Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4322 Ratings

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  1. DavidHoltzer
    Feb 10, 2021
    7
    The good: Story (although i'm not at all a SW fan i kinda liked it), visuals and art direction, the various planets, puzzles, enemy designs
    Not that good: Fighting (annoying enemy attacks), platforming (mostly jumping and grabbing ledges).
    Bad: Constant frame rate drops and some times the textures don't load in time.
  2. Emiliano7
    Jan 23, 2022
    0
    Una excelente jugabilidad, muy divertida y constantemente en cambio, un arbol de habilidades bueno, sin embargo un punto malo es la historia que no es atractiva, la musica obviamente es muy buena, los jefes son retantes.
  3. moonlaba
    Jan 17, 2022
    8
    기존에 나왔던 다크소울이나 세키로의 전투를 스타워즈에 접목. 전체적으로 흠잡을 곳 없는 게임이지만 캐넌이라 그런지 무난하게만 흘러가는 스토리가 살짝 아쉽다. 이해는 가지만 역시 불편하기는한 빠른 이동의 부재도..
  4. MaxPayneIsGod
    Jan 17, 2022
    0
    Lara Drake: Souls Wars
    A massive corporation taking a tried and true formula and the most popular pop-culture franchise in history and they STILL manage to ruin it.
    Fallen Order is a Tomb Raider and Uncharted rip-off where you happen to fight with a sword with a blade made out of light. It took me a couple of years to commit to buying this game and I'm glad I only paid around $20.00    Lara Drake: Souls Wars
    A massive corporation taking a tried and true formula and the most popular pop-culture franchise in history and they STILL manage to ruin it.
    Fallen Order is a Tomb Raider and Uncharted rip-off where you happen to fight with a sword with
    a blade made out of light.
    It took me a couple of years to commit to buying this game and I'm glad I only paid around $20.00 for it.
    The positive is that its a single player Star Wars game and at times its pretty to look at, but that's it.
    There are 2 overarching issues with this game, and if there was better play testing and quality control at EA this game would have been much better.
    1) The protagonist is awful. He's boring and utterly uninteresting; AND
    2) The combat. Holy Jesus f'n Christ the combat is atrocious. Its so badly optimized it renders the game unplayable. I am a veteran of the SoulsBorne games and Sekiro, and Respawn has blatantly plagiarized the gameplay and it is as clear as day they have no f'n clue what they are doing.
    This game is such a shame, such a crying shame, they should have rebooted Force Unleashed and made a more action oriented game, instead of ripping off gameplay perfected by FromSoft.
    Honorable mentions are the onerous, boring puzzles and shoddy platforming and traversal.
    The bright side of this god-awful game is that it has intrinsically changed how I view video games. As soon as they start to suck, as this did in about the second level, I delete it, sell it and move on.    … Expand
  5. HealingToolbox
    Jan 16, 2022
    9
    Much better than it had to be. More narratively coherent than 90% of all other games. A quite striking portrayal-demonstration of the personal sacrifice, dedication and practice required to become more personally masterful. Unusual acknowledgement of "failure as part of the process."
    The gameplay takes you on a very long arc of user competency. You either up your own game skills; or,    Much better than it had to be. More narratively coherent than 90% of all other games. A quite striking portrayal-demonstration of the personal sacrifice, dedication and practice required to become more personally masterful. Unusual acknowledgement of "failure as part of the process."
    The gameplay takes you on a very long arc of user competency. You either up your own game skills; or, you get stuck and can't move forward. This competency arc if finely tuned and rises at the end above the skills of average players (like me).
    Its voice acting is above average. It's ambiance of Tomb Raider meets Uncharted in space was a plus for me.
    On the down side is you may find the cycle of the same 12 things to do a little harder next time tedious. Fortunately the story and how combat evolves make it worthwhile. Towards the end a few TRULY EPIC confrontations, one with a giant bat-mouse.
    Looking at the pro critics who disliked this, my bet is they did not finish the game, only played the first few hours on story mode. Play on a harder setting; make it easier towards the end; that's how it's designed.
    As a writer I have a hard time conceiving of where this story could be taken for a sequel.    … Expand
  6. pizzabro100
    Jan 13, 2022
    8
    Oh my god, I had fun with this one. The opening sequence was just incredible, the scale looks massive. You can see that the visual artists went wild and captured the true star wars feel.
    the story unfolds very naturally while still keeping some of the open-world aspects of the game.
    Although the maps are not that big and there are not that many places to go after completing the story, It    Oh my god, I had fun with this one. The opening sequence was just incredible, the scale looks massive. You can see that the visual artists went wild and captured the true star wars feel.
    the story unfolds very naturally while still keeping some of the open-world aspects of the game.
    Although the maps are not that big and there are not that many places to go after completing the story, It is still just fun to collect all the secrets hidden in places you missed while playing the story.

    The story unfolds nicely and sticks to its characters and their personality. Some characters could have a bit more layers but overall very nice. I recommend this game for a fun story game, even if you have not watched Star wars.    … Expand
  7. PanchiLoveShady
    Jan 13, 2022
    9
    El mejor juego de EA de star wars sin duda, la exploración es entretenida y el estilo metroidvania es muy interesante. Si eres un fan de star wars te lo recomiendo completamente es una experiencia muy buena, en el caso de no serlo pruebalo pero hay cierto lore que obviamente no entenderas.

    The best game of EA of star wars, the exploration is very great and you always want to check    El mejor juego de EA de star wars sin duda, la exploración es entretenida y el estilo metroidvania es muy interesante. Si eres un fan de star wars te lo recomiendo completamente es una experiencia muy buena, en el caso de no serlo pruebalo pero hay cierto lore que obviamente no entenderas.

    The best game of EA of star wars, the exploration is very great and you always want to check everything, and the style of metroidvania is very interesting. If you are a star wars fan you should try it    … Expand
  8. Ironrulo
    Jan 11, 2022
    8
    Este juego es muy bueno, buena historia, buen game play, visualmente está precioso pero tiene algo que no me gusta y por eso le doy 8, los mapas, el juego te motiva a explorar y todo pero al final termina siendo lo mismo casi, puedes llegar q mas lugares cuando tienes otra habilidades pero realmente se siente muy meh la exploración, muy rara vez sentí ese sentimiento de descubrir algo genial.
  9. Rapiddevil
    Jan 11, 2022
    8
    The game looks, feels and sounds like star wars. They've done a great job bringing part of the star wars universe to life. However, you definitely don't need to be a star wars fan to enjoy this game. I'd describe myself as a casual star wars fan, so I appreciated those little SW easter eggs.

    Gameplay is a mixture of Uncharted like platforming/puzzles with fun lightsabre combat. Some of    The game looks, feels and sounds like star wars. They've done a great job bringing part of the star wars universe to life. However, you definitely don't need to be a star wars fan to enjoy this game. I'd describe myself as a casual star wars fan, so I appreciated those little SW easter eggs.

    Gameplay is a mixture of Uncharted like platforming/puzzles with fun lightsabre combat. Some of the cinematic gameplay is epic, there's a few sequences in particular that will live long in the memory. Some of the puzzles are actually challenging! There was a few times when I was scratching my head but got there eventually.

    Combat and character growth is done really well. Instead of levelling like most RPG's you only grow your character by learning new skills (some being extra health and force; what you need to use special skills). Apart from a few skills, you don't automatically gain extra 'HP' or 'strength'. I was a little sceptical at first but by the time I'd maxed Cal I was so much stronger with the use of some fantastic abilities. Using the force to knock troopers over ledges or pull them towards you for a lightsabre insta kill never got old.

    The game is naturally challenging. As a casual but PS4 veteran I went with Jedi Master difficulty (3rd highest out of 4) and the game always kept me on my toes, occasionally shouting expletives at the TV. Some of the boss fights are VERY challenging, so only choose this difficulty if you class yourself as a decent gamer. There were several bosses that took me 6 or 7 tries before I got it right, partly because healing isn't straightforward, it needs good timing. I'm glad I choose the higher difficulty but I am a determined gamer.

    The storyline is good. Characters are decent without being memorable and there's some good humour to boot. The main characters grow well throughout the game and you learn more about the adversity that they've been through in the past and how that shapes their journey.

    I won't spoil any storyline but the end sequence/storyline is absolutely jaw droopingly epic. What a shame then, that you can't replay it without going through the entire game again. With it being an autosave game, this is such a disappointing choice from the developers.

    And so to the drawbacks of the game, which I'm sorry to say are elementary and I felt worthy of deducting 2 stars. Firstly, no fast travel in a game with only 4/5 worlds that are largely linear is insane, particularly as you HAVE to revisit them all to get towards the end of each world. Yes, this means going from the start to the end at least twice, fighting the same enemies, going through the same platforming. This is CRAZY. I feel like they did this intentionally so that you progress your character but this is a lazy way of ensuring adequate levels of combat. Don't cop out and do more worlds. Most veterans will revisit anyway for collectables etc. I had my character maxed with an additional 5 unused skill points at the end, so there's no shortage of character progression (granted, I did bag all the collectables).

    Then, there's no way pointing. Couple that with the holomap (map) that's extremely difficult to navigate (imagine the classic 3D map of the umbrella company in resident evil and making that into a maze). What this means in practical terms is that it's so easy to get lost. Then, there's occasional paths you take where you can't go back, so if you take a 'wrong' turn, you have to go all the way around to get to where you were before, to try to take the 'correct' turn. This gets infuriating.

    To top things off, the game opens up 'shortcuts' as you progress through a world with the intention of saving most of the above. The only trouble is....they're not marked on the map once you've gone through them once! So you have no idea where they are.

    Another frustration is having a world where it's unclear where you can drop to and where you can't. I'd estimate I intentionally died over 100 times to see if I could drop/climb to a particular ledge. Some look identical to the ones you can. Basically, there's too much that you can't access. Fortunately dying in this fashion puts you back instantly where you were but does punish you by taking a little bit of life away.

    For a game where they got so many things right, particularly the hard stuff, like combat, characters, cinematics, music, tension etc to fall down on the very easy things of navigation and maps is unforgiveable.

    Other minor gripes include occasionally getting pinned by weak melee enemies and not being able to move/block/attack and getting tickled to death. Also on PS4 the running dynamic is terrible. You have to keep L3 pressed down and forward simultaneously to run. This is more difficult than it sounds as if you stray slightly on the button you stop running.

    Overall, a great game that's made monotonous at times by some very basic errors. This could have been 10/10.    … Expand
  10. Zeak
    Jan 11, 2022
    7
    I generally enjoyed this adventure. At its peak the game feels and looks fantastic. The maps are super detailed and convoluted. I loved how the game tried to teach me the lore as I played - small chunks of info, well digestible. Visually it's stunning, especially the scrapyard. PS5 controller support is almost perfect. Can't say the same about the fight mechanics though. I'm not a huge fanI generally enjoyed this adventure. At its peak the game feels and looks fantastic. The maps are super detailed and convoluted. I loved how the game tried to teach me the lore as I played - small chunks of info, well digestible. Visually it's stunning, especially the scrapyard. PS5 controller support is almost perfect. Can't say the same about the fight mechanics though. I'm not a huge fan of Souls-likes but I feel like FO hasn't reached the same level of responsiveness. It's an animation-led fighting game which makes it hard to time your actions. Input lag is also there which makes it even more painful. I've lost too many basic fights because of how unresponsive the whole system was which felt demotivating. Also, the fact that your stamina/force level doesn't recharge all the way up unless you hit enemies and only gives you enough for one force punch/pull before you run out makes it really infuriating. I'm a jedi, let me use my force whenever I want. Cool with having to recharge it, but why limit me? Give me the ability to do cool combos whenever. Make it harder for me elsewhere.

    Knowing that there's definitely a sequel coming up, I wish they work on the fighting mechanics all whilst keeping doing a great job with their level design, traversal, puzzles and stunning landscapes.

    UPD I don't mind the story that much. It's not going to win Pulitzer for writing, but, let's face it, all SW movies had super basic narratives. Dichotomy at its purest. So all the comments shaming the game for not having a better story - valid, but kinda stupid at the same time.    … Expand
  11. G-ROD
    Jan 4, 2022
    2
    This game is absolute dog ****

    Mechanics and Controls: Trash.There's a stiff input delay after pretty much every single button command. Combat: Trash.The game gives you one regular attack that can blocked or overpowered by every melee enimy and has very little range. All other attacks including a heavy regular attack uses stamina that takes forever just to recharge one cell. Physics:    This game is absolute dog ****

    Mechanics and Controls: Trash.There's a stiff input delay after pretty much every single button command. Combat: Trash.The game gives you one regular attack that can blocked or overpowered by every melee enimy and has very little range. All other attacks including a heavy regular attack uses stamina that takes forever just to recharge one cell.

    Physics: Trash. The physics in this game are so wobbly and loose it is beyond easy to fall off of a cliff just by walking though an area. It makes the unnecessary platforming even worse.

    Nothing about this game offers a "decent challenge". It's just poor game design.

    Only positive side to what is one of the worst Star Wars games ever is that visually it looks a decent. This slog fest is not at all worth playing a 2nd time. It's barely worth playing once.    … Expand
  12. Danton1996
    Jan 1, 2022
    10
    Amazing story and love the 'darksouls' gamestyle. Had fun playing the game and it exceeded the expectation on how the 'Jedi' fight should be.
  13. JacisPlatinum
    Dec 29, 2021
    0
    A great Star Wars game! one of the best lightsaber dueling games of all time! Playing on Jedi Grand Master definitely lives up to the challenge. Some bosses took me a long time to defeat when playing on high difficulty. even fighting storm troopers for the first time, you aren't able to just hack and slash your way through a group of them. timing and parry is vital! this is what was mostA great Star Wars game! one of the best lightsaber dueling games of all time! Playing on Jedi Grand Master definitely lives up to the challenge. Some bosses took me a long time to defeat when playing on high difficulty. even fighting storm troopers for the first time, you aren't able to just hack and slash your way through a group of them. timing and parry is vital! this is what was most significant and rememberable about the game.
    the story is simplistic which I don't mind. When going through the set open world it can be frustrating. the map can look confusing at times, leaving you not knowing where to go, or when revisiting. There's no fast travel, which can also be frustrating. when finishing a level you'd have to run all the way back to the ship.
    Also on new game plus, the only thing you would keep is the cosmetics. This ruins the replayability experience.
    Overall a good game, good bosses, and amazing combat    … Expand
  14. Dan9el99
    Dec 27, 2021
    8
    Uncharted im Weltraum. Es ist das Star Wars Spiel, was sich wohl viele gewünscht haben. Abwechslungsreiche Passagen werden mit einer soliden Geschichte kombiniert. Leider sind sowohl das Kampfsystem als auch die Bewegungen der Hauptfigur nicht präzise respektive genau genug (8/10).
  15. Hubgrub
    Dec 25, 2021
    2
    This game so not for me but if you like puzzle games with some combat this might be for you
  16. lucky3_15
    Dec 21, 2021
    9
    Хороший, крепкий приключенческий проект. Не фанат звездных войн, но историей и сюжетом проникся. Как будто посмотрел сериал. Геймплей не хватает звезд с неба, но очень не плох. Механики открываются в меру своей постепенности и это плюс (фанаты серии оценят). Элементы платформера в достаточной мере интересны. Боссфайт - сильная сторона игры. Игровые элементы в стиле Uncharted 4 выглядятХороший, крепкий приключенческий проект. Не фанат звездных войн, но историей и сюжетом проникся. Как будто посмотрел сериал. Геймплей не хватает звезд с неба, но очень не плох. Механики открываются в меру своей постепенности и это плюс (фанаты серии оценят). Элементы платформера в достаточной мере интересны. Боссфайт - сильная сторона игры. Игровые элементы в стиле Uncharted 4 выглядят слегка сумбурно, но в тему и разбавляют геймплей. В целом игра хороша, но так как это ЕА, достаточно дорогая. Своих денег на старте не стоит. Со скидкой хороший вариант, чтобы скоротать несколько вечеров (проходится за 15ч)… Expand
  17. dmitr_kv
    Dec 18, 2021
    6
    Not very bad, but too much bad copying of game mechanics from Unchurted and Sekiro. Visual flaws in character behavior. The script is not so bad. Generally if you not play this game you not loose anything.
  18. Rideam
    Dec 15, 2021
    3
    Баги, поездки на ногах и ужасные персонажи. Лучше бы вторая сестра маску не снимала
  19. King-zadeh
    Dec 9, 2021
    10
    I loved this game,at first I didn't expect a masterpiece but this game show me I'm wrong ,good job
  20. BOT0028
    Dec 8, 2021
    10
    Very good game. It's even better than the Star Wars movies, and with those beautiful graphics it puts you even more in the character's shoes.
  21. Oldman1917
    Nov 25, 2021
    7
    Нормально. Посредственно. Мне больше и нечего сказать то. Просто средний соулс-лайк или как там его. Хотя скорее метроидвания... Нормально. Сначала мне понравилось, а затем быстро надоело.
  22. Matpacyn
    Nov 23, 2021
    8
    Super game. It's like uncharted or tomb raider but in star wars universe. I don't need anything else :D
  23. PregoTitular
    Nov 22, 2021
    10
    Who is not a fan of star wars can still find a good game, who is a fan then the game is excellent.
  24. meinsouza
    Nov 22, 2021
    4
    For **** sakes the control mechanics are horrendous in this game, parrying is absolutely inconsistent and its overall very clunck... Only reason this doesn't get a 0 is because good graphics and good story
  25. MishaMad
    Nov 21, 2021
    10
    От электроников обычно ждёшь оверпрайса и игр казино в любимых вселенных, но данный продукт заслуживает уважения по всем параметрам. Оптимизация, сюжет, стоимость. Обязательно к приобретению фанатам вселенной.
  26. koyot
    Nov 21, 2021
    2
    The story is stupid and written by retard.
    Its a walking simulator with extra steps.
    And game controls for PC are joke. Absolutely worthless.

    If you want some of the game to rise your blood pressure than be my guest play.
  27. LittleWingsx
    Nov 20, 2021
    9
    I really loved this game, the gameplay and the story are very strong and they also nail the feel of the Star Wars universe, the only problem is that I found some performance issues and some bugs even years after the realeas.
  28. Shenandoah
    Jan 13, 2021
    7
    Basically a good game, but the PS4 port is a desaster due to the low resolution, even on PS4 Pro. PS5 is good but still not enough for the current gen.
  29. EscoMb
    Nov 18, 2021
    10
    Masterpiece! A really enjoyable starwars game. The campaign is is well done and the mechanics are also good. Lightsaber customisation is so cool. I really recommend this game.
  30. CypiBoii
    Nov 12, 2021
    4
    This game could've been so much better, but I didn't really enjoy it that much.
    Cal Kestis is an absolute **** protaganist and nearly doesn't have any emotions at all.

    But i liked Zeffo tho, so 4/10
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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 70 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 59 out of 70
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 70
  3. Negative: 0 out of 70
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 28, 2020
    80
    If you get over a slower start without powers, we can assure you, that it will only get better and better. An entertaining mix of Uncharted, Tomb Raider and Dark Souls set in the Star Wars universe. You don’t have to worry; the game is worth its full price. [Issue#300]
  2. Washington Post
    Jan 31, 2020
    70
    As someone with limited time to play games, the shame of Fallen Order stems from multiple frustrations. It’s hard to fight and, worse, it’s hard to move. The game’s timing issues distracted me from both the story and the beautifully constructed worlds; I was too focused on simply staying alive. My many (many, many, many) deaths discouraged me from exploring worlds — all of them beautiful — as did the simple fact that traveling by foot (even a Jedi’s Force-enhanced feet) takes forever.
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  3. PLAY! Zine
    Dec 30, 2019
    95
    Respawn has shown us, and EA, that single player games are well enough alive and kicking and has set a bright future for the Star Wars franchise of videogames if they keep this up.
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