Community Review: Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order

21 responses to “Community Review: Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order”

1. 

   drsleepless

   November 18, 2019 at 11:56 am

   Really enjoying it. Haven’t had this much fun in a star wars game since Jedi Knight.

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   cr33g

   November 18, 2019 at 12:17 pm

   “I definitely would lean towards the game being more Metroid and Uncharted than Dark Souls. Just because something has dodging and attack patterns a Souls-game does not make it so.”

   Dodging, attack patterns, parrying attacks to leave enemies open for counter attacks, using certain spots for meditation (like bonfires) to save your progress, heal and build your character further while respawning all non-boss enemies, limited healing that can only be restored at said meditation points (and can be upgraded throughout the game), overall level design… it’s very Dark Souls, man.

   I do see the other influences as well. I see Metroid: Prime, The Legend of Zelda, the Uncharted series and the new Tomb Raider series, and it’s awesome.

   Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is the Star Wars game I’ve always wanted to play.

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3. 

   jamminb07

   November 18, 2019 at 12:31 pm

   Overall this doesn’t feel like a current generation game. I mean it’s reasonably enjoyable so far, but nothing about it really stands out to make this a ‘must play’ game for me. It’s just a bit meh to be honest. The visuals are ok, but fairly flat and bland compare to Outer Worlds, which I’ve been playing for the last few weeks. And the gameplay reminds me of those recent Tomb Raider games, but it plays more like a PS2 game in my opinion.

   My biggest complain so far would be the sliding down a hill sections. There’s one section where I have to slide around a corner, jump to a hanging rope, then jump from that into another slide. I probably missed that hanging rope 8 times out of 10. When I finally made it, the next sliding section had another corner, which I kept missing and falling off the side. I eventually got there, but failing probably 20 times made me feel less like a bad-ass Jedi, and more like Mario when his kart hits a banana!

   I’m not writing this game off just yet, I’ll keep playing for the rest of the week, see if it picks up somewhat, otherwise it’s going to be returned for the new Need for Speed game.

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   1. 

      tr3nticl3s

      November 19, 2019 at 6:26 pm

      Once you get force pull the ropes become a breeze, until then they seem to be the worst thing in the game. I wish they had less ropes till force pull was introduced, at least you appreciate the force pull when you get it… I guess.

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   transientmind

   November 18, 2019 at 12:33 pm

   Yeahbut Death Stranding and Pokemon just came out! How can anyone already be playing this?

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      namiwakiru

      November 18, 2019 at 12:43 pm

      I know Alex was playing Death Stranding some time before it actually released.

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   2. 

      scarecrow88

      November 18, 2019 at 1:25 pm

      Death Stranding is garbage.

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         transientmind

         November 18, 2019 at 1:46 pm

         Incorrect. *Buh-boww*

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         namiwakiru

         November 18, 2019 at 3:03 pm

         You may not like it but it’s far from garbage.

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      cr33g

      November 18, 2019 at 4:08 pm

      I bought my partner Pokemon: Shield for the Switch. As for Death Stranding, I decided to hold off. The reviews seemed quite heavy in contrast, either people were loving it, or hating it.

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   namiwakiru

   November 18, 2019 at 12:45 pm

   Gonna throw this on my Christmas list, hopefully all the bad bugs get ironed out by then.

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      scarecrow88

      November 18, 2019 at 1:24 pm

      There are no bad bugs. I have about 7 friends playing it and not one has complained about anything. Nor have I seen any reports of widespread bugs.

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         namiwakiru

         November 18, 2019 at 3:09 pm

         They literally talk about the bugs in the article and there’s been a bit of coverage about it around.

         It’s not a criticism to wait a bit for everything to get polished out.

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6. 

   falkirion001

   November 18, 2019 at 12:54 pm

   I’ve had one crash to main menu on PS4. Frustrating as I’d just cleared something and felt like the crash broke my immersion.

   Only complaints I have are basically setting up the Second Sisters identity reveal with a conversation earlier in the game (I might have been trying to read too much into it though) and the fact we get a type of lightsaber I don’t like. But that’s a personal gripe with saber styles.

   But the positives outweigh it by a country mile. Love the combat, love the exploration, and loving all the lore scans BD grabs. Love the new planets, love Cal’s master being a Lasat as it’s a nice way to tie it into the current canon, and Zeb was one of my favorites from Rebels. Love the Mantis, and I’m loving the story. Can’t wait to sink more time into it

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7. 

   r4z0rw1r3666

   November 18, 2019 at 1:15 pm

   Finished it yesterday morning on PC. All around a pleasant experience, had no game breaking bugs, no ctf. Voice cast was well chosen as well.

   Only thing is, it’s a little short, it probably could use another 10-15 hrs of content. Came in at probably 22 hrs playtime from start to end. If I pushed, could probably finish in 16 hours, but constantly went back to other planets to find things, and opted to go to essentially the last planet in the story line early on and got held up trying to explore things.

   Would have liked being able to explore a more populated location, major city and the like.

   Still no trophy support between origin and steam…

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   scarecrow88

   November 18, 2019 at 1:25 pm

   2019 has been a pretty shit year for game releases. This is easily GOTY for me and I’m only 15ish hours in.

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   1. 

      wonderingaimlessly

      November 18, 2019 at 3:41 pm

      I’m definitely looking forward to jumping in!

      Im not a dark souls fanboy but sekiro is a clear GOTY in my opinion.

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9. 

   jerichosainte

   November 18, 2019 at 1:36 pm

   Had one CTD on PC, but that’s it! And it did an immediate crash report, you don’t see them very much these days! Pretty darn good straight out of the box. It’s been a long time since I’ve been genuinely happy with a games release. As opposed to MW were it’s impossible to watch the cut scenes without major stuttering on a 9700k 2080ti system!

   But I digress, I can’t recommend this game enough. We should be supporting Respawn and this game as an example of what a quality product looks like!

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10. 

    zell71

    November 18, 2019 at 4:12 pm

    enjoyable game but bugs can make it frustrating.
    combat is clumsy but forgivable.
    load times are horrendous (ps4 pro), you need alot of patience to fight bosses and die repeatedly and face the horror of the load time… if i die twice on the same section, i set story mode and i win.

    7.5/10

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11. 

    mediumeets

    November 18, 2019 at 4:21 pm

    I love everything about the game itself, easy GOTY contender for sure.

    My only issue is the stuttering on PC. It seems to be linked to loading new areas when approaching them, but does not seem shader related like most stuttering of this nature usually does. After the amount of tweaks I’ve tried to remove it, I’m convinced it’s game related and will be patched (hopefully soon)

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12. 

    geth

    November 18, 2019 at 4:53 pm

    Love the games. First Star Wars game in a long time to really feel like a Star Wars game, probably since Force Unleashed. No real bugs yet, but one amusing glitch where I leapt for a role and used Force Pull- I missed the rope bit kept gliding forward (as happens with Force Pull) past the rope for a couple extra seconds before suddenly falling out of the air and plummeting to my death. I could hold it against the game, however, because all I could think was, “I’m Leia Poppins!”

    I’ve had plenty of crashes on pc- my RTX 2080 can handle the strain, running at 98% with graphics set the max, but my 4770K can only take so much near-constantly running in the red.

    Only downside: not being able to skip the studios logo screens at startup.

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13. 

    geth

    November 18, 2019 at 5:02 pm

    edit: comment no longer relevant

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14. 

    rrrocket

    November 19, 2019 at 12:31 am

    This game makes starwars great again. Just finished on PC. Had one CTD only.
    Loved the ending.

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15. 

    cr33g

    November 19, 2019 at 9:28 am

    I finished Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order last night, clocking in around 23 hours of game time. I played on the default ‘Jedi Knight’ normal difficulty and I bought the game on PC, running it at the highest ‘Epic’ settings, 1080p resolution, mostly 60 FPS. Here’s my verdict of a quick review (sorry for a TL;DR):

    Fallen Order is essentially a mix-up of a title, taking obvious inspiration from games like The Legend of Zelda, the Uncharted series, Metroid: Prime, Dark Souls and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Despite these obvious elements, the game does a mostly great job at combining them all together.

    I really enjoyed the game’s challenging but fair combat, which while difficult at times, did not feel as demanding or punishing as Dark Souls and Sekiro. I always always looking forward to a new fight, as I found the lightsaber combat quite fun. While Force powers aren’t as dramatic as say, The Force Unleashed, they were still fun and satisfying to use. I think it was a good call for the developers to limit down the actual powers. I also liked how the skill tree was constructed and enjoyed most of the available skills. I wasn’t able to acquire -every- skill as by the end of the game, I was missing two, but maybe it’s possible with enough grinding and unlocking of bonuses.

    The plot was damn good, getting better and better as you dive deeper into the story. I loved the game’s lore and I really cared about all the characters presented to me. Unfortunately, the least interesting character was the protagonist himself, Cal Kestis. Sure, I liked him, and he does have interesting developments, but I just found him to be the weakest link, but I did adore his relationship with BB-1.

    Graphically, the game looks great and has some good character models and beautiful environments. However, going back to Cal, some of Cal’s animations did look a bit odd and stiff, particularly when he was jogging or sprinting. Some character models too did not nearly look as good as others, such as the Wookiees on Kashyyyk.

    I loved the game’s musical score, it is absolutely stunning and the game’s sound design is great too. I think all the characters, even Cal, performed convincing performances, thanks to their respective actors and the dialog written by the writers.

    The game has plenty to unlock, but unfortunately, it’s all cosmetics in the form of colour palette swaps for BB-1, your ship the Mantis, Cal’s outfit and his poncho cloak. You can find additional lightsaber parts to customise your lightsaber but again, it’s purely cosmetic. I don’t really see much point to this because you don’t really notice the lightsaber hilt when you’re running around, fighting etc. You certainly see the colour, but you only have two colours to choose from (green and blue), orange if you have the premium content DLC.

    I didn’t experience many bugs. I did find a couple, but nothing game breaking (occasionally odd rag doll physics from dead enemies), but for the most part it was fine. I did notice that when I paused the game to the character menu, then unpaused, the game would freeze for a second or so, which would be quite frustrating if I was in a heavy fight. My game ran at mostly 60 FPS, but despite my hardware, I did experience occasional stutter and frame rate drop in heavy animated or hectic combat scenarios.

    This is me just being nit-picky, but I wish the lightsaber had a bit more effect to it. For example, if you swing your saber at a wall, you’ll leave behind a nice, scorching slash, but if you have your saber on and you just stand there with your blade at the wall, the lightsaber just clips through it. It’d be cool to see the saber constantly effecting things, like in Jedi Outcast or Jedi Academy, like continuous burn and sparks if your blade touches a wall.

    As an avid Star Wars fan, I was very surprised and impressed by Respawn Entertainment’s efforts, as it’s been a long time since we’ve had a great single player Star Wars experience, they gave us the Star Wars game I’ve always wanted to play. I would give this a solid 9 or 9.5 out of 10.

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