Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 1072 Ratings

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  1. keshudioo
    Aug 27, 2023
    7
    Better installment than Fallen Order in every aspect..by the time I got to play it, it was patched up, and I experienced much fewer bugs than those who played on day 1. Open world suits the game, but I preferred the more linear metroidvania style. That's me. And I'm not a fan of soulslike games or combats. That's me again.
  2. Danielibiapina
    May 3, 2023
    7
    Very good game,nice puzles and intence gameplay. There is some bugs at launch,nut it may get better in the next updates.
  3. Gosticouilles
    Aug 4, 2023
    5
    I waited several months before trying this game out because I knew it would be awesome, but I also knew it was riddled with bugs and technical issues. So here we are 4 months after the release. For me, a fan of Star Wars and Souls games, It is an absolute blast. Combats are fun and satisfying but weirdly don't work very well on higher difficulties. The lore and the music of the Star WarsI waited several months before trying this game out because I knew it would be awesome, but I also knew it was riddled with bugs and technical issues. So here we are 4 months after the release. For me, a fan of Star Wars and Souls games, It is an absolute blast. Combats are fun and satisfying but weirdly don't work very well on higher difficulties. The lore and the music of the Star Wars universe is just fantastic but the bugs and glitches are still all over the place and it really breaks the game's pace and immersion. I'm getting constant framerate drops, clipping, popping and textures not loading (I'm playing performance mode). Quality mode is straight up unplayable, I don't even understand why it's the main setting of the game. On the "big red flag side" (especially since the game has been out for almost half a year now), I got crashes and game breaking bugs that forced me to completely restart the playstation. The map who also was a big issue in the first game still is really hard to understand. Lastly, transitions between gameplay in cinematics look awful and clunky wich is really weird because the game itself looks most of the time gorgeous. This game must've been a nightmare to play on release and it really pains me to say this because, bugs aside, it would've been a masterpiece.

    Edit: After 100%, I have to drop my score. Way too many crashes and visual glitches. The main planet is not running smoothly at all. I cannot recommend playing the game in its current state. :(    … Expand
  4. JiuM83
    Aug 11, 2023
    5
    Very poorly optimized, all kinds of bugs, very mediocre plot, very, very unrecommended.
  5. tcbenkhard
    Aug 7, 2023
    5
    The combat is just horrible. Parrying is very inconsistent and on jedi grandmaster sometimes the difficulty is lazily raised by just putting a ton of enemies in, getting you stun locked. Parries don't even give you a opening. It's mostly frustrating, not so much fun. Level design is pretty good, although alot of bugs and graphical glitches are still present.
  6. Edward_F
    Aug 5, 2023
    5
    The game have been made by people who were not sure what they are doing. That's why going back and forth on huge maps take more time than progression. Some boss battles are ridiculously out of sync you just dodge them 90% and wait stamina bar of enemy to deplete to get a solid hit.
    And those level that developers thought it's going to be cool to add: like jumping, extra puzzles and just    The game have been made by people who were not sure what they are doing. That's why going back and forth on huge maps take more time than progression. Some boss battles are ridiculously out of sync you just dodge them 90% and wait stamina bar of enemy to deplete to get a solid hit.
    And those level that developers thought it's going to be cool to add: like jumping, extra puzzles and just base and stupid border game. Why it's there? Nobody knows. I Hope they got their chess players and platformers funs

    The previous game was much star sight forward and fun. I don't get it why every game try to be everything now.    … Expand
  7. gonzalo_arg
    Aug 2, 2023
    7
    While the game looks good and fun to play, there are several flaws to address that can't be omitted.
    It's very fast paced, encouraging the player to move forward and advance rapidly; However, at many times you can get lost due to poor design and the holomap doesn't help that much.
    Gameplay is very linear and repetitive, it's always the same premise : You land in a planet, given a task    While the game looks good and fun to play, there are several flaws to address that can't be omitted.
    It's very fast paced, encouraging the player to move forward and advance rapidly; However, at many times you can get lost due to poor design and the holomap doesn't help that much.

    Gameplay is very linear and repetitive, it's always the same premise : You land in a planet, given a task to complete: go to point A, where you'll have parkour, then fights, then parkour, then fight, then parkour and finally, usually an end level Boss fight.
    Puzzles are pointless and boring, almost feel like a waste of space and time.

    Graphics look nice, however one'd have expected a little better since now the crossgen period is over, being released only for next gen consoles.    … Expand
  8. Corkiller9
    Jul 27, 2023
    6
    Fails to live up to the first one with a obvious villain from the start and no dramatic or interesting reveals unfortunately.
  9. BJR225
    Jul 26, 2023
    6
    Huge Star Wars fan. Loved Fallen Order. Turned me on to the From Software library of games, namely Sekiro, which became one of my favorites of all time. Was hugely hyped for this release. After finally completing this slog of a game, I have to say I'm disappointed. First half of game was solid and a nice challenge on Jedi Master difficulty. Second half, not so much. Four cheap assHuge Star Wars fan. Loved Fallen Order. Turned me on to the From Software library of games, namely Sekiro, which became one of my favorites of all time. Was hugely hyped for this release. After finally completing this slog of a game, I have to say I'm disappointed. First half of game was solid and a nice challenge on Jedi Master difficulty. Second half, not so much. Four cheap ass bosses in a row to close out the game had me throwing controllers and praying for the game to finally end. Here's to hoping Outlaws is more enjoyable.… Expand
  10. Ghostinyou83
    Jul 24, 2023
    5
    Console is how the game should be played. What a sequel should be even better than the first really hope we get a third
  11. DeadDirected
    Jul 22, 2023
    7
    A pretty good game overall, better than the first one. BUT: the performance issues are incredible strong. that ruins the experience a lot.
  12. AigleAveugle
    Jul 22, 2023
    5
    Frame drops around water, fire and screen tearing almost every time I switch the view rapidly... Its the first time I see my PS5 struggling that much. Witcher 3 updated version was bad but this is almost unplayable at times.

    Great game but a lot of backtracking to complete and I can smell the woke subtlety trying to make its way into the echoes. I'm tired of stupid droids talking like    Frame drops around water, fire and screen tearing almost every time I switch the view rapidly... Its the first time I see my PS5 struggling that much. Witcher 3 updated version was bad but this is almost unplayable at times.

    Great game but a lot of backtracking to complete and I can smell the woke subtlety trying to make its way into the echoes. I'm tired of stupid droids talking like 6years old clowns all the time. Work bench feels empty... Should have been more variety of items or something... Damn. Vendors too are kinda useless, buy a haircut ? Enemies are too Disney, too tuned down, not visceral enough.

    Opportunity lost here to expand, innovate and its a big let down. The addition of Npcs standing around like cardboard signs saying irrelevant stuff was a mistake. I liked the first game more so I can't give the passing grade here.    … Expand
  13. TheNFROMO
    Jul 14, 2023
    6
    Let’s Start off with gameplay – 2.0
    The gameplay is more of the same as its previous iteration with some advancement on the gameplay, basically expect more of the same. If you haven’t played Jedi fallen order, think of it more of the combat with a simple combo system with dodging/parrying.
    If you didn’t like fallen order gameplay you are not going to like this gameplay as well. No    Let’s Start off with gameplay – 2.0
    The gameplay is more of the same as its previous iteration with some advancement on the gameplay, basically expect more of the same. If you haven’t played Jedi fallen order, think of it more of the combat with a simple combo system with dodging/parrying.
    If you didn’t like fallen order gameplay you are not going to like this gameplay as well.
    No checkpoint for story bosses
    The game added two new stances into the game and like all other stances they each have a purpose, one is more ranged focused and one is more damaged focused.
    Difficulty in this game can be pretty challenging, and by challenging I mean unfair as hell especially on the harder difficulty. there are some enemies that can one shot you at full health with all upgrades such as the mobu and rancor.
    The game feels more of a dodge/parry fest especially on higher difficulty and same with normal, its something you need to get used.
    In two cases, be careful when fighting story bosses with multiple phases and by the way theirs no checkpoints between the phases at all.
    The collectible grind is really really really bad. they have overpopulated just like a classic open world game with collectibles that don’t make sense unlike echoes and lore dumps.
    Only Echoes and lore are important for lore reasons.
    Stances are unlocked automatically via story progression.
    Customization is a strong suite in this game to the point where its really fun but you need to collectible grind the heck out of the game to even find the piece you want, I just believe its just not worth the hassle for the average consumer.

    Story 2.0
    The story with this game feels like a solid entry, nothing game of the decade worthy but a pretty solid entry that you will enjoy.
    There are amazing moments in the game but I don’t want to spoil anything.
    I would say I enjoyed fallen order better story wise because it was a new adventure vs this game.
    The side quests were more of a fetch this person to unlock x and bring them here not that many in totality.
    Bounty Hunter Side Quest Was/Is a good part of the game.
    There is a time jump between fallen order and jedi survivor in which they released a book on some stuff that has happened like how someone suffered that injury. I would’ve liked to have some sort of lore in the game to explain that in some shape or form. It just makes you feel lost on what happened.

    Music 2.0
    The Background music fit really well in the overall totality of the game. It didn’t feel grating and it just fit.
    The special scene music sections felt okay and good but nothing memorable as far as I can recall that just sticks out, which sucks honestly.
    The audio balance issues in this game from the start are an issue. I had to lower the actual music and sfx to a very low level to actually hear the dialogue. Dialogue should always take precedence and lower other type of music.
    Dialogue should take precedence then Sound effect music then music.

    Performance 0.5 – only because its playable
    The performance of this game is very atrocious, the only reason this stayed on the digital store fronts is because it was/is barely playable with minimal crashes (I Had three of them in which one set me back collectible griding about an hour).
    This game is cyberpunk 2077 launch condition level of bad. 30 fps(frames per second) felt like I was watching someone doing their PowerPoint presentation and 60 frames per second felt like I was scrolling through my photos on windows.
    Ray tracing is being forced on consoles for some reason which is causing the frame rate to take a massive dump.
    The game doesn’t even run at 1080p (source is Digital Foundry) on both modes, how can mess up that badly.
    Ray tracing in general requires a beefy computer, what we are experiencing is an attempt of raytracing that most games on consoles that have it will not be true raytracing unless they use it in select areas or you’re a wizard at game development (insomniac with ratchet and clank rift apart). True Raytracing requires a very powerful GPU hence we will prob see it in the next generation not this current gen'
    Just like gameplay is the king of gaming, performance is the queen and this game sacrificed their queen for some reason
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    In Conclusion
    Jedi Survivor has a pretty decent to good story, gameplay, and music is worth to play it once the performance get fixed.
    Jedi survivor would feel like an 8/10 game without the performance issues but sad to say.
    The game sits at a barely passable 6.5/10 because of the performance was horrible.    … Expand
  14. The_rainbow_00
    Jul 12, 2023
    7
    7.6/10

    Story: 8.5
    Gameplay: 6.5
    Gameplay Mechanics: 8

    The story was exciting and kept me in the game. The gameplay could've been better; next-gen-only games should not have performance issues. The mechanics were good, like the unique different takes on the gameplay and characters—definitely some character development.
  15. dannyvc95
    Jul 9, 2023
    5
    In my opinion the game has a great potential, completely destroyed by the poor performance, low resolution quality. Hopefully big publishers stop delivering not polished games.
  16. justinx
    Jul 9, 2023
    5
    FPS DROP! fps drop fps drop fps drop fps drop fps drop fps drop fps drop fps drop fps
  17. AlexNeutrino
    Jul 9, 2023
    7
    The game itself is amazing, I loved it. But performance on PS5 is horrible sometimes, and AMD's upscaler produces annoying artifacts (ghosting).
  18. cerb747
    Jul 6, 2023
    5
    Sekiro Clone 2.0 except this time it's A buggy pile of pig **** once the bugs are all fixed I guess it will be okay, but as I said with the first one with combat Sekiro did it better, exploration Uncharted did it better, and finally when it comes to level design go play a real Metroidvania game like Metroid or hollow knight.
  19. rdonoso
    Jul 3, 2023
    6
    Game mechanics feels old and dated. Puzzles vary from dumb to stupid. The only thing that saves it is the graphics.
  20. Will_lj
    Jul 3, 2023
    5
    Gameplay is average, visuals are decent, and exploration is repetitive. The main issue is performance. Playing on PS5 with performance mode ON still only seems to reach 30fps AT BEST. I've had multiple crashes and game breaking bugs, and I'm reviewing 2 months after the game's release. Overall, it's an average game with some very glaring issues.
  21. Burzyk
    Jul 1, 2023
    7
    Cool fighting system, movement and protagonist. Booring, too long story and disrespectful graphics, visuals and framerate and technical issues.
  22. Bones98
    Jun 26, 2023
    7
    Great game, great combat and gameplay. Solidly built worlds to explore. Only thing really holding it back is bugs and performance.
  23. JrDouble
    Jun 25, 2023
    7
    This is not as good as the previous Jedi Fallen Order. The issues from the first are unfortunately still the same here, but seem to have gotten worse. There are a huge amount of delay in the controls and the game has very inconsistent balancing. I don't know if it is true delay or just the inability to interrupt animations, but it feels like half the time I push a button nothing happens orThis is not as good as the previous Jedi Fallen Order. The issues from the first are unfortunately still the same here, but seem to have gotten worse. There are a huge amount of delay in the controls and the game has very inconsistent balancing. I don't know if it is true delay or just the inability to interrupt animations, but it feels like half the time I push a button nothing happens or it takes a second to register the input. Other than the controls and balancing, the graphics and story are OK, but I find I have to change the difficulty up and down a lot to make up for the slow controls and irregular balancing. A bit frustrating most of the time and a let-down overall compared to the first game.… Expand
  24. Banditwins
    Jun 24, 2023
    5
    Performance is abysmal. Should not have been released in this state. Save your money and buy when it's on sale/has been fixed.
  25. LetsGoPokemonLu
    Jun 23, 2023
    7
    Huge improvement over the first game. Wish there were more planets to explore, but the combat is fun and story is alright.

    You can always count on Star Wars fans to be the absolute worst on the internet, hence all the review bombs.
  26. danield80
    Jun 20, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jedi Fallen Order was a good game with certain issues but Jedi Survivor fails as a 'next gen' game. Planets are bigger but duller. Their design is not as good and memorable as in Fallen Order, not to mention there are only 2 planets in Survivor but 5 in FO.

    The slow ability is removed from the game and replaced with boring mind control (temporary alignment change of hostile AI to friendly). The slow is not used in puzzles and is only available in combat by activating the 'super meter' (basically cuckrage mode from GoW). Survivor introduces 3 new stances (5 in total) but only 2 can be equipped at the same time for some retarded reason. You can switch stances at mediation (save) points but hairstyle can be changed in the pause menu immediately, smh. The story is just a huge sequel bait and is based on nonsensical, lame circumstances (the protagonist falls into an ancient tomb containing long lost knowledge while going for a spare part in the basement — literally). Survivor introduces close to no new major characters, mostly antagonists (they all die, unsurprisingly), new good-guys characters all die in the prologue and are replaced with old characters.
    Additionally, a very awkward, pushed and out of nothing romance is incorporated into the story. The devs decided to have a character, Merrin, go full blown edgy and deep 'Russkij akcent' that is so phonyaß and tryharded and unnatural as фак. It was much milder in FO and now my ears bleed from cringe.

    Lastly, the game is technically in an abysmal state. Frames drop below 10 during lightsaber cutscenes, the game drops below 20 fps in large areas (even on performance mode), hardlocks, softlocks, crashes are common even 2 months post initial release.

    Fallen Order wasn't perfect, it had performance issues as well (loading textures) but it had far better designed worlds and the story was built coherently, characters were utilized better.

    Jedi Survivor is similar to Horizon Forbidden West with its story - unrelated to the prequel, based on nonsense, mary-sue character saving the world, pointless characters, heavy sequel baiting; and to A Plague Tale Requiem with its 'cinematic experience' gameplay and performance issues.
    While Survivor may not be as disappointing for me as these two games, it's technically in an unpresentable state right now.    … Expand
  27. Star_Classic
    Jun 13, 2023
    6
    I have seemed to always been let down by Star Wars games. I thought this one would be different. It isn't. I honestly regret buying the game, especially at $70.00

    Something just feels off about it. It certainly looks good, but the combat is janky. There are no quest markers and I feel lost almost all of the time. Maybe I've overlooked something, but I don't think so. The story    I have seemed to always been let down by Star Wars games. I thought this one would be different. It isn't. I honestly regret buying the game, especially at $70.00

    Something just feels off about it. It certainly looks good, but the combat is janky. There are no quest markers and I feel lost almost all of the time. Maybe I've overlooked something, but I don't think so.

    The story doesn't make a lot of sense, but maybe it's because I didn't play the previous game. I've considered just deleting the game from my hard drive, but I keep hoping maybe the game will grow on me at some point.

    It's not a good feeling to load up a game, and then five minutes in, I'm already debating on whether I want to spend anymore time playing it.

    Maybe you just have to be a huge Star Wars fan to appreciate the game. It isn't doing it for me, however.,    … Expand
  28. lifetimelaker24
    Jun 11, 2023
    6
    Game is pretty wack IMO. Performance issues, short story, and a boring end boss fight. This is a $40 game that most paid $70 for. I keep hearing "they'll fix the bugs." Got the game 3 weeks after release and already finished that game. Its a lil late. Created a metacritic acct solely to complain about this game.
  29. Alexandrapepe
    Jun 7, 2023
    5
    Ótimos gráficos, história mediana, mas mini games exagerados, mundo aberto muito vazio e aborrecido e má performance
  30. Lanthalord
    Jun 5, 2023
    5
    The performance is horrible right now, even the 'performance' mode is **** Unstable frame rates and tearing, I think this is the first PS5 game that could achieve this.
    Where it's supposed to, it looks beautiful but what does it matter if the game play suffers for it.
    The is RT in the game, that you cannot disable and most likely was a big mistake because it just cannot run properly.    The performance is horrible right now, even the 'performance' mode is **** Unstable frame rates and tearing, I think this is the first PS5 game that could achieve this.
    Where it's supposed to, it looks beautiful but what does it matter if the game play suffers for it.
    The is RT in the game, that you cannot disable and most likely was a big mistake because it just cannot run properly.
    Next-gen my ass...    … Expand
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Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 111 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 103 out of 111
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 111
  3. Negative: 0 out of 111
  1. PLAY
    Sep 17, 2023
    80
    Sometimes uneven, often wondrous, Survivor is bombastic and joyous, though it feels like a middle child in search of a trilogy ending. May the Force be with it. [Issue#28, p.72]
  2. New York Daily News
    Aug 9, 2023
    80
    Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is the finest Star Wars game ever.
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  3. Pocket-lint
    Jun 23, 2023
    90
    Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is a much bigger game than before, with plenty of new moves, collectibles and characters to discover. The size of its open-world maps means it also lacks some of the variety of its predecessor, but there is so much to see and do that you'll likely not care one jot. Perhaps the most impressive aspect is how well fleshed-out the adventure is - better even than many of the TV series and films on which it is based. This is a blockbuster in the truest sense.
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