There’s a basic attack button and a heavy attack that uses Force, but players will have to be more patient and utilize both the block and evade buttons. Movement is pretty self-explanatory, but combat is a bit tougher to wrap your head around. As Cal, you’ll run, jump, slide, and climb not too much of a challenge, but I appreciate the small requirement of having to pull the left trigger to actually grab onto a ledge to make climbing a more active mechanic. This mix sounds solid on paper, and I’d say that it was well-executed. To summarize, I would describe Jedi: Fallen Order as an action-adventure game with Uncharted platforming, Souls-like combat, Metroid Prime-style navigation and environments, and the occasional bits of Titanfall wall-running. Luckily, the game fares better during the actual game part. “…while Cal went through some semblance of an arc, he seems too understated a character to be invested in…” Now I crave a Star Wars game all about the wretched hive of scum and villainy. I found the female antagonists to be significantly more interesting, particularly the villainous Second Sister and a Nightsister named Merrin (either one who would have been a better protagonist for this game). It doesn’t feel like a story in this universe that needed to be told, and while it plays with existing lore concepts in a fun manner, it doesn’t add any new perspective to the larger world. Ultimately, the story was far from compelling, and while Cal went through some semblance of an arc, he seems too understated a character to be invested in, and what are supposed to be big character moments fall flat. Greez was just there for comic relief, I suppose. The premise lacked in any tension on a conceptual basis, however anyone who has seen the movies knows that none of this will come to be until after Return of the Jedi, so instead, the story hones in on the histories and emotional baggage of both Cal and Cere, who acts as a mentor to the former. Cere is on a mission to restore the Jedi Order, and Cal answers the call to action. All goes awry when his cover is blown, but he finds saviors in characters named Cere and Greez, who fly a ship called the Mantis.

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