Why is Star Wars Outlaws the first true open-world Star Wars game? Lucasfilm says "there are only so many studios in the world who build games of this scale"

Star Wars Outlaws gameplay screenshot
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Ubisoft has been calling 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Wars Outlaws the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:very first open-world Star 🀅Wars game since its reveal, and it's true that no p⭕revious game in the franchise has quite scratched that open-world itch. According to Lucasfilm, that's in part due to the fact that there's only a small number of studios capable of making it happen.

"I think it's taken this long to get an open-world Star Wars game because of how, excuse the pun, massive it is to build a game like this," 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Lucasfilm'💞s director of franchise content and strategy, Steve Blank, tells . "There are only so many studios in the world who build games of this scale. The door is then open for Massive to come to us and say, this is what we're intereste꧙d in doing, this is the type of game design and gameplay we want. This is what we're thinking about in terms of an archetype."

As creative director Julian Gerighty explains, Massive initially pitched "two main pillars for the game" - an outlaw fantasy in an open world. "Why open world? Because the outlaw fantasy really needs that to live and breathe." Gerighty also says that "in general, making ga🔥mes is really tough. Making open-wor♛ld games is really, really tough. And making Star Wars open-world games is the next level of difficulty."

Of course, maybe it's more appropriate to call Star Wars Outlaws an 'open worlds' game, since it takes place across multiple planets. You can zip across many of them on a speeder in about "4 or 5 minutes," comparable to three Assassin'🗹s Creed Odyssey zones stitched together. You also 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:don't level ღup in Outla💦ws like most Ubisoft RPGs, instead unlocking skills and gear upgrades by meet♉ing characters and completing quests.

Here are all the details you need on all the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming Star Wars games. 


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