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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Story trailer
- Thread starter igyman
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As expected from this kind of budget, it seems like a good looking game and the trailer itself kicks the hell out of the Episode 9 trailer. The story is pretty much what I expected it to be...
...but that's the thing with story trailers... this isn't a movie, this is a video game. I want to see gameplay. That's what is going to make or break this game for a lot of people.
...but that's the thing with story trailers... this isn't a movie, this is a video game. I want to see gameplay. That's what is going to make or break this game for a lot of people.
igyman
Lifelong LFN Member
Agreed. If it turns out to be another The Force Unleashed in terms of gameplay, count me out. It won't matter how interesting the story might be. I'm kind of hoping it won't go down that road and that instead it will go in a direction closer to Jedi Outcast, for example. In any case, it's supposed to be out in November this year, so I expect we will be seeing some gameplay fairly soon.
This is purely speculation on my part, but I'm hoping there is some level of "choose how much Force power you use to affect your outcome" kinda deal with the story. Like choosing to use your Force power to save that guy and get caught by the probe droid, or letting him fall to hide your true nature.
jigos
Ahto Spaceport Cantina
I've been waiting for a proper Jedi game since two-thousand-goddamn-four. Please, let this be it 
Story idea seems to have a lot of potential. In the old EU, there were stories based on this premise, and they often served a platform for a sort of analysis of Jedi and force-related philosophy. They also particularly often presented a really neat sense of getting 'lost' in the Star Wars galaxy, through the experience of the characters as they sought to become nobodies and just fit in. I hope this story will do something similar.
As with any game, it's all down to the writing. Let's hope it's good.
Story idea seems to have a lot of potential. In the old EU, there were stories based on this premise, and they often served a platform for a sort of analysis of Jedi and force-related philosophy. They also particularly often presented a really neat sense of getting 'lost' in the Star Wars galaxy, through the experience of the characters as they sought to become nobodies and just fit in. I hope this story will do something similar.
As with any game, it's all down to the writing. Let's hope it's good.
A lot of people like TFU; I never really did. I found the writing to be atrocious and the gameplay so-so.
For some reason, I'm getting a vibe of The Force Unleashed mixed with InFamous going on with it.
igyman
Lifelong LFN Member
Same here. Plus, I played the inexcusably buggy PC version. That didn't help.
To be fair, when it comes to Force powers, TFU had an interesting idea, it's just that everything else was godawful - from the lightsaber action to the story. And the horrible PC port. Did I mention how horrible the PC port was? For both TFU games?
Gameplay doesn't look bad... kind of what I expected from this era of gaming... but it's too early to tell how it'll hold up since we're getting a pretty superficial look.
jigos
Ahto Spaceport Cantina
Some nitpicks:
- The animations seem a bit too 'game'-y for my liking
- Lack of dismemberment is annoying
- NPC script/event triggering seem slow. Reminds of old games lol. But it's not excusable for modern games imo
- I always want proper power paradigms in SW media. Something logical, lore-conforming, and still engaging. The 'time-freezing/slowing' power seems a bit too powerful to me, both in general and for a supposed padawan to wield. The power should have just been left to Kylo Ren as a unique and exotic ability. It's too plot-hole-inducing to intelligently incorporate into existing lore
- Graphics look pretty weak
- I like the droid
- It's a Star Wars game
Welcome to everything lore related in this new "canon universe" since nothing is planned out very well at all.
jigos
Ahto Spaceport Cantina
To be fair, the old EU was guilty of this tenfold, what with starfleet-destroying Palpatine and black-hole-manipulating Luke, etc
The issue here though I suppose is that they scrapped the old EU ostensibly to avoid missteps like this. If they're just going to do it again, why throw away all that rich lore?
I haven't consumed the new canon beyond the eyebleaching that are the movies; and also Battlefront II's campaign. People keep telling me 3D The Clone Wars series is good, but I doubt it tbh.