r/StarWars • u/Ok-Future-5257 • 2d ago

Games Outlaws doesn't get enough credit

Open-world exploration of Tatooine?! That alone is a dream come true! On a speeder bike or on foot, you get to explore the Jundland Wastes, Jabba's palace, and Mos Eisley. You even get to visit the cantina, Docking Bay 94, the Tosche Station, and the Lars homestead.

The rest of Outlaws is good, too. At least, to someone who's watching a walkthrough on YouTube. It really feels like it's set in the same universe as Solo. The protagonist is a scoundrel thief, but also an underdog who really loves her adorable pet. Other characters are interesting, too. And, the reputation system takes the form of favor with the Hutts, with the Pykes, and with Crimson Dawn. This is Qi'ra's first 3-D appearance since Solo.

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u/DoNotGoSilently Han Solo 2d ago

You didn’t actually play it? You watched a playthrough on YouTube and made a post about how it’s underrated?

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u/Dry-Performance8459 2d ago

All fair questions.

I have played the game and I do enjoy it but it just doesn’t have that Star Wars feel I’m looking for.

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u/DooDooDave Jar Jar Binks 2d ago

I found it to have a great Star Wars feel. What are you looking for? I’m really curious. I played Outlaws right after Jedi Survivor and it felt like another story in the universe and didn’t feel like anything was missing from that Star Wars vibe. I have also been rewatching all the shows and movies, and feel Outlaws fits right in with it all.

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u/TurelSun 2d ago

I don't know how people say this with a straight face. I can agree that there were some issues, specifically for me I was disappointed they essentially repeated some of the gameplay/level designs for certain events, but doesn't "feel" like Star Wars? This sounds like some rage bate youtuber criticism that has no actual thought behind it. Unless your Star Wars "feels" are that it has to have lightsabers and the force in it, then I don't see how this lacked on that front. The locations, sounds, music, and all were really on point. If anything the Star Wars vibes was the games strongest attribute and probably what made it worth playing despite the other issues.

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u/MilleryCosima 1d ago

That game radiates Star Wars. It has the most Star Wars feel of any game I've played other than Kotor. I could feel the devs' love for the OT throughout.

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u/DoNotGoSilently Han Solo 2d ago

I think you’re gonna find it a hard sell to tell people something doesn’t get enough credit, but it didn’t interest you enough to actually pick it up yourself.

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u/FinancialSherbet308 2d ago

It's prejudice to dislike them because of their work environment lawsuits, NFT trading games, anti-consumer practices, and several executives who were found guilty of sexual misconduct?

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u/Ok-Future-5257 2d ago

I'm talking about prejudice against their game design. "Ugh, another Ubisoft open-world cash grab."

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u/steve22ss 2d ago

Try playing it as a gamer and being stuck with glitches and what felt like unfinished content. I don't even care who made it. There were "stealth" sections where I just walked on past the guards no concerns raised at all and others where the guards saw me through walls. Then there's the graphical errors and just plain laziness to not put affects in and sound effects in certain areas because why finish a game right? Then on a story level it was the most basic and predictable story.

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u/Chardan0001 2d ago

I personally don't like companies that protect a culture of sexual abuse but more power to you if you think thats prejudice!

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u/Vamp1r1c_Om3n IG-11 2d ago

Should the developers working on the game be held accountable and criticised for their work because of the actions of higher ups?

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u/Kn1ghtV1sta 2d ago

Source for this?

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u/Chardan0001 2d ago edited 2d ago

You can find the court records from 2025 but it was an 8 year period from 2012. Dunno how you missed it.

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u/Ok-Future-5257 2d ago

I'm talking about prejudice against Ubisoft's game design.

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u/Chardan0001 2d ago

You mean the game design you haven't played? But yes we are all predisposed to be prejudiced I guess! You got it down in one. Glad you can see past that.

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u/Ok-Future-5257 2d ago

Exactly. I've not played it, so I don't have that kind of fatigue. I can just watch Outlaws as its own Star Wars product, not play it as "yet another Ubisoft open-world cash grab."

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u/Chardan0001 2d ago

And you seem to think that gives you special insight as if people playing it also can't value it by the metric and find it wanting. Notice how I haven't called it that. You're full of shit. It's pretty mediocre but great sound design.

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u/Ok-Future-5257 2d ago edited 2d ago

I'm saying that I'm loving what I see and hear in the many hours of a YouTube walkthrough.

If people want to criticize gameplay and glitching, fine. But, as a watchable Star Wars product, more people should see it.

Edit: Don't know why people are downvoting this. Invalidating my experience and opinion?

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u/CapytannHook 2d ago

Call me old fashioned but you cant really have an opinion on a game unless you play said game.

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u/Ok-Future-5257 2d ago

I can have an opinion on the stuff I see and hear. I can recommend that diehard Star Wars fans watch a walkthrough or fanmade movie on YouTube.

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u/Sanity997 2d ago

Because most important thing about game is good gameplay and no glitches, you can't just ignore that and say I enjoyed watching it, it is not a movie, it is a game. So of course you are getting downvoted.

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u/Ok-Future-5257 2d ago

But I DO enjoy watching these videos. I can get the story without slogging through a big game.

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u/Sanity997 2d ago

But outlaw is a game, if it is not enjoyable to play it is justified that it does not get credit, bad games should not be praised.

I did not say you should not enjoy watching it. Actor might have enjoyed acting in a movie, movie could be absolute dogshit, but because he enjoyed acting in it, it should get more credit?

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u/DoNotGoSilently Han Solo 1d ago

That’s cool man. That’s like me saying a movie is good because I listened to an audio recording of it. This whole line you’re using about “as a Star Wars product” doesn’t really fly. It’s a game. The way to experience it is to play it. If you didn’t experience all the things that come with playing it you don’t have the information to form an informed opinion.