Star Wars Outlaws
Star Wars Outlaws is out in early access today if you paid way too much for a special version, with the official launch on Friday. Reviews are in for the game, and as an Ubisoft open world special, you may want to know how it compares to other big games the studio has made.
Here’s the list in ranked order featuring all the AAA open world games I can remember, given their often overstuffed release slate. Score is taken from the platform with the most reviews. I figured I’d go back around a decade or so.
- Far Cry 3 – 88
- Assassin’s Creed Black Flag – 88
- Far Cry 4 – 85
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – 83
- Assassin’s Creed Origins – 83
- Watch Dogs 2 – 82
- The Division 2 – 82
- Far Cry 5 – 81
- Watch Dogs – 80
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla – 80
- The Division – 80
- Star Wars Outlaws – 77
- Assassin’s Creed Mirage – 76
- Far Cry Primal – 76
- Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – 76
- Watch Dogs Legion – 76
- Far Cry 6 – 73
- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – 72
- Assassin’s Creed Rogue – 72
- Ghost Recon: Wildlands – 70
So while yeah, a 77 is a perfectly decent score, that does put it in the bottom half of most major Ubisoft games, and the ones below it aren’t exactly classics of the genre. I also note here that it’s kind of crazy that almost every Ubisoft game is somewhere between a 75 and 85, no real disasters, no ultra critical smashes.
Of course, Star Wars Outlaws does have one major thing going for it over all these others, and it’s in the name. This is the first truly open world Star Wars game when others like the Jedi Fallen Order series are a lot more linear. Granted you are not playing as a Jedi or anything close to a Jedi, but we’ll see if the run and gun, sneak and steal gameplay lands with players. I’m only a few missions in but I’m personally a bit mixed on it so far.
Star Wars Outlaws also has the benefit of launching in at least a relatively open time period here. Wukong has indeed captured an enormous playerbase, but it’s not that long and many players may be finished with it soon. I think there will be enough players curious about Outlaws to make it a hit, but we’ll have to wait and see for initial numbers to come in. And there are long tail plans for DLC and other additions, as most Ubisoft games have. Again, official launch is this Friday.
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