Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order and Jedi Survivor

I started this game a couple of days ago. I'm nearly finished with the story. Most planets are very near 100%. There are a few collectibles that I've not yet located or figured out how to access. Tons of trophies remain to he earned.

I've not yet completed it, and I'm anticipating a strong finish. Still, I can already say it's a pretty fun game. The combat feels a bit meh, as if there's too much latency between input and action. I don't like that it's difficult to interrupt an action/attack once I've committed. In theory, that's okay. In practice, it feels sluggish. The stand and block/parry combat feels off to me for a Jedi. I instinctively want to sidestep and dodge more, even after so many hours. I'll likely need to make an effort to truly master the combat mechanics. I'm not sure if I'll do that right away, as I loaded up on PSN Black Friday deals.

This game is crying out for NG+. I can understand why they'd not want the platforming abilities accessible from the start. One could conceivably skip most of the game if able to double jump from the start. I don't really feel this is a big deal, but whatever. The much more important issue is the cosmetic options. Cal's clothes already look shitty all game. No need for BD-1 to look dusty. Same for my lightsaber options. We should at least he able to replay the game with our collected chests and cosmetics intact.

I'll likely post some final thoughts after finishing the game. The story is enjoyable. The VA work is really strong, and the writing solid. The sound is good. The soundtrack is great. The visuals are just okay on PS4Pro. Draw distance sucks and textures pop in late. A good number of textures look raw and unfinished. Mantis looks really bad. A few NPCs look pretty bad. It's not a huge deal, but it's noticeable after playing so many better looking games over the last few years.

I finished the game this morning. I really enjoyed the final mission. The combat was more intense and rewarded me for bothering to Git Gud, or at least Git Mediocre. The escape was great.

I hope any sequel focuses more on story and less on platforming. The exploration was okay, but the story was at its best during the tombs and the main missions. It's fine that they want to make platforming important, I guess. I would recommend they continue studying Naughty Dog games, if so. No games do a better job of pacing platforming, combat and story than the ND's games.

If this game had a NG+, I'd be starting another PT. As it is, I can't bring myself to walk away from all of my hard earned goodies so soon after finishing. I'll wait a few months to see if NG+ is added.

Playing this game makes me want to watch the films again, Ep 1-6 plus Rogue One. I may not like the new trilogy, but I still love SW.

Yea hwhilst I'm playing it on Story mode due to my diasbilty I'm still findin gi ta challenge but so far it's been a challenge I can cope with. I have had one or 2 issues with the bosses I'v efaced in tha tthey've worn m yhealth down moe rthan I'd like bu tthanks to BD1 and it's stims it's no tbeen anything I couldn't handle. I'm just kind of grateful they've put quiet a few meditate stations around the maps as that has made my life easier in this game. The only area where I still have one or 2 concerns are with the lightsaber bosses but I managed Oggdo Bogdo the ATST on Zeffo and the security droid on Kasshyyk. But so far those aer the only ones I've fought. As I said though though they've worn my health down a little bit but thanks to BD1 I've managed OK. But then he's a sweet little bot.

Now tha tsounds like me on the game. Donj' tkno whowman ytimes I'v edied goin gdown those things but it's a lot.

I think with NG+ and the type of game this is I think they could make it work quite nicely by giving a player all the collectibles they have earned through the game and then give them the skill points they earned, but still require the story unlocks to get new skills and equipment.

You were able to describe the combat in a way I have been struggling to do so.  I am about complete with my second playthrough and its probably going to be my last for I have been trying to use a lot of the abilities you unlock and most of the time they are not triggering and I am perplexed why.  Such as using the kick or the ground stop to knock enemies back have been things I want to do and it just seems they aren't firing even when I attempt on either Story Mode or Jedi Knight.

One thing I have been finding interesting on a personal level is the complaints leveled against Fallen Order if they were said against a Frostbite based game it would be "proof" that yet again the game engine is only good for FPS, but since it was done on Unreal there have been zero complaints about the game engine even when its an issue that other developers have had with the stuttering and freezing when loading in new content on any platform.

Yeah as good as JFO is there aer better singlre player games and I'd easily put Mass Efect Dragon Age even the Tomb Raider reboot way ahead of it. In both story gameplay and in graphics I will definitel yas yit's one of the better games this year. I do think that for a first single player game that this studio has done Respawn did a good job so I'll give them credit for a solid first go. But it's defimnitel ynot the best jus tomne of the bes tto come out of this year. It ma ywin a GOTY award or 2 but only because it hasn't really had any competition as 2019 I think in terms of good SP  games has been rather lacking. We have definitely had stronger years. Epecially if you taske into account tha tone of the other competitors is a rehashed version of RE2 so again it's not really been a good year. I do think with experience the ycan and wil do better as it's not a bad game and in fact I dolike it but they're not up to the levels that other AAA SP games have set yet. But if they can keep their effort and hard work up they can get there.

There is a lot of baggage there...

It's sort of what the Sith do, though, right?

"Come to the Dark Side, Luke Cal...."

And hotness. When she took the helmet off I was all "I see what you did there!". And the actress portraying her is a pretty close match as expected. They nailed the crazy ingame vibe too. I won't lie, if it was a Bioware game I would have gone Sith there.

Looks like I may have t ostart again on my playthrough as I screwed upas I wen t somewhere I shouldn' t and now I'm stuck there. SoI'm going to have to abandon this playthrough an dstart again another time. I know where I wen twrong but I don't hav ea sav efrom befoer the mistake. I hav eenjoyed i tthough so it won't be a problem diong it again. But I am going to dela yfor now as it'll only do my head in.I jus tgot a bit lost in the Zeffo tombs and can't get out as I took a wrong turn and ended up getting stuck there. I'm enjoying it but erading the mapand finding m yway around is a bit awkward and unfortunately it's lead t om ymistake bu tI kno whow and why so I can hopefully avoid the mistake next time. Besides after this I think I could do with going back to games I'm familiar with