This is What Star Wars Outlaws is Like to Play If You're Bad At It

Ubisoft's new open world Star Wars game Star Wars: Outlaws has plenty of hype, but what's it actually like to play? Watch on as Mike presents his Star Wars Outlaws gameplay from a recent preview event, featuring the game's faction system, as well as some open world exploration and combat. Stick around for Andy reacting to Mike's particular brand of stealth. Subscribe for more like this from Outside Xbox!
Star Wars Outlaws is out on release date 30 August 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, and Microsoft Windows.
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[@BatteryBee]

I feel like Mike should start a consultancy where he exclusively stress-tests games with stealth mechanics 😁

[@soulreapermagnum]

one day "it passed the full mike test" will be a badge of honor for game quality assurance.

[@Some_Guy_On_YouTube]

“The stealth’s gone badly…” - Mike Surprising no one!

[@quinncamargo]

You cant make everyone happy, might as well make every angry- mike A guide how to play this game.😂😂😂

[@PatrickLongblkwhtrbbt]

Ubisoft's design philosophy

[@gamepassghost]

Can’t wait to see Verrick pull out a bowcaster called Blanka.

[@causewhynot6485]

Chew bianka.... I'm sorry

[@jacg.6757]

@@causewhynot6485 never apologize again

[@ka-mai]

Bienka!

[@EonStormcrow]

I understood that reference.

[@JachAnen]

Past Mike healing when Andy said he should makes me think Mike has an inner Andy voice

[@carlthejedi]

It's all gone a bit Mike 😂

[@katfromthekong414]

Andy's staunch scepticism in Mike's gaming ability is unreasonably funny! Salty Andy is best Andy! 😂😂

[@Michael_Lindell]

5:07 Don't judge Mike, he's just very thorough. Now we know there's fall damage!

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

Since when did Ubisoft games not have that? I think you can negate fall damage in Odyssey but I think that ability needs to be unlocked.

[@whatwelearned]

"So it's gone wrong again" Mike, in a nutshell @10:00

[@bdsyndicate]

8:06 Boardrooms of Canada, that famous Scottish duo creating corporate downtempo electronic music for multinationals.

[@Frogglin]

I love watching Mike play games, you can't give the man a bomb and not expect some joyful chaos.

[@martinwettig8212]

I don't know about the actual game quality, but that windy spot at 4:15 with the foliage wiggling and their hair flowing in the breeze is really well done. Whatever the take is on the Ubisoft game mechanics, nobody builds atmospheric open worlds as well as they do.

[@MumrikDK]

Incredibly soft tree trunk.

[@1LegendaryNinja]

You make a good point. Everyone can complain all they want but ignore some great mechanics and technological leaps in game design.

[@martinwettig8212]

@@MumrikDK Your mom is incredibly soft.

[@MrSquark]

That 'easy' stealth approach went a bit Mike, rather quickly

[@alejandroquezada5700]

It's 140$ plus battle pass to be able to play this masterpeice guys

[@Laarye]

My friend told me that during their demo, they were in a blaster fight, and accidentally left cover but the guys shooting didn't track, so they just walked back out of cover and did the spin on the spot dance and for like 20 seconds the AI still fired at the cover before finally turning and trying to hit the character, but then my friend just stopped moving and still wasn't getting hit... the was 'politely' asked to leave 'so others could try'. Not allowed to get too good a look at the broken jank apparently...

[@marhawkman303]

yeah, heard it has... a lot of issues.

[@adiemuller5422]

"You can't make everyone happy, so you might as well make everyone angry"

[@DrakeAurum]

Classic Mike stealth play.

[@MrDalevich]

Yay a new Star Wars game. I'm in. Can't wait to play it....I wonder who made it, I'll just have a quick lo...oh...oh no.....Ubisoft. So that'll be a storefront with a game attached. I'm back out again. Sorry, it may well be good I don't want the first thing I see when I load up a game is upselling.

[@Apollo-it8ml]

Disney retconed the name of the music, now it's "Jatz"

[@AlanSmithee-r3t]

Me: This alarm sounds like a Prodigy song. *10 seconds later* Mike: Smashed my shins up 😬

[@hiatusinc]

Why do i get "mum is still angry at dad cause of GTA Online shenanigans" vibes from Andy?

[@layzboi8908]

I fail to see the problem here, this is normal Mike gameplay 😂

[@digitalanalogue5155]

I didn't believe even for a second that this stealth mission would go well for Mike

[@TheYorkRose]

"We have put multiple types of open world racing into our game, which KZbinrs shall we get for authentic gaming open beta testing?" "Let's get Mike, as he has always immediately abandoned the main plot for any racing even if it's not supposed to be in the game" "Yes, he certainly won't ignore all the racing side quest options" 😁

[@marhawkman303]

Bold of you to assume those worked in this early access demo :p

[@sindrisuncatcher653]

every time I see a dramatic cliff that you're not allowed to take the quick way down without dying, I think this game needs a hang glider.

[@aylith663320]

This is so my play style, go in with the best intentions of stealth and failing miserably. Good to know it's an option.

[@RavenZahadoom]

Did you guys also get taken on the VIP Disneyland tour? People are starting to think Ubisoft is buying KZbinrs to give favourable takes on the game.

[@JoshB100]

13:12 “is Nyx short for Richard Nixon?” 😂😂😭

[@guilherme-not]

13:45 that ps2 explosion tho 🤐

[@johannord4778]

What ps2 game had such sharp explosions?

[@spiffymarc]

This seems to be the next game everyone’s queued up to hate but it looks perfectly serviceable as an open world Star Wars game. I think fans of this kind of game aren’t particularly vocal online and would probably be surprised to learn that “everyone” “hates” it.

[@SimonBuchanNz]

"Everyone" hated Avatar too, but while it's a completely nonsense story and mechanically broken, it's great fun. I expect this to be pretty similar, even if you're not a 12 foot shotgun ninja.

[@chriswest6988]

I find that as long as you only play every fourth or so stereotypical Ubisoft game, they become fun with some notable flaws rather than being offensively generic and bloated.

[@mikejett2733]

I like star wars outlaws ill get it when its on sale for a doller at a goodwill i was gona buy at gamestop but gamestop wil be gone when that happens😢

[@Michael_Lindell]

I love Hutt thugs... with Mustafar and Kestis.

[@kendoyle]

That didn't take long to go full Mike!

[@scorpix96]

Canadian studio devs are being introduced to the concept of all going a bit Mike

[@rjbishop6128]

Plant a bomb?!? Old Ben Kenobi shakes his head, pulls his hood back up, and walks off...

[@rjbishop6128]

I'm also imagining the person who gave you the job watching from the cliff thinking 'wtf?'....

[@MikesPortugal-zm4oy]

I see Verrick is at it again, can't wait to see Zhu Li doing the thing!

[@JoshB100]

8:37 been watching y’all since Watch Dogs days, I love how y’all joke around & push the games to the limits & get real creative with it 😂 they’re made to be enjoyed this way!

[@Rubrickety]

That's a damn fine Michael Caine impression!

[@josephlinardon3540]

5:58 ha, a "root" in!

[@landonewts]

This game looks fun. And Nix looks like a cool companion. I call Nix the little axolotl dog.

[@dbadilotti]

Han Solo sees Mike's game play and even he thinks "Well that's a bit much"

[@beejay2525]

It’s windy everywhere, except on the pc’s head

[@Ich3Oh]

So windy, that tree towards the end, was going through it'sself!

[@trusarmor4957]

Blues Travelers, Rolling Stones, Jiz Wailers ...

[@javierper3z]

I had a blast with Fenyx Rising, so I just want this to look good and not to be 100 hr long and I’ll peobably have fun with it.

[@Elriuhilu]

Yeah, it needs to be at least 150 hours long to justify the price.

[@SimonBuchanNz]

You'll get one of those... I can't wait to find out which!

[@TheYorkRose]

Nien Nunb is the name of one particular Sullustan. Am I helping? 😂

[@chriswest6988]

Oh no, this runs my otherwise flawless fanfic where a Nien Nunn gets bit by a Dracula.

[@echonovadesign]

BUDGET?! I exclaim, spitting out a mouthful of Wheat Crunchies.

[@Rayne_Supreme]

I JUST platinumed Ghost of Tsushima this week and it looks like I know where I'm going next.

[@skipdonaghue9451]

Strugglin to hold back the tidal wave of adjectives to describe that! Cheers lads!

[@sergentboucherie]

This needs a 3 ways to play series

[@pjsell]

Trying to be optimistic…hoping this game lives up to moderate expectations. Even if it is horrible, I will eagerly await the Oxbox playthroughs for the excellent sarcastic humor

[@pjsell]

For example: “maybe he went out for a morning jog…with his gun!?!”

[@gsesquire3441]

I think full playthroughs might be kinda donezo. When was the last one? Deadspace remake?

[@natecunha2795]

I had a bad feeling the moment I realized Mike was doing a stealth mission, and I was NOT disappointed by the outcome.

[@Grant-TR]

I swear all Ubisoft games are the same. From recent memory. "Ah Avatar but Far Cry", now its "Ah Star Wars but Far Cry".

[@MrUkraider]

Great entertainment all round, especially from Andy and Mike, with his different style of play than you would expect, to Andys great annoyance, but it made it all the more entertaining and engaging to watch.

[@xstarsystemsx]

Monda's voice actor sounds very familiar.

[@TediousUnicorn]

This game looks like its just a Red Dead mod so far.

[@sick0832]

Does Verrick have a sidekick fiance called Julie? and btw - what happened to the audio quality? Wrong mic? (It was definitely the real Mike playing though)

[@marcusrobinson-johnson]

Zhu Li, do the thing.

[@YourD83]

A button that shows what you can interact with? They should put that in Hitman!

[@lowkeysykes309]

Mic quality seems . . . weird ?

[@vinpf]

Andy's enthusiasm is intoxicating

[@kryw10]

Andy, I really *do* like knowing I can mess up the stealth and still make solutions happen. It is good information for me. 😂

[@adiemuller5422]

I liked 5:57 taking a "root" in

[@BastiaenAssassin]

"Just a guy out for a morning jog with his gun" was quite relatable, but I don't think it was meant to be.

[@FoNgThOnG]

Seems fun but I'm not giving Ubisoft anymore of my money. I'll wait till it hits GamePass a few months down the line lol

[@NicoleTheDodo]

Will likely not hit gamepass since Ubisoft has it's own thing going (can't remember the name of it)

[@Onimusashi85]

"Ubisoft.... You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."

[@torgranael]

Ubisoft, EA, and Square Enix walk into a bar. Walking out now costs $3.50 plus tax.

[@NameRealperson]

EA is more of a colony of scum and villainy. Square Enix is sort of a nest

[@algarcia689]

“Welcome to show of the week”?? Please??

[@lozzimusprime]

Now I want this game, a Nix plushie and a bag of Wheat Crunchies! They were top tier crisp!

[@andrewdrakehallfr5406]

nothing says f*ck youtube like resuming a video. Open the video, get one/two ads. Video starts where you left off, one/two MORE ads.....

[@zacharysmith4856]

I wouldn’t say you played poorly. I’d say you played creatively. 🙂

[@timhutchinson8485]

Nix is basically a furry axolotl. Not sure how I feel about that.

[@MrMightyZ]

Yarael the Jedi loves music. But I do too so, fair play.

[@mikehudson5781]

Wheat crunches! Does anyone remember Smiths Tubes?

[@torgranael]

I vaguely remember seeing Toobs. Never had them myself.

[@luthiennenharma]

This area is hostile area, the Huts are probably hostile area... so basically, everything the light touches is hostile area, even that shadowy place over there!

[@startthebengine]

Great Quick Look at this game, guys. Hopefully Ubisoft shows you guys the fun parts of it later!

[@TheRondog19871]

I live for andy narating small animals lol

[@BitBanger41]

This is hitman all over again. I'm pumped for some 3 ways to play!

[@carriefrazier1809]

Daruda Diner: where the jukebox only plays one song

[@mcc1719]

So obviously we need a "Lets play Stealth optional" series. Pretty please? Just live stream the boring bits like resource collection. Still gonna be fun content.

[@fermioff]

Use of "Verrick" probably not an IP/TM infringement case, but it's distracting lol They'll get the C&D when his blaster's name is "Bee-yanka"

[@VonBlade]

All hail the void. We'll miss you old friend.

[@goldie819]

I don't play videogames but like being mad at them, especially when some rando influencer says I should be mad at them, which is why I really appreciate the KZbin comments section

[@ladygrndr9424]

That the stealth mechanics are REALLY annoying in this game is the biggest piece of feedback I have heard from everyone given early access. And that is really important feedback for the developers. I hope they take it on board and adjust it before launch.

[@youngrootv]

That’s actually insane. That’s like not watching a movie and thinking you can review it or say anything about it.

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

Cool well if you played videogames you’d know that this games has loads of problems from just watching the gameplay and hearing early access reviews criticisms. Like gawdawful graphics and facial animations, horrible stealth mechanics, the fact that when the character does takedowns the guards guns will hover in mid air, the fact you headshot people in the face yet they don’t die however you can just backhand a stormtrooper in full armor and he immediately falls to the ground. But again you wouldn’t recognize all these faults since you don’t play video games and just troll the comments

[@goldie819]

Ah so you watched the rando influencer too, glad we all have our talking points coordinated. It's important to jump on terminally online bandwagons to feel like we're a part of something important

[@Icam_here]

i think we all know by now no game is Mike proof, nice to see how Mike got away with it this time and i look forward to failing to replicate it

[@Kalah_]

Yes, stream more of this, please. :)

[@renba3242]

Did you go to Disney land lately by any chance?

[@catlover7466]

Andy's strict boss genes

[@merissaj4518]

I'd love a 'Three ways to play' Outlaws.

[@Daktangle]

Not keen on the J.J. Abrams lens flare, but otherwise it looks beautiful. Shame it's Ubisoft.

[@SantoAtheos]

Andy of all people gets this demonetized in 48 secs 😮

[@DrBrangar]

What, Jizz wailing is a noble profession in star wars, and who could forget Max Rebo and his Galactic Jizz Wailers, or their shootout with Figran Dan and the Modal Nodes?

[@stevediament1448]

Mike: I am inevitable

[@DJ-hb6qu]

Looks nice for now . Is it like fallout is there a lot of side quest and different weapons

[@drpuffington_]

So excited for this game

[@icollectstories5702]

So you'd make a good Han -- as long as you shoot first.

[@andreasm.37]

Left a like bc I'm following you guys for years and you're great. This game however is not.

[@merepseu]

Star Wars Episode IV: A Bit Mike.

[@Juggtacula]

I think stealth makes Mike physically ill.

[@nolanhewitt2563]

I'm getting the game not letting anyone influence my choices

[@soulreapermagnum]

good for you. i'm the same, i get what i want to get regardless of what everyone else thinks about it and always have a blast plying the game.

[@TheJakeJackson]

That's right, don't let anyone except the marketing department at the billion dollar gaming company tell you what to do! 😁

[@csababenko6308]

You should do a 3 ways to play video with this Game. :D

[@aikan7457]

I have grown weary of the Ubisoft open-world outpost gimmick. It's in all their games, making them feel like reskins instead of notable IP's.

[@Zoso14892]

It's only been in the games for (almost) 20 years. Plenty milking left for them. Ubisoft continually get so close to making a great game, but instead of taking a chance with something new, they stick to the same formula. I'm not overly interested in the game, but I hope I'm wrong!

[@Nijonibi]

Dont know if I wanna get this. not after the Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora DLC broke the game, been almost a month and still havent heard back from support.

[@Becktastic01]

This looks fun! I never did gel with the whole force side of things, rogue is more my style. Btw Nix does not look like a facehugger, it looks like a salamander!

[@marhawkman303]

I was thinking a Puppetmaster from that old sci-fi movie Puppetmasters.

[@Simalf13]

well i think NIx is cute

[@theomnitorium7476]

Was this episode filmed on a toaster? 😅