I am going to briefly comment on the online discussion I've seen re: this event. The early game preview, at least the one I did, was not paid promotion, nor did Ubisoft have editorial control/veto on the content. They did not review the video beforehand nor would I remove it at their request. The implication I’ve seen from some is that the NDA limited our criticism. This is untrue, and I think most of the creators talking about this know that - these NDAs generally limits when the video can go live, and segments which cannot be previewed: eg story, WIP menus, etc. If Zack didn't like the game, I would've encouraged him to say so... and given the state of the game the video would've done even better. As mentioned, I did not attend the event but sent my employee Zack. We discussed his review to ensure that it was fair, and to make sure he highlighted potential technical issues even if the devs said that it’d be fine at launch as I learned from the Jedi Survivor event. ANYWAY, I messed up as I forgot to disclose Zack got Disney tickets for a dead day. Honest mistake, as I wasn’t the one who benefitted and he was going on the channels behalf - but I ordinarily disclose such and full context is important so that you, as the viewer, can decide how much weight to give the preview. There is fair criticism here re: potential conflicts of interest during preview events; I find them useful, and the vids are good and popular. I will continue to go if invited; but in the will make sure there is a continued detailing of anything received so you are fully informed
The issue with events like what Ubisoft held is it muddies the waters and makes transparency on possible corruption difficult. Anyone who went to the event cannot be called a journalist.
So he * did * get tickets to Disney. That's the issue here. I'd like to believe you guys are smarter than this and tell ANY company that does this access privilege shit to kick rocks and deny any so called gifts whatsoever. Your integrity and reputation is worth far more than some shitty tickets.
so you were paid in the form of *compensatory* (not monetarily) thou it wasn't directly to you, but it was to someone in your organization, representing your organization and content to be made for your organization, thus ultimately benefiting you. I see your mental gymnastics here trying to distant yourself in not being "paid" ... "no no no, I wasn't paid, it was some guy from my channel that got comepensated" ... but you were paid, there's no other way to spin it.
“You need to stealth your way through everything.” Proceeds to show 5 min worth of footage of him failing stealth and shooting his way out of everything.
Bwahaha! Sounds like something I would teach my teen boys about something needing finesse and not brute strength - then eventually giving up and switching to tools with over-the-top mechanical violence!
To be honest, it feels like a bit of a checklist for disney star wars: cute small sidekick? check, tatooine? check, takes place during original trilogy? check
Yup. I see ppl saying the world building is great but the whole setting just seems boring to me. Tbh I find the cute side kick thing insulting at this point and even more shit set with the Empire. Better studios have made great games set during this time. I prefer those games. I'd definitely appreciate different settings for sure. There's ton of room for them to come up with stuff. Literally 25,000 years of star wars history lol. But it's not instantly recognizable and they think that'd hurt their profit margin
Lol. You are basically saying the same thing every hater is saying. It's clear you people outsourced your brains to others by now. Many main characters in SW had sidekicks before Disney. But hey, you gotta keep copy pasting the same idio*tic opinions so you can get some easy likes, right?
and also the uglified main character. Just look at how beautiful the actress they hired to model Kay is in real life, then compare to the final product lol ESG points is the motivation behind it.
@@randalthor6872 You just then only loser to find the character in the game ugly. You need a girlfriend dude, you hate on earth would the studio gain for having a “ugly protagonist”
@@Antares-DragonThe Crew Motorfest was made by another studio owned by Ubisoft, Ivory Tower. This one it's made by Massive Entertainment. The past The Crew games were also made by Ivory Tower in collaboration with Ubisoft Reflections.
they should have fully embraced the speeders from Book of Boba Fett which made me cringe so hard that I can no longer suspend my disbelief for any Disney Star Wars bar Andor.
Look at Warframe to see just how much effects sell speed. Gauss is the speed frame, but he is slower than volt or titiayna. You wouldn’t notice playing because Gauss has the speed effects while the other two don’t.
Parallax can give the impression of speed, as an effect to cheat / use particle effects to hide the glitches. The floating problem is that it doesn't track with the ground velocity, because the speed doesn't change when rolling or pitching up.down. The collider does not travel on the ground mesh, so you don't get a matching sense of speed when the terrain turns or rolls. This effect works when it's a parallax heavy game like F-zero or hyper-fast travelling, where you can adjust your acceleration to move, but the roll/lean is jittery and doesn't drift/have momentum. So you notice the disconnect between moving, riding and walking on the terrain. The forward velocity doesn't change as you tilt upwards, so it's more like a toy car on a moving background. Without that acceleration or pitch/up/down to accelerate, there's no sense of moving in the world, because your forward velocity doesn't change as you go uphill or downhill, or roll to the left/right, or take a leap off a cliff/ramp. This also makes collision feel floaty because the collision box is likely a capsule collider that hits the ground terrain but it's on a separate floating camera rig, not a terrain-joined collider mesh.
Also you can steer it quite easily, when both the movies and my experience in Star Wars Battlefront clearly indicate that you're supposed to point yourself in roughly the same direction as your destination, lurch forward at 200 mph, and pray that there aren't any trees in the way, not turn around corners like a common pedestrian.
Yea - I really liked the motorcycle in Cyberpunk because I truly felt like I was about to crash and burn at any second. That's how the speeder should feel too
Having all of that is for them to say an over all positive review. They don’t want them to say nothing but good things so it doesn’t seem so made up, they let them say bad things so long as they keep the video hopeful so people want to buy the game because their trusted TH-camr told them it’s okay.
Curious that you think the AI is impressively intelligent and a good fit for stealth. That's the complete opposite of the footage Ubisoft themselves have shown off. Ubisoft actually putting effort into deep stealth mechanics again would be incredible, but I'll wait for more of a consensus before believing it. Hopefully the trailer footage was just easy mode or something.
@@Mlgpug553 skill ups video on the same demo event seems very contrary to this vid. A golden path with little flexibility and systems akin to modern assassins creed, so nothing special
@@thesupreme8062 I think it entirely depends upon whether you align with the reviewers perspective on things. Idk the guy in this videos opinion on other ubisoft games, maybe he thinks assassins creed has good stealth? If I then find someone else who I know is a lot more enthusiastic about splinter cell and they say it's not very good, then it's easy to fill in the gaps and get a better picture for what kinda level it's at.
You can get Ubisoft + for 18$ play a month and unsubscribe then.... because digital games get shutdown or never played again in the future by you right? Or your Kids and their Kids play this game then? ^^ just some thoughts.
Its honestly sad that instead of making a unique character for you to play as “like the commando droid they have in promotional” they just did genderswapped Han solo with a less cool sidekick animal
@JacopoSkydweller Loser shill for billion dollar Corp lol. The main character is trash. No reason not to let you make a character other than the developers need you to like the weird, ugly character they made so they can pat themselves on the back.
I don’t care that she’s a woman, that is far from the problem… I care that they stripped the chance to design our OWN unique character. I care that we’re stuck with yet another human instead of allowing us to make an alien
@@Luke_SkywaIker My point isn't that it's a woman; it just genderswapped Han solo. It's not unique in any way other than having tits when they have a commando droid in a trench coat which is not only cooler but would make for a amazing stealth game
@@Luke_SkywaIkerHaving a pre-designed Character is not a bad thing, do you think RDD2 or the Witcher would have been better with a character creator ? A game with a fleshed out character with fleshed out motivations is great, just depends on what they actually make.
PROTIP: It is impossible to be unbiased when you take gifts from the people that made what you're supposed to be reviewing. Travel and expenses are gifts... EDIT: The Society of Professional Journalists literally publish the following in their ethics code: "Refuse gifts, favors, fees, free travel and special treatment, and avoid political and other outside activities that may compromise integrity or impartiality, or may damage credibility."
@@BradGroux this even further cements that you have no fucking clue what you’re talking about, unless you’re freelancing it’s actually very common for lodging and travel to be paid out by external sources or reimbursed after the fact. Source: my wife is a journalist for an online publication
I appreciate the review, but the major issue I have is that you are locked into playing a certain way with Kay Vess. It seems like stealth is the most encouraged, if not the main way of performing missions. I'd rather be able to use whatever play style and mold Kay Vess to fit that role. For example, mod a blaster to have higher damage and equip Kay with some armor padding or something, to suit a more combat-focused play style. They've created this nice world for us to play in but we are limited with who and how we play.
That's about every open world game ever. There are going to be missions where you can go in guns blazing or play stealthy, and there are going to be missions where it's either or
You: "You die very quickly if you're just out in the open" Videos from everyone up until now: "You can just stand out in the open, you're basically invincible."
@@jaydengraham8303 which is true. But when content creators sign an NDA that limits the criticism of the game, especially on anything these days coming from Disney/Ubisoft, from the publisher; if you sing praises about a product to gin up interest which causes people to purchase the product because they trust your opinion, and it turns into an absolute steaming pile of crap, regardless of what you've done in the past, your reputation is going to suffer greatly because of it. Ubisoft approached Niatoos Dadbeh aka Star Man of Star Wars Theory, and he turned it down because the contract wouldn't allow him to give his honest opinion about the game. He viewed his reputation was more important than getting free hand-outs.
@@RealBadGaming52 Exactly, the ones who don't have access to non-curated video content, have alpha/beta access, etc. What we call the "completely useless" channels who sit and hypothesize what they want to see in game "x" without having any factual, first hand information to back any of their claims up.
They were both very clear about how Ubisoft paid to bring them out, and encouraged people to wait until the game comes out to see if you want to order it. Not sure what else you want.
If it’s the “scoundrels dream game” why are the only people you kill still the empire and gang members. Doesn’t seem like your a scoundrel, seems like a rebel
The reason Ubisoft puts the games on sale, is for people like you, who wouldn’t by the game at full price. They make more money with the game on sale, than if they kept it full price.
Speeder bike looks like it needs some drift to it. When he adjusts the controls you can see it just tweak the steering to the right or left without any sense of momentum. Revising the physics should be something they can do before launch.
I know right, such intelligent and responsive AI. Also amazing how she can knock out enemies with her bare fist... while the enemies are wearing helmets wtf...
Thanks for the honest take. I feel even more validated in not even bothering with the game now, I swear Ubisoft can't do anything that's beyond 'mediocre slop'. With the description given here, I feel like it'll just be a *VERY* slight upgrade over their Assassin's Creed games - and I already hate those anyway.
Sorry. I just can't completely trust any review that was sponsored in any way. You have interest in Star Wars so this game is important for the channel.
@@ZachLDB Considering how Valhalla is the best selling AC game, I don't think Ubisoft would take this as an insult. Tho I expect Shadows to outsell Valhalla.
Tbh this vid is more like a 1st impressions than rather an actual review, tho I'll probably skip it as well, I just don't feel like playing these kind of games at the moment, which's sad cuz I have both The Witcher 3 and AC4: Black Flag ready
4:27 The gameplay does not support this claim imo, as the AI throughout the video seems rather unaware of their surroundings… mainly the fact enemies barley react to Nix at all, even when he attacks their allies… The level up system seems actually enjoyable tbh, and resembles that of KCD… The reputation system also sounds rather enjoyable and in depth compared to what I imagined… The world building is surprisingly great it seems, and is definitely the biggest draw imo… The mini games are really cool, and definitely an improvement when compared to other games with similar mechanics… Ship combat seems alright, nothing impressive yet enough to be entertaining…
@@jatzi1526 The ship portion is more like a mini-game, there is no ship customization either (there are upgrades tho) and nah its weaker than bf2 or starwars squadrons.
@@chromesucks5299that's an unfair comparison, Squadrons was designed as an actual space flight combat sim, harkening back to the old X-Wing and TIE Fighter games, and that kind of in-depth, realistic simulation would be completely out of place and extremely jarring in a game like Outlaws
@@Azure_Iolite My intention was to draw comparison so other person can understand that the space section is more of a mini-game than a full on feature. On a side note in a game like outlaws in 2024 i would have hoped that we would get games where you can 'steal' space ships, Hell you can even ride enemy speeder bikes in the game.
@@Fr3d0mC0nsum3d the NDA contained nothing of the sort. It simply said to not include any of the WIP menu screens, and to not post anything before the embargo.
Every time I see this game all I can think is this could've been a Mandalorian game with a character creator. Personally just looks like AC with a pet.
they probably have to sign a contract saying they won’t say anything negative or bad about the game, that’s what star wars theory said in his newest vid
This is an interesting one. Not Eck at fault though. The you tube rules require a video to be marked as sponsored even if the only sponsorship was access to a review copy of the game with no strings attached. Now, access to a copy does in itself raise questions (would you get access again if the review is bad?). But regardless I think the problem is the blanket "sponsored" label that covers everything from "I got the game early or wouldn't have been able to review it" right through to "I got paid big money and the company wrote the script to the video". To be fair the exact "payment" (travel etc) was stated in the video.
"sponsored" just means he got to play the game without paying for it. I'm willing to believe nobody got paid to say nice things. It seems to me like you're just a cynic and you're upset that someone is saying something that goes against your preconceived notions of a ubisoft game.
One thing that had me worried was lockpicking. I’m deaf, so for me Atomic Heart was unplayable. Too much of it used audio cues, the background characters aren’t subtitled, lock picking rhythm game was impossible because it required watching the entire screen for the flashes, not just one spot. Hope Star Wars has a gadget with a light on it.
Yeah, he did mention a visual queue is available in the accessibility menu. I can't always play my games with sound or headphones for various reasons and was worried for a minute as well.
More games need to follow Valve and subtitle sounds, like L4D. I can imagine that's great if you're hard of hearing or deaf - it literally subtitles things like "*Smoker Musical Que*"
@@EckhartsLadder No, I watched this video and just from captured footage within it I could see several things worth mentioning or calling out had one not taken Disney tickets and intended to be very soft on criticism. Floaty speeder controls and unspecified technical issues… And both of those criticisms followed up with qualifiers like “but I may just have not gotten the proper upgrades” and “they said the issues were due to this earlier patch that wasn’t the release version”. Being passive aggressive to a rather generous commenter in your position was an odd move. Much like ‘forgetting’ to mention your representative was given more than simply “paid travel and lodging”. Disappointing. My opinion of you continues to sink.
Zach, did you partake in the plushie, Disney park access, boat tour, dinner ect like the other reported ‘influencers’? Did your video have to be cleared with the 3rd Party?
You signed the agreement you cannot talk bad about the game, we know :)) Just wacth Star Wars Theory video about this game and the agreement he was oferred Enjoy your money :)))
Being a skinny girl running around throwing the worst looking punches ever at fully armored troopers and knocking them out just really takes me out of the game I can’t take it seriously
@matheuszucchi8254 Been seeing it everywhere and I'm usually a tolerant person but this has gone way too far. So I guess bitching on TH-cam comments has become as way to ventilate. lol. But hey, you know me better than I do it seems.
A skinny girl throwing punches at troopers takes you out of the game but dudes manipulating physical objects without touching them is no big deal? You dudes are so transparent.
You're telling me that Jedi Knight Academy has a more extensive weapon catalogue than this game does? There's so many cool weapons in the SW universe, and we're stuck with a blaster?
I mean. Kyle katarn was a trained smuggler who infiltrated the empire. It made sense that he was always switching weapons. But kay is primarily based on han solo. Did han ever use anything other than the DL44 in the movies? No. He was good with his blaster pistol and that was fine.
@roseevans4101 I think the problem here is the "that's fine". You're right, it's fine. But why do we have to settle for fine? Can we not ask for better than fine? It's the perfect opportunity to have a game with all kinds of cool weapons. Han Solo only used a blaster in the movies because of purely practical movie reasons, not for any lore reason. The real answer is that Ubisoft didn't want to.
The skill system in this game reminds me of how Wolfenstein: The New Order did skills. And also how Doom 2016 did weapon masteries. Despite my hang-ups with Ubisoft being allowed to exist, I'm on-board with that kind of skill-progression, even though I do enjoy acquiring skill-points and pumping said points into skills.
I've realized I have a different definition of what an 'open world' game is. I would want to be able to take out my blaster anywhere at any time. The lack of even that one feature, fore me, makes it not an open-world game.
The lack of a character creator isn't that big of a deal for me. But if we do have to play as a set character, how come its another human? when was the last time the main character was a non human by default? Lethal alliance?
To be fair, I'm pretty sure the only other Star wars game with a set to have a non-human main character is Jedi Starfighter. I understand the issue, but it isn't a new one
This is true of basically all games in any sci-fi setting, and it irks me too. I was really hoping that for example Mass Effect: Andromeda would allow us to play as a Salarian or Turian or Asari but nope, yet another human. Seems like the only scifi games where we can play as one of the aliens are multiplayer/MMOs (ME3's multiplayer, Star Trek Online, etc.) or singleplayer but only in formats designed for maximum replayability and lacking any strong story (Star Trek Infinite.) What's weird is fantasy games don't have this problem. BG3, the Divinity games before it, everything in the Elder Scrolls franchise, etc. Or even something like Shadowrun. As long as one of the options is "elves" then they're usually playable, but otherwise we're locked into a human in any game with a strong central story. Extra weird for Star Wars because there are so many species that have been shown to also be part of the bounty hunter profession in that franchise. And it would not have been hard to make subtle adjustments to the dialogue when needed for them. EDIT: And I ESPECIALLY want the ability to play as a Geth! I am so sick and tired of games where the synthetic/machine races are defacto evil and never, ever playable. The idea that an intelligent machine race is fully incapable of being morally good is a dumb f**king idea. On the contrary, they would be morally good by default. Unlike organic races and our constant desire for "more" a machine race, logically, would desire only more electricity, which they could produce ad infinium from stars via solar collectors, or knowledge, which they would gain most efficiently by simply asking for it.
@@austinm5630 as a huge fan of mass effect i do agree being able to play as an alien would be great. But i don;t think you could tell the same story as mass effect if that was an option. It would need some kind of spinoff with its own self contained story.
@@claytopolis For the original trilogy, sure, I agree. But they could've done it with Andromeda I think. All they had to do was swap arks and swap ark captains, basically. So if you played as an Asari, then the Asari ark would be the one that arrives late while the Human one is the one stranded that has to be located and evacuated, etc. Alternatively they could've just made your character be Ryder Senior's protoge, so even though you're not human you're still on the human ark because you're his second. It was doable, is all I'm saying. Shep had to be Shep and especially for the story of the first game, had to be human. (Or at least one of the non-Citadel races.) But Andromeda totally could've featured an alien MC.
While I absolutely do not mind having just a single pistol on the character, I hope we can at least visually customize it. If I could get anything I wanted, I'd love for an entire fleshed out workshop for tinkering with your various bits of kit to optimize them for what you want. For a blaster, this may be the push and pull of overheating, fire rate, recoil, size, charge size, reloading, failure probability, suspicion (ie, more fancy things on your gun makes it more likely that you get questioned by stormtroopers or ambushed by bandits). For a speeder, you could do things like repulsor life height, speed, fuel efficiency, fanciness (same as suspicion for the blaster), weapons (both for the speeder and maybe a spot to store a longer blaster you find in the world), and a bunch of other stuff. Make me feel like I am scavenging and upgrading my gear using only my witt and whatever that guy I just killed had.
The limited carried armory with the ability to pick up enemy weapons and use til they run out of ammo reminds me a lot of the Sniper Elite games, which isn't a bad thing.
for 100 bucks you can access our full game * ....not including half the skins, oh and we will let you carry guns over for an addition 25.99 in a day one DLC. from what you were saying and what I was seeing, this thing plays like a game from 20 years ago. I -wanted- to love this so badly.
@@DarthGardens Because most gamers, like over 80% are guys and we're getting tired of playing games as girls. If it doesn't matter why are so many new IPs female driven? If you wouldn't rather play as Han freaking Solo than this random girl, then I'm going to assume you aren't a Star Wars fan and just another online SJW.
Ubisoft cars in watch dogs have always felt off imo. I think the fact that your in an open field makes them appear slower compared to a crowded city, weaving between cars and surrounded by tall city streets.
Mate, that's only bad if they don't disclose that. By disclosing it they've provided you context for their impressions so you can guage if it influences their impressions. Or you can just not pre-order and wait for impressions at launch making the honesty of this video's impressions moot because it's not going to change whether you buy it or not.
I've seen it multiple times. Multiple EB Games ran out of Arkham City, Arkham Knight, hell even LEGO Force Awakens they ran out of in my city. It happens, not often, but it does happen. Still shouldn't pre-order though. You can just go to a different store if they do run out.
People are defending this game. “Just mediocre” isn’t something we should be ok with from one of the biggest publishers in the world, with one of the biggest IP’s in the world, at full triple A pricing
You’re missing the point. Regardless of who the developer team is, they will always try to polish their preview builds for reviewers, then force the game to release on a specific date, whether it’s ready for release or not. This happens with just about every single AAA studio ever. It’s a cash grab
The ability unlock system is very much like Jedi Survivor.. So is the open world system.. Just isn't what I was expecting. Doesn't feel like a breath of fresh air so to speak.
The AI is so bad. 3:14 Guard looking at an alien creature running up to her and doesn't do anything against it. Alien creature jumps onto it and the guard struggles. Other guard that should have seen this, just stands there while everything happens and doesn't react at all.
I have zero idea why someone has not just copied the same format of GTA (allowing a custom hero to be good or bad that’s endlessly replayable), but with a Star Wars theme using Force Unleashed style Force powers unlocked KOTOR style based on your actions leading you further towards either the Light or Dark Side. Seems like it would be easy money.
You still think they care about money? Disney has more wealth than most nations... when something 'woke' flops, companies get compensation packages. Learn about ESG system.
The reputation system reminds me of another game I played on the Switch. Can’t remember the name off the top of my head [it’s Pine, thank you derleumedia] - the story was something to do with humans on some unstable cliffs trying to find a new home in a world of factions wary of humans. But the reputation system was interesting because as you progressed in the story, it became increasingly harder to maintain friendly relations with more than a single faction. It denied you the typical open world RPG freedom to become everybody’s best friend, but in a way I actually liked that, and even fed into it by instigating a few fights or raids of my own volition.
I am going to briefly comment on the online discussion I've seen re: this event.
The early game preview, at least the one I did, was not paid promotion, nor did Ubisoft have editorial control/veto on the content. They did not review the video beforehand nor would I remove it at their request.
The implication I’ve seen from some is that the NDA limited our criticism. This is untrue, and I think most of the creators talking about this know that - these NDAs generally limits when the video can go live, and segments which cannot be previewed: eg story, WIP menus, etc. If Zack didn't like the game, I would've encouraged him to say so... and given the state of the game the video would've done even better.
As mentioned, I did not attend the event but sent my employee Zack. We discussed his review to ensure that it was fair, and to make sure he highlighted potential technical issues even if the devs said that it’d be fine at launch as I learned from the Jedi Survivor event.
ANYWAY, I messed up as I forgot to disclose Zack got Disney tickets for a dead day. Honest mistake, as I wasn’t the one who benefitted and he was going on the channels behalf - but I ordinarily disclose such and full context is important so that you, as the viewer, can decide how much weight to give the preview.
There is fair criticism here re: potential conflicts of interest during preview events; I find them useful, and the vids are good and popular. I will continue to go if invited; but in the will make sure there is a continued detailing of anything received so you are fully informed
The issue with events like what Ubisoft held is it muddies the waters and makes transparency on possible corruption difficult. Anyone who went to the event cannot be called a journalist.
So he * did * get tickets to Disney. That's the issue here. I'd like to believe you guys are smarter than this and tell ANY company that does this access privilege shit to kick rocks and deny any so called gifts whatsoever. Your integrity and reputation is worth far more than some shitty tickets.
so you were paid in the form of *compensatory* (not monetarily) thou it wasn't directly to you, but it was to someone in your organization, representing your organization and content to be made for your organization, thus ultimately benefiting you. I see your mental gymnastics here trying to distant yourself in not being "paid" ... "no no no, I wasn't paid, it was some guy from my channel that got comepensated" ... but you were paid, there's no other way to spin it.
boooooooo
Cringe
I thought we had something special Eckhart, now you’re telling me you have kids!?
baby don't worrry about them
Child: I want cereal!
Mom: we have special K at home!
Special K at home:
@@EckhartsLadderLmao
@@EckhartsLadder Hahahaha good comeback XD
@@EckhartsLadder😂😂😂
“You need to stealth your way through everything.” Proceeds to show 5 min worth of footage of him failing stealth and shooting his way out of everything.
In all fairness that is the quintessential han solo experience
@@fishpodpizza544 i mean in return of the jedi he did step on a branch during his steal mission.
POV: Me playing black flag XD
Bwahaha! Sounds like something I would teach my teen boys about something needing finesse and not brute strength - then eventually giving up and switching to tools with over-the-top mechanical violence!
That’s what forced stealth in games leads to, blasting your way out if you can because screw stealth
"Don't preorder video games."
The eternal lesson of Totalbiscuit holds true.
RIP.
I miss him, I have half of my game library thanks to his amazing advice.
o7 Totalbiscuit.
The GodFather of Gaming advice. RIP T.B
Obvious he died, but how long ago was that and how did he die? I've seen some of his videos awhile ago.
If you buy the mega special day 1 ultimate addition. You get 3 days early access to the unbugged version. It's only 180.99 dollars, basically a steal.
Gotta give them credit, They're paying extra so that my cheap ass can play it when it's good for 75% off 😂
Ubisoft games usually have very few bugs, so I doubt this game will be different.
@@ApsmneShsbshuummmmm what?
@@ApsmneShsbshu this comment slipped in from an alternate universe where Ubisoft make good games
@@NorthwoodsArsenalI hate when things just suddenly slip in me, like it can really make or break my day depending on what slips in ya know?
"The speeder feels floaty."
Had to chuckle at the wording, but I get what you're saying.
To be honest, it feels like a bit of a checklist for disney star wars: cute small sidekick? check, tatooine? check, takes place during original trilogy? check
Yup. I see ppl saying the world building is great but the whole setting just seems boring to me. Tbh I find the cute side kick thing insulting at this point and even more shit set with the Empire. Better studios have made great games set during this time. I prefer those games. I'd definitely appreciate different settings for sure. There's ton of room for them to come up with stuff. Literally 25,000 years of star wars history lol. But it's not instantly recognizable and they think that'd hurt their profit margin
Lol. You are basically saying the same thing every hater is saying. It's clear you people outsourced your brains to others by now. Many main characters in SW had sidekicks before Disney. But hey, you gotta keep copy pasting the same idio*tic opinions so you can get some easy likes, right?
and also the uglified main character. Just look at how beautiful the actress they hired to model Kay is in real life, then compare to the final product lol
ESG points is the motivation behind it.
@@jatzi1526
But this game did literally what Mandalorian did, why is a issue now
@@randalthor6872
You just then only loser to find the character in the game ugly.
You need a girlfriend dude, you hate on earth would the studio gain for having a “ugly protagonist”
Ubisoft has always had issues with vehicles feeling clunky and unnatural.
Same with 2077, vehicle feels to soapy.
@@Antares-DragonThe Crew Motorfest was made by another studio owned by Ubisoft, Ivory Tower. This one it's made by Massive Entertainment. The past The Crew games were also made by Ivory Tower in collaboration with Ubisoft Reflections.
They did good with that avatar (blue people) game they made like 13 years ago
Yeah i remember hating the way cars drove in Watch Dogs, probably going to be the same way here
Yup, Watch Dogs
I think the speeder problem is a) speed and b) lack of fish-eye effect- it creates that sense of speed
they should have fully embraced the speeders from Book of Boba Fett which made me cringe so hard that I can no longer suspend my disbelief for any Disney Star Wars bar Andor.
@@gavriloking5637the mopeds of star wars
I feel like it looks too synthetic the way she moves side to side while on it, it made it look kind of off to me while I was watching
Look at Warframe to see just how much effects sell speed. Gauss is the speed frame, but he is slower than volt or titiayna. You wouldn’t notice playing because Gauss has the speed effects while the other two don’t.
Parallax can give the impression of speed, as an effect to cheat / use particle effects to hide the glitches.
The floating problem is that it doesn't track with the ground velocity, because the speed doesn't change when rolling or pitching up.down. The collider does not travel on the ground mesh, so you don't get a matching sense of speed when the terrain turns or rolls.
This effect works when it's a parallax heavy game like F-zero or hyper-fast travelling, where you can adjust your acceleration to move, but the roll/lean is jittery and doesn't drift/have momentum. So you notice the disconnect between moving, riding and walking on the terrain. The forward velocity doesn't change as you tilt upwards, so it's more like a toy car on a moving background.
Without that acceleration or pitch/up/down to accelerate, there's no sense of moving in the world, because your forward velocity doesn't change as you go uphill or downhill, or roll to the left/right, or take a leap off a cliff/ramp. This also makes collision feel floaty because the collision box is likely a capsule collider that hits the ground terrain but it's on a separate floating camera rig, not a terrain-joined collider mesh.
From the video the speeder bike looks extremely slow. Compared to the speeders in the movies or series you are just putt putt puttin along.
Yeah Zack talks about that 9 mins in or so.
Well, slow for the movies perhaps, ROTJ for example, but still fucking rapid compared to “series” if we’re thinking Book of Boba Fett…
Also you can steer it quite easily, when both the movies and my experience in Star Wars Battlefront clearly indicate that you're supposed to point yourself in roughly the same direction as your destination, lurch forward at 200 mph, and pray that there aren't any trees in the way, not turn around corners like a common pedestrian.
@@PJB1995 Yeah that shit show from Disney..? Nah this AND that should be shit on for their speed
Yea - I really liked the motorcycle in Cyberpunk because I truly felt like I was about to crash and burn at any second. That's how the speeder should feel too
When they described the game as “open world” I pictured more of a sandbox game. Imagine a Star Wars version of GTA or Cyberpunk.
They went for Red Dead 2, which would have been good, but they are no Rockstar.
Cyberpunk is bad
BRO... it's an ubisoft game. Why do you guys expect them to go off formula? They have the same devs for all these games.
@@thefknscarecrowNot anymore it’s not plays a lot better along with the expansion
I’ll imagine the game they made while I enjoy playing it
Also, good luck with your kids
Cheers
@EckhartsLadder is this game has male character??
@@arifnurabidin2509I’m pretty sure the main character is female
Little Padawans running about everywhere...
@@vovindequasahi Younglings** actually
"travelled to LA" is like a shortened version of "full expense paid, lodging, VIP Disney tour" and not paid. lmao.
he left out the $500 gift basket they gave people on this boondoggle.
Having all of that is for them to say an over all positive review. They don’t want them to say nothing but good things so it doesn’t seem so made up, they let them say bad things so long as they keep the video hopeful so people want to buy the game because their trusted TH-camr told them it’s okay.
im gonna buy it, but after all dlc released and at 75-80% discount.
The Ubisoft classic
Yeah 75-80% discount and on Steam.
And with mods
@@Desolaytore its ubisoft their games are not that mod compatible
Will it run on Steam Deck?
One thing he pointed out was the limited HUD, I will pretty much always give games credit for reducing HUD clutter.
I agree with that 100%
Curious that you think the AI is impressively intelligent and a good fit for stealth. That's the complete opposite of the footage Ubisoft themselves have shown off.
Ubisoft actually putting effort into deep stealth mechanics again would be incredible, but I'll wait for more of a consensus before believing it. Hopefully the trailer footage was just easy mode or something.
yea ik, this completely contradicts what was shown by ubisoft themselves
@@Mlgpug553 skill ups video on the same demo event seems very contrary to this vid. A golden path with little flexibility and systems akin to modern assassins creed, so nothing special
Which tells you these reviews are not to be trusted and to wait for game release.@@existentialselkath1264
@@thesupreme8062 I think it entirely depends upon whether you align with the reviewers perspective on things.
Idk the guy in this videos opinion on other ubisoft games, maybe he thinks assassins creed has good stealth? If I then find someone else who I know is a lot more enthusiastic about splinter cell and they say it's not very good, then it's easy to fill in the gaps and get a better picture for what kinda level it's at.
@@existentialselkath1264 true
Can't wait t get this game in 3 years when it's 15 dollars
You mean 3 months?
😂😂@@loloshitake4594
You can get Ubisoft + for 18$ play a month and unsubscribe then.... because digital games get shutdown or never played again in the future by you right? Or your Kids and their Kids play this game then? ^^ just some thoughts.
Its honestly sad that instead of making a unique character for you to play as “like the commando droid they have in promotional” they just did genderswapped Han solo with a less cool sidekick animal
Creative and brave and shit bro!
@JacopoSkydweller Loser shill for billion dollar Corp lol. The main character is trash. No reason not to let you make a character other than the developers need you to like the weird, ugly character they made so they can pat themselves on the back.
I don’t care that she’s a woman, that is far from the problem… I care that they stripped the chance to design our OWN unique character. I care that we’re stuck with yet another human instead of allowing us to make an alien
@@Luke_SkywaIker My point isn't that it's a woman; it just genderswapped Han solo. It's not unique in any way other than having tits when they have a commando droid in a trench coat which is not only cooler but would make for a amazing stealth game
@@Luke_SkywaIkerHaving a pre-designed Character is not a bad thing, do you think RDD2 or the Witcher would have been better with a character creator ? A game with a fleshed out character with fleshed out motivations is great, just depends on what they actually make.
PROTIP: It is impossible to be unbiased when you take gifts from the people that made what you're supposed to be reviewing. Travel and expenses are gifts...
EDIT: The Society of Professional Journalists literally publish the following in their ethics code: "Refuse gifts, favors, fees, free travel and special treatment, and avoid political and other outside activities that may compromise integrity or impartiality, or may damage credibility."
Damn thats crazy how do you get your info about games before they release?
lmaooo travel and lodging to do a preview is just games journalism, it is in no way "a gift"
You people are so insane and out of touch with reality.
@@PootyBradthey really are, comment section is as toxic that the actmans preview lol
@@PootyBrad Wrong. Journalists do not receive handouts, influencers do. Feel free to attend a journalism ethics class at your local community college.
@@BradGroux this even further cements that you have no fucking clue what you’re talking about, unless you’re freelancing it’s actually very common for lodging and travel to be paid out by external sources or reimbursed after the fact.
Source: my wife is a journalist for an online publication
Looks like another soulless Ubislop concoction
I appreciate the review, but the major issue I have is that you are locked into playing a certain way with Kay Vess. It seems like stealth is the most encouraged, if not the main way of performing missions. I'd rather be able to use whatever play style and mold Kay Vess to fit that role. For example, mod a blaster to have higher damage and equip Kay with some armor padding or something, to suit a more combat-focused play style. They've created this nice world for us to play in but we are limited with who and how we play.
i get what ur saying but tbh id rather have a good refined stealth system then multiple half baked play styles
That's about every open world game ever. There are going to be missions where you can go in guns blazing or play stealthy, and there are going to be missions where it's either or
@@luiscollazo8371 ohshutup
And I want to play a wizard in a WWII shooter, but that's just my exaggerated expectation.
@@luiscollazo8371 that remains to be seen. It is a Ubi game after all
You: "You die very quickly if you're just out in the open"
Videos from everyone up until now: "You can just stand out in the open, you're basically invincible."
Eckhart threw his intern under the bus with this one
Classic dick move
“I was not paid” but received free travel, hotel and Disney land VIP day pass.
You were paid.
Believe it or not this is how all prerelease content is created
@@jaydengraham8303 which is true. But when content creators sign an NDA that limits the criticism of the game, especially on anything these days coming from Disney/Ubisoft, from the publisher; if you sing praises about a product to gin up interest which causes people to purchase the product because they trust your opinion, and it turns into an absolute steaming pile of crap, regardless of what you've done in the past, your reputation is going to suffer greatly because of it. Ubisoft approached Niatoos Dadbeh aka Star Man of Star Wars Theory, and he turned it down because the contract wouldn't allow him to give his honest opinion about the game. He viewed his reputation was more important than getting free hand-outs.
Yup, everything he said is Bias, if u want a review find a smaller youtube channel with no shills
@@RealBadGaming52 Exactly, the ones who don't have access to non-curated video content, have alpha/beta access, etc. What we call the "completely useless" channels who sit and hypothesize what they want to see in game "x" without having any factual, first hand information to back any of their claims up.
They were both very clear about how Ubisoft paid to bring them out, and encouraged people to wait until the game comes out to see if you want to order it. Not sure what else you want.
If it’s the “scoundrels dream game” why are the only people you kill still the empire and gang members. Doesn’t seem like your a scoundrel, seems like a rebel
I will wait until it goes on sale for $9 .. like with all failed Ubisoft titles.
The reason Ubisoft puts the games on sale, is for people like you, who wouldn’t by the game at full price. They make more money with the game on sale, than if they kept it full price.
@ApsmneShsbshu that is a good thing, games this days are absurdly expensive
@@gabriellopesguimaraes3513 cheaper now than 15 years ago.
Star Wars licensing will set a high floor on price for a while imo
Hater lol
Speeder bike looks like it needs some drift to it. When he adjusts the controls you can see it just tweak the steering to the right or left without any sense of momentum. Revising the physics should be something they can do before launch.
"Smart" is definitely not the word I'd use to describe the AI in this game based on all the footage I have seen
He's played the game. You've only seen footage. I think his opinion's probably a little stronger than yours.
@@Jankrip
Dude they said they are not biased
Abraham Lincoln allready said trust everyone on the Internet😂
@@Jankrip If you don't think he's being honest why watch the video?
Did you play it?..
@@Jankripthat’s illegal.
Companies can’t pay people to give better reviews.
3:12 this is so infuriating to watch, how tf do you not get seen or at a bare minimum a guard see the other guard get attacked by an Axolotl 💀
Yeah, I had the same reaction. And not one minute later he tells us about how incredibly smart the AI is. Do I smell a leak from a Ubi gaslight ?
@@TheNefastor hey, a man has to get paid somehow 😭
@@TheNefastor they are paid to say BS like that
I know right, such intelligent and responsive AI. Also amazing how she can knock out enemies with her bare fist... while the enemies are wearing helmets wtf...
This reply thread is really depressing. Did you guys know that there's super powers called the force? Kinda dumb tbh
Thanks for the honest take. I feel even more validated in not even bothering with the game now, I swear Ubisoft can't do anything that's beyond 'mediocre slop'. With the description given here, I feel like it'll just be a *VERY* slight upgrade over their Assassin's Creed games - and I already hate those anyway.
You forgot the quotes around "honest".
Sorry. I just can't completely trust any review that was sponsored in any way. You have interest in Star Wars so this game is important for the channel.
Smart comment.
German channel admitted they needed approval for the preview and had to take it down as it was not approved by mistake.
Wait for the reviews, and if they are positive, make up another excuse for hating on the game!
@@3k3k3 I think IGN preview glazing is enough. Look it up, 4:55 part specifically :)
You can just not watch anything about the game
Ubisoft being Ubisoft. The combat looks like one of those bad arcade shooters at Dave & Busters.
Copy and paste kid
@@WeirwoodNet Yes, it’s sad Ubisoft keeps making the same reskinned copy/paste game year after year, like Assassin’s Creed.
You going to every review to post this comment?
Sure yeah but the world looks great
@@ZachLDB Considering how Valhalla is the best selling AC game, I don't think Ubisoft would take this as an insult.
Tho I expect Shadows to outsell Valhalla.
“Ubisoft didn’t pay me to make this video” but they may have paid me in other ways
Free Disneyland VIP passes perhaps?
Maybe unlimited ice-cream bar?
Gameplay before game is released means you get more views. More views means more ad money. Therefore... getting paid.
Yeah, anytime somebody puts “honest” in the title of their video they’re probably not being honest.
More honest than the strong whamen reviews.
Thanks for the review. I think I'm gonna pass on this game. Nothing grabbed me.
Based on what?
@@achaudhari101this video?
@@achaudhari101 The footage presented to sell the game?
Tbh this vid is more like a 1st impressions than rather an actual review, tho I'll probably skip it as well, I just don't feel like playing these kind of games at the moment, which's sad cuz I have both The Witcher 3 and AC4: Black Flag ready
@@felps_4500 Sounds like an excuse on your end.
Kay radiates NPC energy
Yeah from what I’ve seen Kay has zero personality but I’ll wait till it releases to see more. The lack of character customisation is such a shame.
Feels like a forced "feminist" kind of design. There's lots of games with females as the lead that i found to be awesome, but this feels...off.
@@volpe_sol wait until black samurai comes out
@@volpe_sol Look at the original model. Look at the character model. Repeat this three or four times, probably in disbelief.
@@alexenter1162they have to ensure you play as a female and no one would if they gave you options.
4:27 The gameplay does not support this claim imo, as the AI throughout the video seems rather unaware of their surroundings… mainly the fact enemies barley react to Nix at all, even when he attacks their allies…
The level up system seems actually enjoyable tbh, and resembles that of KCD…
The reputation system also sounds rather enjoyable and in depth compared to what I imagined…
The world building is surprisingly great it seems, and is definitely the biggest draw imo…
The mini games are really cool, and definitely an improvement when compared to other games with similar mechanics…
Ship combat seems alright, nothing impressive yet enough to be entertaining…
The ship combat seems like battlefront 2, which I’m happy with.
I was thinking the ship stuff looked incredibly boring ngl
@@jatzi1526 The ship portion is more like a mini-game, there is no ship customization either (there are upgrades tho) and nah its weaker than bf2 or starwars squadrons.
@@chromesucks5299that's an unfair comparison, Squadrons was designed as an actual space flight combat sim, harkening back to the old X-Wing and TIE Fighter games, and that kind of in-depth, realistic simulation would be completely out of place and extremely jarring in a game like Outlaws
@@Azure_Iolite My intention was to draw comparison so other person can understand that the space section is more of a mini-game than a full on feature.
On a side note in a game like outlaws in 2024 i would have hoped that we would get games where you can 'steal' space ships,
Hell you can even ride enemy speeder bikes in the game.
i found it strange that more and more reviews mention the same "random events", being the betting race and the stole imperial shipment thing.
Right? Wouldn’t surprise me if they were told to say some of these things with the NDA
@@Fr3d0mC0nsum3d the NDA contained nothing of the sort. It simply said to not include any of the WIP menu screens, and to not post anything before the embargo.
@@EckhartsLadder what color lightsaber did they give you
I mean they were all playing the same 4 hours of content
Wouldn't be surprised if the randomizer was rigged for the preview version. Not exactly uncommon
Every time I see this game all I can think is this could've been a Mandalorian game with a character creator.
Personally just looks like AC with a pet.
I'm not a fan of the protagonist, the pet, or the weapon.
Unarmored protag that can fight like a top 1% Mandalorian.
Patience my friend, soon (by which I mean, eventually) the Starfield Modders will deliver us the Mandalorian game our hearts desire.
Please no. Mandalorians have been done to death at this point
Drop the mandalorian cuz tbh they suck and yup I agree with everything else
This 100% sounds like a paid advertisement.
true
they probably have to sign a contract saying they won’t say anything negative or bad about the game, that’s what star wars theory said in his newest vid
@@CriticalTakesSW exactly, as they reached out to him he said that he wants to have the freedom to say whatever and then they backed off :D
Did you watch the video?
and it was despite his gaslighting to the opposite.
i just want to know if the flying and fighting feels fun. I can headcanon or change in my head the story or straight up ignore it if its fun
The space combat is like battlefront 2. So if you liked that, then, You should like this.
@@ApsmneShsbshuyeah but if that's the case, why wouldn't you just play Squadrons?
Yes. You can change or ignore the story. But why should you have to?
The punching looked really stiff though, it got me a bit nervous though.
0:36 for real there's no point to pre-order they don't run out of copies
Video Title: "My honest thoughts"
Video: * Is sponsored *
🤔interesting
How do you think prerelease content works?
This is an interesting one. Not Eck at fault though. The you tube rules require a video to be marked as sponsored even if the only sponsorship was access to a review copy of the game with no strings attached. Now, access to a copy does in itself raise questions (would you get access again if the review is bad?). But regardless I think the problem is the blanket "sponsored" label that covers everything from "I got the game early or wouldn't have been able to review it" right through to "I got paid big money and the company wrote the script to the video". To be fair the exact "payment" (travel etc) was stated in the video.
"sponsored" just means he got to play the game without paying for it. I'm willing to believe nobody got paid to say nice things. It seems to me like you're just a cynic and you're upset that someone is saying something that goes against your preconceived notions of a ubisoft game.
One thing that had me worried was lockpicking. I’m deaf, so for me Atomic Heart was unplayable. Too much of it used audio cues, the background characters aren’t subtitled, lock picking rhythm game was impossible because it required watching the entire screen for the flashes, not just one spot. Hope Star Wars has a gadget with a light on it.
Yeah, he did mention a visual queue is available in the accessibility menu. I can't always play my games with sound or headphones for various reasons and was worried for a minute as well.
You can turn off the lock picking if you want. It’s an option in the settings.
More games need to follow Valve and subtitle sounds, like L4D. I can imagine that's great if you're hard of hearing or deaf - it literally subtitles things like "*Smoker Musical Que*"
Star Wars Explained released their own review literally seconds after this one. Crazy.
Embargo
And scheduled release for noon today
now juicehead aswel
Everyone did, they're allowed to release them only after a certain point
The embargo has a single time and everyone got it scheduled and made sure it didn't accidentally even release a minute earlier than agreed.
All these reviews are interestingly generous towards the game, pretty much universally ignoring and being silent on the glaring flaws.
Its bx the creators were bribed lol
Sounds like someone who watched Asmongold’s video and not this one. Why don’t you give it a try before commenting.😊
@@EckhartsLadder this game is awful and Ubisoft paid you to do damage control
@@EckhartsLadder I watched both AND a bunch of others. I'm as well informed as can be, without having tried the game.
@@EckhartsLadder No, I watched this video and just from captured footage within it I could see several things worth mentioning or calling out had one not taken Disney tickets and intended to be very soft on criticism.
Floaty speeder controls and unspecified technical issues… And both of those criticisms followed up with qualifiers like “but I may just have not gotten the proper upgrades” and “they said the issues were due to this earlier patch that wasn’t the release version”.
Being passive aggressive to a rather generous commenter in your position was an odd move. Much like ‘forgetting’ to mention your representative was given more than simply “paid travel and lodging”. Disappointing. My opinion of you continues to sink.
Zach, did you partake in the plushie, Disney park access, boat tour, dinner ect like the other reported ‘influencers’?
Did your video have to be cleared with the 3rd Party?
Picking up enemy weapons shouldn't feel like or be marketed as an additional feature, I think it should be standard.
Just wait until you have to PAY to do that.
10:20 that’s Ubisoft for you. Beautifully detailed worlds that you do a bunch of some sort of outpost over and over again..
You signed the agreement you cannot talk bad about the game, we know :)) Just wacth Star Wars Theory video about this game and the agreement he was oferred
Enjoy your money :)))
Being a skinny girl running around throwing the worst looking punches ever at fully armored troopers and knocking them out just really takes me out of the game I can’t take it seriously
...but women are just as strong as men. Stop being misogynistic...
@@loremipsum54321 dude you guys are so triggered, you literally cry MORE than woke people, jeez
@matheuszucchi8254 Been seeing it everywhere and I'm usually a tolerant person but this has gone way too far. So I guess bitching on TH-cam comments has become as way to ventilate. lol. But hey, you know me better than I do it seems.
A skinny girl throwing punches at troopers takes you out of the game but dudes manipulating physical objects without touching them is no big deal?
You dudes are so transparent.
Ubisoft games usually drop in value oretty quick, ill be waiting until its cheaper
You're telling me that Jedi Knight Academy has a more extensive weapon catalogue than this game does? There's so many cool weapons in the SW universe, and we're stuck with a blaster?
I mean. Kyle katarn was a trained smuggler who infiltrated the empire. It made sense that he was always switching weapons.
But kay is primarily based on han solo. Did han ever use anything other than the DL44 in the movies? No. He was good with his blaster pistol and that was fine.
@roseevans4101 I think the problem here is the "that's fine". You're right, it's fine. But why do we have to settle for fine? Can we not ask for better than fine? It's the perfect opportunity to have a game with all kinds of cool weapons. Han Solo only used a blaster in the movies because of purely practical movie reasons, not for any lore reason. The real answer is that Ubisoft didn't want to.
@@Lesquidliestone I don't pay $70 for, "it's fine."
Says the AI is really smart but earlier shows a clip of running right up to a female guard and they just don’t react.
The skill system in this game reminds me of how Wolfenstein: The New Order did skills. And also how Doom 2016 did weapon masteries. Despite my hang-ups with Ubisoft being allowed to exist, I'm on-board with that kind of skill-progression, even though I do enjoy acquiring skill-points and pumping said points into skills.
I've realized I have a different definition of what an 'open world' game is. I would want to be able to take out my blaster anywhere at any time. The lack of even that one feature, fore me, makes it not an open-world game.
The lack of a character creator isn't that big of a deal for me. But if we do have to play as a set character, how come its another human? when was the last time the main character was a non human by default? Lethal alliance?
To be fair, I'm pretty sure the only other Star wars game with a set to have a non-human main character is Jedi Starfighter. I understand the issue, but it isn't a new one
This is true of basically all games in any sci-fi setting, and it irks me too. I was really hoping that for example Mass Effect: Andromeda would allow us to play as a Salarian or Turian or Asari but nope, yet another human. Seems like the only scifi games where we can play as one of the aliens are multiplayer/MMOs (ME3's multiplayer, Star Trek Online, etc.) or singleplayer but only in formats designed for maximum replayability and lacking any strong story (Star Trek Infinite.)
What's weird is fantasy games don't have this problem. BG3, the Divinity games before it, everything in the Elder Scrolls franchise, etc. Or even something like Shadowrun. As long as one of the options is "elves" then they're usually playable, but otherwise we're locked into a human in any game with a strong central story.
Extra weird for Star Wars because there are so many species that have been shown to also be part of the bounty hunter profession in that franchise. And it would not have been hard to make subtle adjustments to the dialogue when needed for them.
EDIT: And I ESPECIALLY want the ability to play as a Geth! I am so sick and tired of games where the synthetic/machine races are defacto evil and never, ever playable. The idea that an intelligent machine race is fully incapable of being morally good is a dumb f**king idea. On the contrary, they would be morally good by default. Unlike organic races and our constant desire for "more" a machine race, logically, would desire only more electricity, which they could produce ad infinium from stars via solar collectors, or knowledge, which they would gain most efficiently by simply asking for it.
@@austinm5630 as a huge fan of mass effect i do agree being able to play as an alien would be great. But i don;t think you could tell the same story as mass effect if that was an option. It would need some kind of spinoff with its own self contained story.
@@claytopolis For the original trilogy, sure, I agree. But they could've done it with Andromeda I think.
All they had to do was swap arks and swap ark captains, basically. So if you played as an Asari, then the Asari ark would be the one that arrives late while the Human one is the one stranded that has to be located and evacuated, etc.
Alternatively they could've just made your character be Ryder Senior's protoge, so even though you're not human you're still on the human ark because you're his second.
It was doable, is all I'm saying. Shep had to be Shep and especially for the story of the first game, had to be human. (Or at least one of the non-Citadel races.) But Andromeda totally could've featured an alien MC.
@@austinm5630 the new mass effect game looks to be human too, but it may lead to something else down the line, who knows
While I absolutely do not mind having just a single pistol on the character, I hope we can at least visually customize it. If I could get anything I wanted, I'd love for an entire fleshed out workshop for tinkering with your various bits of kit to optimize them for what you want. For a blaster, this may be the push and pull of overheating, fire rate, recoil, size, charge size, reloading, failure probability, suspicion (ie, more fancy things on your gun makes it more likely that you get questioned by stormtroopers or ambushed by bandits). For a speeder, you could do things like repulsor life height, speed, fuel efficiency, fanciness (same as suspicion for the blaster), weapons (both for the speeder and maybe a spot to store a longer blaster you find in the world), and a bunch of other stuff. Make me feel like I am scavenging and upgrading my gear using only my witt and whatever that guy I just killed had.
The limited carried armory with the ability to pick up enemy weapons and use til they run out of ammo reminds me a lot of the Sniper Elite games, which isn't a bad thing.
You took the bribe didn't you?
Of course he did. He's become a massive shill for Disney Wars.
@@sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462 What the actual fuck is wrong with you people.
@@sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462this game looks like a worse version of starfield which less of everything
@@ClavainRS what the fuck is wrong with you shill
han solo but make it gay, was the goal. like everything else they do
Yep
Gay is when woman.
@@theobell2002 unironically yes
@@theobell2002have you seen what Kathleen Kennedy is doing?
The stealth focus is putting me off, its wither this or dark souls
They paid for your travel , so therefore , they paid you.
Leave it to EA and Disney to make a gender-swapped Han Solo game set during, you guessed it, the original trilogy.
It looks like something from 10 years ago
Exactly my thoughts!
No, it doesn't.
@@RylanStorm your opinion, graphics, animations, AI and gameplay mechanics say otherwise LMAO
Remember we didn’t get Star Wars 1313 so Disney could make this 💀
Not true that game was going to be a big fail from the beginning just look how many devs quit the project and what there saying about it now
@@RorikH Thank you for the article link and yes I agree both Lukas and Disney have there own part to play in 1313s downfall
Character creation was my hope for this game. But as long as the main character isn’t annoying I’m good
Did you also get a free trip to Disneyland?
Not funny
Other hands on previews are calling the AI brain dead, and youre calling them smart and responsive. Great
That’s because he’s a real TH-camr lol
@@goonagun"It isn't I that is wrong, everyone else must be."
“Good ai”
At 5:20 you shoot a guy and the storm trooper near him doesn’t notice
Exactly as he was talking how the blaster set to stun is silent and doesn't alarm enemies.
Strange.
Did he not notice or did he not care?
You mean the trooper shooting him? Whah?
WOW, this is just a straight up lie lol. As soon as he shoots the stormtrooper, the other one turns around and starts shooting at him.
@@mr.funiverse I think he means the one that got oneshot earlier. It's just that his timestamp is a couple seconds late ;p
Someone got briiiiiiibed lol
how did zack like disney world
Did they give yall boat rides and tickets for Disney? I think you should tell everyone wether or not yall took advantage of that
for 100 bucks you can access our full game * ....not including half the skins, oh and we will let you carry guns over for an addition 25.99 in a day one DLC. from what you were saying and what I was seeing, this thing plays like a game from 20 years ago. I -wanted- to love this so badly.
So, how was Disneyland?
It’s not funny
Some got a free Boat tour aswell ^^
Funny you say you didn’t like the speeder, I feel like you drove it the coolest out of all the footage I’ve seen
FINALLY a YT video that covers this demo well. Thank you
You worker defo got paid
Because he had fun playing a game and has a different opinion than you?
Hard pass
Looks like it has potential to be a solid 6 or 7 out of 10. Not great, not terrible.
Who exactly wants to pay 110 for this?
It’s $70
@ApsmneShsbshu Who exactly wants to pay 70 for this?
@@Unknown-hb3id me
@@ApsmneShsbshu Good for you I guess.
@@ApsmneShsbshu i pitty you and you poor investments then
Imagine having the IP and you could actually make a Han Solo game but instead you make a game about an unknown female character. Yeah, makes sense.
It does make sense. Why does it matter the character’s gender? Its a videogame.
@@DarthGardens Because most gamers, like over 80% are guys and we're getting tired of playing games as girls. If it doesn't matter why are so many new IPs female driven? If you wouldn't rather play as Han freaking Solo than this random girl, then I'm going to assume you aren't a Star Wars fan and just another online SJW.
Female?
“One of the other creators” definitely modest pelican
eck in next year:
i am father of 4 kids now
I love a game where there is less of HUD. It just feels more immersive.
Ubisoft cars in watch dogs have always felt off imo. I think the fact that your in an open field makes them appear slower compared to a crowded city, weaving between cars and surrounded by tall city streets.
All these TH-camrs are getting paid off an free trip to make the game sound good. It’s really horrible
Mate, that's only bad if they don't disclose that. By disclosing it they've provided you context for their impressions so you can guage if it influences their impressions.
Or you can just not pre-order and wait for impressions at launch making the honesty of this video's impressions moot because it's not going to change whether you buy it or not.
The games not out yet so how do you know it’s bad😂😂 all these comments and the game hasn’t even dropped. Don’t play it then and go play something
Imagine pre-ordering a game.
I've been gaming since GameStop was Funkoland. Never once have I seen a retailer run out of a game.
I've seen it multiple times. Multiple EB Games ran out of Arkham City, Arkham Knight, hell even LEGO Force Awakens they ran out of in my city. It happens, not often, but it does happen. Still shouldn't pre-order though. You can just go to a different store if they do run out.
I pre ordered Elden Ring 💍
@@Macheakoyou're the problem
@@Macheako Good game, dumb needless thing to be proud of.
@@sofaking1627 I’ll do it again mf
People are defending this game.
“Just mediocre” isn’t something we should be ok with from one of the biggest publishers in the world, with one of the biggest IP’s in the world, at full triple A pricing
7:31 lmao jedi survivor is respawn not ubi
Literally every time he brought up survivor I was like yeah sure it had issues but it isn't even the same company
You’re missing the point. Regardless of who the developer team is, they will always try to polish their preview builds for reviewers, then force the game to release on a specific date, whether it’s ready for release or not. This happens with just about every single AAA studio ever. It’s a cash grab
@@roenomel_6437it doesn’t even have the same issues.
The ability unlock system is very much like Jedi Survivor.. So is the open world system.. Just isn't what I was expecting. Doesn't feel like a breath of fresh air so to speak.
Does it have an interesting story / main mission? I'm less interested in "random" side missions.
The AI is so bad.
3:14 Guard looking at an alien creature running up to her and doesn't do anything against it. Alien creature jumps onto it and the guard struggles. Other guard that should have seen this, just stands there while everything happens and doesn't react at all.
Eck not responding to the Disney trip comments is telling.
He knew exactly what he was doing when he tried to dupe his fanbase
Do what you want cause a pirate is free, You are a pirate!
The shill is strong with this one...
Even when people mean well once they were given a free flight and developer interview, they are both unwilling and scared to say "it's trash!"
Translation: "Stop enjoying things I didn't even play yet decided to hate for no reason."
@@theobell2002 People have lots of reasons. Good ones.
@@theobell2002 Feel free to enjoy your substandard, purple hair Ubislop.
@@theobell2002 Don't worry, Timmy. You can still pre-order the game yourself. You *are* pre-ordering the game, right?
I have zero idea why someone has not just copied the same format of GTA (allowing a custom hero to be good or bad that’s endlessly replayable), but with a Star Wars theme using Force Unleashed style Force powers unlocked KOTOR style based on your actions leading you further towards either the Light or Dark Side.
Seems like it would be easy money.
You still think they care about money? Disney has more wealth than most nations... when something 'woke' flops, companies get compensation packages. Learn about ESG system.
The reputation system reminds me of another game I played on the Switch. Can’t remember the name off the top of my head [it’s Pine, thank you derleumedia] - the story was something to do with humans on some unstable cliffs trying to find a new home in a world of factions wary of humans. But the reputation system was interesting because as you progressed in the story, it became increasingly harder to maintain friendly relations with more than a single faction. It denied you the typical open world RPG freedom to become everybody’s best friend, but in a way I actually liked that, and even fed into it by instigating a few fights or raids of my own volition.
Pine
50kg Mike Tyson knocking storm troopers KO despite their helmets. I'd call that a superpower.
6:55 What kinda cartoony ahh bonk was that
Ubisoft and Outposts in the same sentence? Who would’ve seen that coming….
a game that has no bugs does not exist