I've already played Star Wars Outlaws on PS5, but Gold Edition makes it worth revisiting on Nintendo Switch 2

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TechRadar Verdict

Star Wars Outlaws Gold Edition is an incredible port that delivers smooth performance in addition to a formidable level of detail and impressive ray-tracing effects. With all the game’s significant downloadable content included at a fantastic value price, this is a must-have experience for any Nintendo Switch 2 owner.

Pros

  • +DLC included at a great price
  • +Excellent performance
  • +Visually impressive
  • +A feature complete port

Cons

  • -Locked at 30fps
  • -Fine details like hair appear blurry

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Star Wars Outlaws Gold Edition is an excellent version of the 2024 open-world Star Wars game. It runs incredibly well overall, with a frame rate that rarely dips below its 30 frames per second (fps) target while also pushing some impressive ray tracing effects. It might just be the best Nintendo Switch 2 port that we’ve seen yet, especially considering the fact that the original release would sometimes stutter on more powerful hardware like the PlayStation 5.

Review info

Platform reviewed: Nintendo Switch 2
Available on: Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X and Series S, PC
Release date: September 4, 2025 (Nintendo Switch 2)

The value proposition of this version is also off the charts. Rather than its usual Standard Edition, Deluxe Edition, Gold Edition, and Ultimate Edition release strategy, Ubisoft has opted to include all the Gold Edition content out of the gate for anyone buying on Nintendo Switch 2.

This means you get the full season pass with two substantial new story chapters that take a total of about 10 hours to beat. Oodles of cosmetics for protagonist Kay Vess and her companion Nix are also included, plus the short pre-order bonus Jabba’s Gambit mission.

While I could lament the fact that the handful of cosmetics from the Ultimate Pack haven’t been thrown in too (though they are still purchasable separately via the eShop if you want them), this is still an incredible amount of content that encompasses all the major DLC additions since launch.

It’s an easy sell at the asking price of $59.99 / £49.99 / AU$89.95 (or even less on sale) when you consider that the Gold Edition costs $109.99 / £104.99 / AU$169.95 on other platforms.

I find your lack of faith… disturbing

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Everything we loved in our original Star Wars Outlaws review rings true for this newer version.

If you’re a fan of the Star Wars universe, then you’re going to love the peerless faithfulness of this adaptation. As an intergalactic rogue forced to go on the run after a heist gone wrong, you explore a series of large open-world planets as you gradually put together a crew and navigate relationships with some of the galaxy’s most notorious criminal clans.

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