Star Wars Outlaws Review - Is It THAT Bad?

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  • Опубліковано 19 січ 2025

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  • @settratheimperishable7800
    @settratheimperishable7800 4 місяці тому +7

    The stealth takedowns on the Stormtroopers are truly embarrassing, you tap the guy on his shoulder and he instantly drops his gun like he knows he can’t shoot the main character. Why couldn’t they just add a disarming animation?

  • @cockneygamer
    @cockneygamer  4 місяці тому +13

    Star Wars Outlaws then... some are saying it's been treated too harshly, others are saying it's not being treated harshly enough. For me, it's just a classic Ubisoft game. It's fun, it's easy, it's dumb, it's buggy... one for when it's on sale. Love Reggie xxx

    • @Lone_GamerUK
      @Lone_GamerUK 4 місяці тому +4

      Personally from what I've seen I wouldn't even buy at £25 atm, mostly due to that bad stealth, AI, mission fail and repeat process just no interest these days in such unfun games.
      Bugs, Pricing can be fixed but boring reptetive missions and forgetful charectors cannot.
      I guess we chalk it up as another 'One of those'

    • @cockneygamer
      @cockneygamer  4 місяці тому +2

      “One of those” is the perfect phrase for it and easily could have been the title of the video!

    • @Lone_GamerUK
      @Lone_GamerUK 4 місяці тому +3

      @@cockneygamer ha ha “Star Wars - One of those” far far away lol 😂

    • @LaymensLament
      @LaymensLament Місяць тому

      Well they removed forced stealth and the games 27€ for a key rn

    • @LaymensLament
      @LaymensLament Місяць тому

      It's kinda fun!

  • @LexusLFA554
    @LexusLFA554 4 місяці тому +5

    As a Star Wars fan and massive fan of the Jedi games I must say I expected a bit more. Until I heard it was Ubisoft. Then I gave up all hope.

    • @southpawlibranine3511
      @southpawlibranine3511 4 місяці тому

      Those jedi games suck too

    • @LexusLFA554
      @LexusLFA554 4 місяці тому +2

      @@southpawlibranine3511 I actually quite enjoyed them
      They aren't perfect by any means, but Cal is the coolest Jedi we will see in a while

  • @brokenakatrix
    @brokenakatrix 4 місяці тому +5

    Loving your reviews mate, thank you!

    • @cockneygamer
      @cockneygamer  4 місяці тому +2

      You are too kind mate, appreciate you sharing that. And you're in luck as I have another review coming TODAY! Just uploading my Black Myth Wukong review so should be live in around 2 to 3 hours. Cheers to you

  • @justabaldguy
    @justabaldguy 4 місяці тому +6

    How on earth is she knocking out Stormtroopers with two punches? I'd hoped she'd have a stun baton or something sufficiently lore friendly. But you can't move bodies? That's odd. Any speech checks? Do you get to Han Solo your way through talks with Jabba or get by on your Lando Calrissian winning smile? I'd hoped for more of that instead of everything being about blasters and fetch quests, but clearly Ubi doesn't agree. They make sure you have the obligatory Star Wars merchandise companion creature all these games seem to require. I thought we'd have that big robot featured on the box art?
    In light of what you mentioned and shared about the space portions: do you feel they really needed it? Every game like this lately has space dogfights, would this maybe have been something to skip in favor of doing better with the level designs? Or at least bluffing your way through checkpoints while smuggling contraband.
    New term unlocked: "A dog's breakfast" is now in my vocab.

    • @cockneygamer
      @cockneygamer  4 місяці тому +3

      I searched other UA-cam videos about moving dead bodies. I thought maybe I was missing something but I couldn’t find anything on it, so either I’m really dumb and missed a tutorial where maybe you can indeed hide bodies or no, you cannot move the bodies at all.
      And good point on the space flight. Honestly I think it’s just a mechanic to introduce other planets and the story, so I see its purpose in that sense. I just don’t feel it does anything interesting or unique. I think what so many games miss is strategy and manoeuvres in the flight parts. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not expecting DCS or Microsoft Flight levels of simulation here, but it’s all just so bang average that it’s spamming the shoot button. It’s Ubisoft all over here… it just lacks any sort of risk.

    • @TerraWare
      @TerraWare 4 місяці тому +1

      It's a knockout ability basically and there is variations of them depending on the approach, if you are running etc. There is a speech ability if you get spotted she raises her hands up and tries to distract the enemies by talking enough to mark and blast them not breaking stealth. You can whistle to draw enemies, use your pet to distract or iniate an attack or use them as a crowd control tool. It's actually quite fun.
      I do feel the game is getting an unfair treatment due to it getting tangled in the culture wars. It's an alright game that I'm enjoying and definitely worth checking it out at some point.

    • @justabaldguy
      @justabaldguy 4 місяці тому +1

      @@TerraWare I don't know how anyone with her size and muscle mass would ever be logically able to know out guy wearing a helmet. Maybe there's more to the perk I'm not understanding? I saw the whistle, didn't know about the talking perk. That sounds like a good idea. I don't know anything about the culture wars for the game, just know from the reviews I've seen most thought it didn't break new ground.

    • @TerraWare
      @TerraWare 4 місяці тому

      @@justabaldguy I get the whole armor and female thing, its suspension of disbelief, even Sam Fisher would knock out guys in armor, not that I am comparing the stealth in this game to one of my favorites of all time but just using it as a comparison.
      Even if she were a buff guy taking out an armored trooper would be hard to believe. Alternatively I don't know how you'd tackle that. Give her a silencer and shoot them in the head, that'd make the game easy, a shock baton would work through the armor. For me I can look past it and its just a knockout mechanic basically that has quite a number of variations.
      It's like using her pet to distract enemies and change their path. In reality they'd probably just shoot the thing but here its another mechanic.
      Out of all the criticisms around this game the knocking out storm troopers in armor being this shocking thing is a nothing burger, at least imo.

    • @justabaldguy
      @justabaldguy 4 місяці тому +1

      @@TerraWare Good point, I should clarify my viewpoint has nothing to do with her being female. It's literally she's small and bare-fisted. I'd say the same for a man. In my mind, it'd be akin to me punching someone with a football helmet on. And one animation has her punching them in the ribs, which is equally stupid. Some of the other takedowns could possibly work, it still feels sloppy to me though. I hated the Ewoks using their dinky weapons on them, while a Wookie would be believable for me. I'm all for suspension of disbelief, I'm a bit pro-wrestling fan, but this just pulled me out of it.

  • @dealwolfstriked272
    @dealwolfstriked272 4 місяці тому +1

    Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit while wisdom is knowing never to put one in a fruit salad! That is so British its Brilliant!

  • @SharpieArtStudios
    @SharpieArtStudios 4 місяці тому +2

    Why didn't they make the empire a dynamic system that actually hunts you? Spies that track you hired by the ISB. So much potential lost.

  • @jameswheeler5260
    @jameswheeler5260 4 місяці тому +8

    Did you like the Mary Jane missions in Insomniac's Spider Man? If not, you won't like this game. I found out it was a boring forced stealth instant-fail game about twenty minutes too late to get a refund, which they refused. I've defended Ubisoft up to this point, even amidst the hate. But I will never buy another game from them.

    • @cockneygamer
      @cockneygamer  4 місяці тому +3

      @@jameswheeler5260 that’s a really good comparison there… yes it very much feels like a big part of the game is exactly like those missions. Amount of times I kept failing the stealth sections were excruciating… until I found the path the game wanted me to find and then it was super piss easy. In the hangar section, that’s been brilliantly built out, I don’t get why they don’t give the player freedom to tackle it and play in its playground.

  • @GBTC2011
    @GBTC2011 4 місяці тому +4

    Jack of all trades and master of none. Mediocre graphics on PS5, terrible AI, lack of consistency in AI perception, the most poorly explained game mechanics and confusing controls. Maybe Ubisoft should look at games like RDR2, TLOU2 or Ghost of Tsushima and learn how to make a quality game instead of worrying about maximizing profits.

    • @cockneygamer
      @cockneygamer  4 місяці тому +1

      Glad you called out the PS5 version. I’ve honestly not played it and so I can’t comment as this is a mainly pc focused channel. I’m also reviewing this on a 4090 so I have the sliders set to the max on everything, including the level of detail set to 400. So I know what I’m experiencing isn’t the same for a lot of players when I call the game beautiful looking. Mileage for sure varies by version I’m sure!

  • @bruceplenderleith838
    @bruceplenderleith838 4 місяці тому +2

    you can see that this was meant to be a much better game there's ghosts of it everywhere, yes there's people but none of them talk to you

  • @catbills8100
    @catbills8100 4 місяці тому +1

    “Muscle mass of a malnourished child from rural Africa but has the strength of Myke Tyson” took me out 😭😭

  • @darkstarie6642
    @darkstarie6642 4 місяці тому

    Just found "Cockney Gamer", and absolutely love the review. Love your commentary, and style Reggie, instant like and subscribe, thank you 👍

    • @cockneygamer
      @cockneygamer  4 місяці тому

      Wow, im humbled mate. Thank you so much for your kind words and welcome to our growing gang. Appreciate your support!

  • @ninochaosdrache3189
    @ninochaosdrache3189 4 місяці тому +1

    As a Clone Wars fan, I'm kind of annoyed that they tease me with the BX Commando Droid.
    But its also Ubisoft, so I have my doubts that they did it proper justice.

  • @PatrickHoodDaniel
    @PatrickHoodDaniel 4 місяці тому +5

    I loved Ubisoft when they made the old Tomb Raider.

  • @rayb_1
    @rayb_1 4 місяці тому +4

    Cockney Gamer, where the reviews are more entertaining than the games !

    • @cockneygamer
      @cockneygamer  4 місяці тому +2

      You make me blush mate! Glad you’re enjoying them as much as I do making them for you. Appreciate your support as ever!

  • @killerofworlds100
    @killerofworlds100 4 місяці тому +2

    This review has 10 times the character any Ubisoft game will ever have.

    • @cockneygamer
      @cockneygamer  4 місяці тому +1

      Haha, that’s very kind of you to say mate. Appreciate it.

  • @Kx7nnnnnnnnnB66
    @Kx7nnnnnnnnnB66 4 місяці тому +2

    I will wait untill it drops to £15 or £20 max i was going to get this but its way too expensive £70 to £119.00

  • @ClellBiggs
    @ClellBiggs 4 місяці тому +5

    I'll wait until it drops to around $40. From all I've heard about the game that sounds like a far price for it.

    • @cockneygamer
      @cockneygamer  4 місяці тому +5

      For the purposes of the review I bought a month of Ubisoft connect. I feel dirty for it, but it’s a cheaper way to get through the game if you have a hankering for some Star Wars action!

    • @ninochaosdrache3189
      @ninochaosdrache3189 4 місяці тому +2

      ​@@cockneygamer
      It's Ubisoft, don't feel bad about it

    • @southpawlibranine3511
      @southpawlibranine3511 4 місяці тому +2

      More like 5 bucks In the bargain bin

    • @RedShirtPaul
      @RedShirtPaul 4 місяці тому +1

      @@cockneygamer That's what I did, and I may not even play it for a full week, let alone a month. I've been wanting to try Avatar, anyway.

  • @everydaypotatos
    @everydaypotatos 4 місяці тому +1

    Can we get an outlaws 2 not made by Ubisoft?

    • @cockneygamer
      @cockneygamer  4 місяці тому

      I’d love a studio like Naughty Dog to get the Star Wars license. Unchartered mixed with Jedi’s.

  • @gameya100
    @gameya100 4 місяці тому +1

    Excellent review eh

  • @sofajockeyUK
    @sofajockeyUK 4 місяці тому +1

    is it bad? No. It's a good game. (finished it in 42 hours)

  • @CAPCOM784
    @CAPCOM784 4 місяці тому

    Can this game be played offline or do you need online all the time?

    • @winowarrior9392
      @winowarrior9392 4 місяці тому

      Just got it today, you have to be on he Ubisoft app or whatever. That annoyed me when starting it, then it was garbage, and it made me even more upset. If you love starwars then yes. if you are a gamer, this, i wont be playing probably.

  • @chillwithmoose
    @chillwithmoose 4 місяці тому +1

    So it's pretty much star wars shinobido?
    Tbh it's a style I like, but not for the price it's currently at.

    • @cockneygamer
      @cockneygamer  4 місяці тому

      Bingo…. At $30 this is an easy pick up

  •  4 місяці тому +1

    When the best feature of the game is mini game (sabacc), it tells you a lot about the game.

    • @cockneygamer
      @cockneygamer  4 місяці тому +1

      Haha, I never mentioned that in the review but Sabaac is awesome! Spent hours on that already.

  • @Malumbrus
    @Malumbrus 4 місяці тому +1

    God dammit I'm so fucking disappointed that this game sucks. I was really looking forward to a non Jedi lightsaber Star Wars game

  • @pfannenstill
    @pfannenstill 4 місяці тому +1

    great review as always, but are you having a bit of a cold? :)

    • @cockneygamer
      @cockneygamer  4 місяці тому +1

      Yes, good spot! I’ve been down with Covid and have been on steroids this week! I’ve really struggled the past few weeks in general and my voice has been going fast. I had to keep re-recording my voice over and over as it just kept breaking up, so it probably lacks a little more energy than normal. I’m hoping it will come back soon, but in the meantime I may sound a bit more lifeless than normal!

  • @shushplz640
    @shushplz640 4 місяці тому

    Gold, subbed.

    • @cockneygamer
      @cockneygamer  4 місяці тому

      So kind mate, welcome to the gang! 🎉

  • @biashacker
    @biashacker 4 місяці тому

    The story in this game is terrible. You can overlook many things in game play and mechanics when the story is good. However the main character ended up right where she started in the beginning of the game. She made no progress.

  • @Jasper-32
    @Jasper-32 4 місяці тому

    AS long as these reviews dont end up been a 7 is average (IGN) I will continue to enjoy them
    other then that -
    Fantastic review

    • @cockneygamer
      @cockneygamer  4 місяці тому

      Thank you mate, appreciate that a lot. Glad you enjoyed!

  • @LaymensLament
    @LaymensLament Місяць тому

    Yeah level design and animations are the main problem of this. which is a bummer with good gameplay it would have been amazing.

  • @CharlesRichelieu-hv7sn
    @CharlesRichelieu-hv7sn 4 місяці тому +5

    Its non-canonical disney garbage. Its much worse than what everyone is saying.

    • @katman2192
      @katman2192 4 місяці тому

      You didnt even play the game so shut your hole

  • @captain_kaoss
    @captain_kaoss 4 місяці тому +1

    Thanks for the review Reggie. I've been on the fence about this one, think I might check it out if it ever goes on a sale in the future. Cheers

    • @cockneygamer
      @cockneygamer  4 місяці тому +2

      It’s for sure one of those games. It’s not bad by any stretch… I’ve seen the 2/10 scores people have dished out which I think is a bit silly in all honesty.but it’s also not great… it’s just a very “safe” game. You’ll have fun, but not $70 fun. Sale is ideal!

  • @noahbernstein5536
    @noahbernstein5536 4 місяці тому

    The game looks so bad. Im not a Starwars fan and i dont like the Movies but when i think about Star wars i see Laser guns shooting and Lightsaber battles i dont see anything of that in that game. Its more like a stealth simulator and even Starlink battle for Atlas has more Star Wars feeling.

  • @shrimpssalad2
    @shrimpssalad2 4 місяці тому

    Great video thanks man

  • @Lone_GamerUK
    @Lone_GamerUK 4 місяці тому +3

    I didn’t buy thank god, but watched lots of reviews and game plays - the straight answer to is it bad - Yes, Yes, Yes 😢
    Maybe in 6 months or a year with added content and for £25 some would value the purchase but atm those who bought this got scammed.
    It's forced stealth but stealth just doesn't work - as one error and all enemies are alerted to you whether they are in eyeliner or not
    (and then its shoot fest) terrible idea who choose that should be kicked
    AI - lets just say the I doesn't stand for intelligence
    Gameplay as you say is non existent
    Bug fest
    Some Pricing at £129 for max for a 15hr story & the rest
    Most characters are forgetful
    I'm was never really sold on this from annocunm,ent like who asked for this game?
    No lightsabers in SW
    Ubsisoft doing repetitive missions
    let alone the amount to times your get an instant fail and have to do the same thing over until the one or two paths forward are the only way to complete the mission
    So not really as open world as you think, more linear
    I've said before not only do I never early access purchase I simply changed to not even buying on launch and it saved me so many times over last 2 years.
    The value and delivery from these so called AAA is just shambolic (pricing, launch quality of game etc)
    You far better off at 50% off 3 months later on many or longer if needed and avoid on the worst cases.
    Outlaws
    Starfield
    Fallout 76
    Forspoken
    Redfall
    Atomic Heart
    Last of Us 1 (PC) release quality of perf
    Not to mention dispointments on wow, AC games, and many others for either quality, performance, Price Value and that's even before you get to is it a good game with memorable characters, quality fun gameplay.
    Oh well I hope many have learnt and it amazes me how many are happy to part with money not very poor gambles on quality these days. Most big devs reputation is in the mud and just keeps getting lower.
    I may have to restore from gaming if Rockstar or something goes bad!
    Still hoping the new Mafia game is a banger but hey I think many need therapy now from gaming :)

  • @carfo
    @carfo 4 місяці тому

    I wanted to like this game but even the Star Wars IP couldn’t overtake PC culture and corporate greed.

    • @user-wq9mw2xz3j
      @user-wq9mw2xz3j 4 місяці тому

      when star wars IP went open for others than EA to use, ubisoft was the last one we wanted to make a game...

  • @Hppyb0y123
    @Hppyb0y123 4 місяці тому +1

    it's actually a fun game, everybody likes to complain about everything now days

  • @patrikfigo
    @patrikfigo 4 місяці тому +1

    It's embarrassing to give this game anything more than a 4/10
    It's a lazy excuse for a game with a thick layer of amazing graphics and great soundtrack.
    But GAMEplay and attention to detail should count for a lot more than you give credit to.

    • @cockneygamer
      @cockneygamer  4 місяці тому +1

      It's a very fair comment mate. I also got called out in the comments for giving this a game a too low score so it feel like it's 'one of those' games that will divide a lot of people. All your points I completely agree with though, but in terms of score, I do now compare these to my other reviews now that the channel has grown and I have a bit of a library to compare to. I'm trying to think back now to a game I've given a 4 score to, so if I do I'll post it back in the comments, but that's why the 6 in general felt about right to me. Thanks for commenting mate!
      EDIT: Just remembered, I gave Cities Skylines 2 a 4/10 which is woeful. I place outlaws better than that! :)

  • @MisterH1992
    @MisterH1992 4 місяці тому

    Looks a little undercooked. Seems like the norm nowadays.

    • @cockneygamer
      @cockneygamer  4 місяці тому

      @@MisterH1992 absolutely spot on. The fact my game still continues to crash every 10 mins too tells me not enough testing was here. I thought maybe just me, but alas, in Reddit there are hundreds of people with my same issue. So your point is right mate.

  • @Andy-x3i8y
    @Andy-x3i8y 4 місяці тому

    This is one of the most disappointing games. I’ve played in recent years. I played it to 85% and just threw in the towel. It’s quite literally the same game from beginning to end. Absolutely boring. Not to mention the actual gameplay itself is terrible. Utterly awful. I will never buy another Ubisoft product.
    More than 25 hours I held out hope that something interesting would happen in this game. Absolute awful. Just the worst gameplay imaginable. So boring. It’s painful.

  • @musti4972
    @musti4972 4 місяці тому

    I watched it on the other channel already 😑

    • @cockneygamer
      @cockneygamer  4 місяці тому

      Oh mate, you must have been one of a handful of people as the other channel I think is dead over there. UA-cam algorithm isn’t pushing the video at all sadly, so I decided to remove and rebrand the video and put it on here. Thank you for being a great supporter, and fear not, it’s staying on the Cockney Channel moving forward!

  • @robertwatson5104
    @robertwatson5104 4 місяці тому

    It’s good fun

  • @southpawlibranine3511
    @southpawlibranine3511 4 місяці тому

    Ubishite

  • @Andy-x3i8y
    @Andy-x3i8y 4 місяці тому

    You can randomly pick up some weapons at times and at other times you can’t. Everything about this game is a laundry list of suck.
    Why can’t anybody seem to make a good Star Wars game. They’re always so cartoony and goofy with awful gameplay and ridiculous graphics. It’s like they aren’t even trying.

  • @user-wq9mw2xz3j
    @user-wq9mw2xz3j 4 місяці тому

    I wouldnt even call a game.

  • @LilPunKid
    @LilPunKid 4 місяці тому

    It’s my GOTY personally.

  • @filip2876
    @filip2876 4 місяці тому

    Gay woke fantasy game

  • @adamschannel8685
    @adamschannel8685 4 місяці тому

    So aside from having a female protagonist, the game is also just shit. Dodged a bullet here then

  • @jessstirland8338
    @jessstirland8338 4 місяці тому +2

    Its a GREAT Game.....these reviewers are either idiots or too harsh. With the 2-DLC's coming - its gon be even better! Is it Red Dead Redemption? No, but its way BETTER THAN Jedi Survivor.....its a lot longer than 15 hours too!! Its easily 7-8 out of 10 for entertainment! I say 7 because its still got DLC's coming.