Massive Entertainment Star Wars Outlaws You play as Kay Beth, a young con artist trying to make a name for herself in the galaxy’s criminal world. The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the JediTo do that, Small jobs Gearing up for the big job, Kay falls in love with many shady factions and is on the run from other groups intent on either killing or capturing her.
Talk to Entertainment WeeklyCreative director Julian Geritty has been immersed in the studio’s efforts to make players feel like they’re a real criminal. Star Wars In terms of story, the team created Kay by taking inspiration from “some of cinema’s great villains” throughout his career. solo, She’s “just learning the ropes,” Gerrity said, adding that the confidence she has “comes from taking risks.” [Kay] She’s not a total baddie, she’s a fake baddie until she makes it.”
Han is the one to whom Kay is most directly compared, and her actor, Hanberly Gonzalez, is aware of that. Ginny and Georgia Starr looks to Han for inspiration, and Kay admitted that he admires him in the same way. trailer This April, Kay encountered Han frozen in carbonite inside Jabba’s Palace. Gonzalez likened the moment to a passing of the baton from one thief to another. “It was like fate. […] You become this hero now, finding peace, finding your way in this world, in this war that she doesn’t want to be a part of. She just wants to be free.”
In terms of gameplay, Outlaw It will live up to its title with a reputation system covering the four factions that Kay will develop relationships with over the course of the story. Each city in the game will have a reputation for being a member of the Hutts, the Pyke Cartel, the Ashga Clan (created specifically for the game), and the Crimson Dawn (formerly run by Darth Maul, but now soloGetting a job from a faction means that if you stick with that faction, you’ll eventually earn faction-specific rewards (like guns or new locations), but it comes at the cost of lowered reputation with other factions. Eventually, if you become too disfavored, other groups may put a bounty on you.
And if they don’t chase you, the Empire will. Like in many open world games ( grand theft auto or Saints Row), the game has six wanted levels, and the more trouble you cause, the higher your level will increase. “Once you start getting seen committing crimes, you start getting chased,” Gerighty explains. “Once you kill a few people, it gets worse and worse, and eventually they send in the Death Troopers, and it could get even worse.”
Despite the crime spree, Gerrity and Gonzalez said the game will maintain the same adventurous atmosphere as the original. Star Wars Movies and Indiana Jones and Flash GordonLike the best heist movies, the game is designed to be fun and whimsical, but just as thrilling as the crimes you commit. “Finding your own path in the game — who you befriend, who you betray — is in your control,” says Gonzalez. “It’s an adventure, so throw yourself into the adventure.”
Star Wars Outlaws It’ll be released for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on August 30. A new trailer for the game will air during the Ubisoft Forward stream on Monday, June 10. The rest of Entertainment Weekly’s interview, which also covers space combat, the Asiga clan, and Kay’s droid bad ND-5, can be read here. here.
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