Immediately after finishing Star Wars Outlaws, I went to Ubisoft’s Youtube channel and tried to find out if there was a trailer or video that accurately depicted how it feels to play the game. I mostly found stylish trailers showing non-stop action, including gunfights, fistfights and space battles. But there was only one video that had the piece of footage I was looking for, and it was a gameplay walkthrough from June 2023. In this video, we can see our hero Kay Vess sneaking through an enemy base, and eventually she gets caught. Then a gunfight breaks out and the action begins. But this rarely happens in the actual game.
Most of the time, what happens when you get caught is that a random enemy will try to raise the alarm, and you need to try to stop them. Then another random enemy tries to do the same, and so on. And more often than not, the alarm does get trigged, and you get an instant fail screen. This sums up the core experience of playing through the story of Star Was Outlaws – a pretty decent game that is let down by its forced stealth mechanics that take away the fun most of the time.
If you’re not going to watch the video, here’s a summary: Star Wars Outlaws is a stealth-heavy third person action game that really doesn’t want you to use the action part for most of the time. When it does allow you to break free and explore the world at your own pace though, it does feel like an enjoyable game. The story is told quite well and actually makes you feel connected to the characters. At a runtime of between 15-20 hours for the main story, and a whole lot more for the side quests, this game is a decent package for anyone who is a Star Wars fan, or plays a lot of Ubisoft games.
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