Star Wars has such potential in this era of video game storytelling, and these guys saw it.
And the era of video games in general.
The lightsaber combat is so satisfying. The most satisfying it's ever been. The style and dynamic flow of it is just so good. Feels less like attacks in a video game that you repeat, and more like one continuous series.
I don't necessarily want Dark Souls in my games, but the victories in this game are so satisfying.
And it's pretty gorgeous to look at too. The locations are pretty wild.
That Shyyyo flying scene is beautiful. And the double-bladed lightsaber cutscene after makes the child in me jump with glee.
And I love the simple, but great, lightsaber analogy. How Jaro's lightsaber hilt is broken until Cal fully reconnects with the force, and then he fixes the hilt. And then he uses both Jaro's and Cere's—his two teachers—hilts to make his own new one.
And BD-1 is a cute little guy. Fucker made me break down crying.
"But then this dark shadow came..."
And I obviously absolutely adore how they do Darth Vader. You just run through stormtroopers and other enemies by the end and feel like a god, and this guy just walks up and it's not even a boss fight. You just run. He's so incredible untouchable. The whole sequence is so phenomenal, you can feel the dread in his presence.
This is the second time I played this, and I remembered that BD-1 survives, but when Vader picked him up, I just had this instant in-the-moment fear, and I just shot up and yelled "No!" I think that was the first time where I've actually felt real fucking actual fear from Darth Vader, the fictional character. Like I was scared of him. Like, I had a second where I thought "Does he kill BD-1, and I just forgot?" and I hated him for it. He's a fictional character, and in that moment I hated him like he was real. That's how scared I was.
Incredible.
And the era of video games in general.
The lightsaber combat is so satisfying. The most satisfying it's ever been. The style and dynamic flow of it is just so good. Feels less like attacks in a video game that you repeat, and more like one continuous series.
I don't necessarily want Dark Souls in my games, but the victories in this game are so satisfying.
And it's pretty gorgeous to look at too. The locations are pretty wild.
That Shyyyo flying scene is beautiful. And the double-bladed lightsaber cutscene after makes the child in me jump with glee.
And I love the simple, but great, lightsaber analogy. How Jaro's lightsaber hilt is broken until Cal fully reconnects with the force, and then he fixes the hilt. And then he uses both Jaro's and Cere's—his two teachers—hilts to make his own new one.
And BD-1 is a cute little guy. Fucker made me break down crying.
"But then this dark shadow came..."
And I obviously absolutely adore how they do Darth Vader. You just run through stormtroopers and other enemies by the end and feel like a god, and this guy just walks up and it's not even a boss fight. You just run. He's so incredible untouchable. The whole sequence is so phenomenal, you can feel the dread in his presence.
This is the second time I played this, and I remembered that BD-1 survives, but when Vader picked him up, I just had this instant in-the-moment fear, and I just shot up and yelled "No!" I think that was the first time where I've actually felt real fucking actual fear from Darth Vader, the fictional character. Like I was scared of him. Like, I had a second where I thought "Does he kill BD-1, and I just forgot?" and I hated him for it. He's a fictional character, and in that moment I hated him like he was real. That's how scared I was.
Incredible.