Star Wars: Galactic Racer developer Fuse Video games has stated its racing journey will function a “good combine” of new faces and traditional characters from a galaxy far, distant, following the reveal of Phantom Menace returnee Ben Quadinaros.
Talking to IGN as half of a wide-ranging interview on Star Wars: Galactic Racer’s track-based design, story mode and modern increase gameplay, inventive director Kieran Crimmins teased that followers will be capable to sit up for extra characters from earlier Star Wars films and video games becoming a member of the fray.
“There’s going to be combine of acquainted faces and new characters,” Crimmins stated. “Clearly we wish to get that blend proper, so it doesn’t matter what type of Star Wars media you have engaged with, whether or not it’s a film or sport, there is a bunch of familiarity in there in terms of the area. In any other case it would not really feel like an genuine Star Wars expertise.
“So there’s each acquainted faces and new characters,” Crimmins continued, acknowledging Sebulba and Quadinaros. “We won’t speak about who precisely they’re simply but although, sorry.”
Who else would possibly seem? Whereas much less well-known, it is potential that different contributors seen in Episode 1’s podrace would possibly seem, alongside Sebulba and Quadinaros. The Boonta Eve Traditional had 18 contributors, although poor Ratts Tyerell died in the course of the race, whereas Anakin Skywalker… effectively, everyone knows what occurred to him.
“We have seen racing as an exercise and as a sport in Star Wars has been round in lots of types, proper?” Fuse Video games founder and CEO Matt Webster stated at one other level, happening to doubtlessly trace at racers from different elements of Star Wars being included. “Episode 1’s podracing everyone knows and love, Dangerous Batch’s riot racing in Season 2 was simply superior. Star Wars Resistance has acquired the Aces and low-altitude starfighter racing.”
Galactic Racer is ready someday after Return of the Jedi, so anybody may doubtlessly put in an look. It appears unlikely we’ll see Luke Skywalker, who was fairly busy doing different issues throughout this era, however who is aware of? He positive is aware of learn how to race a speeder bike throughout Endor.
Final week introduced our greatest look but at Star Wars: Galactic Racer, although we delve a lot deeper into its intelligent two-tier increase system, environmental results, and how the sport will allow you to nuture rivalries and work together with characters on foot in our huge Star Wars: Galactic Racer interview that you could go learn proper now.
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