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Star Wars Outlaws ‘ next update is rig to bring much - requested changes to the struggling plot , whichUbisoft said has underperformedsince its August launch .
The ship’s company and developer Massive Entertainment announced everything admit in Title Update 1.4 , which was mail out to microcomputer and consoles on Thursday and is rig to cover some of players ’ biggest gripes with the open - world RPG .
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“ What we ’ve learned from you is that what we needed to focus on was choice , the power to pick out how to wreak and with what putz . But also bass , more piquant combat and more fairish stealth , ” secret plan director Fredrik Thylander said in a video .
Previously , there were areas , like Syndicate dominion , where you were forced to use stealth . This fail against the standards set by other Ubisoft loose - world games , peculiarly in theAssassin ’s Creed franchise . Now , you could choose how you go up fight in these areas — either with stealth or sharply with your blaster . And if you desire to use your blaster , enemies now have visual weak point that , if reach , can trip explosions or other outstanding deaths . Aiming down sights and firing from the rosehip are both now viable options for chargeman fights , with improved accuracy and other improvement .
Stealth itself has also gotten some tweaks . At launching , players see stealth division could be challenging even on lower difficulties , with one mistake bring up you back to the previous checkpoint . This was specially frustrative consider the aforementioned forced stealing . Massive has meliorate espial so that player will now know if they ’re being detected , allowing them to set as they go like in other stealth games .
“ restriction like ‘ Do not raise the dismay ’ or ‘ Do not get caught ’ in quests were forcing players into stealthy playstyles , restrict the ability to choose whether to practice combat or not . As a result , some quests could sense frustrating or unfair , ” new creative conductor Drew Rechner say in adeveloper update .
In general , a hatful of the big change in 1.4 involve fighting , which was one of the game ’s biggest sticking points . However , there are some quality - of - biography changes that can avail you navigate alongside combat . For example , participant can now carry two - handed weapon while climbing or using grappling hooks so that they wo n’t be drop outright . Enemy AI has also been tune for better conclusion - devising .
you could jibe out thefull patch notesfor other details , like how Ubisoft meliorate visuals and even added a toggle switch that permit you turn off cinematic visuals in favor of more crisp I .
The update also coincide with other updates from itsroad map , including the release of the first story mob , calledWild Card , which has Kay squad up with Lando Calrissian in a high - stakes Sabacc game . Star Wars Outlawswas alsoreleased on Steamon Thursday .
