The Outlook is strong
It is a time of unrest. In theStar Warsuniverse, that’s all the time. But apparently, that’s important inStar Wars: Outlook– I meanStar Wars: Outlaws– whichwas shown offby Massive Entertainment as part of Ubisoft Forward 2023.
Youplay as Kay Vess, a thief who has a bounty on their head. She sneaks around and sucker-punches some dudes who don’t look like her. Her furry axolotl can be commanded by her to fetch weapons in the midst of combat. It’s actually pretty cute. Very merchandize-able.
She then takes off into the open world. Yeah, it’s open world. Normally, this isn’t much of a bulletpoint, but for Ubisoft, it’s a warning. So, this whole thing is just accomplishing a side-quest delivery, and then returning to the quest giver. She then takes off in her ship, which, again, is the most unimaginative-looking ship I’ve seen in a while. There’s some space combat. Quest complete.
I mean, it looks nice. Itsoundsnice. It’s veryStar Wars-y, which I mean as a compliment. Still, though, the whole vertical slice of gameplay is so Ubisoft that it gives me pause. A lot of the features ofStar Wars: Outlook, uh,Outlawslook pretty cool. I just don’t want to be using them to accomplish a bunch of shallow, repetitive nothing missions.
We’ll see for sure just how it turns out whenStar Wars: Outlawsrelease sometime in 2024.
