Ubisoft Star Wars • Gaming • Eurogamer.net

simpleexplodingmaybe 13 Jan 2021 16:13:54 16,065 posts
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Ubisoft have announced a story driven open world Star Wars game

Your-Mother 13 Jan 2021 16:14:31 6,203 posts
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Anakin can do a leap of faith from the high ground.

JamboWayOh 13 Jan 2021 16:14:50 22,445 posts
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I hope it's a shared user experience for you and your friends.

beastmaster 13 Jan 2021 16:16:58 21,841 posts
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Assassins Creed engine powering an open world Star Wars game? Could be good. Once they sort out the bugs.

Phattso 13 Jan 2021 16:19:10 26,479 posts
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It's Massive, they're using Snowdrop. So it's The Division in Star Wars land. I mean... that sounds OK to me.

AcidSnake 13 Jan 2021 16:21:22 8,408 posts
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beastmaster wrote:
Assassins Creed engine powering an open world Star Wars game? Could be good. Once they sort out the bugs.

Perfect excuse really...
"Keep an eye out for 'Force convergence points'!
Here you can see The Force make objects intersect, make dialogue heard before character lips move and bend midiclorians into the now famous 'Failed to start multiplayer session' anomaly."

Rogueywon 13 Jan 2021 16:32:35 10,695 posts
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Ubisoft, so it'll be icon-spam all over the map, with paid xp boosts in the store. Still better than lootboxes, though.

simpleexplodingmaybe 13 Jan 2021 16:34:04 16,065 posts
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Rogueywon wrote:
Ubisoft, so it'll be icon-spam all over the map, with paid xp boosts in the store. Still better than lootboxes, though.

You’re making me nostalgic for horse armour

Decks 13 Jan 2021 16:35:18 28,417 posts
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Few years ago I would have been excited by this news. Until they started releasing exactly the same game year after year.

Wayne 13 Jan 2021 16:42:25 2,316 posts
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Is it safe to assume that it'll be a live service game, on account of it being by the devs that made The Division?

Phattso 13 Jan 2021 16:42:35 26,479 posts
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The Division's co-op merged with deathmatch style multiplayer in a Star Wars setting? Bring it on! It's not quite the same as the Ass Creed/Far Cry homogenisation - The Division at least has its own feel. And admittedly its own bucketload of shit, but I'm more excited for this than EA shitting out another Battlefront that's for sure.

Dirtbox 13 Jan 2021 16:46:16 91,948 posts
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Can't wait for some of that Ubisoft Content Lite™

magicpanda 13 Jan 2021 16:48:56 15,086 posts
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Massive build amazingly detailed worlds, New York and Washington are incredible and the division 2 is pretty much a master class in UI.

It's promising news.

nickthegun 13 Jan 2021 16:57:30 84,512 posts
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Decks wrote:
Few years ago I would have been excited by this news. Until they started releasing exactly the same game year after year.

I haven’t knowingly played a Ubisoft game in years much less bought one. I honestly would rather have another EA game. Their entire slate is just miserable.

challenge_hanukkah 13 Jan 2021 17:06:52 13,588 posts
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I think the first Far Cry was the only Ubisoft game I ever finished.

They're all such slogs.

Edited by challenge_hanukkah at 17:47:17 13-01-2021

simpleexplodingmaybe 13 Jan 2021 17:08:32 16,065 posts
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Can I call a Ubisoft bashing exemption for Rayman Legends and Valiant Hearts?

Phattso 13 Jan 2021 17:10:46 26,479 posts
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What's nice about all these recent announcements is that we'll get a meritocracy (or at least a revenue-tocracy) in the games being made. Respawn get a sequel 'cos their games were good, Battlefront maybe not so much because of the controversy. Now there's Machine Games and Massive in there as well, and who know what else is waiting in the wings.

Different publishers, different teams, different engines - it could be cool!

barchetta 13 Jan 2021 17:13:06 3,034 posts
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Hmm.. maybe a co-op Bounty Hunter affair might be interesting.

Would like to see a grittier take on the Star Wars universe than Jedi:Fallen Order

GNS1991 13 Jan 2021 17:37:19 50 posts
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Ubisoft + Open World? Hell no. I had enough of that drivel with Origins and Odyssey. Won't even play Valhalla and future AC instalments.

Phattso 13 Jan 2021 17:44:38 26,479 posts
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Don't forget that the primary creative force behind all that homogenisation was let go as part of the sexual harassment gubbins last year - or at least if memory serves they were. Not that Massive were ever really a part of that - The Division definitely had icon creep, but it was a different gameplay loop than the other open worlders at least.

I'm not as much of a Ubi-hater as most on here, I actually dig the Ass Creed and Far Cry loops, homogenisation and all, so I'm looking forward to this.

Your-Mother 13 Jan 2021 17:46:48 6,203 posts
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Who let Yves Guillemot in here

Dirtbox 13 Jan 2021 17:55:22 91,948 posts
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Massive Entertainment is the dev. Same people that made The Division.

Better than most of the other open world devs at least.

ChiefGB 13 Jan 2021 17:59:23 13,194 posts
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I’m not exactly thrilled with this announcement. I’m curious but after bouncing off fairly hard of both div 1 & 2 (yes I went back!) I think I’ll wait and see.
That said I found both dull due to the unexciting current world setting, rinse and repeat combat and bland looking loot.
Star ways may be able to elevate some of that a bit maybe.

nickthegun 13 Jan 2021 18:01:51 84,512 posts
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It’s not even Ubisoft hate. They have released the same three games every year, in one way or the other, every year for over a decade.

I don’t hate them its just that I genuinely couldn’t care less about their games and it’s pretty likely this will just be another one of their open worlds in a Star Wars dress.

Dirtbox 13 Jan 2021 18:03:26 91,948 posts
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They are pretty fucking shit. By far the worst of the big publishers.

gamecat 13 Jan 2021 18:03:30 1,071 posts
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Cannot wait to replay the same missions until my eyes bleed for, +2 force power on my Jedi knee pads, that look the same as every other pair of knee pads.

Well I guess The Division is alright for quite a while, until you get to the fine tune your stats stage, which applies to a lot of games really.

nickthegun 13 Jan 2021 18:07:56 84,512 posts
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I mean, it’s not entirely unique. Fallen order is the first EA game I’ve played in a dogs age. I couldn’t give a crap about most of their games, either.

Malek86 13 Jan 2021 18:40:54 11,529 posts
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So I guess the EA deal has expired?

Dirtbox 13 Jan 2021 18:58:48 91,948 posts
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Seems they're being quite even handed with dishing out these Lucasarts licenses. Maybe seeing who can deliver and stick with them, I don't know.

Shame Dice's games were a bit shit and rushed, they by far have the best multiplayer engine out there.

ed: Actually these are maybe single player games, doesn't make sense to give them to Dice if so.

Edited by Dirtbox at 19:00:07 13-01-2021

Fake_Blood 13 Jan 2021 22:15:59 10,741 posts
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Does Lucasarts still own Monkey Island?