Again in Might, Bungie teased some form of pseudo-crossover between its shared-world shooter Future 2 and Star Wars. Not one other pores and skin pack like earlier than, however a full-on growth subtitled Renegades that will see Guardians discover a sandy planet and wield a laser sword.
In a brand new livestream, the developer pulled again the curtain on Renegades, which was made in collaboration with Lucasfilm. Guardians will discover the Lawless Frontier of Mars, Europa, and Venus and meet the Jedi-like Praxis Order to combat the equally Empire-like Baron Imperium, who’ve received a superweapon that must be destroyed. (Naturally.)
Maps on the three planets have reconfigured to look just like Dagobah and Hoth, and gamers will present up on these worlds to satisfy goals earlier than making their technique to an extraction level and getting the hell out of dodge to allow them to receives a commission for his or her onerous, gunslinging work.
“You’re being the unhealthy man to do the fitting factor,” defined assistant sport director Robbie Stevens. Whereas doing cooperative Frontier actions, Guardians will get entry to “Renegade Skills” (suppose airstrikes and calling in autos) and work with felony enterprises hanging out in Mars’ Tharsis Junction, unsurprisingly a riff on Mos Eisley cantina. The three lead syndicates—the Pikers biker gang, the Imperium’s Totality Division sub-group, and the Tharsis Reformation of free-thinking Vex—will hook gamers up with new gear and weapons, supplied they efficiently full the job.
All of this sounds very Star Wars whereas not betraying the vibes that Future 2 has labored onerous to keep up since 2017. On the subject of getting the lightsaber, aka the Praxic Blade, Stevens stated gamers may customise it on a gameplay and visible stage (not not like Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi video games) and “do issues with it that no different weapon can do.” We get just a little little bit of that within the ViDoc above, which sees a Hunter block and replicate some assaults. Hell yeah.
Future 2: Renegades releases December 12 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection X|S.
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