The story of Cal Kestis continues in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, a third-person, galaxy-spanning, action-adventure game from Respawn Entertainment, developed in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games. This narratively driven, single-player title picks up five years after the events of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and follows Cal’s increasingly desperate fight as the galaxy descends further into darkness. Pushed to the edges of the galaxy by the Empire, Cal will find himself surrounded by threats new and familiar. As one of the last surviving Jedi Knights, Cal is driven to make a stand during the galaxy’s darkest times — but how far is he willing to go to protect himself, his crew, and the legacy of the Jedi Order?
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Feels great to play and has some legitimately impressive set pieces. The souls like combat doesn't get in the way too much, and the addition of the claymore makes it really satisfying.
The story didn't really land for me. Trying to suggest Cal being obsessed with destroying facism is the same as being obssessed with ruling a plamet is weird. And then the inevitable betrayal by Bode stops making sense when you think about what life alone on that planet would be like. I was expecting the girlfriend to die and Cal to go dark side, but they chickenned out. I don't even know what darkside Cal would mean, Sith v Sith?
It's the metroidvania aspect they are still rubbing up against. They wanted to do one big space here, but chickenned out. I can see the vision, but also this is a star wars game, people are literally here to see different planets. As it is there are a couple of small planets but then not enough attention paid to making the main one work cohesively.
Vader returns, but he doesn't make the same impression as in the first. Which is fair, given that first game has maybe the best vader appearance of all time.
The story didn't really land for me. Trying to suggest Cal being obsessed with destroying facism is the same as being obssessed with ruling a plamet is weird. And then the inevitable betrayal by Bode stops making sense when you think about what life alone on that planet would be like. I was expecting the girlfriend to die and Cal to go dark side, but they chickenned out. I don't even know what darkside Cal would mean, Sith v Sith?
It's the metroidvania aspect they are still rubbing up against. They wanted to do one big space here, but chickenned out. I can see the vision, but also this is a star wars game, people are literally here to see different planets. As it is there are a couple of small planets but then not enough attention paid to making the main one work cohesively.
Vader returns, but he doesn't make the same impression as in the first. Which is fair, given that first game has maybe the best vader appearance of all time.
These games are some of the best Star Wars stories out there and Cal is one of the coolest Star Wars characters! All the improvements from the first game help make it even so much more fun. I only wish it was better optimized on release because it prevented me from playing through it sooner but I'm so glad I finally did