STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™

What an incredible journey this game was, It feels like an absolute direct upgrade from the first game in practically every way possible. I do want to preface that I will share my complaints towards the end of the analysis before wrapping up my review. The gameplay is so much more fun with the variety of stances, enemies, abilities, and movement tech introduced and involved in game, the customization is a lot more fun but it is a lot harder to find customizations as the maps are larger and require more time to comb through, despite the maps size being directly increased, it almost feels easier to figure out which way to go, as well as more streamlined in how to get to those locations, which was a huge issue I experienced in the first game feeling like the maps were a bit claustrophobic and linear, but still also really annoying and difficult to navigate correctly at times. In correlation this game felt a lot harder than the previous one as well, with super fun souls-like combat and the fighter game-esque abilities and attack moves you can use during those fights, you have more room to strategize and be creative in the ways you take down your opponents. The lore and story are truly outstanding, if you thought the first game had a good story you will love this game, it pulls ideas and deep-cut Star Wars lore from almost every popular era in the Star Wars mythos and works it all in wonderfully. They truly found a way to jingle the right set of keys during this storyline, there are so many moments I made connections from plotlines of the Star Wars books, animated shows, comics, and even some Legends material, the plot twists and turns caught me off guard every time and the story was one of the most investing Star Wars stores in the prior decade in my opinion as a lifelong Star Wars fan (Go watch Andor, it is quite possibly the best piece of Star Wars media ever created.). Now for my complaints of the game because my experience was not without flaw however it is not due to anything with the story of the game. This game is an awful port to PC, I admit always first and foremost my PC isn't the best, and the Steam Deck isn't completely built to handle more graphically demanding games, but unless you have a decent build or a better computer, expect this game to run pretty poorly, I have only experienced about two crashes while playing but the gorgeous cutscenes are hindered in framerate by the demand even when you turn your graphics to Low settings, there will be button input delay that can get really annoying during certain bosses and overall It just doesn't perform nearly as well as I've seen it perform on console. I do believe this game is wholly worth picking up and playing while it is on sale, just because of the poor compatibility with PC it is more worth it then, however I do believe this story is a must experience for all Star Wars fans.