Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

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3.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 520 Ratings

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  1. Fedozzi
    May 3, 2023
    6
    I don’t understand what’s been happening with developers lately, even in quality mode - low resolution, and in performance mode it’s just a nightmare, and even with fps drop, as if I’m back in the days of Xbox one, I’m already ready to buy pro versions of consoles, because I feel like it will only get worse.
  2. Dubeau
    Jun 18, 2023
    7
    Jedi Survivor was a fun game. The story has certainly a lot of merit, although the ending twist was kind of obvious. Sadly, this is another average port for the PC. Performance are really bad at times, and there are bugs. A mod at Nexus improve that performance, otherwise I wouldn't have bought the game. The fighting is still fun, but the difference between Story mode and Padawan is justJedi Survivor was a fun game. The story has certainly a lot of merit, although the ending twist was kind of obvious. Sadly, this is another average port for the PC. Performance are really bad at times, and there are bugs. A mod at Nexus improve that performance, otherwise I wouldn't have bought the game. The fighting is still fun, but the difference between Story mode and Padawan is just too big. Story is way too easy and Padawan a bit too hard. The game rely way too much on acrobatics this time around. There is a lot of upgrades, clothing and such. You have to talk to NPC often at the bar to get side quests. Kobo is really the only big open world area. All the rest are more or less open. It's not bad tho. Music is excellent. Sounds effects great. I give the game 72%. It lasted around 37 hours and it was fun with the mods.… Expand
  3. Rabih117
    Aug 2, 2023
    5
    Game is terribly optimized on PC still after updates. Got it for free with my 7800x3d. Playing on a 4090 32gb of 6000 ddr5, 7800x3d. RT causes random light flashes and crashes. Only has fsr and no dlss. For required to play with RT and good performance. The game will always comple shades at startup which doesn't do anything. Littered with shader compilation stutter and traversal stutter.Game is terribly optimized on PC still after updates. Got it for free with my 7800x3d. Playing on a 4090 32gb of 6000 ddr5, 7800x3d. RT causes random light flashes and crashes. Only has fsr and no dlss. For required to play with RT and good performance. The game will always comple shades at startup which doesn't do anything. Littered with shader compilation stutter and traversal stutter. Game crashes with RT on in certain areas. As for the game, story is fresh but mediocre the reasoning for some beplot twists in the game make. No sense. People say the graphics are good and they are but it really looks like the canvas of any basic template on unreal engine 4. I was able to play throught thr whole main story and that's why I'm giving it a 5. If you skip this game you're not missing out.… Expand
  4. Weeeeee711
    May 10, 2023
    6
    Just like Fallen Order..I thought this was pretty good..but It's no where near Uncharted or even the recent Tomb Raider trilogy.

    The characters are fine The story is alright There's not enough planets. The ones they do have are mainly turned into mazes are/or obstacles courses The stances are a lot like Controls weapon set up..I like that part The customization is pretty good. The    Just like Fallen Order..I thought this was pretty good..but It's no where near Uncharted or even the recent Tomb Raider trilogy.

    The characters are fine
    The story is alright
    There's not enough planets.
    The ones they do have are mainly turned into mazes are/or obstacles courses
    The stances are a lot like Controls weapon set up..I like that part
    The customization is pretty good.
    The combat is easily the best part
    The bounty hunting can be fun..but makes absolutely no sense

    NO bounty hunter gets their target then waits a couple weeks for their target to get to their location. that's just dumb.

    Star Wars Galaxies did it a lot better and went offline 11 1/2 years ago.

    and i liked how many enemies you fought.

    I could go on...but this just isn't a 70 dollar game...even it ran perfectly...more like 30-40

    They cut a lot of corners and if you ever want to be on the same level as say Uncharted 4..go watch a couple play throughs of that.

    Make your puzzles fun...make the story something original...work on your maps A TON..ditch the Titanfall 2 wall running..and I haven't even talked about releasing an unfinished game yet.

    It CAN be fun and I'll add on the sfx..those were good too..but this is a 6 out of 10    … Expand
  5. smokenmirras
    May 6, 2023
    7
    Great gameplay and a cool story so far. Stop releasing unfinished games. You make billions, EA. At least release a full product.
  6. ApacheHeli
    May 1, 2023
    7
    This game is good, I came into it pretty much blind aside from the original trailer. And came out feeling like I just played an AD for the high republic era, regardless of stormtroopers being everywhere it honestly feels like the empire takes a complete back seat until the very end.

    Right now I have very little care for the high republic, and inserting a full on high republic storyline    This game is good, I came into it pretty much blind aside from the original trailer. And came out feeling like I just played an AD for the high republic era, regardless of stormtroopers being everywhere it honestly feels like the empire takes a complete back seat until the very end.

    Right now I have very little care for the high republic, and inserting a full on high republic storyline in what is supposed to be an imperial survive as a jedi on the run story just felt forced to some extent. I think if they did I similar story like this and left the high republic out of it then it would be much better.

    The writing starts to fall apart in the very end, but the story overall was good, but it's really hard to not feel like I played a high republic AD, some may like that, but it could've been it's own game. Not inserted into this. I didn't come to play a high republic game, I came to play a jedi surviving from the empire. For a game called jedi Survivor, I didn't really get that vibe, which I did playing fallen order.

    Also this game seems to really become unbalanced in the parkour/puzzel department, fallen order had a nice balance of puzzle and parkour, and the majority of this game is parkour. Not sure where the balance went.

    I gave fallen order an 8. I am giving Jedi Survivor a 7    … Expand
  7. FenrirNox
    May 3, 2023
    7
    I think the story was great, the gameplay was good and almost every aspect of Fallen order was improved upon. The performance on the other hand.... Jesus. The game would've easily been a 9 for me were it not for the performance issues. And the price is totally unjustified. If you want 70$ for a game, earn it.
  8. Jenkinsmi
    May 14, 2023
    5
    Not sure if im gonna get to finish it as i'm crashing faster than I can progress, 15 crashes last 5 hours, game however is probably an 8/10.
  9. ThallesSilva
    May 2, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Falando em jogo, o jogo continua incrível, uma história excelente, profunda, porém EU ACHEI longa mais do que o necessário, dava para ter encurtado, foram 26 horas para finalizar e mais pro final não via a hora de terminar, pois estava massante, a gameplay segue as premissas do anterior com adições de novos estilos de combates chamado de postura, achei muito bom poder variar, e cada vilão exige uma postura/uma forma de combate diferente, isso é excelente.
    gráficos, achei aquém da geração atual, os cenários são lindos, mas a modelagem dos personagens muito ruim, pior ainda a modelagem dos personagens secundários, os cabelos parece cabelo de anime, que não tem fios, a barba do Cal não tem fios, é um serrilhado que fica piscando, é muito estranho.

    falando de otimização, desde o lançamento consegui colocar uma configuração que era capaz de jogar sem muito engasgos, após alguns Path, hoje o game já está muuuuito melhor.

    Minha nota é 7 não devido apenas a otimização, mas existem mecânicas horrorosas no Fallen Order e que mantiveram, não corrigiram mecânicas que poderiam melhorar a experiência in game, acho uma putaria essa câmera largada e que vai pra onde quer, morri várias vezes pq a câmera simplesmente deixava de ficar centrada no oponente, as vezes ela parava dentro das paredes, eu não via nada, aí era só o oponente me golpeando.    … Expand
  10. LastContrarian2
    May 11, 2023
    7
    Real review:

    I RECEIVED THE GAME FOR FREE. I ALSO PLAYED THIS GAME WITH LITTLE TO NO ISSUES, FPS @ 60 usually (or 75 when I set my monitor that high). Story and themes: 10/10 Environments: 10/10 Traversal: 7/0 Performance: 5/10 Personally this game ran quite decently for me and I never crashed once from start to finish. The story was definitely worth seeing and I am not even a    Real review:

    I RECEIVED THE GAME FOR FREE. I ALSO PLAYED THIS GAME WITH LITTLE TO NO ISSUES, FPS @ 60 usually (or 75 when I set my monitor that high).

    Story and themes: 10/10
    Environments: 10/10
    Traversal: 7/0
    Performance: 5/10

    Personally this game ran quite decently for me and I never crashed once from start to finish. The story was definitely worth seeing and I am not even a Star Wars fan. You can see video of my performance at its worst here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrGMdWP-mGs

    Don't worry, that's just the first part of the game!

    Now, others have had a terrible time with the game and its performance depending on many factors. Some cannot play the game. Steam refusing refunds. All scummy so I have to knock some points off. BUT if you are able to play the game it is worthwhile, and this is coming from someone who doesn't complete games.

    This game is NOT buggy in the way like The Last of Us (I gave that game a 0).

    But the bigger question, is it worth 70?

    NO. However I must commend the care, attention, and otherwise thought put into the game's story and setting. Definitely one of the better games in recent release once the performance issues are fixed.

    Some will be put off by the traversal. I hated it at times, but it did add a sometimes comedic element to the game when I was like "where the heck do I go?" If you like that kind of thing and solving puzzles, the game might have higher value for you there.    … Expand
  11. TTutone
    Apr 30, 2023
    7
    Luckily I am not one of the many affected on PC. I am playing close to the highest settings and I have a 5800x3d cpu, 3080ti gc, and 32gig DDR4 RAM 4000MT. On day one I had no issues whatsoever. Oddly enough though, today I just started to notice the cut scenes are starting to stutter. game action is fine for me. Certainly not the experience I had when SimCity and Dragon AgeLuckily I am not one of the many affected on PC. I am playing close to the highest settings and I have a 5800x3d cpu, 3080ti gc, and 32gig DDR4 RAM 4000MT. On day one I had no issues whatsoever. Oddly enough though, today I just started to notice the cut scenes are starting to stutter. game action is fine for me. Certainly not the experience I had when SimCity and Dragon Age Inquisition came out. I had to give up on those and wait a couple of weeks for patches. Those were totally unplayable.… Expand
  12. e0mer
    May 12, 2023
    7
    everything is better than the first game(except optimization this is why I give it less score than first game) but anyone who believes that these puzzles will work in a star wars game should be fired
  13. patdez
    Jul 18, 2023
    6
    After patches the game runs fairly well, although is is bloated. The combat is super fluid and the new stances are a welcome addition. Combat should be this game's biggest strength, but encounters are too few and unbalanced. Enemies are also unbalanced (lots of enemies can 1-shot on Grandmaster). Too much platforming and puzzle solving. WAY too many cutscenes and forced walking sectionsAfter patches the game runs fairly well, although is is bloated. The combat is super fluid and the new stances are a welcome addition. Combat should be this game's biggest strength, but encounters are too few and unbalanced. Enemies are also unbalanced (lots of enemies can 1-shot on Grandmaster). Too much platforming and puzzle solving. WAY too many cutscenes and forced walking sections for a game with a weak story. This game needed more combat, less platforming/cutscenes, and some adults in the writers room.… Expand
  14. tdebug
    May 8, 2023
    7
    I didn't get too bad performance issues and the game generally runs fine, with some minor shattering, so some polishing is in order of course. It is generally "more of the same" game, compared to the 1st part. The story is good, but I am not the biggest fan of constantly and endlessly respawning enemies. Luckily there is story mode, so thanks for that.
  15. parallax_84
    Jul 11, 2023
    7
    I didn't enjoy this one like the first one, the story is good but there is so much filler with parkour and wall running that I ended up getting tired and honestly I couldn't wait to finish it.
    The beggining and the end is action packed and really good but in the middle theres nothing but wall running and optional fetch quests, and the main objectives are designed to make you loose time.    I didn't enjoy this one like the first one, the story is good but there is so much filler with parkour and wall running that I ended up getting tired and honestly I couldn't wait to finish it.
    The beggining and the end is action packed and really good but in the middle theres nothing but wall running and optional fetch quests, and the main objectives are designed to make you loose time.
    The game is full of glitches 2 months after launch, performance is not bad but the traversal stuttering is very annoying especially when the first had the same issue running on the same engine.    … Expand
  16. Sholva
    May 21, 2023
    6
    Good game, but it shouldn’t have released in this state.

    I normally dedicate a good portion of my reviews to PC performance and for Jedi Survivor here I cannot ignore the poor state the PC version still is. The game launched with very poor CPU and GPU utilization issues, which after thee patches after release, five in total counting the ones implemented right before launch, has    Good game, but it shouldn’t have released in this state.

    I normally dedicate a good portion of my reviews to PC performance and for Jedi Survivor here I cannot ignore the poor state the PC version still is.
    The game launched with very poor CPU and GPU utilization issues, which after thee patches after release, five in total counting the ones implemented right before launch, has improved a bit, but not enough to call it a smooth experience, at all.

    You see, the planet of Koboh is the main area in this game, we spend 80% of the time here and always end up coming back here, also at various times in the day and, particularly when its night time, Koboh exhibits pretty poor CPU performance and very unstable frame times.
    This is even without Ray Tracing, but enabling it makes things even worse, as expected, sin Ray Tracing has that extra load on the CPU side of things too.

    On my R5 3600 and RTX 3060 Ti, I’ve played Open World games such as both Spider-Man games with great performance, even at 1620p DLDSR, but Jedi Survivor here can’t even do stable 50 FPS at 1080p, running around the Harvest Ridge riverbanks in the central hub area of Koboh where the Pyloon’s Saloon is.
    This is even with RT OFF, and increasing resolutions doesn’t really do much to improve the poor CPU performance in this game: the code has serious bottlenecks and I have seen the numerous reports, with frame data analysis, from users with much more powerful rigs than mine, also showing how unstable the frametimes can be.

    Brute Forcing through a bad PC port of a game can only help until a certain point, the game is still under performing for a lot of people no matter how much hardware you throw at it, compared to similar or even bigger current generation games.

    I take my time to test every update that releases, and while I have seen CPU improvements being implemented, which have improved Ray Tracing performance by 20-30%, the starting point for that uplift was so abysmally low that not even a 30% increase feels decent, also because the frame times are still very bad, reaching the 100 ms area quite often.

    So, the game still needs more patches, as of May 21st of 2023, and I have just completed the main story, so let’s talk about that a bit now.

    If you liked Jedi Fallen Order, this game is a must to play, even if you choose to wait for more patches, the Gameplay is fun, the Exploration is a lot better than the previous game, more stuff to discover, cool secrets and encounters, it’s all in here.

    Music is pretty decent, with some really epic tracks for some of the most exciting moments but also many of the more dramatic ones.

    This is truly a game crafted by Respawn for sure, something you may forget while playing until to reach a certain set piece at the end of one of the planets and you instantly go “yeah, this is 100% Respawn, no doubt”, and it feels awesome.

    Characters are very detailed, graphically, and well animated, and when it comes to their writing, I like most of the main cast stories and how they develop.

    Level Design is superb, some of the vistas in Koboh are spectacular, everything is seamless when going from one place to another, so good job there Respawn.
    The game looks excellent when RT is used, and a bit weak on the Lighting side if RT is OFF, which is a shame but nothing major. Asset, Geometry and Material quality is great, it looks like a Current Gen game for sure.

    That said, I have some issues with how they wrote most of the villains and antagonists, I’m not getting into spoilers, but I feel that for the second game in this series, they should have taken a few extra risks, particularly what can be considered the “main villain” through the first two thirds of the game…felt quite hollow in the end to me, how their fate came to be, among other issues.

    That alone would make be just score this game at like 8.5 or 9 over 10, it’s not terrible that some characters are poorly written, overall the rest are quite amazing, but I cannot ignore the current state of this game on PC, and I’m aware it also has severe issues on consoles, which in the end all come from the same core issues, like having crashes on PC when RT is enabled in one of the planets, I’ve seen consoles also crashing, and so on.

    Unfortunately this means I have to score this game at a 6/10, until they vastly improve its code. Yes, to me performance is worth a whole 3 points at least, it is crucial, I’m not asking for the impossible either: plenty of good PC ports out there, including some from very modern and demanding games.

    I hope this is not the end of this IP, and they do more with it in the future, I support Respawn in their decisions and I like this franchise a lot, but they need to fix this game’s performance.    … Expand
  17. RanGom007
    May 1, 2023
    7
    The game is wonderful, its passage was truly fascinating and exciting. To the entire creative team of the game, I say thank you for an amazing adventure. But beyond that there is something to add. First: EA you did ugly, cutting out the Russian language from the game. I was ready to buy your game and would gladly have done it, but you decided that Russian-speaking players are not worthy ofThe game is wonderful, its passage was truly fascinating and exciting. To the entire creative team of the game, I say thank you for an amazing adventure. But beyond that there is something to add. First: EA you did ugly, cutting out the Russian language from the game. I was ready to buy your game and would gladly have done it, but you decided that Russian-speaking players are not worthy of it. So I reciprocate, and played it for free. Honestly? I think so too. You could sell decently more copies without being guided by a strange policy. And the second is the technical condition, which could have been much better. The game is of high quality, EA's policy is disgusting to me. Thanks again to respawn for an exciting adventure, and EA is a shame.. Because of all these casual moments, we have to lower the rating.… Expand
  18. ErayTellezi
    Sep 6, 2023
    6
    Üzerine düşünmeye ve yazmaya değecek bir oyun değil. Sekiro olmaya çalışıp becerememiş, sonunda bir şey olmayan dandik yan yollara sapmayayım da direkt ana görev gideyim desen harita tasarımı ile kafayı yedirten oyun. Hala optimizasyon sıkıntısı var üstelik.

    Farklı duruşlar var, oynanışı direkt etkiliyorlar da sizi duruş değişikliğine iten bir şey yok. Boss savaşları tatmin edici değil.    Üzerine düşünmeye ve yazmaya değecek bir oyun değil. Sekiro olmaya çalışıp becerememiş, sonunda bir şey olmayan dandik yan yollara sapmayayım da direkt ana görev gideyim desen harita tasarımı ile kafayı yedirten oyun. Hala optimizasyon sıkıntısı var üstelik.

    Farklı duruşlar var, oynanışı direkt etkiliyorlar da sizi duruş değişikliğine iten bir şey yok. Boss savaşları tatmin edici değil. Sürekli ölmek üzereyken kaçıp sonra yine karşınıza çıkıyorlar. Mini boss'lar tekrar ediyor. Darth Vader dövüşü Vader'a hakaret resmen.

    Halbuki hikayesi fena değil, bazı açılardan, özellikle bir Star Wars işine göre dark bile sayılır. Ama oyun sıkıcı.    … Expand
  19. DefconSwagAlert
    May 19, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a huge fan of Fallen Order, I was really excited to play this game and let's just say that I have some complicated feelings about this game, at least on PC. Exploration, puzzle-solving, combat; and customization are the strong points of this game and are all excellent. The game is absolutely huge and there is tons of things to do and places to explore, even after finishing the end of the main story. Story itself was a mixed bag for me. There were certain moments that I really liked such as Cal and Merrin, Cere vs. Vader, and the final showdown on Tanalorr. However the High Republic B-plot was extremely lackluster, not adding much to the story of the game with Dagan Gera and that other Jedi being extremely forgettable characters. Technical department is where things are not so great. While certain parts of the map looked visually amazing (even on a PC with 8 GB ram), there were other parts of the map and (especially the Mantis and Pyloon's saloon) where the texture quality was extremely low or non-existent completely pulling me out of the immersion. This game could have definitely had more time to bake in the oven and it's really frustrating an expensive $70 game had such poor technical issues.… Expand
  20. wildconcept
    Jun 25, 2023
    7
    Star Wars: Jedi Survivor is a fantastic video game, held back (on PC at least) by its technical shortcomings.

    The VRAM usage, low average frame rate and the high frequency of stuttering makes this game a toil to play at times. However, in those moments where this game plays ball technically, it is a beautiful, challenging, exciting romp through the Star Wars universe. If the devs don't    Star Wars: Jedi Survivor is a fantastic video game, held back (on PC at least) by its technical shortcomings.

    The VRAM usage, low average frame rate and the high frequency of stuttering makes this game a toil to play at times. However, in those moments where this game plays ball technically, it is a beautiful, challenging, exciting romp through the Star Wars universe. If the devs don't abandon this game, this will be a 10/10 once the optimisation is improved .    … Expand
  21. Jangotat
    Aug 14, 2023
    6
    This game was MOSTLY a pleasant surprise. Coming hot off the heels of the first game, I went into the second game with low expectations. To my surprise though, this game is actually really fun, at least in the beginning. I have to admit I did not complete this game, I ditched it after beating Ravis. It doesn't seem that I missed much after that point though. The gameplay is far moreThis game was MOSTLY a pleasant surprise. Coming hot off the heels of the first game, I went into the second game with low expectations. To my surprise though, this game is actually really fun, at least in the beginning. I have to admit I did not complete this game, I ditched it after beating Ravis. It doesn't seem that I missed much after that point though. The gameplay is far more enjoyable than the first game, with a plethora of styles and force powers to suit most people's needs. The largest issue this game has was the unfinished state it was released in. I have a reasonably beefy computer, and I had to run this game on the lowest settings to urk out 30 fps. This game SHOULD have been pushed back to a later date on PC. Developers have gotten too complacent in releasing unfinished games. The reason older games didn't have nearly as many bugs and performance issues on release is that they couldn't just release a patch a few months after the game was released. With that being said, overall this game is a massive improvement over the first. In its current state, I would recommend this to people who played the first game, not people who are just on the outside looking in though.… Expand

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Aug 29, 2023
    79
    Respawn Entertainment still looks up to Dark Souls, but at the same time they try to make a hardcore game with the most softcore experience. For example, there’s always plenty of shortcuts, so Cal never loses much progress after his inevitable demise. [Issue#262, p.58]
  2. New Game Network
    May 16, 2023
    80
    Deep and tantalizing combat, enticing exploration, smooth platforming, and strong narrative moments lead the way in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. This sequel improves nearly everything and only the suboptimal framerate leaves a sour taste.
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  3. Ragequit.gr
    May 11, 2023
    82
    The best Star Wars game of recent years is unfortunately plagued by serious technical problems that dampen the enjoyment.
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