Overall, a really fun experience. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has its flaws but a solid story with some interesting developments, some fun combat (albeit a bit repetitive at times), and some fun areas to explore make up for some of these issues.
The combat I kinda love? It's pretty simple but the satisfying lightsaber mechanics mixed with the force powers you get at full strength make mixing and matching force + lightsaber combos that can make group killing so damn satisfying. I never quite gelled with the dual lightsaber style you eventually unlock but even that had its moments of fun.
The unfortunate counter to the combat mechanics are the general platforming and exploring aspects to this game. There are platforming sections that are just abysmal to get through. Jumping across some areas, I just would overshoot or undershoot the distance and fall. Luckily you just lose health and can restart right where you started, but it sorta feels like an addition that was added to make up for how shitty the traversing can be at times.
Since you can't fast travel in this game AT ALL and you are constantly having to trek back to your ship in order to leave and travel, you are just hitting these bad sections a bit too consistently.
The game has some secrets and collectibles that are interesting and helpful on every planet. You can unlock skins for your ship, for BD-1 (who is amazing sidekick and has his own unique skills that are great), your costumes, and lightsaber parts. You can also find locations for more stimpacks for healing so searching all parts of a planet and returning to them once you start getting new powers and upgrades is a pretty worthwhile venture.
These changes are not necessary but in a world filled with paid skins and DLC for these kinds of things, the free options in this game are very satisfying to manage and go through.
The cast of characters that go along with you through this journey are all really interesting and without giving much away, the story is not half bad. The final location in particular is just so damn crazy across the board that it probably raises this game to the four stars I've given it. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order certainly has its frustrations but the ride is overall a good time, ending at one hell of a setup for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
The combat I kinda love? It's pretty simple but the satisfying lightsaber mechanics mixed with the force powers you get at full strength make mixing and matching force + lightsaber combos that can make group killing so damn satisfying. I never quite gelled with the dual lightsaber style you eventually unlock but even that had its moments of fun.
The unfortunate counter to the combat mechanics are the general platforming and exploring aspects to this game. There are platforming sections that are just abysmal to get through. Jumping across some areas, I just would overshoot or undershoot the distance and fall. Luckily you just lose health and can restart right where you started, but it sorta feels like an addition that was added to make up for how shitty the traversing can be at times.
Since you can't fast travel in this game AT ALL and you are constantly having to trek back to your ship in order to leave and travel, you are just hitting these bad sections a bit too consistently.
The game has some secrets and collectibles that are interesting and helpful on every planet. You can unlock skins for your ship, for BD-1 (who is amazing sidekick and has his own unique skills that are great), your costumes, and lightsaber parts. You can also find locations for more stimpacks for healing so searching all parts of a planet and returning to them once you start getting new powers and upgrades is a pretty worthwhile venture.
These changes are not necessary but in a world filled with paid skins and DLC for these kinds of things, the free options in this game are very satisfying to manage and go through.
The cast of characters that go along with you through this journey are all really interesting and without giving much away, the story is not half bad. The final location in particular is just so damn crazy across the board that it probably raises this game to the four stars I've given it. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order certainly has its frustrations but the ride is overall a good time, ending at one hell of a setup for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor