›

Howdy, Stranger!

It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!

Sign In Register

Quick Links

Star Wars: Outlaws Worlds Will Be Handcrafted With Planets The Size As Multiple AC Odyssey Regions |

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited July 2023 in News & Features Discussion

imageStar Wars: Outlaws Worlds Will Be Handcrafted With Planets The Size As Multiple AC Odyssey Regions | MMORPG.com

Star Wars: Outlaws looks to be huge, and not just in terms of impact on the gaming landscape. The open-world Star Wars game sounds like its planets could be as big as some Assassin's Creed games themselves.

Read the full story here


Comments

  • DattelisDattelis Member EpicPosts: 1,675
    Ubisoft game so expect to climb several tower-like structures.
    Sovrathstrawhat0981StoneRoses
  • psiicpsiic Member RarePosts: 1,642
    Yup excited
    SovrathValdheim
  • SandmanjwSandmanjw Member RarePosts: 531
    Looks ok, just that I can't play a female. Never have been able to enjoy a game character that I have to play that is the female lead. 

    Guess it does not matter to some, but it changes the game from a yes to a no for me.

    Wonder how many it will matter to in the end?


    nate1980
  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    Looks good. More Sci-Fi, Action/Adventure?RPGs, please.
    ValdheimBabuinix
    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community ... but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots”

    ― Umberto Eco

    “Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?” 
    ― CD PROJEKT RED

  • ValdemarJValdemarJ Member RarePosts: 1,419
    Jedi Fallen Order was pretty good, but I'm really burnt out on Star Wars and the Jedi most of all. Marvel and DC too for that matter.

    If this ends up being more of an action shooter for smugglers, rogues, and bounty hunters, then I might give it a look.
    KyleranValdheim
    Bring back the Naked Chicken Chalupa!
  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,060
    Dattelis said:
    Ubisoft game so expect to climb several tower-like structures.
    Look, honestly, towers are the least of a Ubisoft game's problems. All towers really do is give the art team a chance to show off with a great view for the player. Which their art/architecture teams earned, by the way, because their work was so impressive that their games still visually hold up even after 2 console gens. 
    Valdheim
  • RaagnarzRaagnarz Member RarePosts: 647
    Yup on my list. If it's half as good as Jedi Survivor I'm down. Star Wars has gotten some good games as of late.
    Valdheim
  • NeoyoshiNeoyoshi Member RarePosts: 1,489
    They state in the interview that a planet could be the size of 2 to 3 'zones' from Assassin's Creed Odyssey, so that's a pretty loaded statement; because the planets could also be as small as some of the smallest zones if they are using that as a baseline for size.

    Also that comment of distinction may be unintentionally taking Starfields (Bethesda's) way of doing things out of context; while yes the planets are procedurally generated; that doesn't mean it's not handcrafted or has a human touch.

    Bethesda's has for the longest time made use of construction kits in their games that have tilesets; all of which are all handcrafted; then they let a algorithm do some of the heaviest lifting with those tilesets; but key spots of importance will always have a human touch in terms of placement and identity, like major cities for example.

    This isn't a uncommon practice in large openworld games, and the bigger a world is, the more need for the automation of content creation with some type of algorithm with the use of some construction set.

    Ubisoft has been cited to use a couple of different methods to generate their worlds, but no one actually fully handcrafts these things manually. Not even Ubisoft.

    https://analyticsindiamag.com/how-ubisoft-is-mainstreaming-machine-learning-into-game-development/

    https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/4/23700619/ai-game-development-jobs-gdc-2023

    https://www.wi.uni-muenster.de/sites/wi/files/attachments/succeeding_with_autonomous_tools_ieee_computer.pdf

    https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/studio/laforge/news/4bmoklgq9Hynfa87doKFfQ/artificial-intelligence-through-learning-or-pavlovian-algorithm

    https://venturebeat.com/business/ubisoft-winnipeg-guides-ubisofts-use-of-ai-and-cloud-computing-to-make-bigger-better-games/2/
    ValdheimBabuinix


    Fishing on Gilgamesh since 2013
    Fishing on Bronzebeard since 2005
    Fishing in RL since 1992
    Born with a fishing rod in my hand in 1979
  • AngrakhanAngrakhan Member EpicPosts: 1,839
    I'm interested for sure. This and Starfield have me excited for the Sci-Fi genre of games. I'm pretty burned out on the fantasy stuff. I will say procedurally generated, while easily larger, isn't always better. Handcrafted maps where everything has a purpose and a place can be better than miles of nothing stretching off in all directions.
    ValdheimBabuinix
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,043
    The user and all related content has been deleted.
  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,057
    Are there any zombies to kill?  If not, I'm out.

    ;)
    WargfootSovrath

    "True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde 

    "I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant

    Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm

    Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV

    Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™

    "This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon






  • ValentinaValentina Member RarePosts: 2,108

    CondarFreed said:

    Disney Princess Star Wars, no thanks.



    I could not possibly roll my eyes any harder. You see a protagonist who happens to be a woman and your reaction is...

    DiSnEy PrInCeSs StAr WaRs No ThAnKs

    Yeah, her scrappy messy appearance and smuggler ship totally screams "Disney princess". Just.
    ValdheimValdemarJTillerAeanderSovrath
  • ValdheimValdheim Member RarePosts: 711
    @Sandmanjw (can't quote you because the quoting problem is still there) Looking at a lot of other major franchises with female leads I highly doubt this will be a problem sales-wise but I can totally understand that statement in terms of immersion. It's the same for me with MMORPGs, but in those ones I can almost always choose a gender. Thats why MMOs with gender locked classes are mostly a nope for me BUT with singleplayer titles where the story and world is tailored around a female character it somehow works for me, and I'm glad it does because otherwise I would have missed out on a lot of great games. Maybe just give it a try and if it still doesn't work for you then it is how it is.
    Sovrath
  • HazenXIIIHazenXIII Member UncommonPosts: 163
    I really just wanted to be able to create my own character and not have another fixed protagonist story-driven game. I appreciate they're going for the open world thing, but open worlds can still be linear (Fallen Order/Jedi Survivor). I want a true sandbox like SWG even if it's not an MMO.
    Cogohi
  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,060
    I don't play games with female leads either, but I also don't begrudge them for existing or anything.

    I take more issue with pundits who say Assassin's Creed should get rid of gender choices and do a female lead. That's just a step backwards for no reason.

    DarkZorvanReturns said:

    Sandmanjw said:

    Looks ok, just that I can't play a female. Never have been able to enjoy a game character that I have to play that is the female lead. 

    Guess it does not matter to some, but it changes the game from a yes to a no for me.

    Wonder how many it will matter to in the end?





    Considering the vast majority of AC Odyssey players chose Kassandra, not to mention the massive success of games like Tomb Raider, I'd say most don't have that issue.
    False. Two thirds of players picked Alexios over Kassandra.
    Sandmanjw
  • Cactus_LFRezCactus_LFRez Member UncommonPosts: 206
    The gameplay looks good, I am just on the fence about the map size,

    I find that the bigger the map the more filler content there tends to be.
    Smaller open worlds tend to have better content density.
    ValdemarJValdheim
  • cameltosiscameltosis Member LegendaryPosts: 3,847
    If I'm not mistaken, this will be the first Star Wars game released in over a decade that hasnt been touched by Electronic Arts.


    That makes me happy! I've been boycotting EA for such a long time now that it has meant not buying any new SW games. I did get to play a couple of their SW games because my brother has them, but they just reinforced my boycott: EA can't make good games.


    After playing The Division 2, I feel like I can trust the company behind this new game. Their world building was amazing, I'm sure it will be again with this game. I doubt the combat will be any good, it rarely is, but my excitement for the rest of the game should outweigh this issue.


    So, yeh, very excited! This has a very high chance of being the best SW game for over a decade, which then means it has a chance of being one of the best SW games ever!
    Currently Playing: WAR RoR - Spitt rr7X Black Orc | Scrotling rr6X Squig Herder | Scabrous rr4X Shaman

  • Asm0deusAsm0deus Member EpicPosts: 4,618
    Looking forward to Starfield this one sounds okay, I am not sure about the main storyline/goal though....a heist.....dunno not really feeling that plot tbh.

    Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.





  • TillerTiller Member LegendaryPosts: 11,485
    Valentina said:


    Disney Princess Star Wars, no thanks.



    I could not possibly roll my eyes any harder. You see a protagonist who happens to be a woman and your reaction is...

    DiSnEy PrInCeSs StAr WaRs No ThAnKs

    Yeah, her scrappy messy appearance and smuggler ship totally screams "Disney princess". Just.

    I guess he didn't like Tomb Raider back in the day.  I was more annoyed by the semi forced explanation babble and thinking outloud they always throw in their trailers. 

    "Ok gotta get in my car, but first I need to unlock it, this keyfob will work, there we go, now to put on my seat belt.... oh no it's jammed, whoops it's just stuck in my door, duh.., there now to start the car.

    The guy tailgating me is pissing me off, maybe I should brake check hm...better yet I'll just apply window shield washer fluid, what you think doggo?"

    ValentinaSovrath
    SWG Bloodfin vet
    Elder Jedi/Elder Bounty Hunter
     
  • RyukanRyukan Member UncommonPosts: 858
    Games looks to be decent at least, but I feel like I will still wait to pick this one up on sale. Unless I am foaming at the mouth for a new game when it comes out I don't think I will be dying to pre-order it. Being an Ubisoft game I would rather wait until after it comes out to see what it is like after it comes out.
  • ValdemarJValdemarJ Member RarePosts: 1,419
    Could sub to U+. It will probably be on there. Or PS+ Premium, which includes U+.
    Bring back the Naked Chicken Chalupa!
Sign In or Register to comment.