I enjoyed my time with the game. Which is surprising because at first the exploration was really boring with these large open-ended areas. About 5 hours in I was hooked though, as the open-ended level transitioned into tightly designed platforming set pieces and some mildly amusing puzzles. Fallen Order is definitely the better game with its zelda-esque temples. But this game's story and characters keeps me seated for the experience.
In the negatives, the game's combat is jank as heck, enemies are hard to hit because of the animations and dodging and blocking makes no sense because enemies don't telegraph well or don't give you enough time to react. Pretty much the only guaranteed parry point is after an opponent parries you. Enemies can just randomly spam unreactable unblockables too. You are supposed to dodge these, but the dodge timing is so weird you could dodge, but then the enemy just homing missiles to your location and hits you anyway. Their definition of hard is just "block this mixup" every second while you are trying to heal. The game becomes a joke though if you go one spot down from the "normal" difficulty setting. I would not play it again especially for combat reasons, it just isn't fun.
Cutscenes and objectives are also jank. Cal frequently clips through stuff mid cutscene and some characters might just be T-Posing in the background. You may have to reset the game back to menu because something didn't load properly and you are softlocked. But at least it didn't corrupt my save like the first game did. Yay for bare minimum.
Exploration is where the meat of the game is and is super fun except when it just leads you to a dumb cosmetic for your weapons or one of five or so currencies that lead you to different vendors that also only sell you dumb cosmetics for your weapons. I'm cool with costumes, but the cosmetic customization for the weapons you can barely see is dumb. Think of something cooler EA!
The story is a bit shallow and predictable but it sticks the landing in the end with some pretty character defining moments for Cal. I root for him and his optimism throughout the whole adventure. Excited to see where he goes in the 3rd game that is inevitable. Hope it's good.
In the negatives, the game's combat is jank as heck, enemies are hard to hit because of the animations and dodging and blocking makes no sense because enemies don't telegraph well or don't give you enough time to react. Pretty much the only guaranteed parry point is after an opponent parries you. Enemies can just randomly spam unreactable unblockables too. You are supposed to dodge these, but the dodge timing is so weird you could dodge, but then the enemy just homing missiles to your location and hits you anyway. Their definition of hard is just "block this mixup" every second while you are trying to heal. The game becomes a joke though if you go one spot down from the "normal" difficulty setting. I would not play it again especially for combat reasons, it just isn't fun.
Cutscenes and objectives are also jank. Cal frequently clips through stuff mid cutscene and some characters might just be T-Posing in the background. You may have to reset the game back to menu because something didn't load properly and you are softlocked. But at least it didn't corrupt my save like the first game did. Yay for bare minimum.
Exploration is where the meat of the game is and is super fun except when it just leads you to a dumb cosmetic for your weapons or one of five or so currencies that lead you to different vendors that also only sell you dumb cosmetics for your weapons. I'm cool with costumes, but the cosmetic customization for the weapons you can barely see is dumb. Think of something cooler EA!
The story is a bit shallow and predictable but it sticks the landing in the end with some pretty character defining moments for Cal. I root for him and his optimism throughout the whole adventure. Excited to see where he goes in the 3rd game that is inevitable. Hope it's good.