Star Wars Outlaws is on sale for Black Friday, and the timing is perfect

Ubisoft has discounted Star Wars Outlaws across several different storefronts this Black Friday, but the best deal on the game comes from Amazon. There, an Amazon exclusive Star Wars Outlaws – Limited Edition has seen a steep 43% discount, bringing its price down from $70 to just $40. At that price tag, and with all of the improvements Ubisoft has made to the game over the past few months, especially in title update 1.4, Star Wars Outlaws is worth checking out.

Star Wars Outlaws is an ambitious open-world Star Wars game that follows a new character named Kay Vess. She’s a smuggler from the plant of Canto Bight who gets swept up in the feuds between the different clans that rule the galaxy’s criminal underworld and the fight between the Empire and Rebels over the course of the game. There’s a lot of fun to be had just exploring and immersing yourself in planets like Tatooine or Kijimi. In particular, I enjoy the arcade games that players can find scattered in its open world and the card game Sabacc.

This is certainly one of the most ambitious Star Wars video games ever made, up there with 2023’s Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Unfortunately, it didn’t quite nail its concept at launch. It was glitchy and relied on some frustrating design tropes like forced stealth. That turned many people off at the time of release; even I gave the game a tepid three-star review.

There is a lot of good to be found in Star Wars Outlaws, especially now that Ubisoft has had more time to work on the game and improve it via post-launch updates. Several of its worst bugs and weird camera issues have been ironed out. More importantly, forced stealth segments have all been reworked so players can’t instantly fail them anymore. Now, players can outsmart enemies and fight their way out, which makes way more sense for the smuggler fantasy.

Improvements to enemy AI, the addition of enemy weak points, and giving Kay the ability to hold enemies’ weapons for longer have all also made combat in Star Wars Outlaws a lot more engaging. While it’s far from a perfect game, Star Wars Outlaws has come a long way since its launch in August. If you’ve heard mixed things about the game and have been waiting to take the plunge, now is a good time to check the game out. Thankfully, this Amazon Black Friday deal will let you do so at a steep discount and net you the Rogue Infiltrator Character Pack in-game cosmetics.

Star Wars Outlaws is available now for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.