again, of course<\/a>), and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSurrounDead is great, and keeps getting better (and harder!), but I wanted something new. Something that I wouldn’t normally cover. Something where I wasn’t going to need to take notes, pull screenshots, and could actually use other folks’ guide content for once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jedi: Survivor is definitely that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The game isn’t perfect; For $70 while having been released in April, you’d think the performance issues and crashes noted by reviewers at launch would be fixed, but.. Not really. I encountered a number of pain points that other reviewers noted were in their early review copies, which is just sad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still, it’s playable, and I managed to snag it cheap on the Epic store (half off + an extra discount). Overall, it’s been fun, and I’ve nearly beat the main story, and have also done plenty of exploring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I liked Fallen Order (the predecessor), but Jedi: Survivor’s difficulty settings are what sold me on it. I’ve got the difficulty turned down just above Story mode, and it’s juuust right for me to feel a slight amount of tension, but no real hard frustration during a period of time where I want to relax. Plus, during winter my arthritis tends to be much worse, making my reflexes much slower than they already are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m even debating giving NG+ a try, but I’m not quite sold on the idea of giving up all the cool little extras you learn along the way (the air dash, hook, electro-bolt, etc); In Ghost of Tsushima you got to keep the grappling hook in NG+, so why can’t I in Jedi: Survivor?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who knows. Maybe if I finish the game early I’ll go back to Fallen Order and try to actually progress further in that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Either way, I’m still on vacation, folks, so go out and play some games yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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