Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Bigger and Better Than Fallen Order; Reviews are in

Cal Kestis will soon embark on a new next adventure in the universe of Star Wars, courtesy of Respawn Entertainment. However, before you go back from a galaxy far far away, you can check out the reviews of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, which appeared online today.

1. Review of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - an epic sequel whose force is weak optimization

Star Wars Jedi: Survivors - selected reviews

1. GRYONline - 7,5/10
2. Gamepressure - 9/10
3. CGMagazine - 10/10
4. VGC - 5/5
5. GamingTrend - 95/100
6. Stevivor - 9.5/10
7. Game Informer - 9.3/10
8. IGN - 9/10
9. Push Square - 9/10
10. ScreenRant - 4.5/5
11. TechRaptor - 9/10
12. Twinfinite - 4.5/5
13. Wccftech - 8.3/10
14. Everyeye.it - 8.7/10
15. Attack of the Fanboy - 4/5
16. Metro GameCentral - 8/10
17. PCGamesN - 8/10
18. Shacknews - 8/10
19. TheSixthAxis - 8/10
20. We Got This Covered - 3/5
21. OpenCritic - 86/100 (44 reviews)
22. Metacritic - 86/100 (44 reviews of the PS5 version)

In fact, not much has changed since journalists shared their first impressions. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is a great, perhaps even excellent sequel to Fallen Order, surpassing the scope of its predecessor in every way. The locations are larger and a bit more open, Cal Kestis has more combat stances and equipment, and players got richer customization options.

In general, reviewers agree that this approach has worked out well for the game. Nevertheless, some critics note that it came at a price.

1. The plot fails to impress (the relationships between the characters is actually the only saving virtue), which some people blame on the somewhat too forced visits to successive planets.
2. For the most part, the locations are interesting and full of secrets, but one can find opinions that the size of some levels does not serve them, for example, by making it difficult to find the way (although such confusion is unlikely to bother fans of metroidvania games).
3. Combat is a big plus of Survivor, but here, too, some reviewers had some complaints - primarily limitation to two of the five available stances and the inability to change them during combat. This decision, according to some critics, forced the developers to adjust all clashes so that they can be won with any style, which in the long run is supposed to discourage experimentation.

In addition to debatable praise and complaints, reviews also mention technical issues. Even in performance mode on the PS5, there are FPS dips, but with many journalists - even those very critical - noting no such problems. Presumably, a patch will be released at launch, which will hopefully fix these shortcomings.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is therefore a bigger and (almost always) better game than its predecessor, and arguably the best Star Wars game available on the market. Not everything has quite played out (especially in the story), and the whole is unlikely to be revolutionary in any respect. Nevertheless, Survivor seems to be an exemplary sequel.

The game will be released on April 28 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.