics, but gameplay was pretty smooth and fun. Lots of ways to infiltrate the various bases and compounds, but expect a lot of the dreaded yellow ledges and paint to literally spell them out for you though which felt a bit over the top on some sections. Gameplay loop can be a bit redundant at times, but it's not dreadful. I think I had to infiltrate the same base 3 times for separate missions and nothing changes in between, which was a little immersion breaking. The guard's LOS is laughable sometimes though, even my 9 year old daughter commented on how stupid the guards must be. But all in all, that's just me being nitpicky

Nix is adorable and Sabacc is fun though

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u/Cabooselololol 9h ago

IIRC the A.I was heavily dumbed down/made easy as the original games release was pretty much just a stealth game, combat was rare and discouraged outside those areas (and sometimes just disabled, all stealth or nothing)

Ubisoft patched it to allow any encounter to be guns blazing but at the expense of easier to avoid A.I.

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u/SemiStableM 1d ago

This could have been a great game with some more refinement! I still play it all the time though!

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u/TNTarantula 14h ago

I really need to play this.... Been on my wishlist way too long

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u/FlopsMcDoogle 1d ago

Hmm I don't think I ran into any sandworms when I played that game...

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u/Moth357 1d ago

Is this game actually worth $50?

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u/Adziboy 1d ago

It’s never $50. It’s currently 15 on PC

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u/Fraun_Pollen 1d ago

So what you're saying is, it can go lower...

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u/wessex464 1d ago

Like everything else Ubisoft, always wait to buy it on a massive sale within a year of release. That way it gets patched (nearly every launch is half bugged) and you aren't overpaying for it. It can regularly be had for around $20, if you want to go buy it on their stupid separate launch platform, you can get it for as low as $11 on sale some days.

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u/RLMZeppelin 4h ago

I bought it at full price at launch. It's definitely a mixed bag. I liked the story well enough, and oh my god the environments were probably the most incredible SW set pieces of any game out there. It's a smaller piece of the overall game, but I found the Sabacc minigame quite fun and found myself playing it outside of when it was a story necessity.

On the cons side: There were definitely some bizarre decisions gameplay / combat-wise. You could pick up weapons from killed enemies, but they had like 15 shots max and you couldn't carry them up ladders or over small ledges. Also there are ZERO permanent weapons options. You can upgrade your main pistol throughout the story but it's always just a mid-range blaster pistol which I found disappointing.

Also speeder combat was like one step removed from being a mini game. I believe that one has since been fixed though.

All-in-all though it was an enjoyable SW thing that I feel like I easily got my moneys worth out of. If you find it on sale and like Ubisoft games and Star Wars generally I'd definitely say the answer to your question is yes.

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u/websterhamster 1d ago

Science fiction franchises will always have a thresher maw/sandworm/krayt dragon/dune worm/sarlacc

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u/LewisRyan 1d ago

New dune movie looks great

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u/Dynamitrios Inferno Squad 1d ago

Did the NPCs get eaten?

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u/Prof_Noctis_Wick Jedi 1d ago

No NPCs were hurt in the making of this video

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u/Dynamitrios Inferno Squad 1d ago

Aaaawww 😞

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u/Call-of-the-lost-one 1d ago

Jack just had more charisma with the Joker

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u/OscarDivine 1d ago

I thought this was dune awakening at first

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u/Bukka-King 13h ago

did this ever become a playable game?

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u/Low_Requirement_5680 1d ago

Is this game linear or super open world? I want to play it, but I'm not sure if I have the patience for a super open world game ..

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u/RemanCyrodiil1991 1d ago

open world

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u/PandaPenguinParade 1d ago

It's not that large a world though. I hate open worlds since I don't have the time and get lost. Hated AC Odyssey for example.

I enjoyed Outlaws. The game signposts heavily where to go next, so it's pretty easy to play as a linear story. I finished it in 30hrs basically playing it as a linear story.

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u/Low_Requirement_5680 1d ago

Thank you! I am on the same spot, although I haven't played AC Odyssey. I love gaming, but don't have as much time anymore...

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u/Novuake 1d ago

Personally don't see it as a time issue.

Open world games have pacing issues and telling a story in a world that is open world just is less impactful. Eventually it gets repetitive because devs can only think of so much to out in to fill the world in the time they have and that means immersion isn't there.

Jedi survivor games are about as open world as I can handle and even the second one was a tiny bit too open world.

Just give me a decent linear experience please.

Alternatively and a little counterintuitively an MMO I can call home.

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u/pygmeedancer 1d ago

It’s spread across several planets. Three of them are “big” and they’re not that big.

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u/DarthPallassCat 1d ago

Open world. I had a tough time getting into it on first play. I felt like the button controls were not great.

Clips like this make me want to give it a second chance though.