EA and Respawn gave GameCritics a chance to preview Star Wars: Jedi Survivor last week, and we were happy to accept since the sequel to 2019’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is a hotly-anticipated title coming up on the heels of several major media pushes from the Star Wars universe. It’s the perfect storm of Star Wars synergy right now, and despite my own lapsed fandom, I was curious to see what Respawn was bringing to the table this time around.
HIGH Mike was right. Deflecting blaster shots is pretty dope.
LOW Failing that damn Padawan wallrunning test twenty times
WTF Dear EA, Please fire the dolt in marketing who spoiled the coolest reveal in a commercial.
HIGH The exciting swell of the soundtrack when dropping in.
LOW Most of the guns hold extremely small clips.
WTF It’s the rare battle royale game that doesn’t feel like a me-too rush job.
Titanfall's first expansion pack has arrived, offering three new maps on which robots can punch humans into chunky red jelly. Actually, that's a bit of an exaggeration, as two of the three maps have something of a design flaw, in that they're so cramped that it's nearly impossible to effectively […]
HIGH Tearing a pilot out of his mech and tossing him into the distance.
LOW Dying again because burn cards' effects are not well-described in advance.
WTF There's a bonus for killing innocent bystander robots? Sold!
HIGH Accidentally dashing over an enemy Pilot and gaining some unearned points.
LOW Accidentally being stepped on by an enemy Titan and giving him some unearned points.
WTF I've played a lot of the campaign and I still don't know why anything is happening.
HIGH The Titans are pretty sweet pieces of machinery. Also, female Pilots!
LOW The frequency of getting killed going toe-to-toe with other Pilots.
WTF Is everybody playing this on speed, or am I just that slow? Oh.
My first and only experience with multiplayer-only online shooters was a few years back when I reviewed Battlefield 2142, a game that features the exact same premise and publisher as Titanfall. Judging it against its most similar competition, Titanfall is a far better game than B:2142, but leaving it there would be to damn the game with faint praise.
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