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Who Knows if Star Wars Outlaws is Going to Be Any Good Or Not?
Star Wars Outlaws is probably the biggest game I’m looking forward to this year. It’s just not a big year for my gaming interests. But who knows if Star Wars Outlaws is going to be any good or not. It’s a new type of game for Star Wars, but it’s made by Ubisoft, who know how to make this kind of game. I don’t hate Ubisoft the way some people online do, so I have high hopes.
Anyway, Ubisoft held a game reveal day yesterday and here are some videos with Outlaws gameplay and details.
I watch those trailers and I still don’t know what to expect from this game. It doesn’t seem to have the freedom of movement of an Assassin’s Creed game. But we’ve got some reputation building aspects. There are spaceships and a speeder. Hopefully a good story. I like the main character.
I guess I just don’t know. As interested as I am in playing this game, I will likely still wait for reviews to see what other people think before I dive in. I’m trying to spend as little money as possible on video games this year. Plus, it’s a Ubisoft game that comes out on Aug. 30. By Thanksgiving it will be 50% off.
What does everybody else think of this game?
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Skull and Bones is Really Coming, and is Maybe Good?
Once upon a time, the video game company Ubisoft accidentally created a series of side missions that ended up being as good as, if not better, than the game they were attached to. They took their Assassin’s Creed games and added naval warfare that was super, duper fun! They started it in Assassin’s Creed 3, and then perfected it and made it a bigger deal in the pirate-themed Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag. I was there when those games came out and they were incredible experiences!
So, like intelligent people, they decided to take that already developed game mechanic and turn it into its own original game, Skull and Bones! But that was a decade ago, and the game notoriously faced insane delays.
Until…now? Behold, a full gameplay trailer for Skull and Bones!
I think that trailer looks great! The game is due to come out in mid-February, and there’s already a closed beta, with people posting their reactions online…and I’m hearing good things! They didn’t completely recreate Black Flag because, apparently, you can’t take your character and board the other ships like an assassin. But the naval combat is there, as is the ship customization, and those are good! So I’m honestly considering getting Skull and Bones, we’ll have to see. I’ll probably wait for full game reviews, and probably a sale, so…we’ll see? That trailer looks great, at least.
Skull and Bones is due to come out on Feb. 16!
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6 Things I Want to See in an Open World Star Wars Video Game
Word hit the internet last week that a revived Lucasfilm Games will be teaming with Ubisoft to make an open world Star Wars video game. Considering those are my absolute favorite type of video game, I’m pretty thrilled at the news. We don’t know anything about the game at this point — which means I’m completely free to speculate on what I’d like in the game!
I’m a fan of Ubisoft games like the Assassin’s Creed series, and I’m currently playing Watch Dogs Legion. I’m not so deep into video game culture as to have opinions on developers or really even dislike anybody. I find games to play and I play them. And if they’re Star Wars games and they’re open world games, you best believe I’m going to play it and hopefully love it! And considering my vast and varied knowledge of all things Star Wars, I’ve got plenty of ideas for what I’d want to see in the game. Let’s put Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order in our rear view mirrors and take hold of a bold new open world franchise!
Join me after the jump for six things I personally would love to see in an open world Star Wars video game! And feel free to share some of your own hopes and Star Wars video game dreams in the comments!
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