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Jake Baldino reviews "Jedi Survivor," the sequel to "Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order," noting its growth in scope and ambition. He discusses larger adventures, enhanced combat, and richer worlds compared to its predecessor. The game features the central hub of planet Kobo, with diverse biomes, dungeons, side quests, and a creatively reimagined Cantina for item collection and character interaction. Despite its expansive nature, performance issues are noted.
Combat improvements include various stances such as single, double-bladed, dual-wielding, pistol-lightsaber hybrid, and cross guard stances, each adding depth to gameplay. The skill tree offers upgrades, focusing on more health and lightsaber attacks. Enhanced platforming and exploration allow players to unlock new areas and gather collectibles. A new game plus mode adds replay value with carried-over skills and new challenges.
Overall, "Jedi Survivor" delivers a grander, more content-rich adventure, maintaining a robust narrative while building upon the mechanics and elements that fans appreciated in the first game.
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In this segment of the video, Jake Baldino discusses his first impressions of “Jedi Survivor,” the sequel to “Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.” He notes that while the new game may not feel as small and special as its predecessor, it is a solid sequel with bigger, bolder adventures, set pieces, and enhanced combat. Jake provides insights into the game’s story, which is less connected to famous Star Wars characters and more about new creative elements and far-reaching galaxies. He emphasizes the increased content—more combat stances, larger worlds, and more to do—resulting in a game that feels like a grand open-world adventure. He also mentions that although playing the first game is beneficial for better understanding characters and story depth, it isn’t strictly necessary.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses the game’s large open world planet, Kobo, which acts as a central hub. Kobo is described as having various regions and biomes with numerous dungeons, hidden areas, and optional activities. Citizens on Kobo provide side quests, leading to rewards that enhance game progression. The planet also features a Cantina, a creative twist on the classic Star Wars Cantina, where you can collect items, interact with new characters, and plant seeds in a rooftop garden. The game maintains its structure of planet-hopping via the Mantis, with improved fast travel and maps. Performance issues are noted, with the game offering performance and fidelity modes, and the speaker suggests checking other reviews for detailed technical insights. The combat system retains its quality, with an emphasis on parry and attack mechanics, new enemy types, and the introduction of combat stances, which can be swapped at bonfires.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker elaborates on the various combat stances and perks in the game. There is a regular single stance, a double-bladed stance, and an expanded dual-wielding stance, which build upon the combat mechanics introduced in the first game. Additionally, there is a pistol-lightsaber hybrid stance that integrates blaster shots within lightsaber strikes and provides greater range. Another interesting stance is the cross guard stance, characterized by its heavy, claymore-like feel.
Despite new tweaks to existing Force Powers, the game primarily improves what was already available, with a solid skill tree offering more health upgrades and new lightsaber attacks. The speaker mentions a desire for more attack and move variations, although the current system is satisfying and exciting, particularly for Star Wars fans.
The game features extensive platforming, with many traversal abilities to unlock new areas and gather collectibles like lightsaber and BD-1 customization items. Although mantis customization is not available, there are ample options for Cal’s appearance, including outfits and some haircuts, though the speaker prefers the outfits.
Finishing the main story and some side exploration took about 22 hours, covering roughly 70% of the game content. The game is noted for having much more to do and multiple difficulty modes, indicating a richer and more expansive experience compared to its predecessor.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker highlights the features of a new game plus mode, which allows players to bring over all unlocked skills, lightsaber colors, and experience new surprises along with challenging new perks. The video emphasizes that “Survivor” offers more content compared to its predecessor, expanding on stances, enemies, open world exploration, platforming, and collectibles while maintaining a strong narrative. The speaker reflects on their initial concern about the story being overshadowed by gameplay, but ultimately found the adventure satisfying. They then invite viewers to share their thoughts in the comments and mention more detailed discussions are available on their other channel.