The lukewarm reception ofStar Wars Outlawswas the straw that broke the camel’s back inUbisoft’s worst yearever.
The game has you play Kay Vess as she navigates the innards of the galactic underworld after leaving Cantonica.
Ubisoft expected the release ofOutlawsto finally break its bad streak, in a year that saw theConcordsaga, thepostponementofAssassin’s Creed Shadows, anda possible takeover.
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Whensales did not match expectations, the company did an emergency reshuffle, moving Julian Gerighty toThe Division3and installing Drew Rechner instead.
Rechner made a name for himself inTom Clancy’s The Divisionfranchise and started his tenure as creative director inStar Wars Outlawsby releasing the franchise’s very first dev update.
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Titled “Pushing Into Hyperdrive,” the post discusses the road from launch to today andwhat players can expect from the 1.4 update scheduled for November 21.
According to Rechner,the team’s priority is to improve the game’s combat mechanics. The director hopes to reward the player for using “tactics and precision” when going guns blazing, addressing complaints that the combat inOutlawsis too bland.
Stealth is the second item on the update’s list. Players almost unanimously rejectedtheStar Wars Outlawsexecution of stealthsegments asit was both too punishing and not particularly rewardingif you got it right.
The previous threetitle updateshave addressed those problems to some extent. Still, Rechner wants to improve the “readability and consistency of enemy detection,” while giving the player more autonomy over how you approach stealth missions.
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Last but certainly not least is the character movement. The new creative director said the game should getmore responsive controls for climbing and crouching, improved cover logic, and more consistent outputs overall.
Rechner and Ubisoft hope that the changes in update 1.4, which is out on November 21, will make the game a more fun and rewarding experience across the board.
The date also marks the planned release ofthefirst story packin the series,Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card.
Ubisoft plans torelease similar development logsgoing forward, which hopefully will increase players' confidence in the game’s direction as it tries to overcome the 2024 disaster.
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