Star Wars’s – next big game (Ubisoft’s Star Wars Outlaws) gives you some extra elements which consequently increases the pressure.
In their latest news article, the creators of Star Wars Outlaws revealed some interesting facts about the plot of the game itself and the influence this element of reputations will have on players’ interactions with the various groups and gangs of the Star Wars universe. One of the ideas is to show us the way to do that for war’s fans who can dream a life like that in the saga.
Reputation system and diplomatic capabilities for Star Wars Outlaws.
In an interview published at GameInformer, Alice Rendell, senior narrative systems designer, and Matthieu Delisle, lead systems designer elaborated the key priority of reputation system which is a player experience. Delisle, on the other hand, felt that this system focused on tales around the dishonest characters. Here the story offers different choices and consequences.
To start off, we wanted to tell the story about a scoundrel,” Delisle said. Being demonstrative about the player decision and consequences in the game, the NOC was to use the character’s fame and reputation as interaction points exclusively for a player.
The lead character, Kayne, is a criminal, reckless, who by and by takes care of different factions of the Star Wars universe. Render ret kicked the mechanic bucket which is devoted to the reputation system. Raditdoesn’t give the priest allegiance or loyalty, Kay just use the factions as a tools to combat each other.
The players are given a possibility to leverage their reputation at the expense of their selfish interests like fail so as to gather more money. An example provided by Rendell illustrates this dynamic: Kay might be given assignments which demand her to approach a faction and steal an item or alternatively she may be able to openly entrance the faction and take the item.
The faction-based governance allows players to live on the faction territories, and the players must avoid staying on bad reputation places for too long. By acquiring this space-specific management, there is now an added layer to the game strategy that entails to play smart, calculating the gains and losses based on their reputation.