Gaming Jedi: Fallen Order

[IceCreamAssassin]

I pre-ordered the shit out of this, hopefully is awesome. Love a good story game and will help till last of us comes out.

 

[Mook]

Respawn is a great dev. I'm hopeful.

 

[Mook]

So sounds like reviews don't hit until launch day...... That never bodes well.

 

[IceCreamAssassin]

Lame, I look forward to your review...

 

[Mook]

I'm not buying it on launch day.... Well I still could. But I'm gonna wait now to see if this is a total flop.

 

[IceCreamAssassin]

I’m gonna play shit out of it unless it’s like fallout 5... then I’ll cry in a corner

 

[IDAFC21]

I dont like that reviews are embargoed until release day, but I believe this is going to be on EA Access, which I'm subscribed to, so I will definitely be checking this game out this weekend.

 

[Mook]

I'm on the fence. These are the reviews so far. Digging into them, the game has some technical issues, and the main character is boring as fuck. I guess its also far more like Tomb Raider or Uncharted, which is slightly surprising.

I might sign back up for EA Access.....is this gonna be on Access?

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order review: the Star Wars game no one was expecting

Jedi: Fallen Order focuses on exploration, with moments of explosive combat

www.polygon.com

Jedi: Fallen Order is a flawed, sometimes messy game, but it’s a Star Wars experience I didn’t know I wanted. And after finishing it, I definitely want more.

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Review - IGN

Jedi: Fallen Order pushes all the right buttons for a Star Wars action-adventure. It’s a genre remix that samples the combat and exploration of a lightened-up Dark Souls and the action and energy of Uncharted, and that works out to be a great fit for the return of the playable Jedi.

www.ign.com

t’s been ages since we got a great single-player Star Wars action game, but Jedi: Fallen Order makes up for a lot of lost time. A strong cast sells a dark story while keeping things fun and loyal to Star Wars lore, and fast, challenging combat mixes with energetic platforming, decent puzzles, and diverse locations to explore for an all-around amazing game.

Jedi: Fallen Order shows that a good Star Wars game doesn’t have to be original

A Star Wars game that channels Zelda and Uncharted

www.theverge.com

But given the state of of Star Wars games over the past decade or so, a good-but-not-amazing single-player adventure is something of a miracle. Those issues I mentioned can be frustrating, but they’re also worth putting up with given how much Fallen Order gets right: the intense and open lightsaber combat, the clever puzzles, the intricate level design, a universe just dripping with history and intrigue. This is what I want from a Star Wars game — and Fallen Order gives me just enough to satiate that long-ignored need.

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Review: A Redeeming, Safe Experience

Even though a riveting, single-player Star Wars game is an experience people have been yearning [...]

comicbook.com

With the skillful, dynamic gameplay and the lukewarm story in the Star Wars timeline taken into consideration, the question of how this game holds up becomes a two-part query: is it a good game, and is it a good Star Wars game? The answer to the first question is an easy one. Heavy on adventure and cinematic style, Fallen Order is absolutely a game worth anyone’s time if you’ve got even an inkling of interest in Star Wars. You won’t feel left behind, thanks to the new characters, if you’re less familiar with Star Wars, and those who know the fandom inside and out will pick up on clever nods and filled-in blanks. You could remove the Star Wars wrappings and it’d still be a fantastic experience which could be construed as both a positive and a negative. So many Star Wars experiences are based off prior exposure now that it’d be nearly impossible for one person to have the same experience with this story as another, but even if you knock the story, everything else about the game is solid and worth your time.

Rating: 4 out of 5

'Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order' Is Strong With the Force

Traditional in its approach to the material but elegant in its craftsmanship, the game is one of the best 'Star Wars' games ever made.

www.wired.com

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order looks and often feels like a generic Star Wars adventure, but Respawn elevates it nearly every step of the way. One doesn't necessarily expect a story about space wizards and evil empires to feel resonant, but this does, and it does so in a way that not many pieces of big-budget media do. Fallen Order is a game about confronting your past and fighting for the future when you don't know if that future is ever going to get better. That feels timely, and wrapped around that idea, the rest of the game just sings. If Fallen Order was connected to the Force, it would radiate power.

 

[Mook]

I also didnt see anything about how long the campaign is...

If this isnt on EA Access, I think I'm gonna wait on a black friday deal.

 

[nytebyte]

Sounds good and what the franchise needs.

I wasn't impressed with the last Star Wars games since they felt too twitchy / Call of Dutyish. I'm getting sick of that style of gameplay since it's been way overdone.
This one sounds promising.

 

[Mook]

Campaign is supposedly only 12ish hours.... I'm out.

 

[blakbearddelite]

I'd love to see a Far Cry style Star Wars game...completely open world with travel to other planets.

 

[nytebyte]

Now you're talking...

 

[IDAFC21]

Booooooooo! There's no free trial for this game on ea access and you only get a 10% discount if you purchase it. Welp. Guess I don't have to worry about how I was gonna split time between this and outer worlds this weekend.

 

[Rebel]

I need another KOTOR.

 

[IceCreamAssassin]

Only a few hours in and so far I don’t hate it. It’s kind of like Metro Exodus, its not totally free world but you can explore the areas you are at and could potentially miss loot if you don’t. The combat controls are difficult for me so far for some reason. I think the fighting style is just different than I’m used to. Can’t just button mash and use the force through everything. You need to have good timing and block/dodge/parry correctly or you die quickly. I did put it on a harder setting so that could be part of it. The story so far alone will keep me playing but I think I’ll once I get up in the talent tree and because more powerful it will be lots of fun.

 

[VenomInside]

I just started to play this. It's pretty cool but not exactly what i had expected based on trailers etc. I'll still give it a shot but might amazon sell it before it gets to gamestop prices, used.

 

[nytebyte]

Just started the game too and it's pretty good. They should've named it "Tomb Raider - Star Wars Edition".
It steals a LOT of gameplay cues from Tomb Raider, which is a good thing. The gameplay is solid.

Also, it does NOT require 32GB of RAM like some articles were saying. When the game is running, its working set is under 3GB and it could probably run on a computer which only has 8GB of RAM. It doesn't use much GPU or CPU power either. I'm running it at 1080p at 144Hz with all the graphics options cranked and it's totally smooth with a steady frame rate.

 

[Mook]

So is this worth buying? Waiting to see if a Black Friday deal crops up.

 

[IceCreamAssassin]

I think so, but sometimes I feel like we only agree on skylines

 

[Mook]

I'm an overly critical asshole on a lot of things... So that is probably accurate.

 

[nytebyte]

I'm an overly critical asshole on a lot of things... So that is probably accurate.

So am I, especially on games. Games of quality like this don't come around too often, so I think it's worth buying, but yeah, definitely wait for a black Friday deal. Never pay full price for a game since they always eventually go on sale.

The gameplay is basically Tomb Raider style, so if you like that, you'll probably like this too.

 

[Grabber]

Got this game for "free" via Origin. Just pay the $15 a month and you can download a LOT of decent games. 9/10 they are the deluxe versions.

Played this game for a couple of hours, and it just didn't stick.

 

[Rebel]

The game is bull crap. This Oggdo Bogdo bullshit monster is such a pain in the ass. If I have to deal with this thing/ similar monsters throughout the entire game, a controller is getting broken.

 

[IceCreamAssassin]

Lol, the fighting style is very difficult to get used to. Timed blocking is key with counters. Some fights are just awful. I finished the game this weekend, i really enjoyed it.