Ubisoft gave us our first extended look at Star Wars: Outlaws today, showcasing some truly impressive gameplay segements and some story details. However, it isn't the beautfiul open world, intense dogfights, polished stealth sections, or even the adorable little axolotl dog Nix that have people talking the most - it's our beloved protagonist Kay's hot robot sidekick ND-5.
Pretty soon after ND-5 was revealed to Star Wars fans, pretty much everyone agreed that developer Ubisoft Massive must have gone out of its way to make sure the droid looks as smoking as possible. Commando droids were already pretty cool to begin with, but the decision to add a trench coat, a gnarly gash across his chest, and a low riding holster can't be seen as anything other than the developers deliberately trying to gets it fanbase as horned up over a robot as it can.
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Go into any thread talking about ND-5 on Twitter, and you'll find a whole bunch of people perplexed as to how Ubisoft Massive has managed to turn a commando droid into such a snack. There are people questioning how the developers have managed to give a droid "a pronounced six pack", with one user flabbergasted that they're somehow "horny for a clanker". One person thinks it has something to do with his "snatched" waist though.
Away from the absolute chad that is ND-5, and you'll find other Star Wars fan chatting about how they really hope you don't have to go back to Tatooine at some point in Star Wars: Outlaws. It's already known that the game takes place between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, and lots of people are hoping this doesn't mean another trip to Luke's homeworld
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