Subj : Ghost of Tsushima was the "biggest reference" for Star Wars Outla
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Aug 01 2024 10:45:05

Ghost of Tsushima was the "biggest reference" for Star Wars Outlaws, says 
director

Date:
Thu, 01 Aug 2024 09:39:59 +0000

Description:
Star Wars Outlaws is inspired by many open world games, according to game 
director Julian Gerighty.

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 Star Wars Outlaws is inspired by many open world games, according to game 
director Julian Gerighty. 

In a recent interview with GamesRadar , Gerighty revealed that he was 
influenced by several popular role-playing games (RPGs) when creating the 
upcoming Star Wars game. 

According to the director, Assassin's Creed Odyssey is one of his favorite 
Assassin's Creed games and was used as a reference point for creating the 
large zones in Outlaws , which he has previously said are roughly the same 
size as three Odyssey zones combined . 

Gerighty said it was the "freedom of approach in a very large environment - 
with traversal [and] curiosity at its heart, with RPG light mechanics" that 
he loved so much about the game and that there were Odyssey developers he 
would call to for pointers on Outlaws . 

Just how George Lucas used Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's filmography as 
a source of inspiration when creating Star Wars , Gerighty explained that 
Sucker Punch Studios' 2020 samurai RPG, Ghost of Tsushima , was his "biggest 
reference" when creating his open world game, as well as Red Dead Redemption 
.. 

"It's super interesting because my biggest reference was Ghost of Tsushima , 
which is more on the Kurosawa side of inspiration than the Western, the John 
Ford side of the inspiration for George Lucas," Gerighty also told GamesRadar 
.. 

" Red Dead Redemption is phenomenal, [because it treats] the world as a world 
- not as a checklist of activities that are repeated often. But I think that 
Ghost of Tsushima , what I loved about it was this purity of having a player 
fantasy and really leaning into it. This is the story, the world, the 
character, everything fits together with the gameplay guiding everything. 
That's the fantasy of 'you are a samurai ninja in Japan.' That was one of the 
guiding lights for this." 

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/consoles-pc/ghost-of-tsushima-was-the-biggest
-reference-for-star-wars-outlaws-says-director


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