Ubisoft has recently released the huge Title Update 1.4.0 for Star Wars Outlaws, which most notably, cuts stealth requirements from almost the entire game. If that sounds appealing, I've got some good news, it's also on sale for Black Friday. Now down to $39.99 at Amazon (the previous best deal was $49.99 last week), that's $30 off the game, only released back in August this year.
A blog post detailed the patch notes and confirmed the removal of forced stealth—meaning players will no longer have to return to a checkpoint when triggering "do not raise the alarm" or "do not get caught" objectives—alongside improvements to enemy AI and detection, facial expressions and animations, and more.
"This Title Update brings changes to combat and stealth allowing for greater player choice, the ability to now keep pick-up weapons in more situations, visual options to allow for a sharper image and much more to improve your journey across the galaxy," Ubisoft said.
Star Wars Outlaws creative director Drew Rechner promised to make big changes to "elevate the game experience to better meet" player expectations. Sentiments such as these are often seen in the wake of disastrous game launches but Star Wars Outlaws debuted to positive reviews.
Poor sales shook a struggling Ubisoft, however, and it is now working to improve the game ahead of what it hopes will be a sales bump, hopefully thanks to the $40 Black Friday deal, alongside its Steam launch and the holiday period.
IGN reviewer Tristan Ogilvie said is his review: "It’s ironic that Kay’s ship is called the Trailblazer, since there’s actually not a whole lot of ideas in Star Wars Outlaws that haven’t been done before in other action and open-world adventures."
"Instead, it’s quite like the Millenium Falcon: a bucket of bolts held together with repurposed parts and prone to breaking down, but at its best it’s more than capable of jolting your pleasure centres into Star Wars fan hyperspace."
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