Fallen Order succeeds entirely because of its lack of originality. There are almost no new ideas to be found here, and while that deserves some criticism, it does result in a quality game. The combat and exploration are basically just dark souls with some force powers added on, the parkour cinematics clearly draw inspiration from games like Uncharted, and they even tried to throw in some half-hearted BotW inspired dungeon puzzles. It doesn’t do any of those things quite as good as the games it’s drawing from, but it is done well enough. It’s also worth mentioning that I played this around the time it came out and it had some pretty glaring technical issues, and while those have probably been fixed after launch, it did negatively affect my experience at times. At the end of the day, whether you think this is a good or great game will probably come down to whether or not you like Star Wars.

Reviewed on May 12, 2023


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