The release of Star Wars Outlaws was rocky and opinions divide. Some are satisfied with the game, while others are not. A hater has now targeted a player via PS5.
Why is Star Wars Outlaws under criticism? Star Wars Outlaws was developed and published by Ubisoft and Lucasfilm Games. That alone is already a red flag for some players. Many gamers have had bad experiences with Ubisoft lately, especially around the game ‘The Crew’.
A particular outrage spread among the players of Star Wars Outlaws when it became known that people who had started playing on PlayStation 5 before the release lost their entire progress with a new update at release.
The game itself is not bad at all. It has a solid story and good gameplay, at least according to GameStar, GamePro, and Metacritic.
To get your own little impression of Star Wars Outlaws, check out our video:
“I was just playing and got this random message from this guy”
What message did the player receive? “I was just playing and got this random message from this guy,” titles the post by u/Tomrodders in the Star Wars Outlaws subreddit. The message itself was: “How does it feel to waste your money on a broken game?”
The user clearly meant the game Star Wars Outlaws, which Tomrodders was currently playing.
He stated that he had never spoken to this guy before and did not even know who he was, Tomrodders writes on reddit.
Hater messages are not unusual. When you express your opinion online, it always attracts other people who feel the need to negate that opinion.
However, for someone to go so far in their frustration over a game as to contact a completely stranger via the messaging function of the PS5 is new. There must be a particular animosity against Star Wars Outlaws for such extreme cases to arise.
Discussion about Star Wars Outlaws has little to do with the game itself
Why is the aversion to Star Wars Outlaws so strong? On one hand, the game is criticized because it is from Ubisoft. Some people cannot overlook which publisher is behind the game and do not give Star Wars Outlaws a chance to show what it can do.
Furthermore, the model of the protagonist Kay Vess is condemned for allegedly not being pretty enough. It is a similar debate as it was back then about Aloy in Horizon Forbidden West.
Overall, it seems that valid criticism quickly combines with senseless hate, preventing Star Wars Outlaws from being given the chance to actually prove itself or be judged outside of its circumstances.
Whether Star Wars Outlaws is for you is something only you can know, as the discussion about the game no longer really revolves around the game itself. Anyone who is an avid Star Wars fan or has no high expectations for a game will also have fun with this game. Star Wars Outlaws definitely offers you a long playtime.
