After playing over three hours of StarWarsJediSurvivor, I think it might just be the Chosen One
It’s funny to think about how much has changed about Star Wars since EA released Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order in 2019. The action-adventure game would launch just weeks before The Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, a polarizing conclusion to its sequel trilogy that would create a disturbance in the force.
Kestisvania My demo begins about an hour into the full game, as Cal Kestis and his droid pal, BD-1, crash land on a planet called Koboh. I won’t get into story details , but the slice I played teased a rather sprawling epic with crisscrossing plot threads. My mission to repair my broken-down ship takes me through a mining ghost town, where I cross paths with the nefarious Rayvis.
There’s some significant side content nestled in the world too. When I stop to chat with a miner in Koboh’s main town, I follow a rumor into an abandoned cave. My quest to find out what happened to some missing workers culminates in a battle against a Rancor, the most thrilling and challenging fight I come across during my session. Other side content has me solving some clever environmental puzzles to find health or Force upgrades.
The only potential pain point I come across is in environmental legibility. Survivor bucks some generic video game trends, opting not to splash climbable objects in flashy yellow paint. Level design is more natural as a result, with Cal scurrying up metal grates or shimmying around on vines as he wanders. I did hit a few moments, though, where I simply wasn’t sure where to go as I missed a subtle visual cue or didn’t realize that a detailed piece of the environment was climbable.
Like Fallen Order, it’s still a dream come true for Star Wars fans. Basic lightsaber attacks are fluid, letting Cal seamlessly switch stances on the fly and cut through enemies in a dancelike fashion. Battles can be challenging, but it’s a system that rewards mastery with downright cool action. Survivor doubles down on that idea with spectacular finishing animations that see Cal hacking limbs off a robot or jabbing his saber through a monster’s head to add some extra flourish to every encounter.
There are a lot of combat systems I could compare it all to. Naturally, its difficulty and the parry system call Dark Souls to mind, though the fluidity at which Cal chains flashy moves together feels more in line with the Batman Arkham series. The game I keep going back to, though, is Yakuza. From the quick stance swapping to the added flair of special moves, I feel like Kazuma Kiryu in outer space when it all clicks.
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