

Thankfully, whether on Koboh or visiting planets like Coruscant or Jedha, a new fast travel system makes navigation between meditation points easy.Ĭustomization is foundational across the game and its reward systems, from tweaking hairstyles, jackets, and saber colors to character perks and powers. I like the locale, but by the end, I was growing tired of running in circles to the same destination after so many prior visits. Large swaths of the game unfold in the different corners of this semi-open world planet, filled with rumors to track down, bounties to hunt, and secrets to uncover. While Jedi: Survivor includes several unique planets to visit, it grounds the experience in a single frontier world called Koboh, with more than a little Old West inspiration. The downside is that most upgrades to Cal’s use of the Force feel more like twists and tweaks rather than wholly new powers, but it’s a small price to pay for well-paced action from beginning to end. The flexibility of playstyle expands from there, with new saber stances and equipment that provide choice in confronting the galaxy’s dangers. Robust onboarding quickly gets into the action and story, making you feel powerful and capable. He's a full-fledged Jedi Knight, with all the Force powers and lightsaber tricks you worked so hard to earn last time still in place.

It also manages to capture a lot of the tonal and thematic ideas that work about this fiction, helping cement its place as one of the best in the long history of Star Wars games.Īs we rejoin Cal Kestis, there’s little of the step back in power that some action game sequels attempt. While some structural and story choices start to wear thin, Jedi: Survivor is nonetheless a step up in almost all the ways that matter.

It’s a longer game with greater levels of customization, more enemies, more diverse approaches to combat and puzzles, and more storytelling and character development for its compelling cast of characters. Picking up where its predecessor left off, Jedi: Survivor isn’t just more of the same but more of virtually everything, with meaningful advances and improvements across the board. If the only thought in your mind upon completing 2019’s Jedi: Fallen Order was that you wanted more, then I have excellent news.
