Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

⭐ 10.0/10

(Originally written by Joseph)

Oh baby I loved this game. In the opening scene you find yourself working in this massive spaceship graveyard, hiding out in this grand set piece with classic star wars music playing. I knew from the start this was the game for me.

This game is a little bit of everything, which it is been criticised for because it doesn't invent anything nor perfect any of it's many elements. I disagree with that assessment as I felt I had never seen so many awesome gameplay elements in one spot. It's a metroidvania, a 3d platformer, a souls-like combat game and a puzzle game. Yet all of these things are enhanced with an awesome narrative and these mind blowing action set pieces. My best comparison would be Hollow Knight meets Uncharted, and those are some of my favorite games.

I really can't say enough about how much I love this, especially as a Star Wars fan. They get the ethos of Star Wars perfectly in my opinion, and is probably my favorite piece of Star Wars media outside a handful of movies (3,4,5,6 for those counting). The story had a bunch of likeable characters, and did the rare thing where the villain is actually memorable. This is perhaps not the masterpiece work of art that I consider RDR2 or TLOU to be, but it's a different kind of 10 like the original movies are. From the big things, like the boss fights and the final sequence, to the smaller things like having a map highlighting what I'm actually supposed to be doing, to (again) that holy, licensed music, this is one of the most enjoyable moments I've had playing video games. I beat this game on hard which was incredibly satisfying and the way to do it for those interested (looking at you Tim). Absolute must-play for Star Wars fans.