Following this week’s Star Wars Outlaws replace that pressured some early entry gamers to restart the sport, Ubisoft has supplied a make-good: an in-game trinket and some loyalty factors.
Within the wake of releasing Star Wars Outlaws patch 1.000.002, Ubisoft warned PlayStation 5 gamers that they may have encountered points with their present save in the event that they had been taking part in on the older model of the sport. The answer: begin a new save.
Right here’s Ubisoft’s preliminary message:
To greatest expertise the Outer Rim, we rolled out a upkeep to ensure everyone seems to be taking part in the newest model of the sport. As one of many gamers affected who had entry to an older model of the sport, we’re conscious you is perhaps encountering some points after this current patch. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this will likely have triggered…When you’ve confirmed you will have the newest model, please begin a new save to absolutely take pleasure in Star Wars Outlaws as our staff supposed. For those who proceed on a prior save you’ll sadly face points and development blockers.
Players complained that they had been pressured into dropping hours of progress via no fault of their very own, a loss made all the more severe by the truth that it occurred throughout Star Wars Outlaws’ early entry interval, which was reserved for many who paid greater than $100 for the Gold Version.
Now, Ubisoft has supplied a make-good to affected gamers: an in-game Trailblazer trinket and 100 Ubisoft Join Models. These items are Ubisoft Join loyalty factors, which can be utilized on in-game rewards and Ubisoft Retailer reductions.
Right here’s Ubisoft’s newest message, despatched to affected gamers through e mail:
We’re following up on the earlier e mail we despatched you concerning “Points with an outdated model on PlayStation 5”.
We absolutely acknowledge that asking you to begin a new recreation shouldn’t be the perfect expertise, particularly throughout the early entry interval, and for that we apologize.
To make your return to the Outer Rim a little extra particular, we’re granting you an in-game Trailblazer trinket in addition to 100 Ubisoft Join Models (to redeem for in-game rewards, for instance). We’re actively engaged on including the Ubisoft Join Models to your account so you should use these as quickly as doable, and you possibly can acquire the Trinket from the supply crate at the back of the Trailblazer when you attain Toshara.
We admire your persistence, and we hope you benefit from the recreation.
These items are already being known as “nugatory” by some disgruntled gamers. “I misplaced 15 hours of progress,” mentioned redditor 00schneider. “Nicely, I explored a lot so I took my time. At the moment I used to be pressured to begin throughout and I rushed in ~6 hours to almost the state I used to be earlier than. Sure, it sucks that they could not simply launch a hotfix. Sure, the compensation for it’s laughable. No less than they may’ve given us some supplies to improve our autos and the blaster a little sooner. However the recreation continues to be enjoyable and I hope no different recreation breaking bugs seem.”
Others who’ve but to run into any points at the moment are frightened about dropping their progress in the event that they replace the sport. “I’ve simply seen the e-mail tonight,” redditor Flash__PuP said. “I’m 20hrs in with three maxed out specialists and max affinity with Pyles and all others at good standing. This makes me simply need to pack it in.”
The excellent news is that Patch 1.000.002 appears like a massive improve for Star Wars Outlaws, enhancing the visible constancy on PS5 whereas addressing among the points we alluded to in our evaluate. The 40fps assist is an particularly massive deal, because it enhances Star Wars Outlaw’s visible constancy with out sacrificing an excessive amount of of the fluidity from a increased frame-rate.
Star Wars Outlaws launches correct throughout PC, PS5, and Xbox Sequence X and S on August 30. Within the meantime, in case you’re planning on selecting up Star Wars Outlaws, we’ve loads of guides to provide help to discover Ubisoft’s model of a galaxy far, far-off, together with our walkthrough, sidequests, and extra.
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