STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™

Its a fun play for sure, but its far from flawless. its VERY janky and buggy. story is good, very likeable character, probably my favorite cast in the SW universe. definetly worth playing, but dont buy full price.

A bit buggy if you have a bad computer bit still a great game

It is really fun, and you really get into it. I found it challenging but really interesting. The plot is really good. However, I would say that there could've been a better explanation for certain characters and cut scenes. Even having watched a lot of the Star Wars films, I wasn't entirely sure of the characters and all, and I kind of got confused with when this was supposed to take place, whether it was before New Hope or after The Return of the Sith.

Even though i say this, there isn't much need for context and backstories as most of the time you're just fighting Stormtroopers and creatures. i would highly recommend this to be honest.

Jedi: Fallen Order is a very good metroidvania. It tells a good star wars story and the combat is difficult but fair. My only gripe with the game is the final boss - the difficulty spike in that fight is just ridiculous and I personally turned down the difficulty level for that fight alone. But other than that it's a worthwile experience. PC performance is also fine.

Let me preface this by ensuring you I’m a long time Star Wars fan, so really I would very much love a decent Star Wars game. Unfortunately this game sucks, it makes no sense and it is annoying. It was developed by checkist and it plays like a checklist. It looks great, though.


Is this a good game game, i.e. regardless of Star Wars?

No. The gameplay is lame, tedious and repetitive. The game loves nothing more than to take control away from the player for no reason. Want to open a crate (of which there are many)? Have fun watching an unskippable 5 second cutscene. Want to save? Only possible at fixed locations at which you have to press a button, watch an animation and press another button to return to the game. I’m not kidding. My guys. I’m an adult with a life. I have no time to reach your stupid checkpoints. Let me fucking quicksave or at least save upon exiting the game. I know the technology is there because when you fall off a ledge the game has no problem respawning you where you were and accurately resetting everything including currently playing dialogue. The control scheme is extremely weird and cumbersome. For whatever reason there are three different buttons, one of which is a stick-press, for what essentially amounts to “use” or “interact”. Just have one button!!! Didn’t anyone playtest this? Granted, this may be a skill issue, but I’ve found the combat annoying as well. It’s unreasonably awkward to hit anything with force push or lightsaber throw, because for some reason it goes in the direction the pumuckl-ass protagonist is facing, not the camera. I know you can manually lock on to enemies, but our boy should really be able to pick someone to attack himself, like in Assassin’s Creed or something, instead of blindly attacking the air. During combat, again, the game really loves taking away control from the player because you constantly get pushed or grabbed or whatever. You may be able to avoid this if you try, but it’s just more breakage in the already non-existing flow of gameplay. The platforming is similarly annoying. All the time you’re missing jumps you can clearly make, the camera doesn’t show where you’re going well, and so forth. The level design itself is also bad, disorienting and arbitrary. It should feel rewarding to find hidden stuff, instead you’re just annoyed to have taken a useless detour.


Is this a good Star Wars game, i.e. can we overlook its flaws for love of the setting and story?

No. The story is pointless and nonsensical, the characters are bland and undeveloped, the game has no heart whatsoever. The best bit about it is the tutorial level on the trash planet. It’s cool to see clone wars era trash and empire era trash juxtaposed. Otherwise the planets are derivative and barren. All maps consist almost entirely of platforms divided by infinite abysses. Several times the empire finds out you’re on the planet, sends stormtroopers after you, but for some reason completely leaves your ship (which is sitting on a silver platter landing pad in plain sight with open doors) and crew members (who invariably stay on the ship) alone. After fighting your way toward the ship, you board it through the open door and everyone just is like “Okay cool, where to next?”. The whole time they were just chilling there, not, for instance, coming to pick you up or anything, even though that modus operandi is established early on, immediately after the tutorial level. Characters have no relationships to each other, just like the weirdly platformy locations everything about them is only there for you, the player. Nothing ever feels like you’re thrust into a living breathing world, a feat that should be SO EASY to accomplish for a Star Wars game, everything is just catering to you. There’s a comedic relief character and a mentor character, both of whom have been travelling together for an extended period of time, just the two of them on a tiny ship, yet there is no indication of any personal relationship between them. He’s the comedic relief guy, she’s the mentor, that’s it. The writing is embarrassing in every way, the dialogues are forced and cringeworthy. I could go on, but let’s just finish with this spoiler: At the end, Darth Vader shows up, immediately kills a powerful non-protagonist force user, makes short work of the player’s sidekick (who later turns out to have miraculously survived) but for absolutely no reason at all toys around with the player protagonist to such an extend that he of course manages to escape unharmed. This is Darth Vader we’re talking about. Sad and ridiculous.


Listen to the new Half Life 2 commentary mode to understand all the passion, heart, attention to detail, humility and pride in one’s work that could have made Jedi Something Something a good game. Unfortunately it was presumably designed by some useless seat warmers and handed to devs who are brilliant at their jobs but too powerless and underfunded to create greatness.

Good Story, good graphics, really enjoyed the game :)

An absolute incredible Star Wars experience like no other game has ever done! Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order gives you everything you expect from a great game focused around the Star Wars lore.

A cinematic journey, awesome combat, a vast variety of enemies, and so many secrets and Easter eggs hidden off the beaten path. The game has rich and beautiful worlds and level environments that are so rewarding for and satisfying for exploration and discovery. An absolute modern masterpiece and huge accomplishment for Star Wars games.

Every gamer, whether they're a Star Wars fan or Souls fans, this game is an absolute blast from start to finish and an unforgettable journey in a galaxy far far away!

The game is good, but there's quite a few things that prevent it from being great. If you like constant backtracking and puzzles that make no sense, while also having a super simple solution, this game is for you. The problem is that tons of area's are locked on different planets, and you have to play several hours of the game in order to get a skill to go back and unlock the areas.... without a fast travel system.. So you end up going through the same areas like 10 times, and its straight up boring, because then you have to run all the way back to your ship, and then come back to the same planet again like 3 hours later as you gain another skill. The game has the same gameplay loop, fight 5 enemies, go through a crack in the wall, climb up a vine, and that's pretty much it.

Downloaded the game to have a fun offline single-player game to have fun with...
You cannot play offline.
You're forced to be online for the EA client bullshit.
For those on limited internet availability , keep this in mind. you must connect to the internet every single time.

so much for this, was actually enjoying playing this game.

Its a Star Wars souls-like, its what you'd expect given that. The game satisfies everything it needs to, building your own lightsaber is cool, editing the appearances of Cal, BD-1 and the Mantis are all cool features. I will say, running this game with a GeForce 1050ti was a little laggy at times, so be more prepared than I lol

As Star Wars video game experiences go, this is one of the best. The way you can interact with the world, either with your lightsaber or using the force just makes you feel like an actual jedi. The storytelling and coming together of beloved characters/moments from the original saga is also quite nice.
This is the whole Order 66 survivor experience!

Got it like for 6€. Good game for that price. For full price it lacks replay-ability content... So most likely one run game...

Backtracking of hell, very linear gameplay and the open world exploring doesn’t reward you in any way. After 14 hrs i can safely say this is one of the most annoying games I’ve played.

The EA App is the worst thing I have every had the displeasure of touching. This horrendous creation makes launching the game a nightmare as it doesn't work half the time. Additionally, do you like how your in-game notifications are set up in Steam? Well TOO BAD, this app COMPLETELY IGNORES THEM and doesn't have half as many options! Don't want achievement popups in the middle of playing a game? Screw you, you can't turn them off! Wanna disable in EA overlay? NOPE! Not allowed unless you launched the game from EA App, which you can't do because you bought this on Steam.

EA has literally made this game unplayable for me. I CANNOT play games with popups, it drives me F***ING insane and I just stop playing altogether. I would rather not play the game at all than have these stupid popups I can't turn off. F you EA, you are garbage cesspool that is ruining gaming, AND I KNOW YOU DO NOT CARE

Don't get me wrong, on 80% sale it's a decent value. But I can't leave a positive review.

The game feels unfinished due to a quite obvious general lack of polish, sometimes making it difficult to say if something is a bug or was just never worked on properly in the first place. Thankfully the bugs are minor, and few affect gameplay, but the issues present stand out and make an otherwise beautiful game with solid gameplay and interesting story feel unfinished. All things considered I would expect far more polish, especially since the issues are present 5 years after release.

Some of the things that annoyed me enough to remember and bother to write about

• Some objects and parts of the environment have no collision when they obviously should
  
• Toxic sludge that you can fall into and die but with no physics or splash animation whatsoever
  
• Oddly intrusive invisible walls in some areas
  
• Chest opening animation underwater is the same as on land (Can't easily explain why that is weird but it 100% is)
  
• Opened chests counting as opened after death but not after relaunching the game
  
• One specific tomb guardian (strong enemy) being unresponsive until provoked for no apparent reason
  
• Clearly scripted events involving (enemy) NPCs doing very specific things, clearly meant as eye-catching one-time actions/encounters (eating corpse, running to specific location, etc.) Every single time you walk through their location after in any way making enemies re-spawn. To be clear: This is the case when encountering the thing, progressing and saving, making enemies re-spawn and returning to the same place. This is not backtracking btw, this is organically going through the same place a couple of times and when seeing the same enemy do the same scripted thing for the 7th time in a session I can't help but wonder why nobody bothered to make it not do that.
  
• Related to the previous one. Let me give an example that happens more than once in different ways. When going to a place and doing a mission the only way is through enemies of different "factions" fighting each other, a memorable, scripted scene. You are also required to take the same route back, through the exact same enemies, fighting each other in the exact same way (as it seems to be quite scripted)... This happens in more than one place and can happen as often as you return to that place as far as I can tell (like the previous point). How does that even remotely make sense?
  

• Great, challenging combat
  
• Decent story
  
[*]Lacks polish

this game runs at 144+ FPS just fine on my system at 1080p upscaled to 1440p (AMD RX 6600 using AMD upscaling and fluid motion frames gives nearly 4K level graphics and perfectly smooth gameplay). Cutscenes get ~180 FPS and the graphics are just as beautiful as Black Myth Wukong. Played the game a couple times on Xbox, and on PC I plan on playing through the whole story likely on Jedi Grand Master.

Meh. At least it's pretty. Which is about all that can be said for this mediocrity. The game suffers from terminal consolitis. Be prepared to watch the same animation sequences hundreds of time...this is Cal walking through a tight space...here's Cal slowly climbing up a cliff...here's Cal swinging from a rope...watch as Cal watches his droid jump into a "treasure" chest... oh, did you die? Lets watch it all again! The Pros: -It's pretty. Very pretty. -The voice acting is not bad at all. (But the script needs work.) -Cute droid. The Cons: -Combat. Challenging sword combat has been done well in the past (see Witcher 3 for example.) But this is just...clumsy. And repetitive. And annoying. -The story is...a big trite MacGuffin. You will not care about the characters. You will yawn at the ending. -Repetitive, mindless **** mindless and repetitive. (But pretty. For the first hour.) -24 hours for a near-completionist first play-through on Jedi Master difficulty is above-average length for an EA snooze fest, but is otherwise pretty pathetic in terms of content. Especially since at least half of that 24 hours was devoted to watching my screen re-load and watching Cal do the same run and jump sequence over and over again. Second play-through? Not likely. Bottom line: buy it on sale and don't expect much. By no means should you blow $80 on it.

Jogo incrível! Ótima história, gameplay e sem sombra de dúvidas uma experiência única. Um dos melhores jogos de Star Wars que eu já joguei.

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order : By Triple F


"Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order," developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts, was released in 2019 to widespread acclaim, breathing new life into the single-player "Star Wars" gaming experience. Set shortly after the events of "Revenge of the Sith," the game follows Cal Kestis, a young Jedi Padawan who survived the brutal Order 66 purge and is hiding from the Empire. As he embarks on a journey to rebuild the Jedi Order, the game delivers a compelling story-driven experience that combines satisfying combat mechanics with exploration-focused gameplay. With its layered narrative, challenging combat, and richly detailed world, "Fallen Order" delivers a truly memorable "Star Wars" adventure.

The story of "Fallen Order" is one of its standout features. Cal's journey feels both intimate and epic as he grapples with survivor’s guilt, the haunting memories of Order 66, and the challenge of surviving in a galaxy hostile to Jedi. Accompanied by a cast of interesting characters such as Cere, a former Jedi who has her own painful past, and BD-1, Cal's loyal droid companion, the narrative explores themes of loss, resilience, and redemption. BD-1, in particular, is a fan favorite, providing companionship and functionality that enhance gameplay, as well as injecting moments of levity and charm into the story. The story’s pacing and emotional depth make it engaging, while the cinematic presentation and quality voice acting elevate it to feel like a natural extension of the "Star Wars" universe.

Gameplay-wise, "Fallen Order" takes inspiration from several well-known game genres, blending elements from Metroidvania exploration and "Souls-like" combat. Combat is methodical and requires a level of patience and strategy, encouraging players to time attacks, parries, and dodges rather than rushing into battles. The lightsaber combat feels visceral, with each swing, block, and deflection carrying weight and impact. As Cal progresses, he learns new Force abilities and gains skill points that unlock further combat techniques, expanding the range of moves at the player's disposal. This system balances challenge and progression well, providing a sense of accomplishment as players master the nuanced combat mechanics.

Exploration is central to "Fallen Order," with its interconnected planetary worlds that encourage players to backtrack as they gain new abilities. Planets like Zeffo, Kashyyyk, and Dathomir offer distinct landscapes and challenges, each hiding secrets and lore that flesh out the galaxy. The game’s level design emphasizes environmental puzzle-solving, such as using Force powers to clear paths or maneuvering through complex platforming sections. The Metroidvania-style progression gives players a reason to revisit planets, uncovering new areas and items with newly acquired skills. This design choice adds layers of discovery and adventure, though it can occasionally become repetitive as players navigate large maps.

The visual presentation of "Fallen Order" is exceptional, capturing the grit and beauty of the "Star Wars" universe with great fidelity. The planets are brought to life with attention to environmental details, from the misty forests of Kashyyyk to the eerie, dark caverns of Dathomir. Respawn's commitment to crafting a visually authentic experience is evident, and the game’s stunning landscapes and realistic character models enhance immersion. The audio design deserves praise as well, utilizing John Williams-inspired scores, iconic "Star Wars" sound effects, and ambient sounds that breathe life into each environment. The game's visuals and sound work together to create a cinematic quality that is deeply engaging.

While "Fallen Order" is ambitious and largely successful, it isn’t without its technical flaws. Players often report issues like frame drops, occasional texture pop-ins, and bugs that can momentarily break immersion. Additionally, the game's platforming segments, while generally enjoyable, sometimes suffer from imprecise mechanics, leading to frustrating missteps and repeated attempts. These technical setbacks are generally minor, but they can be noticeable enough to impact the overall polish of the experience. Fortunately, many of these issues were addressed in post-launch updates, improving the game’s performance.

One of the game’s greatest strengths is how it strikes a balance between respecting "Star Wars" canon while also innovating within the universe. "Fallen Order" doesn’t rely heavily on fan service but instead introduces original characters and fresh perspectives that enrich the broader lore. Cal Kestis, Cere, and BD-1 quickly became memorable additions to the franchise, and the game’s handling of dark themes, such as the trauma of the Jedi purge, adds emotional weight that resonates deeply with fans. The storyline respectfully expands the "Star Wars" mythos, and the character-driven narrative grounds it with relatable themes.

In summary, "Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order" is an exceptional single-player experience that appeals to both longtime "Star Wars" fans and newcomers. Its mix of challenging combat, exploration, and engaging storytelling sets a high standard for future "Star Wars" games. Although it has a few technical flaws, the game’s strengths far outweigh its weaknesses, making it a must-play for those looking to experience a deeply personal journey set against the backdrop of the galaxy far, far away. "Fallen Order" proves that "Star Wars" can shine as a single-player adventure, delivering an immersive experience that leaves a lasting impact.

Dark Souls + Star Wars Empire era is a lit combo. This was a breath of fresh air for Star Wars games.

So, three hours in and there's some garbage gameplay. Hitboxes are wonky and combat feels pretty meh. I'm basically just playing because it's Star Wars and it was 80% off. I took time out of playing it to tell other people maybe don't though,

Oh, and your character runs like they pooped their pants. I honestly think this is worse than dying to attacks that don't hit you. It is my canon explanation for why "dodging" doesn't clear attacks though

Every STAR WARS game ever. Terrorists with Lightsabers. Lets try a new something new here lads. Would be nice to play a STAR WARS game where I get play as the good guys... I miss bioware least they semi gave you choice there.

I like the graphics story line and combat. Its a pretty fun game overall

Has an amazing story and characters, an absolute blast or should i say saber to play.

TLDR; Game is rough around the edges but worth it if you're into Star Wars.

Details:
Pros: Great visuals, lots of entertaining puzzles, and a pretty good (if standard) star wars plot.

Cons: Combat is clunky and unresponsive, much like The Witcher 1. Character responds too slowly for it to be really fun, gets locked into combos when you don't want him to, and overall spends most of combat rolling around on the ground unresponsive like some kind of somnambulist. Transitions are slow and unpolished. Devs got lazy and made predesignated save points that are usually in inconvenient locations.

Overall, as someone who likes Star Wars its worth dealing with the many downsides to play the game. If you're not into Star Wars that much, I'd say pass on this one. The game also recommends playing on a controller, which is weird in itself for this type of game. I tried and it's not great. Stick to mouse and keyboard.

Great star wars game, not that difficult on a normal difficulty but you can get a difficult but easier than sekiro experience on the highest one.

My first somewhat soulslike game. Grandmaster isn't too difficult for beginners. Getting back to your ship after a mission is a pain if you don't have a photographic memory though. Besides that, it's a really fun game, and I'd definitely recommend it for beginners to the genre like me.

great game with great story and combat hands down the best starwars game apart from the original bf2 and new bf2 a must play for starwars fans highly recommend getting it

This game captivates with a compelling storyline, blending emotional depth and plot twists that keep you hooked. The battle mechanics are smooth and satisfying, offering a blend of strategy and action that feels rewarding. With challenging enemies and puzzles, it demands skill and creativity, making each victory feel earned.

I played this game years back when on PS4 and loved it enough to buy it again on PC. So that alone says that I recommend it.

Unlike its descendant title, Jedi Fallen Order does well in the performance department. Although I did get the occasional hitch, the game largely performs well and I enjoyed maxed settings with a good framerate.

Fallen Order (as well as it's horribly optimized but otherwise great sequel, Survivor) carries the interesting weight of being one of the better Star Wars stories in recent years IMO, and when you add to that, great gameplay and great visuals for its time (not that it's THAT old) it's a great experience!

Jedi Fallen Order holds a welcomed permanent place in my library.

Thank you for reading.

one of the best games ive ever played story line and game play are incredible, the custom options are pretty awesome as well

It's as if everybody missed work on the day to implement QOL gameplay elements (fast travel, markers for navigation, enough save points, etc)

I hate it when the game wrests control away from me to show a boring ass cutscene - and then I'm not able to skip it. I gave this game a chance. I love star wars. I don't like this.

The last full price Star Wars game bought by me... Barely played it.. Can't get into it at all. It just screams lame in every way.

really nice game,and great story,not a fan of Star Wars.But the game is amazing.

Honestly, no.
Force unleashed had much better mechanics.
You are just wondering for hours in labyrints which just dont make any sence.
Enemies are poping up in places where they could get only if they had wings (newer saw a stormtrooper with ones).
Puzzles which seems interesting but have to be executed with inch precision, otherwise you lend up for hours stack in one place.

Nop. thank you .

It's a great game but it's poorly optimized for the PC. You can't even choose which monitor you want to use and it doesn't use frame gen and/or DLSS.

"This game is absolutely worth recommending! I kept putting off finishing it for ages, but now I’m thinking, ‘Man, I should’ve wrapped this up way sooner!’ I’ve already bought the next installment, too.

My only critique would be that here and there, some walls and floors don’t quite work as intended, but it’s easy to overlook. Overall, the game is highly recommended, and the performance is pretty solid as well."

In the end, it makes you wish the Star Wars series had storytelling and characters this good.

One of the best games I've ever played. Such a good story with very good game mechanics.

Spent half the game missing jumps and the other half getting outsmarted by stormtroopers with suspiciously good aim. Cal’s journey is epic, my skills are laughable, and the lightsaber fights are worth every accidental cliff dive. Perfect for those who enjoy a little humiliation with their heroics.

This game is shit.

This is fun like it's "fun" to get arrested every time you leave your house.

This isn't a get-gud conversation. This is a "Why the fuck would anyone waste their time learning shit mechanics that will just glitch out anyway or that will simply let you down" conversation.

Devs made a game that requires twitchy, high-precision movements, and they made a control scheme where your character is about 5 doubles and 3 shots into what's going to be a very long night of binge drinking.

The platforming is barebones, but it's almost ok (aside from Cal refusing to grab onto some things that he clearly should be able to). That said, God of War has similar platforming that feels more rewarding somehow.

The biggest issue is that the clunky, idiot control you have over your character makes you feel like you're being punished every time you try to engage with the game.

The best game about being a jedi (sorry Kyle Katarn, my beloved). Fabulous gameplay, great characters and story, plenty of beautiful areas to explore and memorable moments. A real gem.

I'd give a neutral rating if it had one, though I won't be finishing the game as I'm about half way through. I'd say it is enjoyable to check out on a sale.

The main issues is this is not a well executed game. It has one of the best opening hour in any game but then falls off a cliff and never really recovers.

Gameplay is mostly a bad Tomb Raider with some of the worst combat I have ever seen in a game. The RPG elements are also very poor.

I'd played 18h but it feels 2/3 of that was replaying combat, which makes it extremely frustrating. There are unlockable attacks and many enemies hit you back as you are already attacking them, which is as bad as it sounds.
Healing is limited, so death is a constant.

Since save points are also very limited, you have to replay a lot. Egregiously, when you find one to replenish health, enemies will respawn everywhere on the level. This is one of the worst decisions that really kills the pacing.

Reflecting blasters back is the only cool, redeeming quality on the gameplay.

Technically it is beautiful and not very demanding nowadays and sound is pretty good. Stutter is sadly a constant, especially on traversal.

The best is the overall presentation and acting but it is not enough to carry the game for 30h+.
Especially as the story development also drags on needlessly (as is so common today).

It was a missed opportunity to what could have been the best Star Wars game ever made.

One of the best story games I've ever played! I highly recommend it, even for non-Star Wars fans. And if you are a fan, this game is even better! The story is well-written (not like the Disney stuff xD). It's not a huge game, but it's a wonderful one :)

Pretty good game, some metroidvania style backtracking after unlocking new abilities which gives you good reason to return to other planets to reach places that were previously inaccessible, however that backtracking is not very rewarding as the stuff you find is mostly just cosmetic items.

Visuals and environments were stunning at times with very painterly vistas and landscapes. Acting was great from the main character and the animations all felt great. The only things that let it down for me were lack of variety in bosses and the thing I mentioned above about the lack of rewards for backtracking and exploration. Definitely worth a playthrough though!

The games starts fine with nice action (both story-wize and combat-wize) and the graphics are amazing!
But, then you get to the part where you need to wonder around some maze and kill some poor animal every now and then... It is completely unrewarding and so boring compared to the fast paced action you had in the previous chapter / level.

I tried to play it again, but damn, I can't get myself to sleep-walk throughout this entire chapter....

I bought it on sale, so not a lot of money had gone to waste, just some...

The game is a NEAR PERFECT blend of combat, exploration, parkour and puzzles. It's recommended to progress the story a bit before you explore the open world since there are some traversal skills that need unlocking before you can fully access the environment, which is well worth the effort.

(Keep in mind you do NOT need to be a star wars fan at any level in order to enjoy this, it is a well made game with a very satisfying gameplay loop.)

The open world itself isn't exactly the biggest or most stunning, but the level design makes the overall areas a well woven together hub where you can spend a good amount of time exploring. This will lead you to areas with mini boss battles, environmental puzzles and collectibles, all of which are counted on your database, which is perfect for someone like me who likes to 100% any area before moving forward. Granted, the open world doesn't do a good job of making the world too immersive since the world is abandoned (no NPCs or city/hub-like areas) and teeming with enemies.

Speaking of which, the enemy types are just the right number; not too many, not too little. If you pay attention you'll find skills that directly counter specific enemy types, after which memorising the patterns is all you need to do. It's mostly the force based powers that help with ranged enemies, so be sure to upgrade them. Deflecting bullets, pushing/pulling enemies towards or away from cliffs or into hazard zones is a good way to thin the herd and make your overall job easier with bigger groups.

Other than the force skills. the others will be the usual health and force meter boosts, and the rest are just traversal and combat. The combat in this game is one big highlight - after the initial phase of brute forcing the controls into your brain, the game feels like a breath of fresh air. The dodging/countering system, on a mechanical level, seems a little tricky to get a hold of at first, but once you get it down it makes the rest of the gameplay loop that much more enjoyable/satisfying.

-If having trouble with bigger herds, learn the force slow to slow down the brutes/bigger enemies to give yourself time to dispatch the commons.
-The mini-map layout is a bit tricky to understand, I personally was able to figure it out, but many people had problems understanding it, because of which they even had to consult YT guides, however this shouldn't be a major concern until you try to 100% the game.

Watching this game on YT way back when was probably my introduction to the star wars universe, so don't worry if you don't know anything about Star Wars, this game is a great way to enter the series.
The pacing is great, the story is well put together and I've already listed the highlights of the gameplay. Do keep in mind the ideal way to play this is with a controller though. It's highly worth it, and if you ever see this on sale, go for it without question.

Very good game. Solid story and souls-like gameplay. Combat mechanics are both technically and visually satisfying. Some of the the planets you visit provide epic views and I often spend time just "standing and staring".

It's an okay game if you enjoy Star Wars. The graphics is nice and you slowly uncover your powers as you progress through the game. There are also puzzles and areas that you can explore as you unlock your force powers. The only thing that is not to my liking is the combat. There's something very off with the reach of your attacks and makes it almost not worth to attack freely because you will always feel super hard to reach/touch the enemies. It's more rewarding to just block/parry then attack. This totally dulls the combat system of this game....

The story is good and your droid buddy is cool. I don't recommend this for the reason below, but I hear the next one made the combat better so if you care about the story then you could play on easy until you get your character leveled up,

The movement is slower than you'd expect a jedi for combat. Blocking, moving, and dodging feels slow and it gets frustrating. It feels like the game just has a delay from when you hit the button but you can see the movement is just slow. You will block or dodge before the attack arrives and still get hit. You eventually figure out the timing but it still feels unnecessarily difficult as opposed to a game like Spider-man where you can dodge and move perfectly and if you get hit it is because your reaction speed was slow or made a mistake. This game you get hit a lot just because combat is not designed as well as pretty much every other third-person melee combat games. You also can't skip cutscenes.