Ubisoft has seen itself at the center of a couple of character-focused controversies in its biggest games this year, those being Assassin's Creed Shadows and Star Wars Outlaws. While the arguments over Yasuke have been a lot more vitriolic, not particularly helped by Ubisoft's slightly tame statements on the matter, Star Wars Outlaws protagonist Kay Vess also got some grief closer to the game's reveal because she's a woman that doesn't have a giant chest and isn't built like a dump truck.
Arguments raged online about Kay's looks, similar to the arguments we've seen with the likes of Aloy and Joanna Dark from Horizon Forbidden West and the Perfect Dark reboot respectively. Thankfully, Star Wars Outlaws creative director Julian Gerighty is paying no attention to that nonsense, and recently said in an interview The Washington Post that he thinks those particular arguments are from "bad-faith people" and "aren't worth engaging with."
I wasn’t sold on Star Wars Outlaws going in, but four hours with its expansive world has made me a believer.
"Kay is meant to be approachable, a petty thief who ends up barreling through this story, making bad decisions and centered with a lot of humor,...
