Star Wars Outlaws Title Update 1.4.0

After a rough launch and disappointing sales that shook the Ubisoft power structure, Star Wars Outlaws is going at full speed toward its redemption arc.

New creative director Drew Rechner has delivered on his promises to improve the game’s feeling, with patch 1.4 fixing a lot of gripes players had early on.

Star Wars: Outlaws Title Update 1.4.0

As is becoming tradition with Outlaws, this patch is a beefy one. The update measures 7.44 GB on PlayStation 5, 10.18 GB on Xbox, and 8.83 GB on PC.

There are plenty of fixes and QoL improvements here, but none are as important as the rebalanced stealth mechanics.

There are some important fixes to story missions as well, but these contain spoilers. You can check them out on the game’s page, at your peril.

Improved Stealth and Combat

According to the patch notes on the game’s page, players now have more agency when infiltrating hostile areas.

You can complete missions sneakily, shoot your way out, or transition from one to the other as the situation develops. This includes being able to blast your way through syndicate territories.

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The enemy AI now feels closer to that of the stealth bible Metal Gear, giving you a warning when you are about to be detected.

Enemies have tags above their heads that display their state (white for neutral, orange for aware, and red for in combat).

This will give you a few seconds to decide whether you react by moving to cover or shooting it out.

For those inclined to violence, enemies now have weak points that trigger new death animations, and offer some creative solutions in a pinch. Should you trigger an explosion, enemies will now be staggered by it.

Kay can now carry two-handed weapons more often (including on speeders), headshots inflict more damage, and blasters were tuned to make combat more rewarding.

Quality-of-Life

On the QoL side, you now have more control authority in the air, which makes it easier to nail tricky jumps.

Climbing is less laborious thanks to an auto-transfer option that makes you hop between climbable objects without pressing anything.

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On the game map, you can now remove all markers by holding the corresponding button down, instead of picking them off individually.

Visual Upgrades

Gameplay dialogue is no longer uncanny thanks to facial animations on vendors and NPCs. On top of that, the camera movements while fighting are more refined, with a new ability to shoulder swap manually.

Controller gamers get a massive boost with the Custom control preset. This lets you individually remap buttons and includes separate settings for Kay, the speeder, and the Trailblazer.

Still from Star Wars Outlaws of Kay Vess and Nix looking into a beam of light.

In the spirit of community outreach, Star Wars Outlaws now has a community bug tracker website. This lets you visualize existing bugs and their progress in the system. You even get a separate “My Reported Issues” tab.

Public bug tracking is a great way to show transparency, but it requires a proactive approach by the developer to avoid attracting backlash over the timelines or priorities when squashing issues.

Still, it looks like Outlaws might end 2024 on a high, which is a rarity for a recent Ubisoft title.

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