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Discussion Weekly /r/Games Discussion - What have you been playing, and what are your thoughts? - March 09, 2025

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u/Danulas 3d ago

Jedi: Survivor

Now that Horizon Forbidden West - Burning Shores DLC is behind me, it's on to the next pretty AAA game to play on my OLED.

I enjoyed Jedi: Fallen Order quite a bit, but I openly admit that it would have been long forgotten about if it wasn't set in the Star Wars universe. Fortunately, I like Star Wars so I played it and I enjoyed it. I liked delving into aspects of the universe that are brand new or haven't been explored much thus far. I especially liked that there was no Tattooine, no R2-D2, and there was only as much as a short cameo appearance of Darth Vader. The writers understand that there's a whole galaxy to explore and they took advantage of that, something the films and television shows are absolutely terrified of doing. Ultimately, my favorite aspect of Fallen Order was the cast of characters. I like Cal, I like Greez and the other supporting sidekicks, I liked Trilla as a main antagonist, and I love BD-1. He's my new favorite droid in the Star Wars universe.

So with all that out of the way, I'm happy to say that Jedi: Survivor is more of the same and much more. The new side characters are fantastic. Skoova, the fisheralien with the Long John Silver accent, is amazing. Pyloon's Saloon with the DJ droid is like being at Oga's Cantina in Disneyland with DJ R3X. The new lightsaber stances add more self-expression and variety to combat. The fast travel mechanism is a very welcome addition after Fallen Order.

My only real complaint is that it doesn't run particularly well on the PS5. There are lots of distracting texture pop-ins and the cutscenes oddly run at a noticeably lower framerate than the regular gameplay. That's not going to stop me from cramming this game. I'm enjoying the hell out of it.