Preview Star Wars Outlaws Thrives in Its Rewarding Open World
PS5 heavyweight comes together nicely.
As part of last month's Summer Game Fest season, Ubisoft allowed press to play Star Wars Outlaws for the first time in a demo made up of three different parts, each designed to justify the game's core pillars. Reactions were quite mixed — unfavourable comparisons to PS Vita game Uncharted: Golden Abyss were drawn — so leads at Massive Entertainment spoke of a more comprehensive media playtest that would reveal all the connective tissue between those three teasers.
Fast forward a month and change and Star Wars Outlaws now occupies a very different, much more promising space in our brains. Having played four hours of a new demo that released the shackles and allowed us to explore its open world to our heart's content, it's just not possible to imagine the game without it. The open world of Star Wars Outlaws is what brings everything together. As a whole, when allowed to roam freely, pursue side quests, and converse with aliens, those missions of the first demo are just a bonus. This is what Star Wars Outlaws is really about, and it's overall excellent.
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