Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4322 Ratings

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  1. Glenn083
    Jan 4, 2020
    6
    ***AN HONEST REVIEW FROM AN EPIC STAR WARS FAN - 6.5 STARS OUT OF 10***

    While the cut scenes, storyline, exploration and detail of the game exceed all expectations, I find myself very disappointed with the combat and gameplay. What made SWTOR the fastest-growing MMORPG in the world was its amazing gameplay. People of all ages could quickly pick-up the game and enjoy the wonder and magic    ***AN HONEST REVIEW FROM AN EPIC STAR WARS FAN - 6.5 STARS OUT OF 10***

    While the cut scenes, storyline, exploration and detail of the game exceed all expectations, I find myself very disappointed with the combat and gameplay. What made SWTOR the fastest-growing MMORPG in the world was its amazing gameplay. People of all ages could quickly pick-up the game and enjoy the wonder and magic that was Star Wars. I don’t find that the case with Fallen Order. In fact, I was taken aback when my 15-year-old son lost all interest in the game in just 2 or 3 days, after looking forward to this game for months! When I questioned him about it, he said, the game is all about parring, evading and jumping, as well as split-second counter attacks, and I couldn’t disagree.

    While fighting small groups of 4-7 storm-troopers can be fun. I just found the whole premises of combat in this game - to be honest - just completely ridiculous. I don’t like the fact that I am forced to wait for an opponent to throw a punch at me before I can kill them (with a split-second counter attack or parry). As a result, there were moments where I was just literary standing still, face-to-face with about 2 or 3 storm-troopers (for about 5-10 seconds), just waiting for them to throw a punch at me; so I could kill them with a well-timed parry attack. Given most storm-troopers have an incredibly powerful blocking stamina, its completely illogical to try and kill them in any other way; given a well-timed parry can kill them with a single strike. Furthermore, until I actually mastered parrying (or acquired some more Force abilities, such as Force push and pull) I found myself asking, why doesn’t Cal have a blaster or a sniper rifle? His lightsabre is about as useful as a baseball bat in a Zombie apocalypse; no matter how many times you hit a storm-trooper, they just keep coming back for more. Furthermore, attacking also leaves Cal open to an attack… So, parrying is really your only option in Fallen Order.

    I was also a bit annoyed by how effortlessly Cal could fall off a cliff in combat. It’s very easy for Cal to accidently stumble down a cliff, or accidently jump, parry and evade off a cliff, or worse when Cal is accidently clipped by an enemy or critter. Where, in the old Zelda games, whenever you accidently fell off, Link would latch on to the end and quickly pull himself up again. As a result, given how effortlessly Cal can die in this game, he doesn’t come across as a very heroic character to me. Where in SWTOR for example, as a Sith warrior or Jedi knight, you could quickly leap-frog over to an enemy with a powerful lightsabre attack, rip into them with a powerful Force combo, dash over to the next target with another combo, and repeat the process until everyone around you was dead. Fallen Order should be based on this fighting style, not the above…

    Beyond the combat, the storyline of Fallen Order is exceptional. I don’t regret playing the game. However, I would have liked to play the game again, but given how frustrating I found the combat. I won’t be. I tried to play the game again on Jedi Master but found trying to parry a group of 8-10 plus storm-troopers just too hard, if not stressful. In situations like this, the game becomes nothing more than a mad scramble of evades and jumps, trying to find the tiniest window of opportunity to parry a storm-trooper, which is really impossible, given you might have 5 or 6 storm-troopers shooting at you, another 5 or 6 chasing you with electro-staffs, and yes, another 2 or 3 imperial security droids trying to kill you as well, and somehow in the middle of all this madness, you’re supposed to find the tiniest window of opportunity to parry someone when your jumping all over the place. And, every attempted parry, ends up with you getting hit by one of the other 10 plus storm-troopers you’re not trying to parry. So, once the game stopped being fun, I just switched it off.

    Anyway, I hope this review has been helpful... I might check out the next Fallen Order if the combat controls are different. But, in the meantime, I’m going to get back into SWTOR. Cheers!    … Expand
  2. OMGItsDango
    Jan 5, 2020
    9
    Fallen order kicks off with an interesting story line, immersive environments and a good protagonist.

    mechanics can be challenging for the ordinary player and I was not sure whether I approved of the re-spawning, maybe that was a hit for other players but it became annoying for me personally, like really annoying... Antagonist unfortunately lacked that feel of 'power' which for a    Fallen order kicks off with an interesting story line, immersive environments and a good protagonist.

    mechanics can be challenging for the ordinary player and I was not sure whether I approved of the re-spawning, maybe that was a hit for other players but it became annoying for me personally, like really annoying...

    Antagonist unfortunately lacked that feel of 'power' which for a Star Wars game should be a must. there was actually another NPC who seemed to fit the role better.
    Enemies were good, slashing through an army of storm-troopers is always going to be great fun. Boss fights could of been better personally, they were challenging in places but they did not feel like boss fights apart from one which I will leave for the player to find out for themselves.

    I find endings important to every single game that I play, if the ending is terrible then it makes the entire game feel like an epic fail. Fortunately this game did not disappoint, in-fact if you are a star wars fan then the entire game is worth playing just for the ending.

    So a quick break down -

    Protagonist - Decent, not the best not the worst.
    Antagonist - Pretty boring after first introduction.
    Story Start - Awesome start for the game.
    Story Middle - Slightly Loses interest but not entirely
    Story End - Fantastic.
    Environment - Beautiful and out of the box designs.
    Mechanics - not too bad, May be a challenge for some players.
    Enemies - Great enemies, some were pretty challenging.
    Sounds - Come on its star wars...

    One issue I encountered was a low frame-rate in places of the game, fortunately for me something like that does not bother me but I know it can be annoying for some of you other players so prepare yourself for that.    … Expand
  3. Nathaniel224
    Jan 8, 2020
    6
    This is a good direction for the EA star wars gaming franchise. There's none of that BS micro-transaction and live/ online service in this game. The game is a single player experience, its a mix between uncharted, tomb raider, star wars force unleashed and crash bandicoot. The game does have its flaws however.
    Pros
    1. good combat 2. no microtransactions 3. lots of customization 4.    This is a good direction for the EA star wars gaming franchise. There's none of that BS micro-transaction and live/ online service in this game. The game is a single player experience, its a mix between uncharted, tomb raider, star wars force unleashed and crash bandicoot. The game does have its flaws however.
    Pros
    1. good combat
    2. no microtransactions
    3. lots of customization
    4. decent story
    5. encourages exploration ( lots of loot)
    6. enemies force you to change strategy
    7. character movement feels smooth

    Cons
    1. environmental design makes it almost impossible to know what to do next, in certain sections of the game.
    2. blocking/ parrying is inconsistent
    3. no fast travel, easy to get lost
    4. bad map design.
    5. it feels like theres fragments of the story missing
    6. Certain sections in the game drags on too much ( gets very repetitive)    … Expand
  4. kyxap
    Jan 9, 2020
    2
    I bought this games just because people was comparing it with dark soulsbloodborne played ~1 hour and delete it and sale it on ebay same day - really glad it's so POPular haha:)

    graphicgameplaycontrols - all garbage! yes it's star wars and sooooo popular in US. buy only if you funboy.
  5. Ignises
    Jan 19, 2021
    2
    Controls, story and combat sucks. I really regret buying this game. 79 metascore? 7.7 users? What's wrong with you folks? Who is reviewing it? On PS4 pro the game has a problem with running. Continuous frame drops. Even a year after the game was released. Disgusting.
  6. aes23
    May 28, 2020
    0
    This game is bad. I mean really, really, really bad.

    This game wants to be Tomb Raider. I love TR, they are among my favourite games of all time. But if I wanted to play TR, I'd play TR. I wanted to play Star Wars, be a Jedi, have several light saber fights, but instead, there is only one of the worst level and game design I have ever seen in my 21 years of gaming, it's amazing    This game is bad. I mean really, really, really bad.

    This game wants to be Tomb Raider. I love TR, they are among my favourite games of all time.

    But if I wanted to play TR, I'd play TR.

    I wanted to play Star Wars, be a Jedi, have several light saber fights, but instead, there is only one of the worst level and game design I have ever seen in my 21 years of gaming, it's amazing how bad GD and especially level design are in this game.

    The level design makes no sense at all. This game wants to be Tomb Raider but in Tomb Raider, you don't end up in front of a puzzle to start it, realise you don't have all the force abilities required to finish it, go somewhere else and then get back to the puzzle. I did not play for 2 days, when I got back, it was just a nightmare just to remember what to do, because the game does not tell exactly what to do, I don't want a game to hold me by the hand but at least be clear about the reason why we are here in the first place.

    Everything is VAGUE, it's a nightmare. And there are like 3 or 4 light saber fight, what is this ? This is a suppose to be a STAR WARS GAME, light saber fights should be ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO DO IN A STAR WARS GAME !!!!!!!!!! NOT WANDERING AROUND IN A TOMB WITHOUT ANY REAL OBJECTIVE !!!!!!!!!!!!

    I won't even talk about the story, what story? There's no story. Oh yes, there is a ex-jedi knight that decided to withdraw from the force (WHAT ??????????????? ISN'T THE FORCE SUPPOSE TO BIND ALL LIVING THINGS AND...OH NEVER MIND !!!!! )

    I tried and tried and tried and tried to play this game, but now after 4 tries of more than an hour each, I just can't stand this game more than 30 minutes because of HOW BAD IT IS,

    it's DULL, it's VAGUE, it's EMPTY, it DOES NOT KNOW WHAT GAME IT SHOULD BE, it's A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY, it's ONE OF THE WORST GAME I'VE EVER PLAYED.

    The worst thing is that, I did not encounter bugs or any other stuff that could explain my reaction, there are no bugs from what I've saw but the LEVEL DESIGN IS SO BAD, you feel you are turning in circles all the time, you feel that you don't move FORWARD.

    The second time I played, I realised after an hour that I had forgotten what my objective was, IT NEVER HAPPENED IN ANY OTHER GAMES I'VE PLAYED IN 21 YEARS and not because there is not a written indication BUT BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL DESIGN AS YOU ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH YOU END UP NOT KNOWING ANYMORE WHY YOU WERE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO DO IT'S INSANE !!!!!!!

    This game should be taught in gaming school for its superiorly bad level and game design, it's full of mistakes, they have invented the Deus Ex Machina Gameplay concept it's INSANE.

    Other things that makes no sense at all :

    - Ennemies respawn if you medidate ON ANY DIFFICULTY LEVEL , WHAT IS THIS ? WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA ???????????? It's immersion breaking and it's infuriating, you rest to get your life back ONLY TO HAVE TO LOSE IT AGAIN OHH WHAT A BRILLANT IDEA !!!!!!

    - The holomap is unreadable , it's as VAGUE as the rest of the game

    - The way the character remembers his abilities is COMPLETLY RIDICULOUS, it gives that feeling of a Deus Ex Machina Gameplay that I talked about before, IT'S THE WORST IDEA EVER.

    The rule is pretty simple in game design : DON'T PUT YOUR PLAYER IN FRONT OF A PROBLEM THEY CAN'T RESOLVE YET BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO !!!!!
    THIS GAME IS THE FIRST ONE TO NOT RESPECT THAT RULE AND LOOK WHAT IT ENDS UP BEING : A COMPLETE WASTE !!!!

    0/20    … Expand
  7. 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.
  8. Knight_of_Ren_
    Dec 12, 2020
    10
    I absolutely adore this game. Judging it as a game alone it's not perfect. It's a solid souls-esque adventure. However, as a Star Wars game it hits every note I could have possibly wanted it to. It deepens the lore in immersive and engaging ways, the worlds are beautiful and a joy to explore and the story is so quintessentially Star Wars with that classic 'star wars feel' that can only beI absolutely adore this game. Judging it as a game alone it's not perfect. It's a solid souls-esque adventure. However, as a Star Wars game it hits every note I could have possibly wanted it to. It deepens the lore in immersive and engaging ways, the worlds are beautiful and a joy to explore and the story is so quintessentially Star Wars with that classic 'star wars feel' that can only be experienced, not told. One of my favourite games of all time.… Expand
  9. Ppires
    Feb 20, 2021
    0
    This is pure rinse and repeat with Star Wars. Poor story, poor graphics and mechanics. Fighting is absolutely clunky. I'm a Star Wars fan, played many of the games, but this is utter garbage.
  10. Venedrasko
    Mar 27, 2021
    10
    Best SW game I've played so far and KOTOR is included. I've had so much fun playing it, I recommand it to everybody.
  11. Xellarix
    May 3, 2021
    10
    Enjoyed it very much. Very impressed by the game mechanic and worlds design especially. Plot line was thin, but it was not cheesy. Good overall.
  12. Rayman493
    Nov 15, 2019
    10
    This is one of the better Star Wars games from the last few years. Respawn did a great job.
  13. watts220
    Nov 15, 2019
    10
    Totally best Star Wars game. If you fan of single player games, like am I, you totally need to try this game. It isn't God of War or Marvel's Spider man but it is super close to best Sony single player exclusives.
  14. KarolyPuporka
    Nov 15, 2019
    9
    Best Star wars game so far. Its nőt originally but awesome, uncharted, dark souls, sekiro game with Star Wars content.
  15. mdhenshaw
    Nov 15, 2019
    9
    For Star Wars fans looking for a story driven game this is what we've been waiting for the past 4 years. Rich environments and a good story. The game play is fun and not frustrating. Some people will want to play this simply for the story.
  16. J3D1
    Nov 15, 2019
    9
    Great game overall. Fun exploration, and fun combat. The developers took ideas from several other games, and managed to create a fun and accessible Star Wars experience. Choosing your difficulty will allow you to have the experience you want to have. I’m going on hard and it’s very fun. 9/10 for me. Yes get it.
  17. Luisfarias334
    Nov 15, 2019
    9
    Good game is amazing gameplay , history , omg ea games .......................
  18. Blockcaptain86
    Nov 15, 2019
    9
    Great Game! Rumors say that Disney got involved after the Battlefront 2 Disaster!
  19. KH2
    Nov 15, 2019
    9
    After waiting for a decent Star Wars campaign for years now i can finally say my thirst has been quenched but i want more,this is definitely a step in the right direction,i would love if this would become a series with different characters
  20. GL0BaL_TeRR0R_X
    Nov 15, 2019
    9
    Awesome game! Just a breath of fresh air from all the pew pew pew games. Great story, graphics and gameplay are on par with some of my favorites! Trolls that gave this game a zero are really just salty no lifes that like to **** on everything, sorry your life sucks but mine is genuine and so is this game!
  21. N1c1
    Nov 15, 2019
    9
    Just amazing!! It's really interesting and cool. I love the story and the main character it is if not net best star wars game I have played for a looong time
  22. Froglegtacos
    Dec 14, 2019
    0
    Very slow and boring with extremely long load times. Death is constant and heavily punished by the game. Absolutely do not waste your money here.
  23. Seraf7
    Nov 15, 2019
    10
    Finally, A good star wars game. Amazing story, amazing gameplay. It has been a long time since a game got me hooked up like this
  24. spreadsheeticus
    Nov 21, 2019
    2
    This game is not "Dark Souls-like". It's a vanilla adventure game with watered down features.
  25. wrinklysword
    Dec 1, 2019
    1
    I like the game, but developers need to understand and create their own gameplay..The gameplay is exact copy of seriko and Uncharted series...
  26. vo1z
    Nov 23, 2019
    8
    Just a good game with its special issues. I really like the gameplay especially the fighting aspect. It is dynamic, interesting, beautiful and gives a lot of impact on you. During the game, you don't want to skip or hide from the enemies because of those emotions that are brought by the fighting. Animation, effects, sounds, vibration and, combos which you use make a really cool fightingJust a good game with its special issues. I really like the gameplay especially the fighting aspect. It is dynamic, interesting, beautiful and gives a lot of impact on you. During the game, you don't want to skip or hide from the enemies because of those emotions that are brought by the fighting. Animation, effects, sounds, vibration and, combos which you use make a really cool fighting system. A mix between soulslike and slasher looks pretty not bad.
    Also, I really liked exploring. Moving around the world is made very cool as well. Vertical and open levels are beautiful and give a good impression on the player. The only problem game has here is a very poor variety of enemies.
    The design of the world is really gorgeous, but sometimes I could suspect loading textures(PS pro). Level design is also very smart and makes you come back to the previous places and explore it. The game doesn't have any microtransactions, all of the customizations you can get only by exploring the world.

    The only problems the game have are:
    1) Optimization ( sometimes frames drop on PS pro on performance mode. Sometimes long loading screens)
    2) The story sometimes is pretty obvious and silly
    3) The game has quite a lot of content but I found this game very short.
    4) Enemies are very similar (You just got used to moveset of each of them and every next time you meet enemy you won't have any problems with fighting)

    In conclusion, I want to say that Respawn made a really good adventure game with a lot of cool mechanics, staging and quite good graphics. Hope EA will continue doing games such a this Respawn entertainment makes strong belives.    … Expand
  27. Sylaman
    Nov 15, 2019
    9
    Finally single player RPG game in Star Wars Universe! And it's great one, a little like Dark Souls games (combat and resurrection).
  28. Hohoba
    Nov 15, 2019
    8
    No soy un fan acérrimo de la saga pero me he visto la saga principal y alguno de sus spin off, dicho esto me parece que el juego sabe introducirte entre la 3a y 4a pelicula. Tiene algún fallo en las animaciones cuando subes salientes y demás pero por lo demás me parece un muy buen juego
  29. Johnash
    Nov 15, 2019
    9
    The best star wars game I've played, combat is difficult but ultimately rewarding environments are full of lore that rewards you for exploring. A must buy for star wars fans
  30. ArthaConDoin
    Nov 16, 2019
    5
    This game should be sent back to the Academy to complete its training
    CONS
    -15hrs way to short -Clunky UI -Horrible mapping -Suffers from identy crisis Star Wars Uncharted and Souls all balled into one cluster -Lack of focus on the game -Story can be good, but quickly becomes stale PROS -art looks amazing!!!! -sound is good 5.5/10 EDIT suffered from 1 crashes, and a few    This game should be sent back to the Academy to complete its training
    CONS
    -15hrs way to short
    -Clunky UI
    -Horrible mapping
    -Suffers from identy crisis Star Wars Uncharted and Souls all balled into one cluster
    -Lack of focus on the game
    -Story can be good, but quickly becomes stale

    PROS
    -art looks amazing!!!!
    -sound is good

    5.5/10

    EDIT suffered from 1 crashes, and a few frame drops here n there, needs more optimization    … Expand
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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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