Star Wars: Outlaws Creative Director "Feels Great" After Red Dead 2 Comparisons
Star Wars: Outlaws was announced during the Xbox Games Showcase last week, an exciting open-world game set between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi in which you take on the role of lovable scoundrel Kay Vess. We then got our first look at gameplay during Ubisoft's latest showcase, which showed off the game's stealth systems, reputation mechanic, and seemless space travel.
While it was all very impressive, a lot of people began comparing Star Wars: Outlaws to Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2, probably because of its open world structure and the similarities between the two games' Wanted systems. It was revealed after the show that your actions in the world of Star Wars: Outlaws will be monitered by the Empire, and anything it deems as criminal shenanigans will be met with some deadly force.
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Considering that many would argue that Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of the greatest open world games ever made, Star Wars: Outlaws now has some pretty high expectations to meet, but it's actually something that creative director Julian Gerighty "feels great" about. Speaking with GamesRadar, Gerighty explains that he has a massive amount of respect for Rockstar and what the developer does, and is happy Star Wars: Outlaws is being compared to Rockstar's previous work.
"Rockstar makes the best games in the world, right?" say Gerighty. "I'm not here to talk about other games, but if there's a comparison there, that makes me feel great. Because, honestly, the respect that I have for those experiences is colossal."
It's nice to hear that the Red Dead Redemption 2 comparisons aren't putting too much pressure on Gerighty and the team at Ubisoft Massive, though I think it's
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