Star Wars Outlaws review - stripped-back Ubisoft formula is admirable yet doomed | Eurogamer

Eurogamer writes: "Massive bravely peels away the many layers of Ubisoft open world-isms in Star Wars Outlaws. It's a fatal error."

[thorstein]

"Ubisoft open worlds are not only fun because of their formula; they are their formula."

I don't know what to make of this. People complain all the time that AC had become too formulaic, now that that formula is gone, it's a bad thing?

So it's a non formulaic Ubisoft game and that's what's wrong with it?

[Obscure_Observer]

Eurogamer is back at its old click bait ways.

They´d dropped their old formula scoring games out of ten and started giving "seals of quality" instead. Since their new review policy didn´t gave them more views, they´re back with an "stars" system which is nothing but the old out of 10 formula in disguise.

Kotaku at least stand their ground and kept their words.

[coolbeans]

It's important to keep in mind this sole reviewer may not be the same as the "people" you're describing. There are some critics who are - somehow - diehard fans of the modern Ubisoft formula. So, seeing that disrupted as stated here might be a huge issue.

Plus, getting *away* from one established formula doesn't automatically mean the next game will be better. Perhaps the new design ideas are just as bad, if not worse.

[porkChop]

I haven't played the game so I don't know exactly what's wrong with it. With that said, when you remove the typical Ubisoft structure you do need to replace it with something. Maybe how they structured the game and its gameplay loop just doesn't work well.

[Relientk77]

Damn, Eurogamer going for the jugular on this one.

Ubisoft after seeing this review, "It's treason then."

[italiangamer]

"My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined"

[Hofstaderman]

I dont think Eurogamer was invited to Disney...

[anast]

How much are the time savers?

[-Foxtrot]

I’ve seen some awful videos on twitter with the terrible AI and bugs. The fact some others can give this anything more than an 7 is insane

[Andrew336]

Probably because people like to play games and enjoy things they like. Keep watching your Twitter videos tho.

[Profchaos]

Yeah it's crazy it's like Ubisoft said hey our driving mechanics from driv3r were good let's just recycle that we don't need to improve anything invisible walls causing people to crash constantly

[Inverno]

Does it really surprise you? It's Star Wars, these sites will give it a hi score just to piss off the fan base. Look at The Acolyte rotten tomatoes score, the massive difference between critic and audience scores. Then you have the protag being female, which let's be honest it's always weaponized against the fan base. Don't doubt this game is anything other than mediocre Ubi slop. Once it's out officially people will show just how much these higher scores contradict.

[SoloGamer1]

this is most useless review ever.