For as iconic as the movies are - one of the greatest movie franchises of all time - the same reverence isn't given to the video games. Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order also benefited from expectations being pretty low for fans of Star Wars video games. For example, the climbing can get a little wonky, and you can go a lot faster than you'll first think you can. The mechanics can take a little getting used to. The score seemed Star Wars adjacent, and though you don't get the iconic theme at the beginning, you still get mood-setting background tunes to keep the blood pumping on your journey. One thing that struck me about the game early on was the music. The game has great Dark Souls vibes to it if you loved that game, you will very much enjoy this. The mechanics aren't A+, the climbing can get a little wonky sometimes and you have to get used to the lightsaber fighting movements (but come on, lightsaber fighting for anyone 0-10 is still amazing), but overall, for the several hours I have played, the game is fun and would rate decent no matter what IP was attached to it.
And that's OK, because there's still plenty to do. The game isn't a complete open world-style game it's more God of War than Breath of the Wild. I am willing to set aside what I perceive to be slight difficulties and inconveniences in control movement flow, because the story is immediately compelling and interesting. This game takes place five years later, a dark time for the Jedi, trying to regroup and rebuild.įallen Order hooks you in early.
There are new characters you're introduced to, including the main one you control, Cal Kestis (played by Cameron Monaghan), who is another Jedi who is somehow still alive after basically all the good guys got wiped out in "Revenge of the Sith" (a top-five Star Wars film in the entire series by the way, dont me). One of our video producers, Jarrett Hobbs, who has played 33 Star Wars video games several times over, and is therefore a qualified expert, had this initial thought after playing the game: "This is definitely the most significant single-player Star Wars experience since Force Unleashed 1, which was released over a decade ago." We've all been waiting for a lore-heavy, single-player Star Wars video game for a while now, and this is definitely it. Based on its attention to detail, scenery and depth, Jedi: Fallen Order is now in the conversation of best game in the Star Wars series.
You love Star Wars, you devour everything Star Wars, you chug Bantha milk and eat your pears with a fork and knife (sliced with the force, obviously).īut this review is for my 3-7s out there. If you are an 8-10, you're going to play this game anyway, even if you don't like video games. If you are going to pick this one up, I would suggest, just like the game does as you set it up, to play with a controller, even on PC. Here's what I can tell you: The graphics are gorgeous. Maybe you're a big video game fan and you want to try Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order for the storytelling, mechanics, gameplay and graphics. If you are a 0-2, then you're not really a Star Wars fan. Take a second, and give your Star Wars fandom a grade. But I still go see every movie in theaters and watch at least one episode of every series. I'm highly interested, but I don't have every character or line memorized, I still need to look up if something is canon or not, and yes, I have had a little Star Wars movie fatigue recently.