“I feel like a tourist!”: Star Wars Outlaws Players Are Paying In-Game Homage to the Iconic Films in the Best Way
Star Wars Outlaws features plenty of familiar locations that fans of the franchise are falling in love with all over again.
- The exploration in Star Wars Outlaws gets enhanced through its excellent Photo Mode.
- Developer Massive Entertainment has included numerous iconic locations from all across the Star Wars franchise.
- Among the five planets that players can explore, Tatooine is proving to be a nostalgic highlight.
Although Star Wars Outlaws is not the most perfect video game based on the iconic franchise, Ubisoft’s efforts to make the very first open-world title in the series have not been going unnoticed by the fanbase due to the kind of attention to detail that the publisher and Massive Entertainment have managed to achieve.
Launched just a few days ago, players have been exploring plenty of signature locations that are instantly recognizable from the beloved films, which is testament to how deeply the developer actually cared about the lore and providing the ultimate Star Wars experience to even the franchise’s long-term fans.
One such aspect that has been standing out as a highlight is how wonderfully created the environments in the game are, and the Photo Mode is providing players with the opportunity to feel like they are on an intergalactic tour through the history of the long-running franchise.
One Does Not Simply Visit Tatooine Without Taking Spectacular Pictures in Star Wars Outlaws
Perhaps the biggest strength of Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft’s take on the Star Wars universe is its ability to make its vast open world feel extremely lively and happening, with tons of activities to take part in and plenty of areas to explore.
But Star Wars Outlaws would not have been a complete experience for the fanbase if it did not feature the desert planet Tatooine in all its glory, considering that the location has been a major presence in the franchise even before the very first film was released decades ago.
Serving as the base for everything that happens later on in the movies and even the television and animated series, the planet is the original home of Luke Skywalker and other iconic characters, which made it a natural addition to Outlaws‘ various offerings.
Of course, one does not simply get to visit Tatooine and its numerous signature locations without taking out their in-game cameras and using Outlaws‘ Photo Mode to its highest potential, resulting in a player trying to recreate famous shots from the films in Ubisoft’s latest adventure.
From the real-life Hotel Sidi Driss from the popular Lars homestead sequences to the desert planet’s two moons that graced the opening scene of the 1977 film, the recreations look absolutely spot-on, earning Ubisoft a lot of goodwill from the Star Wars fanbase who has always wanted to stop by its favorite locations.
Despite Being Overused in Star Wars Media, the Desert Planet Gets a New Life in Ubisoft’s Game
The number of times that Tatooine has been used in the Star Wars universe has become a glaring issue among the franchise’s fanbase, which has been featured in various forms of media more than ten times at this point.
But somehow, Massive Entertainment has presented the desert planet in a way that it even stands out among the five different planets that Outlaws features for its players, resulting in the community appreciating its inclusion despite it being overused through the decades.
Although players were a bit skeptical about Tatooine being added to yet another title before Ubisoft launched its open-world video game, their perception has quickly changed after its release, making them truly feel like they are living out the Star Wars fantasies they have always wanted to.
While Star Wars Outlaws may be suffering from plenty of issues on the technical side of things, it is becoming increasingly hard for the fanbase to deny the kind of immersion that comes with its legacy locations and characters that not only feel familiar but also quite fresh in Massive’s latest effort.
