Star Wars Outlaws Review

Outlaws:

Since its announcement, Star Wars Outlaws has divided fans of the saga between good expectations and a certain fear of what the game developed by Massive Entertainment and published by Ubisoft could actually deliver in terms of quality. The idea of ​​being a mercenary thief in an open-world game during Palpatine’s empire seems very interesting.

However, can the game balance exploration, shooting, star wars and stealth in a balanced way? I had the opportunity to play Star Wars Outlaws in advance and I’ll tell you all about it in the analysis below.

Star Wars:

The first thing I need to say in this review is this: if you don’t like games that focus on stealth, Star Wars Outlaws is not the game for you . Despite having a dose of action at various moments, the title lives up to its name and tries its best to emulate the experience of being a mercenary thief in a galaxy far, far away. For most of your adventure, your job will be to silently infiltrate syndicate or imperial bases in search of valuable items and data or to carry out sabotage on the sly. I know that many people don’t like and even get irritated by this type of gameplay, so be careful not to buy the game expecting much more action than it actually offers .

Overall, I’d say playing Outlaws was like experiencing a good mix of Uncharted and Splinter Cell . While the exploration, the short and fast-paced gunfights, and the whole plot focused on being a thief in search of treasure and ways to get out of trouble with dangerous people are very reminiscent of Nathan Drake’s adventures, the stealth infiltration, hacking, sabotage, and stealth combat left me feeling quite nostalgic for Sam Fisher.

Still, at the very beginning of this journey, I confess that I was a little frustrated in the first stealth sections. Due to sheer lack of habit and forgetfulness, I wasn’t making full use of Nix, our little companion who looks like a terrestrial axolotl, and this only harmed my stealth performance and made me get discovered more often. When I started commanding him to steal items, distract people, attack enemies, use objects in the environment and sabotage alarms, the game really opened up. I say this specifically so that you don’t make the same mistake, since Nix is ​​an extremely useful and essential part of the game, in addition to having been the most lovable little creature in Star Wars in my heart.

Continuing with this theme, I really liked the variety of ways you can use the scenery to your advantage . After all, it’s not enough to just hide behind boxes and walls in Outlaws. You can climb on railings and pipes to stay at a higher level and out of sight of patrolling guards, you can move alongside automotive carts in open spaces, you can climb on cargo boxes and ask Nix to move them at the press of a button, etc.

You can also hack computers to turn off cameras, open locked doors, deactivate turrets or energy fields. Other than that, like a good thief, you’ll still have to unlock doors with your special pin, which is done through a rhythmic minigame that I found quite creative.

While I’m on the subject, it’s worth mentioning that Star Wars Outlaws gives you the power to customize the game in a variety of ways . You can change the difficulty of several individual aspects, choose whether or not you want the game to display the famous “yellow paint” to signal interactive items, decide whether you want to make some minigames, whether you want gambling games to have a faster pace, and much more.

Additionally, there are numerous accessibility options available, a huge success on the part of Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft. In fact, as expected from the company’s games, the game is fully localized and dubbed in our language. I tested both the original audio and the Portuguese dubbing and I can confirm that the quality of both is incredible.