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Star Wars Outlaws |OT| Robbin' Hutts

Fantastic game, easily one of my favourite Star Wars titles. Just enough filler around the main quests to keep the game flowing.

Kessel Sabaac, what a game! They need to bring out a stand alone version.
 
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Just finished and I think this is my GOTY for last year. I've been wanting an open world RPG that pulled me in and this did the trick for me. I think the mix of the characters, plot and it being dressed up in Star Wars aesthetics went a long way for me. It probably helped a lot that I waited until a lot of patches came out but I wouldn't have known otherwise. Excited for the next DLC too.

Now to find something similar to fill the void.
 
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FeastYoEyes said:
Just finished and I think this is my GOTY for last year. I've been wanting an open world RPG that pulled me in and this did the trick for me. I think the mix of the characters, plot and it being dressed up in Star Wars aesthetics went a long way for me. It probably helped a lot that I waited until a lot of patches came out but I wouldn't have known otherwise. Excited for the next DLC too.

Now to find something similar to fill the void.
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It may sound weird, but go play the first Watch_Dogs
 
Played the demo for about 10mns and the aesthetics and graphics were hitting just the right notes for me, so I am heavily inclined towards buying it. What say GAF, worth 30USD?
 
kittoo said:
Played the demo for about 10mns and the aesthetics and graphics were hitting just the right notes for me, so I am heavily inclined towards buying it. What say GAF, worth 30USD?
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My most preferred Ubisoft game of this generation. If only AC Shadows open world was designed like this...
 
kittoo said:
Played the demo for about 10mns and the aesthetics and graphics were hitting just the right notes for me, so I am heavily inclined towards buying it. What say GAF, worth 30USD?
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Robert Redford Agree GIF
 
kittoo said:
Played the demo for about 10mns and the aesthetics and graphics were hitting just the right notes for me, so I am heavily inclined towards buying it. What say GAF, worth 30USD?
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It's pretty good.

Nowhere near as bad as some of the reviews made out. Has a genuine Star Wars vibe. Just a pity the gameplay is so simplistic.
 
A Pirate's Fortune DLC is now available and they've updated the game again. Here's the patch notes but be careful because there are story spoilers in the patch notes:

FULL PATCH NOTES:

Highlights
  • Added the ability to free fire Kay's blaster while riding the speeder
  • Added the ability to holster and swap between two handed weapons and Kay's blaster
  • Added the ability to equip new passive systems to the Trailblazer for additional gameplay effects
  • Added new space contracts for all players that include multiple challenge types
  • Fixed an issue where the Hidden Riches intel could not be completed
General Gameplay
  • Improved shooting when behind cover to prevent hitting the environment
  • Fixed an issue where certain intel quests could not be completed if intel was found before picking up the quest
  • Improved enemy AI when moving to cover/being suppressed
  • Fixed an issue where Kay could get trapped when respawning in a restricted room on Toshara
  • Improved Kay's movement animations on stairs and slopes
  • Adjusted effects of getting ionized in space
  • Fixed space NPCs going "out of bounds" when in combat
  • Miyuki Traders have been upgraded to full vendors and now sell passive system upgrades in addition to previous resource items
  • Fixed issue where the Ion upgrade of the smoke bomb was inconsistent in ionizing enemies
  • Fixed issue where melee finishers sometimes wouldn't trigger if the blaster is overheated
  • Fixed issue where configurations with improved heat capacity from upgrades and gear would risk overheating the blaster if quick switching modules when near the overheat threshold
  • Crimson Reign gear set has a reduced cooldown on Stun Shot for each enemy caught within all variants of the Smoke Bomb
  • Outlaw Belt has a reduced cooldown and increased duration of the supercooled state when swapping between Kay's blaster modules. Additional HUD feedback has been added for the duration and cooldown
  • Fixed an issue where shields would not protect Kay from direct impact explosive projectiles
  • Performance improvements during climbing
  • Improved attaching and releasing input when using the grappling hook
  • Fixed an issue where Kay would move slowly when aiming during strafing in certain areas
  • Kay no longer gains adrenaline during standing jumps on the speeder
  • Kay is now thrown off the speeder when hit by a melee attack
  • Improved cases where dropping weapons could result in clipping
  • Kay now exits scoping when staggered
  • Fixed an issue where the Glowlamp would disable when entering vents
Performance
  • Fixed an issue where the game could crash when activating FSR3 Frame Gen and Freesync Premium Pro HDR
Graphics
  • RTXDI improvements
  • Ray Reconstruction improvements
UI, HUD and Settings
  • Fixed an issue where a vendor's purchase screen was unable to be closed when the items list was empty
  • Fixed an issue where the incorrect journal entries would be highlighted when hovering over a different entry
Audio
  • Fixed an issue where crew members lines would be played at incorrect times
Cinematics
  • Improved instances where props were missing/floating in certain cinematics
Camera
  • Fixed an issue with camera jittering and clipping while on the speeder
Worlds, Fauna and Flora
  • Fixed an issue where the surrounding environment would not reflect correct time of day
  • Fixed an issue where color banding was present in the sky on Consoles
Accessibility
  • Added accessibility shortcut allowing high contrast, auto run, and menu narration to be toggled without accessing menus
  • Gadget wheel can now be set to a toggle rather than a button hold
  • HUD background transparency and colors can now be adjusted
  • High contrast UI setting now also affects headings in settings menus
  • Gameplay high contrast transparency now affects darker colors more evenly
  • Map menu narration now reads whether a location is on another planet
  • Fixed an issue where remapping breaks sabacc controls
  • Fixed an issue where high contrast mode settings menu preview did not match how the transparency slider works in the game
  • Fixed an issue where some HUD icons were hard to see when high contrast HUD was enabled
  • Fixed an issue where large HUD text would be larger than its background
  • Fixed an issue where autowalk was not available when using a controller on PC, or on consoles
  • Fixed an issue where the Trailblazer was not displayed correctly in high contrast mode when damaged
  • Auto-vault no longer triggers if the fall will kill Kay
Miscellaneous
  • Reduced instances of environmental clothes clipping
MAIN & SIDE QUESTS (beware of spoilers)

Akiva
  • The Veteran
    • Fixed an issue where the speeder was unable to be interacted with after a cutscene
Kijimi
  • Breakout
    • Fixed an issue where Kay could get stuck dismounting the speeder when exiting the factory tunnel
Other
  • Revelator
    • Fixed an issue where Kay could get stuck if walking behind the turbolift while joining Sliro's detail
    • Fixed an issue where a ladder could not be interacted with if Kay respawns
Known Issue
  • Contraband contracts
    • Picking up a contraband contract and not completing it (e.g. going to another region/space/planet or completing another activity) will cause the contract to fail. The contract can be picked up again from the vendor.

I think the ability to holster and swap between two handed weapons and Kay's blaster is a welcome improvement which should have been in the game at launch
 
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- Added the ability to free fire Kay's blaster while riding the speeder

This is legit game changing. One of the dumbest things about the game from day one was incorporating that slow meter build up to be finally able to fire your blaster. Now you'll be able to just pick dudes off at will. Holy shit finally.

Reinstalling
 
kittoo said:
Played the demo for about 10mns and the aesthetics and graphics were hitting just the right notes for me, so I am heavily inclined towards buying it. What say GAF, worth 30USD?
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ya man, dunno if u bought or not but for me..i was one of the haters when it came out..then i gave it a shot 3 months later and if you stick with it for the first few hours the game clicks and it just turns into this very good star wars game.
 
kittoo said:
Played the demo for about 10mns and the aesthetics and graphics were hitting just the right notes for me, so I am heavily inclined towards buying it. What say GAF, worth 30USD?
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For me it's the best most fully realized Star Wars world since KOTOR. I was fucking HOOKED from beginning to end. If you're an OG trilogy fan, it hits so many right notes.
 
ClosBSAS said:
ya man, dunno if u bought or not but for me..i was one of the haters when it came out..then i gave it a shot 3 months later and if you stick with it for the first few hours the game clicks and it just turns into this very good star wars game.
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I did end up buying it. Havent played much though. Been busy and whatever little gaming time I get I am spending in trying to finish FF Rebirth. Looking forward to playing it.
 
Is the demo a vertical slice or how the game actually begins? I was honestly not very impressed with anything in it with some parts being outright janky like how my character felt utterly helpless when confronted with a slight incline my grandmother could have climbed. The map also felt very constrained.
 
Skifi28 said:
Is the demo a vertical slice or how the game actually begins? I was honestly not very impressed with anything in it with some parts being outright janky like how my character felt utterly helpless when confronted with a slight incline my grandmother could have climbed. The map also felt very constrained.
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If the demo is the prologue, it's supposed to be a bit constrained. Things open up once you get past the intro.
 
Fuck I think it's sucking me back in. I didn't know there was a 60fps quality mode. Is this Pro only? It looks sick on the OLED.

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Man dude if only it initially released with all of these tweaks and upgrades. I don't think it would've sold gangbusters, but it sure as hell would've been received a bit better.
 
Chuck Berry said:
- Added the ability to free fire Kay's blaster while riding the speeder

This is legit game changing. One of the dumbest things about the game from day one was incorporating that slow meter build up to be finally able to fire your blaster. Now you'll be able to just pick dudes off at will. Holy shit finally.

Reinstalling
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But I liked that :/
 
SpokkX said:
How is the game if you like Star Wars and hate Assassins Creed?
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It has the best Star Wars "vibe" and atmosphere of any SW video game I've ever played. Like no bullshit, art direction & sound design are 10/10.

It doesn't really play like AC at all, it's more like Uncharted (3rd person action, some stealth, some bang bang, some light puzzles) from a gameplay perspective.

The map structure is more like Far Cry (central town with vendors & quest givers, in the open world are roving patrols, outposts you can beat/loot for rewards & upgrades, vehicles)

I really enjoy it, and IMO its biggest problem is it doesn't commit to being a 9/10 or 10/10 at one or two things, instead it ends up being 7/10 at like 5 different things.

It's other big problem is it was made by Massive so everyone thought it was going to be Star Wars Division. It definitely isn't.
 
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phant0m said:
It has the best Star Wars "vibe" and atmosphere of any SW video game I've ever played. Like no bullshit, art direction & sound design are 10/10.

It doesn't really play like AC at all, it's more like Uncharted (3rd person action, some stealth, some bang bang, some light puzzles) from a gameplay perspective.

The map structure is more like Far Cry (central town with vendors & quest givers, in the open world are roving patrols, outposts you can beat/loot for rewards & upgrades, vehicles)

I really enjoy it, and IMO its biggest problem is it doesn't commit to being a 9/10 or 10/10 at one or two things, instead it ends up being 7/10 at like 5 different things.

It's other big problem is it was made by Massive so everyone thought it was going to be Star Wars Division. It definitely isn't.
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A lot of Tomb Raider reboot trilogy and Watch Dogs 1 as well
 
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Im continually impressed with this game. It may not have the best gameplay and story hook but it's an ambitious open world that does a lot of things pretty well. The visuals are amazing, has really high production values and the whole double dealing rogue adventure is done really well.
 
Ogbert said:
It's pretty good.

Nowhere near as bad as some of the reviews made out. Has a genuine Star Wars vibe. Just a pity the gameplay is so simplistic.
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Eh to be fair, game has been polished a lot by Ubi via patch even the gameplay mechanics. It was a quite in a rough spot at launch. Maybe reviews weren't wrong at all at the time. Personally I think is the best free roam of Ubisoft of this generation especially after the AC Shadows disappointment 😞
 
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Karim said:
Eh to be fair, game has been polished a lot by Ubi via patch even the gameplay mechanics. It was a quite in a rough spot at launch. Maybe reviews weren't wrong at all at the time.
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None of the changes have anything to do with the star wars vibe/atmosphere as Ogbert mentioned, it's been extremely strong in that department since day 1.
They made stealth more lenient, because people get getting caught for some reason, and they changed the heavy weapon behaviour, that's pretty much it; the most recent patch a few days ago iterates on that a bit more.
 
Reizo Ryuu said:
None of the changes have anything to do with the star wars vibe/atmosphere as Ogbert mentioned, it's been extremely strong in that department since day 1.
They made stealth more lenient, because people get getting caught for some reason, and they changed the heavy weapon behaviour, that's pretty much it; the most recent patch a few days ago iterates on that a bit more.
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Still game at launch was quite bugged and some mechanics extremely rigid I don't blame who reviewed it at the time. A stupid example: you couldn't shot on the motobike until the last update which frankly was quite annoying meanwhile the enemies followed you shooting from everywhere.
 
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It's by far my fav, and I think the best feeling and most fun Ubifest this gen. The fact it taps so well into the coolest period in Star Wars is just extra icing.

They couldn't get me on Avatar, Mirage, FC6 or Valhalla but fuck me do they drain my nuts with this.
 
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