Star Wars Outlaws isn't much like my favorite games of 2024 in most regards, but there's one element of the experience that I immediately fell in love with, and it continues a trend that I can't get enough of. Although 2024 hasn't quite given me a game that's a personal 10/10, I've loved a lot of what I've played, especially when it comes to some indie titles like Lorelei and the Laser Eyes and Crow Country. I'm not deep enough into Star Wars Outlaws to have any kind of finalized opinion on it, but I'm having fun so far.

There are certainly some major game design correlations between Star Wars Outlaws and other 2024 hits, even if they don't amount to games that feel the same overall. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth borrows some standards of Ubisoft-style open-world design, for example, breaking up the world into distinct zones that still feature towers to activate and checklists to complete.