Jedi: Survivor

I played through both Fallen Order and Survivor in quick succession and while burnout is an obviously potential threat, I didn't suffer it. I agree that the sequel is more accessible, but for me both games were great (the first as a proof of concept, the second as the bigger and better sequel) and I do hope Respawn get the greenlight to complete the trilogy (and to explore some hinted twists and turns) - but with EA clamping down on licensing IPs for its game and the director of both games leaving to setup a new studio, I cannot be very optimistic...

As for the scene richyroo mentions, it was really amazing, especially right before it actually happens

Thats true. He looks like he is in his late teens in the 1st game, whereas the sequel he looks like early to mid-20's.

I cannot remember how old he is suppose to be in each game though.

Still there is no excuse to create your main character to look like that much of an annoying prick. When they were going through all the concept ideas for who their protagonist was to going to be I can’t believe what we got is what they decided for the look.

That is Cameron Monaghan's face, not like they created it.

I think he does an excellent job as well with the voice acting in the games.

I stuck with the mullet as soon as I unlocked it.

The first main planet is huge. It’s taking me forever to get through as I’m exploring ever nook and cranny. Plenty of locked paths for later. Combat is good fun for the most part and the soundtrack who ever did it really nailed the Star Wars sound.

The eye reflection in particular seemed amazing to me the first time I played it.

The respawn when resting mechanic taken from dark souls is a bit pointless in this. It’s no where near the same challenge as a From game so there just no need to have the warning etc that resting will respawn all enemies. I’ve died plenty of times in this but there is never a need to fight your way through enemies again. There is always a rest point next to any boss or challenge and each rest point is never this perilous journey in the dark with a torch hoping to find the next Bonfire with a load of xp.

Great fun game though. Respawn know their single player campaigns! Mw, mw2, tf2 and these two in a row. That’s one hell of a cv.

Heh - I'm loving it! Probably about the same place as you. Did the first Jedda visit, then came back to the moon and now the starter planet. I'm mainly just hoovering up the collectibles and exploring, because that's what I loved about the first game. Every now and then I'll accidentally advance the storyline.

It *is* better in pretty much every way when compared to the first game, but sadly that includes dialing up the jank. Transitions especially are borderline broken here, and often triggers for things just stop appearing for no obvious reason. The animations are individually excellent, but seem to have been stitched together by the work experience kid. It's lacking the polish of something like the Tomb Raider reboots, or even the recent Guardians of the Galaxy game.

But that's just jank - the game itself is bigger, better, possibly easier, but even more fun than the first one. And I even like the map: JUDGE ME!

I just fucked off the 2 rancor one.

Uncharted 4 bored the arse off me by the halfway point. Lots of variety of location, but no real shakeup to the gameplay. 3 and 4 are the only two of that series that I never replayed. Lost Legacy is probably the best of the lot for me, and that didn't have quite such variety.

I fully understand all the criticism of Jedi Survivor, but I'd have to say it's probably the most fun I've had in a Star Wars game since Dark Forces. I'm totally addicted to the vibe, the exploration, the combat, the upgrade tree, the secrets, all of it.

For sure it's not really a Souls-like at this point, and I do miss the trepidation I felt in Jedi Fallen Order, but the action adventure it has morphed into ticks a lot of my personal boxes.

So, played a lot over the past five days. I'm back to the moon for the second time. I guess I'm about halfway through or maybe a little more.

A bit weird how Cal must "remember" how to use the force to lift platforms, given you had been lifting rocks for hours already. The first game was a bit more believable in this regard.

Anyway, it's fun enough but I also don't feel compelled to play any of the sidequests or explore the world. Don't know why. I'm just blazing though the story. The combat system is ok but not very fun. Pretty much Souls, except Cal has nowhere near the responsiveness required for this kind of gameplay. And the story is interesting enough while also being... predictable, for lack of a better word.

Overall, I dunno... it's competent? I'd rather have had a non open world, linear game, but given that you can ignore the sidequests, it doesn't matter all that much.

Sure looks nice too. Playing on Series S, and while it's 30fps (but very stable), resolution is not as low as I had feared. In fast motion you can tell it's using reconstruction, but the end result looks very good to me.

Maybe, but I can play Souls games just fine at 30fps (despite their terrible frame pacing), so I guess the controls here are just heavy in the first place.