Several hours in and my combat skills are shown to be lacking, more practice needed young Padawan.
Very action-oriented tutorial for the first few sections (although when trying to follow a path that is not illuminated very well and the camera doesn't hint at the crack you have to slip through, frustration abounds). Very satisfying lightsaber play - deflecting blaster bolts back, parrying enemies, etc. Can't say that I wouldn't appreciate a trusty blaster at my side for the variety, but that would hardly be Jedi-like. The second enemy I found when exploring the second area was massively overpowered, killed me in seconds. Rinse and repeat 7 more times before I cotton on to the fact that I can't beat it at my current level of abilities. Gave me nasty flashbacks to Dead Souls and soured me on the game for a short while. After moving on I came to realise that it was an OP version of an enemy I could kill with a little effort. I'll be back for revenge at some point. Once you've gotten the combat down pat, you'll enjoy it more. I'm getting there.
Saving is done at meditation markers, which is also where you can replenish health and "stims", which are basically medkits that your pal droid BD-1 carries for you. You also use the same markers to apply skill points to give Kal (aka "The Ginj") better abilities. Sadly hair colour is not something you can change, but you can customise your lightsaber with different parts and colour blade.
Visually very nice, although a regular PS4 struggles with areas of outdoors when panning the camera around (which you need to do a lot).
I want to say I like it, but I'm wondering how long I'll actually play it for.
Very action-oriented tutorial for the first few sections (although when trying to follow a path that is not illuminated very well and the camera doesn't hint at the crack you have to slip through, frustration abounds). Very satisfying lightsaber play - deflecting blaster bolts back, parrying enemies, etc. Can't say that I wouldn't appreciate a trusty blaster at my side for the variety, but that would hardly be Jedi-like. The second enemy I found when exploring the second area was massively overpowered, killed me in seconds. Rinse and repeat 7 more times before I cotton on to the fact that I can't beat it at my current level of abilities. Gave me nasty flashbacks to Dead Souls and soured me on the game for a short while. After moving on I came to realise that it was an OP version of an enemy I could kill with a little effort. I'll be back for revenge at some point. Once you've gotten the combat down pat, you'll enjoy it more. I'm getting there.
Saving is done at meditation markers, which is also where you can replenish health and "stims", which are basically medkits that your pal droid BD-1 carries for you. You also use the same markers to apply skill points to give Kal (aka "The Ginj") better abilities. Sadly hair colour is not something you can change, but you can customise your lightsaber with different parts and colour blade.
Visually very nice, although a regular PS4 struggles with areas of outdoors when panning the camera around (which you need to do a lot).
I want to say I like it, but I'm wondering how long I'll actually play it for.
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