Single Player Campaign-only review.
"Remember this character and this planet?!" The Game...
I don't mean to be too reductive, but that's often what the campaign feels like. Honestly, as a Star Wars fan, it was pretty fun seeing all the heroes we know and love through the eyes of a new, great character. But it does often feel less like Iden's story and more like an excuse to bring us to familiar locations and play with characters we know and love.
As an added bonus - the whole story is canon. There are references to the new characters and events introduced in the game in others Star Wars media. Great for anyone who's into the Star Wars universe.
The gameplay itself is unfortunately mediocre. A third person shooter with no cover mechanic yet enemies you face pop in and out of cover. The enemy AI will often just bum-rush you making it sometimes hard to survive while your ally AI does literally nothing. It all just feels clumsy. They took the multiplayer system they had already built and applied that over the story. Makes you wonder how much better it would've been if it had been designed from the ground-up as a third person action-adventure shooter similar to Uncharted.
+ Fun, canon story set in the Star Wars universe. Great if you're a fan.
+ Visually quite impressive.
- The lack of a cover mechanic is a glaring omission. Mechanically, the campaign feels like an afterthought.
- The story feels like it exists purely to pander to fans and get you to play as familiar faces in familiar locations.
"Remember this character and this planet?!" The Game...
I don't mean to be too reductive, but that's often what the campaign feels like. Honestly, as a Star Wars fan, it was pretty fun seeing all the heroes we know and love through the eyes of a new, great character. But it does often feel less like Iden's story and more like an excuse to bring us to familiar locations and play with characters we know and love.
As an added bonus - the whole story is canon. There are references to the new characters and events introduced in the game in others Star Wars media. Great for anyone who's into the Star Wars universe.
The gameplay itself is unfortunately mediocre. A third person shooter with no cover mechanic yet enemies you face pop in and out of cover. The enemy AI will often just bum-rush you making it sometimes hard to survive while your ally AI does literally nothing. It all just feels clumsy. They took the multiplayer system they had already built and applied that over the story. Makes you wonder how much better it would've been if it had been designed from the ground-up as a third person action-adventure shooter similar to Uncharted.
+ Fun, canon story set in the Star Wars universe. Great if you're a fan.
+ Visually quite impressive.
- The lack of a cover mechanic is a glaring omission. Mechanically, the campaign feels like an afterthought.
- The story feels like it exists purely to pander to fans and get you to play as familiar faces in familiar locations.