In recent months, the controversy over the yellow paint in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has sparked numerous debates about the excessive help that modern video games tend to give users to continue their adventure. Even in Star Wars Outlaws there will be the ‘yellow paint’, but with an important detail.
Playing the new Star Wars-themed open world in Explorer mode allows you to disable any type of on-screen help in the form of colors aimed at directing us towards the right path, thus guaranteeing players total immersion and the freedom to independently discover how to proceed along the scenarios or a mission. With this move, Ubisoft therefore leaves it up to users to decide how to experience their adventure in the shoes of Kay Vess, with help or completely independently, thus trying to nip in the bud any controversies that have involved games such as Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and even before that Resident Evil 4 Remake with its “yellow stairs”.
In addition to the lack of color-coded cues, Star Wars Outlaws’ Exploration mode will leave players to figure out how to proceed with the mission and which objects or NPCs to interact with to progress, rather than relying too heavily on minimaps and markers to ensure maximum immersion and engagement.
Finally, let’s find out how the Reputation system works in Star Wars Outlaws, one of the main elements of its gameplay.
