Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

[ricky1981]

Picked this up not expecting too much but it's surprisingly good with some serious Dark Souls influence (bonfire, respawning enemies, exploration). The first section feels very Uncharted-esque but with lightsabers (you get one very early so not really a spoiler).

Odd that the review embargo was in place as it ought to review pretty well if the rest of the game is as good as the first couple of hours.

 

[Jase]

I played a couple of hours last night and yeah first bit was pretty much the train bit in uncharted.

I'm undecided about the combat and the backtracking over the map, but I had a feeling that might improve as you start to unlock new abilities etc.

 

[Plainsong]

From what little I've read it has Metroidvania elements so yeah there will be a lot of backtracking to open up previously locked out areas. I so want this game but my backlog must come first!

 

[glenimp617]

I have so many recently bought games to play, but I also really want this.

after watching Mandalorian last night, I'm ready for some star wars action.

 

[Noxia]

I've taken a punt which seems silly considering how bad I am at these type of games, however as it's SW I thought I'd try it, plus I kinda got it 'free' with my Nectar points.

 

[Liquid_Entity]

I can't afford to get this until payday on 26th but I will be sure to get it as A. It's Star Wars and B. It's looking good so far in reviews etc.

 

[Worthy]

I forgot to add this to my boomerang list, and I'm tempted to just buy it because it looks so good. I never get like that with games nowadays :|

 

[Chatty72]

I'm on my 2nd planet(I think) and really not enjoying it yet. Thinking I should have maybe bought death stranding instead.

 

[ricky1981]

If you're not enjoying it at that point then I'd sell it on, I'm 10-12 hours in and the gameplay doesn't change much (you get new force abilities but the essential loop is the same).

Can recommend Death Stranding, it's weird, pretentious, repetitive but something I think everyone should try despite those things!

 

[Chatty72]

Yeh think I will trade it for death stranding gutted as I love anything star wars but this just never clicked with me.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

I like this it’s a mix of uncharted and mass effect. Looks nice too.. I find the map a bit confusing sometimes but I’m enjoying it so far...

 

[andrewohare]

Yeh think I will trade it for death stranding gutted as I love anything star wars but this just never clicked with me.

I couldn't get on with Death Stranding, was more of a slog with walking from one end of the map to the other, really enjoying Fallen order atm but the combat can be frustrating especially when I was crap at Dark souls lol

 

[ricky1981]

The best bits of combat are taking out low-mid level stormtroopers, deflecting laser bolts, force pushing them off ledges, etc.

Sadly, the more powerful enemies are less fun, the combat tries to be like Dark Souls but it's not really close to that level as you get further in. Fighting groups of melee enemies becomes a slightly frustrating mess, fighting the camera and dealing with multiple unblockable attacks.

The puzzle elements are fairly well done, the Star Wars atmosphere is great despite the graphics varying from great (opening section) to rough (the wookie models are pretty bad) and performance is surprisingly jerky on my XB1X.

I think it's worth picking up still if you like/love Star Wars but probably feel now that most reviews might be a bit on the generous side.

 

[Chatty72]

I've turned the difficulty down from jedi master and started to enjoy it a lot more now.

 

[ricky1981]

I've turned the difficulty down from jedi master and started to enjoy it a lot more now.

I'd second that, the combat mechanics just aren't good enough in my view for the harder difficulty to feel fun or rewarding (I say that as someone who has completed all of the DS/BB games).

 

[RedStarRiot]

Surprised more folk aren't playing this.

Combat gets better the more you get into it however the story, music, visuals and overall game play is great.

Must have for Star Wars fans

 

[kitkat9933]

Starting to enjoy it after 10 hours in.

As Others have said, it’s no fun at higher difficult levels as I find the combat mechanics fairly buggy as well as the camera not always right.

 

[ricky1981]

I'm 15 or so hours in and the game could really use fast travel between the meditation points, you get shortcuts in this game but there is still an inordinate amount of back-tracking because you can only ever start a level from the landing pad.

At the moment, my fix is to put the difficulty to easiest and enjoy being an OP jedi until I get to the place I need to be.

 

[Benny]

Picked this up on Saturday, I have never played any of the Souls games, to which this has been likened in part. So a break from the normal type of games I play.
Really enjoying it and loving the SW Lore realisation. I started the game on Jedi Master and had to drop it down.

Had a few technical problems with the game though on my XoneX. Early on had a clipping issues which catapulted me up onto a mountain one one of the timed jumping parts of the game.

I have just hit Kashyyyk and had a fight with an elite hunter type. That was very very stuttery/twithcy experience for me. I'm running the game off a half full external crucial 1TB SSD.
I'm finding when I pan the camera quickly it hitches and can freeze for a millisecond (has got worse on Kashyyyk). Definitely doesn't feel smooth, so decided to put it down until a patch arrives. I did read something on reddit about turning off Share Usage, that may help. Will give that a pop. Otherwise game will be on hold sadly.

B

 

[wildman]

from a control perspective, how does the game play i.e is it a standard twin stick shooter like farcry / uncharted or more of an RPG control like fallout 3 was on the PS3 ?