Any Richau, writing at StarWars.com, shares some tips and tricks for Star Wars Outlaws, especially for those who have not played open world games before, or for those new to gaming.
Controls
Star Wars Outlaws starts players with a variety of controls set to a default position in the Settings section — but I’d encourage everyone to take a peek inside before starting the game. Inside Settings you’ll find options for Gameplay, Cognitive, Color, Vision, and Hearing for all types of accessibility and player preference needs, including changing colors for color-blind players, turning on text to speech, and increasing the size of the subtitles.
If you need less (or more) of a challenge, the Gameplay Experience controls are your best bet to improve your playthrough. Here you can choose “Story,” as well as “Regular” or “Hard” for things like Player Health and Enemy Difficulty. If you find that the parts of the game that involve lock picking, slicing, or piloting your ship are frustrating, this is the place you’ll also find options to make those parts easier.
The choices you make here are changeable at any time so gamers can mix things up throughout their gameplay.
Don’t get caught
Like Han Solo, Kay Vess is a scoundrel. Frequently in need of credits, often in trouble with criminal syndicates. While exploring several different locations including Canto Bight, Akiva, Kijimi, Tatooine, and a new moon created for the game, Toshara, Vess frequently must sneak in and out of heavily guarded areas. Outnumbered and outgunned, Kay’s best course of action in many missions is to stay out of sight as much as possible.
Confession time. I usually avoid stealth in games. I am more of a run into the room with guns blazing — I’ll crouch for a bit, if I must — type of player. But since stealth missions make perfect sense in Outlaws and I was excited to discover Kay’s story, I quickly found a few ways I could up my stealth game to make sure Kay didn’t leave missions empty-handed.
“Patience You Must Have”
When Yoda is right, he’s right. Patience is your best friend during stealth missions and it can save you time. Stop. Crouch behind something. Look around. Look around again. Make a plan before you move. In an Imperial compound, you need to keep an eye out for stormtroopers, Imperial officers, patrolling probe droids, and security cameras. Before you start blasting in all directions (this is hard, I know) try to sneak up behind a stormtrooper to take them down or stun them with your blaster to stop them from calling for backup.
Luckily you are not on your own. As you track which adversaries are staying still and which ones walk a regular path, don’t forget to use your best ally in the game. That’s right, Nix. Nix can let you know where people are in rooms and he can distract or attack them to help you move around undetected. Nix can also sabotage equipment, turn off alarms, and fetch helpful items. Note: if you see someone with an alarm icon above their head, they are about to rat you out! Prioritize taking them down.
Keep in mind there are usually multiple entry points into large compounds and you don’t have to barge your way through the front entrance. In many missions Kay’s dialogue can help guide you as well. If you’re feeling stuck sneaking into a Crimson Dawn or Pyke Base, consider taking on a side mission to up your reputation with that group. Once your reputation crosses into the “Good” category, you can walk right into some places you previously had to sneak through. But be warned: if your reputation falls into the “Terrible” category, that syndicate will hunt you down. (I, uh, know this from experience. And don’t get me started about death troopers.)
Read more at StarWars.com. Star Wars Outlaws launches on August 30th on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC and is available for preorder now. Alternatively, play now with the Gold Edition or Ultimate Edition, or with a Ubisoft+ Premium subscription — happy gaming!
