Star Wars Outlaws receives the touch of King Midas.
Ubisoft made an announcement that confirmed that Star Wars Outlaws, which is set to release on the 31 August has already gone gold. For those who are unfamiliar with the term, this means the game is ready and has been sent out to be printed on discs to be sold to the public.
Star Wars: Outlaw is the next entry in the franchise, this time for the first time featuring an open-world setting which is crazy to think about. From the promotional footage released so far, it seems you can command spacecraft and take part in random events or explore a slew of planets available in the game. It’s giving intergalactic Red Dead Redemption 2!
“I think, in general, making games is really tough. Making open-world games is really, really tough. And making Star Wars open-world games is the next level of difficulty.” – Julian Gerighty.
Now, the scale of the game is massive and even Julian Gerighty, creative director at Massive Entertainment, who is the one behind this project, acknowledges the kind of feat they are set towards achieving. But Massive Entertainment is up for the challenge. In an interview, the developers discuss their vision, the challenges they faced, and what they did to overcome them.
Long-time fans of Star Wars can finally live their childhood dreams and play Kay Vess, the female lead of Star Wars Outlaws, and immerse themselves in the rich world of Star Wars as they take the perspective of a criminal and command her day-to-day life.
A triple-A game going gold so early before the deadline is a sigh of relief in the recent trend of delays and overworked developers struggling to meet deadlines. The biggest example is the disastrous release of Cyberpunk 2077.
However, there remains a concern that Star Wars Outlaws could be a repeat of Starfield’s failure since it has a similar setting. Starfield is riddled with loading screens and performance issues on loads of hardware.
One thing that’s going for this Star Wars entry, however, is that this world, story, and setting are well matured and aren’t made from scratch like Starfield is, so more focus can go into the implementation of the world itself. I will remain cautiously optimistic about this new intergalactic open-world game, but I can’t promise I won’t get taken away by the hype bandwagon given how good the promotional footage looks already.
