Really it's more like 1 parts uncharted, 1 parts Souls, and 1 parts Metroid.
I might wait for a patch, because the footage from this GB quick look seems janky as all hell. Animations seem very jumpy.
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Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order - Review Thread
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I might wait for a patch, because the footage from this GB quick look seems janky as all hell. Animations seem very jumpy.
For the second time in a month I don't agree with another Eurogamer review D:
There are some sidequests and will depend a bit on the difficulty level.
IGN says 20 hours. May depend on how much you explore and difficulty level you play at.
I guess if you mainline? I'm 10, going on 11 hours in and have focused on side stuff to power up and I don't feel like I'm anywhere near the end.
These reviews overall are pretty divisive.
Some are saying great story and engaging throughout. Others are saying story never goes anywhere and the game becomes a slog.
Maybe the story is a big part of it and your overall enjoyment depends on how much you end up enjoying the story
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Its definitely this. On easier difficulty you could probably just run through everything first attempt.
Good reviews.
I saw a bit of footage from fextralife on twitch and it looked solid. I'll most likely get it next year on a good sale.
I saw a bit of footage from fextralife on twitch and it looked solid. I'll most likely get it next year on a good sale.
Maybe 12 is just the main story? Are there meaningful side quests in the game, or would the other ~15 hours of gameplay be just your bog standard collection/repetitive missions?
Hopefully the consensus is that it's good! Won't be able to play it till some steep discounts, tho.
Good scores, but I'm deep into Death Stranding and the praise isn't effusive enough for me to check it out immediately. I'll wait for a sale.
Same. If it gets discounted on black friday then I'll pick it up then.
Force Awakens is a dumber straight-ahead combat game, and at first, you'll be glad to see J:FO branch out with inspirations from other adventure games. (I in no way apologize for Force Awakens' weaker points, it sure has 'em.) But too quickly into my runtime with J:FO, I wished I could enjoy combat options and Force powers the way I did in Force Awakens 1 & 2. I felt more like a Jedi badass playing those. I didn't have the same taste in my mouth by the end of this one. I talk about this issue in J:FO, about a painfully paltry Force meter, in my review.
Jesus I cannot stop mixing up Awakens and Unleashed, someone Force shove me off a bridge already
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Okay good deal. Sorry, just pointing a few ppl here who are thinking of getting the game and want them to see all the scores. Thanks for making the thread!
It's really weird, looking at this game and Death Stranding. Both reviewed very well on the aggregate sites. However ... when the reviews are negative, they are scathingly negative. You would expect the negative opinions to be ratcheted down to "didn't impress me", and yet both games have the negative reviews implying that nothing at all about either game is good. Just like with Death Stranding, I think I'm going to have to consume a few hours of streams to decide if it's for me or not.
We're in a timeline where within a week, a new ea starwars is handily outscoring a new kojima IP and first console pokemon.
Thats a big difference. Reviews saying the charm dies off after 10+ hours hmm
Favorable reviews. So does anyone know how it compares to the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series? My birthday is tomorrow so I'm tempted to spoil myself and get it.
When it comes to Metroidvanias, I wouldn't read too much into completion playtimes unless they did 100%/Platinumed the game in that time. Difficulty levels (iirc this has different ones), player's skill level, how much additional exploration & possible side quests they do, how quickly they find solutions to solving puzzles/circumventing obstacles, if they just run through everything or try to find secrets or just take in the scenery etc. Something that is 12 hours for one player can be 18 for another even with similar completion percentages. I imagine reviewers are mostly rushing through the game with fairly minimal extra, so non-reviewers taking their time with everything and maybe going for 100% can spend noticeably more time on the game.
There is definitely the ability to spend a lot of time looking for secrets and such. I'm 5 hours in on the 2nd planet and i haven't found even close to half of everything on the 1st and 2nd planet. I didn't read that specific review but I imagine they didn't get anywhere close to all of it either. Not that that's a requirement ofc for the time to finish a game, just something to consider I guess.
If you rush as fast as ars did and skip everything, 10-12 hours. If you actually stick around and do side stuff and collectibles, upwards of 30 potentially.
I imagine if you make a beeline for the end and aren't playing on the higher difficulties it's not that long. On the "second" planet the game wanted me to hop back in the ship. . .but the map I was on was like 50% explored and I spent a good chunk of time trying to find what I could.
There is gameplay length here if you want there to be.
That. . .really wouldn't make ANY sense in the context of this game though (also I assume we're talking about The Force Unleashed).
Good scores.
I personally think that the game score will differ depending on if you like Souls games and what difficulty you play on.
The game is meant to be played on Jedi Master or above I would say.
And obviously being a Star Wars fan will help but there it's definitely a good game in it's own right as well.
I personally think that the game score will differ depending on if you like Souls games and what difficulty you play on.
The game is meant to be played on Jedi Master or above I would say.
And obviously being a Star Wars fan will help but there it's definitely a good game in it's own right as well.
Kat´s review gives me pause but it´s nice to see that things apparently worked out. Another one for November then and SW really needed this one.
That said, why couldn't Respawn and EA put tougher an interesting gameplay video or even trailer? They made it look like another run off the mill license game with lots of money put into the graphics up to now.
That said, why couldn't Respawn and EA put tougher an interesting gameplay video or even trailer? They made it look like another run off the mill license game with lots of money put into the graphics up to now.
Insane. If you asked me a year out that this would do better than console pokemon with the critics, I'd call you a liar.
Just a quick question: would a lower score for "unnecessary features" be a positive thing?
I was actually worried about that too reading impressions about how the combat is methodical and souls-esque. Like yeah that's great but at times I also want to feel like a badass Jedi
