Star Wars Outlaws: Reviews are coming in
Star Wars Outlaws: Reviews are coming in
Star Wars Outlaws is rated 'Strong' after being reviewed by 55 critics, with an overall average score of 75. It's ranked in the top 37% of games and recommended by 74% of critics.
Critic reviews in video gaming are literally just corporate advertising. It's not surprising critics like a game with Disney behind it.
I noticed this. I was thinking in my head that critics means they usually be critical but a lot of the times it just feels like an ad with these big studios. I loved game informer tho, but unfortunately it got shut down this year and now I have no reliable site to check :(
I'm surprised to see generally positive reviews given just how entirely Mid the previews all looked.
Starfield was the same. Looked pretty meh, but almost all (initial) reviewers gave it high marks. It wasn't until people started playing that the truthful reviews surfaced. Guessing either paid reviews, or reviewers having a skewed view of what makes a game great.
Apparently for lots oft publications (and people in general) it's impossible to rate anything below 7
Access journalism trends this way.
A lot of people that played the previews were quite optimistic about the game, save for a few gripes that seem to reflect in most reviews now. But the online community has been rather toxic about a variety of things, ranging from valid concerns to pointless hate. There was one IGN preview that looked pretty bland and bad, but everything else looked alright.
It's not an innovating game, but frankly I never expected it to be. It looks like a fun immersive experience for SW fans (the actual fans, not the ones that hate literally everything about SW lol).
The one thing I hate is that it is from Ubisoft. Going from one boycotted trash company to the next.
Didn't Ubisoft or Disney send people to Disneyland and pay for vacations or whatever in connection with them being invited to play the game? In a legal context, that could easily be seen as veiled bribery. It psychologically makes people more inclined to speak positively because it abuses their desire to be grateful and show gratitude. Basically, a company that wants honest feedback would not do that. Especially not the company with a direct financial incentive to gain from the most expensive marketing campaign they have ever done.
All the gameplay I have seen looks mid at best, and bad at worst. Especially when comparing it to previous Ubisoft games such as AC Black Flag. Comparing AC Black Flag to Star Wars Outlaws demonstrates modern Ubisofts profound lack of attention to detail. Facial animations, water interactions, stealth, all of the major mechanics of the game demonstrate significant degradation in Outlaws' gameplay footage.
These are criticisms purely based on the technical aspects of visible gameplay footage. This isn't even touching stuff like story or writing.
Remember when critics gave positive reviews to Overwatch 2? Yeah, this is that.
I always thought it looked cool, I don't see what was so "mid" about any of the previews.
Ubisoft is behind it! I learned to walk away from these fuckers. They can release the perfect game and within 3 months it will be ruined.
Sometimes you can get a high sea release that does not get ruined by future updates if you like the current state of the game.
Looks kinda promising but I need to wait for the real reviews.