A few months ago, I saw that Star Wars Jedi: Survivor was going to be releasing and Fallen Order was free on Playstation Plus and even had an upgraded PS5 version, so I had to give it a try because Survivor looked like it was going to be an amazing game.
I am not a big Star Wars fan, but Fallen Order is one of my favorite games I have ever played. When I completed the first game, I was super excited for Survivor to come out.
I have been playing this new one for about a week and I am really enjoying it. It got some bad reviews and it sounds like a lot of the problems that people are having with it are some graphical issues on PC. I think I heard that there were some day one issues on PS5, but it looks like those have been taken care of because the game runs great for me.
There are some choppy frame rates at times and the textures can seem a bit weird every now and then, but the game still looks and plays amazing for me. I am playing it on performance mode on the PS5 though. I turned performance mode off to see how it looked in 4K, but the frame rate was pretty bad and it made it unplayable. It didn't look too different to me either.
The art design in these games have always been really cool. There is always so much going on onscreen, whether it is foliage moving in the wind, cool atmospheric lighting or animals running around. The game looks beautiful.
The game seems to have picked up a few years after the first one ended. Cal is still searching for more Jedi to fight against the Empire. The story is pretty cool so far. You reunite with a lot of friends from the first game and recruit some new ones.
Survivor already seems a lot bigger and more ambitious than the first one. There are so many more little world bosses and monsters to fight.
One cool thing in this one is that you have a homebase that is a cantina named Pyloon's Saloon on Koboh. The cantina has a bunch of cool things you can do and people to recruit to be a part of the cantina. Right now I just have a few different people in there, like a DJ and some little alien dude that collects fish for the fish tank. It is a pretty fun way to stay engaged with the people in this world they have created and really make it a personal place to hang out.
One of the best parts of these games is the world building. Most games are pretty linear and you just run in a straight line across the world, but in this game, the devs really put a lot of time into crafting a really cool world to explore and navigate through. The map in the game is pretty useless in my opinion because you dont just go straight from one point to another. You have to traverse up and down ledges and through little passageways to get around and that is a bit hard to see on the map. I barely use the map and just go exploring because there is so much to see.
Combat is pretty similar to the first one, but there are so many new upgrade paths. The game plays a lot similar to the Souls games as well. When you die, you drop your XP and you have to go back to where you died and collect it before dying again. You also have stims that heal you and the only way to replenish them is to rest, but in doing so, all enemies you killed are revived.
This game also focuses heavily on parrying and dodging. The combat is so much fun. Running around cutting through enemies with dual light sabers is pretty cool.
I am taking my time with this game because I don't want to rush through it too fast. There is a lot more content in this one than the previous game. There is a lot of optional side quests that reward you with health, force and stim upgrades and there are so many cool cosmetic upgrades to find as well.
Overall, I am really enjoying this game. If you were a fan of the first one, I think you will like this new one as well. I can't wait to see where this story takes me.
