EA, You’ve Done It Again

Brandon Bui, Editor-in-Chief, laments the new Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order gameplay that was shown at EA Play for E3 2019. The gameplay felt uninspired and lacked the proper feel of being within the Star Wars universe.

[DaGR8JIBRALTAR]

Very uninspired gameplay..it felt so paint by numbers. I didn't see ONE thing during that presentation that I felt excitement for.

[SourtreeDing]

haha i agree when i saw it live it looked boring

[-Foxtrot]

It's like "Oh a decent looking Star Wars game" but it's decent as in "The last couple of EA Star Wars games were that shit that this actually looks alright"

[InMyOpinion]

SW Battlefront 2 looked way better. Shame it was broken by greed cause done right it could have been great.

[outsider1624]

Here's hoping Disney hands over the Star Wars rights to someone else. Saw the gameplay and wasn't impressed. It looked like Uncharted with a light saber.

We need an open world Star wars.

[-Foxtrot]

@outsider1624

It's sad because Star Wars 1313 looked like it was a Star Wars Uncharted game but looked way better then this.

[Avernus]

It's hilarious to me that EA didn't make these games, but get the blame. Respawn made Apex, they got praised...Respawn making this SW game, looks boring, EA gets the blame...LOL.

[Jin_Sakai]

This levels look bland and uninspired, combat is slow and clunky, and the AI is awful. I may have to pass on this one.

The cancelled Star Wars 1313 looked much better.

https://youtu.be/J_1_Nvn7DP...

[cfc83]

That looks like hollywood cheese at its cheesiest. Prefer respawns.

[starchild]

I don't agree at all. Nothing about that one "looked much better". Not the graphics, not the animations, and certainly not the gameplay. The latter of which looked like nothing but Uncharted in space. The combat and overall gameplay in the new game look much better.

[S2Killinit]

Its crazy that Hollywood gets so much ridicule from us Americans. Soon, Bollywood will replace them as number one I think.

[dRanzer]

Wow i didn't see this video
Looks amazing.too bad they canceled this

[Nacho_Z]

It's always nice to imagine something better than the reality of what you end up getting but that doesn't look good at all. Really cheesy and boring. At least Fallen Order looks solid mechanically if a little uninspired.

[rdgneoz3]

@Star It's a game from 6 years ago that was still a work in progress when it was canceled. This game is one that is 5 months or so from release. There's a difference.

[nyu1]

Combat looks completely fine. Looks like they took a page out of good fighting games like Souls rather than just button mashers.

Looks like every move has an impact here, especially on higher difficulty.

[meep316]

that looked like the worst part of uncharted games.

[Double_O_Revan]

The one singular moment i actually thought was pretty cool, was when he slowed the trooper's blaster shot, force pulled the trooper, and put him in front of the blaster shot to kill him.

[sprinterboy]

Yeah that was nice, tbh they said the gameplay was about 3 hrs into the game, so I'm guessing the skill unlocks was low, plus the person who played live did a poor job.
I think I'll pick it up but I'll go into the game with low to medium expectations, a decent 7/10, they def need to work on facial/animations looks of the characters though

[Prince-Ali]

@Sprinterboy

Thats the LITERAL opposite of what Respawn said lool.. they said that the person playing was a PRO that's why they made the game seem so seamless and that they had already gotten quite a few unlocks so not to expect all these abilities unlocked from the beginning. looool WHICH IS WILD TO ME!!

[KickSpinFilter]

Ya it had giant spider/bugs video game tropes all up in this! Was rather embarrassing!

[T2X]

Then don't buy it. Who cares.

[KickSpinFilter]

Not going to buy it. But was really excited for this. Unfortunately that’s going to be the problem “Who cares”

[dolfa]

It looks like they are trying to copy God of War...

[Sophisticated_Chap]

It's because Star Wars has completely been oversaturated in the video game and movie markets. People are bored of Star Wars, so there isn't going to be anything that developers can do to excite people about the franchise, like they were once able to.

[Retroman]

Dont be SURPRISED if microtransaction in it.

[TK-66]

I'm actually going to disagree with this and defend the game. All too often we see Star Wars games giving us gameplay that actually goes the other way and ends up feeling overpowered and out of place in the universe. This game showed potential for slower but more methodical gameplay which is much more interesting than fast paced overpowered button mashing.

"The character models look kind of like the characters from Star Wars: The Old Republic but a little more polished, a game that originally launched back in 2011."

Do we need to have a side by side image comparison to show how questionable that statement is?

Overall I would rather Fallen Order compared to another Star Wars game that makes you feel overpowered. I understand that to some degree that's difficult to avoid with the nature of video games but I still stick to preferring what Fallen Order showed over Force Unleashed.

[senorfartcushion]

Nice one. You sound like a proper Star Wars fan lol

Too many people are thinking of Star Wars as some sort of superhero film series. It's not. Jedi are not superheroes, they're samurai warriors.

The combat looks similar to games like Sekiro and Ghosts of Sushima for a reason.

[averagejoe26]

Looks nothing like Sekiro...

And Ghost of Tsushima? You have a copy? Please let me know where you got it so I can play too. Thanks!

[RememberThe357]

Man I'm glad I read down further, I was about to post this exact comment.

Although I agree with folks that the combat looked flat and the game a bit too linear, I thought it looked solid overall. I like that you can just work through the storm troopers like fodder but still need to be on your toes for the " bigger" enemies. I liked the moves and the atmosphere was great.

I remember first watching when Uncharted was revealed and thinking how slow and clunky it looked but by the time I actually got my hands on it I was sold. This is reminding me of that moment. Respawns has shown they know how to make great games and I don't feel like being a pessimist just because EA is attached to it.

@averagejoe
The slower pace of the combat "looks" similar to those titles, that doesn't mean it is the same as those titles. But you go ahead and keep up that great attitude of yours.

[CorndogBurglar]

To be fair, the prequel trilogy had quite a bit to do with people's idea of Jedi being super heroes. They made the lightsaber battles way too big and flashy with too much spinning and twirling of the blades. The Darth Maul fight made sense because he was fighting two Jedi at once and that's how you fight with a staff. But Obi Wan and Qui Gon were not twirling and flipping their lightsabers in that fight.

But as soon as Anakin became a Knight it was all over. They went for style over everything else.

[T2X]

Exactly my thoughts. Don't worry, people will kill it with stupid negative commentary for months before it releases.

[starchild]

I knew this would happen. No matter what they showed a certain segment of the gaming community was always going to hate on it and make it their mission to downplay the game in anyway they could. It's not really about any attribute the game may or may not have. For many of these people it comes down to of a variety of agendas and biases motivating their comments. Not everyone of course, but a significant number of them.

[Daeloki]

To be fair, EA hasn't done much to inspire high expectations in the recent past... So most of the negative commentary is well deserved.

[Benjaminkno]

Good reply
Your response makes me more curious about the game now. You might be on to something

[Daeloki]

I'll have to disagree with your disagree. It looked boring and lazy. It was like the Force Unleashed, minus lightning powers, and the remaining powers looked stale. I agree that it shouldn't be overpowered either, but at least be a bit more creative with the combat.

Then there's another thing about the powers and why I say TFU minus lightning. He is a formally trained jedi (even if only padawan). Why would he use such a Vader-esque power as forcepull + stab? It looked overall like a generic hack and slash too. Unless there's a plot of him being tempted by the darkside, I do not want to see him using tons of destructive force powers and saber techniques. If you're making a Jedi main character, then live up to it and be more creative with the gameplay. Utilize mindtricks and at least try to make it into a game where minimizing violence is the way to go.

[TK-66]

"I agree that it shouldn't be overpowered either, but at least be a bit more creative with the combat."

We saw him use telekinesis to stop a blaster bolt and then force pull a trooper to the other side of the bolt before releasing it into him. That's very creative as far as the depiction of Force powers goes in games.

"Then there's another thing about the powers and why I say TFU minus lightning."

Force lightning is overrated. You could give the main character in FO a wrist mounted lamethrower and it'd fill a similar ability role.

"He is a formally trained jedi (even if only padawan). Why would he use such a Vader-esque power as forcepull + stab?"

I think you're reading too much into it. It's just basic telekinesis followed by a lightsaber stab which isn't really a dark side or even a vader thing. Force choke is definitely a Vader thing but force pull is just standard for any force user.

"Utilize mindtricks and at least try to make it into a game where minimizing violence is the way to go."

Mindtricks like that are not a low level force a power. I know the Force awakens wants us to believe otherwise with Rey (ugh) but before that we literally had only one person in the movies ever successfully pull off a light side mindtrick. Obi-wan, from what I remember, used it roughly 2-3 times in the whole saga. Luke and Qui-Gon attempted but failed to use it successfully.

You're kinda requesting gameplay elements that would fit a RPG but this is an action-adventure game that appears to be going for a slower pace and I think that's a breath of fresh air for Star Wars.

[senorfartcushion]

"it's like The Force Unleashed BUT" is a non-statement. Those games were made right in the peak of the post-cannon, extended universe, wanky fan-fiction period that has helped essentially turn a large section of the audience against the movies.

Now people are wondering why the old samurai man can't pull a Star Destroyer out of the sky, like a god.

[Daeloki]

@SenorFartCushion I'm not saying it should be another TFU. I'm saying it's like they took TFU and took away lightning powers. A Star Wars game doesn't have to be that level of over the top, but this just looks plain boring and poorly made. And this game still manages to overuse force powers, like flicking that huge metal door open like it's paper or less or stopping blaster bolts mid-air. There is just nothing in this gameplay that makes me even think about buying this at release.

[Imortus_san]

I like it, I will play it, simple as that.

[Daeloki]

"We saw him use telekinesis to stop a blaster bolt and then force pull a trooper to the other side of the bolt before releasing it into him. That's very creative as far as the depiction of Force powers goes in games."

Sure it looks cool, but I still don't think it's very creative, again referring to the fact that he's a Jedi. If we're speaking refreshing gameplay, then I would definitely prefer something that rewards a non-lethal approach.

"I think you're reading too much into it. It's just basic telekinesis followed by a lightsaber stab which isn't really a dark side or even a vader thing. Force choke is definitely a Vader thing but force pull is just standard for any force user. "

Not strictly dark side no, but it has a very aggressive and violent feel to it, and it is not something I can imagine a Jedi would encourage. If they are making this canon (which they apparently are), and they insist on making it about a jedi, then they should at least take into consideration that a jedi would strive not to harm others. However, I am willing to accept this if there is a story element of the main character being driven towards the dark side.

"Mindtricks like that are not a low level force a power."

But freezing people and blaster bolts is okay? And blasting down a heavy metal door? So far Kylo is the only person we've seen stopping a blaster bolt, and that was considered a pretty impressive feat. As for the heavy door blasting, even in TFU they managed to make it seem like a struggle and it took a while to work past one. In this it seemed like one press of a button and a second later the door was flipped open.

"Force lightning is overrated."

Yes, agreed. My point was that they pretty much made TFU, removed lightning, and didn't compensate with skills a jedi would use. Coming back to mind tricks, Jedi mindtricks could easily be more versatile than we've seen in the movies, making a trooper think they heard something in the other way, making them doze off temporarily. There are so many ways they could have taken the non-violence approach, yet they went for another generic hack and slash.

"You're kinda requesting gameplay elements that would fit a RPG but this is an action-adventure game that appears to be going for a slower pace and I think that's a breath of fresh air for Star Wars."

I honestly don't think it's too much to ask. A large majority of Star Wars fans would prefer canon content to be applicable to the universe, rather than have a hack and slash that doesn't make sense. But in my opinion, EA isn't equipped to make a good Star Wars game to begin with, so until Disney decides to break up with them, I won't expect a good Star Wars game...

[TK-66]

"Sure it looks cool, but I still don't think it's very creative, again referring to the fact that he's a Jedi."

It's creative because it's blending two powers to create a combo that is not immediately obvious. It can easily be described as creative.

"Not strictly dark side no"

A force pull followed up by any lightsaber strike cannot just be labelled as a dark side power because you see an aggressive connotation to it.

"But freezing people and blaster bolts is okay? And blasting down a heavy metal door? So far Kylo is the only person we've seen stopping a blaster bolt, and that was considered a pretty impressive feat."

Compared to a force power that we've seen Masters attempt and fail at? Yes. The only person we've seen pull off mind tricks like they were nothing is Obi-wan. Everyone else has failed and even Mary Sue doesn't have a 100% success ratio with it. We've also seen a lower level force wielder like Kanan Jarrus use force stasis so it's clearly something that a less experienced Jedi can make use of. It's already been said that this is not a dark side story.

"Yes, agreed. My point was that they pretty much made TFU, removed lightning, and didn't compensate with skills a jedi would use. Coming back to mind tricks, Jedi mindtricks could easily be more versatile than we've seen in the movies, making a trooper think they heard something in the other way, making them doze off temporarily. There are so many ways they could have taken the non-violence approach, yet they went for another generic hack and slash."

Which would require a complete level redesign and a genre change. Action-adventure games don't tend to do stealth well unless they make it a huge focus so it's definitely not worth the effort when the gameplay designers can put that time into the combat. You also noticed we're fighting alongside Saw Garerra, right? The guys not known for being subtle.

"I honestly don't think it's too much to ask."

It would require redesigned the levels, new gameplay elements, skill tree revamp to accomodate stealth skills, animations to indicate stealth, enemy variants that mesh with stealth gameplay and a story rework to accommodate stealth segments. That's a huge amount to ask them to change.

"A large majority of Star Wars fans would prefer canon content to be applicable to the universe, rather than have a hack and slash that doesn't make sense."

Which this is and the Force Unleashed was not. You've claimed they've made the force unleashed but I didn't see anything in the gameplay or trailer that was as ridiculous as pulling a Star Destroyer out of the sky which is definitely not applicable to the universe and is ultimately a Hack and Slash that doesn't make sense. Your comparison to TFU does not work because this game is leaps and bounds more sensible with the source material than TFU ever was.

[Daeloki]

"It's creative because it's blending two powers to create a combo that is not immediately obvious. It can easily be described as creative."

It's not very different from games with grappling mechanics, pull enemy in, deal damage. It's nothing new, and it's a straight forward attack.

"A force pull followed up by any lightsaber strike cannot just be labelled as a dark side power because you see an aggressive connotation to it."

He's pulling a person to him, stripping them of control and then stabbing them in midair. He's using the force with the intent to kill someone, I'd say that falls under the category of dark. It's a purely offensive move, and jedi are very specific about only using the lightsaber for defense.

"The only person we've seen pull off mind tricks like they were nothing is Obi-wan. Everyone else has failed and even Mary Sue doesn't have a 100% success ratio with it."

Whether you like it or not, Rey is canon. And you know who else is as canon as Kanan? Ahsoka and Ezra, both of whom have used mind-related abilities on multiple occasions.

"Which would require a complete level redesign and a genre change."

I am aware that it's too late to save this game. It is however not too late to point out the flaws, and maybe save some people from wasting their money on another pile of EA-crap

"Which this is and the Force Unleashed was not. You've claimed they've made the force unleashed but I didn't see anything in the gameplay or trailer that was as ridiculous as pulling a Star Destroyer out of the sky which is definitely not applicable to the universe and is ultimately a Hack and Slash that doesn't make sense. Your comparison to TFU does not work because this game is leaps and bounds more sensible with the source material than TFU ever was."

Yeah, admittedly no Star Destroyer scene (yet), but blasting a steel door apart like nothing, if you're just unceremoniously going to blast trough it, then maybe just leave it out to begin with. Or at least make it look like it takes some effort. Think the way Kratos has to put some oomph into opening massive heavy doors. Heavy objects need to be treated as such, no matter how strong the person lifting/pushing is. Think Michael Bay Transformers vs. Pacific rim. Both have massive powerful robots/mechs, but while the transformers jump around and move effortlessly, the mechs in Pacific Rim have realistic movements relative to their size. Just flicking trough that door doesn't make him look strong, it makes the physics seem cheap.

I'm aware that redesigning the game at this point isn't going to happen, but they're acting so damn smug and confident, hailing this game as the best thing since GoW... but it just isn't, it's meh at best, and I get the feeling that this is one of those games where I'm oging to wait for at least a -50% sale before considering buying it.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

It's alright

[Thundercat77]

... If you have low standards.

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

I fear that Jedi Fallen Order has had a much shorter than expected dev-time. What was shown of Fallen Order didn’t look bad, the presented gameplay just didn’t have much of a “wow-factor” .

[King_Noctis]

I think that is why the called it Alpha gameplay. Obviously there will be improvements to the game.

I might be in the minority but I thought the game look alright. But then again I’m a sucker for good single player story driven games.

[averagejoe26]

Games don't change THAT much from alpha builds, unfortunately. Maybe a little smoothness and better graphical polish but the core of the game stays the same.

Not looking good for this game.

[Lightbullz]

TBH the alpha build shown in the demo could have been from months ago. Constructing a demo for marketing purposes can be taxing on the development team, expecially since the release is coming nearer. This is just me giving them a benefit of the doubt, I'll reserve judgement until the final version.

[Daeloki]

The thing is, this game is set to release this November. For comparisons sake, Anthem looked amazing and smooth a few years before release, and it still turned out to be a disappointment (yes, I was one of those in denial, but I can't defend them in any way anymore). If this game looks like this, five months before release... Either it's still gonna look clunky at release, or the people working on it are going to be in a living hell the next 5 months, and it might still end up crap.

[masterfox]

Agree it really felt very bland an unoriginal, the combat wasn't fluid at all, even thou it was running at 60 fps the combat and the character movement looked stiff, also what's the deal with the main character's face ?, it looks like his face is tired. lol :D

I was hoping for something like this , this looks 1000 times better and fun that all the demo shown today.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[nyu1]

What ? That video you linked is an example of the most boring cover shooter gameplay you could possibly have, coupled with run of the mill set pieces.

This demo combat looked miles better.

[CorndogBurglar]

We're not dealing with people that are being honest. We're dealing with people that hate EA so much that they will say it looks bad if EA's name is anywhere close to it, regardless of what it looks like.

The funny thing is Respawn made this. Yet everyone blames EA. Blame EA if MT's show up in the game, or if it releases with 10 special editions, or has an overly expensive season pass. But EA isn't sitting here making the game. That's Respawn. Does anyone really think EA said, "Hey Respawn, make a 3rd person, single player action game, but make it boring"? No. Lol

[bluefox755]

It was meh, not terrible, but nothing I'll probably ever spend money on either.

[Psychotica]

I guess I am in the minority, I thought it looked like a lot of fun.

[Inzo]

It looked fantastic. I haven't felt this excited for an EA game since Most Wanted. First of all its a SP game, that in itself is a win, secondly its got that Uncharted feel to it which is always a plus and thirdly Stig is at the helm so you know he will deliver.

[BLow]

I'm on the fence. Maybe it was just the section they played but I feel the combat should be something like Batman or Spiderman. Jedis just look nice when their swinging the sabers so enemies should be surrounding the player and attacking from all sides.

The fights we seen was just kind of one on one. I mean the guys with guns are fine but the melee troopers need to be surrounding the player. The animations didn't look the greatest. They were decent and I don't like the way he look when he runs. Looks awkward.

I'm sure we will see more before it releases and I actually want to see more before I make up my mind completely. Good start but nothing mind blowing yet...

[starchild]

I'm really glad they didn't do a Batman or Spiderman type of combat. I'm not a fan of that kind of combat system. It might 'look' more fluid, but it feels almost automated and I personally don't really enjoy it. Jedi Fallen Order's combat appears to be more of the Dark Souls variety. You give up some visual fluidity between animations, but you gain so much in terms of control and creating skill-based combat.

[syphon32]

They did say that a better reveal is happening at Microsoft’s conference

[T2X]

I wish people would quit complaining so vehemently about something after seeing it for 5 minutes. Jesus. People never can be happy about anything. It's a game, not that important. By the way, I thought it looks cool. Day one for me.

[averagejoe26]

So people have to be happy about a game they think looks bad?

That makes no sense.

Quiet down, fanboy.

[steven83r]

Of course not. But this hate for something that is still in development is getting old. Wait to see more. This is EA hate getting in the way of a possibly good game. No matter which developer gets their hands on the license, they will be met with SW fanboy hate.

[sampsonon]

i will not judge it until i play it. I'm not a sheep

[averagejoe26]

How is it being a blind gamer? Do you find it hard to get into games? I'm really curious.

[sampsonon]

i don't judge new games until i play them. what's the problem?

[Gemmol]

If anything you the sheep 🐑 you would buy something that do not look good. Now if they were to sell this generic looking game for 30 dollars I would be in the store with you getting a copy, but this have no quality it just looks okay if they charging 60 for it then it’s no buy

[steven83r]

You're missing the point of the sheep. in this case SW fanboys are the sheep coming together to hate any game that isn't Lucas cinema quality. The game looks fun. And if it provides even 20 hours of SP entertainment then it's a success to an actual gamer. Battlefront was popular because it went after the COD no story FPS crowd.

[TK-66]

You can judge just don't say anything that's definitive.

I mean we judge every game when we decide whether to buy it or not. Even if you're undecided that's a judgment of being unsure about the product.

[averagejoe26]

Wow. This game looks so boring.

EA dropped the ball AGAIN. What a surprise!

[sKiiTs8]

yeah sadly gotta agree, looked generic and nothing excited me

[MeteorPanda]

l mean star wars was showing alpha footage. a break, pls.

[Gemmol]

All games that were release in the past year show alpha footage that end up being the same footage we got when we pick up the game in the store

[MeteorPanda]

not always. but people are starting the hate bandwagon on everything. I don't trust e.a with my money so l'll dodge this like the plague.

[Platformgamer]

they drop the shit in the most boring way possible

[-volt-]

Looked like a run of the mill game again

[steven83r]

Aren't all games run of the mill? Nothing is really original. And this idea that it's uncharted or tomb raider with star wars skin is ridiculous. So now any game that has a character climb a wall is lame and copying uncharted?

[william_cade]

Yet, another rushed EA piece of &*(%. I'll buy it when it comes out for 10 usd, if the story is alright.

[GreenDragonCVR]

Is this a joke. I haven't seen anything look as promising as this come out of ea in a long time. I'm waiting for them to eventually screw up but so far this looks good.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

It was pretty boring, and not just saying this because it's EA has become a punching bag. But I was surprised how basic the whole demo looked. And what the hell with the Jedi's character model? His face looks weird as hell, like his jaw is hanging off the hinges. The graphics in general look pretty dull, really.

[3-4-5]

I thought it looked fun. I'll play it. Not happy with EA's efforts lately but this game doesn't look bad at all, and could have a pretty interesting story as well.

[Prince-Ali]

Yeah true... but lets be honest here! The level they showed CERTAINLY did the game no favours it was actually just bland! But it's ok because there is soo much more to this game and im prettttyyyy sure the games selling point is its story! They just HAVE to show off more locations because this reallly wasn't it! This is NOT going to be a bad game but it could end up falling in to the realms of an average / good game which is fine tbh but EA certainly dont want that.

[Ol_Boy]

EA probably made this game mediocre on purpose so when it flops they can say "See, we told you nobody wants a single player story driven game". Then they can go back to their greedy multiplayer game practices.

[Father__Merrin]

This new star wars game looked incredible. I think you all need to wake up that not everything needs to be an rpg or battle royal or another battlefield clone...

[KingBeed]

Just stop buying eas filth , we outa run them out of this industry

[jznrpg]

I thought it looked pretty good overall, not amazing but pretty good. I didn’t like the characters face at all looked almost Neanderthal. I think people will hate on this no matter what it is because it’s EA and it’s Star Wars so it’s hard to please people. Some of it reminded me of Uncharted a littlet mostly the way you swing from trees and walk . The mission of save the Wookies seemed a bit generic but I don’t know what the story was in the game so far . I don’t expect top notch story (it would be nice) I like the concept of Amy Hennigs game better having a squad but this looks decent and most were hoping for GoTY material.

[ReVibe]

Star Wars: Corridor Clasher

[strayanalog]

A lot of the journalists: I think the game is getting better. Instead of a big dark blur, I see a big light blur.

A lot of the community: There's nothing to see. I know EA's tricks, you know.

Me: Yet you're going to silently buy it and get ripped-off again you know. Ironic.

[TheGamez100]

Felt a bit hollow. Got to about 4mins in and just skipped to the end.

[Tins23]

It’s alpha...it’s not done

[on_line_forever]

The best devolpers did great job in melee combat is fromsoftware , no one can beat them on gameplay and combat until today that's why I love them

[ajax17]

Glad I wasn't alone in thinking this. The gameplay was very bland and the ai was dumb as hell

[madpuppy]

"The gameplay felt uninspired and lacked the proper feel of being within the Star Wars universe."

So...Just Like all Star Wars movies made since Disney took over Lucasfilm?

[Rambokind]

EA is easily the worst dev/publisher in history, just a terrible outfit.

[blanka4545]

can't wait for this as it develops! :)

[FlameWater]

Another 8 million copy sold flop

[frayed]

Looked good to me - that style of combat is never going to look 'slick'. It's designed to be challenging and tactical, not to always make you look like a badass. The gameplay is the important thing. Much rather this than just a button masher that chains epic finisher into epic finisher. Will it be a bit clunky? Sure, but so is Dark Souls and so is God of War sometimes (though much less so). I think a nice mix of adventuring, platforming - like God of War - is exactly what a Jedi game should be.

I loved all the Jedi Knight series games as well, but game design has moved on since then. The lightsaber stuff was well done in a flailing around for the 1 hit kill sort of way, but it was hardly thoughtful or balanced - coming from someone who spent 100s of hours on the arcade maps spawning waves of Sith acolytes to slash apart. It was way too easy once you learned how to do it, even of the hardest difficulties. The Force Unleashed was decent, but too forgiving and too arcadey for my tastes. Let's just see how the game is when it's done eh?

[Larrysweet]

Just give starwara to sony

[Ulf]

I can't disagree more. This game looked great.

[JokerBoy422]

And nobody understood what "Alpha Footage" meant...

[InKnight7s]

It is another game to buy for $19.99 after couples of months.

[Germaximus]

LOL What? Game looks flippin awesome. The internet is so stupid.

[DVAcme]

Star Wars: The Force Uncharted.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Are you surprised? 😂

[killswitch80]

I thought so but I think we got a bad snip of the game to show. The later stuff that was shown today looked great.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

EA for worst for now

[FyBy]

I see, why EA is bullied last years. For me, battlefront wasnt bad, but it had its faults. Jedi:FO gameplay isnt more boring than many kotor (1,2) gameplays. We will see in full game. Kotor was great in the end. I hope, this will be also great. I hope!

[Armaggedon]

I thought it was cool. Either way it goes, so long as the game is at acceptable levels, people should support it. We always talk about how sick we are of EA screwing up with their march towards ever increasing monetization. If this thing is at least at acceptable levels and is not trash, we should encourage EA to be more mindful of these types of games. We now have the opportunity to change things, lets do that. The only language they speak is money.

[SephirothX21]

Give Naughty Dog or Insomniac or Fromsoftware the IP. Get ea away from it. They'd ruin a trip to Disneyland

[Hikoran]

I think it looked good, star wars video games needs a stable entry as a foothold into a much better future for the game franchise. Yes it looked safe and like we've seen before, but that's not to say it's bad. I think it'll at least have a great story.

[Nodoze]

Animations looked very clunky. Not feeling the main character at all. Was this Disney's way of 'back dooring' a gay lead character - due to the role he plays on Shameless?? Again, just not feeling it at all. Paint by numbers that appears to simply have taken the Force Unleashed model, and placed new characters in it. To think they scrapped 1313 for this. Very sad. EA is in big trouble. It is clear they are hurting evidenced by their diminished presence, and lackluster showing. What happened to Anthem?

[meep316]

huh? the game play gave way more control than usual instead of going for autowin flashiness like most game do these days. Im just going to assume anyone making articels like this like games that focus on looking cool over gameplay.

[knickstr]

This is what happens when you try to get as fast of a turnaround as possible. Seems like the game may be a little rushed.

[xRacer74x]

Game looked good to me looking forward to playing it.

[Neonridr]

I dunno.. I didn't feel that turned off by the gameplay. Reminded me of The Force Unleashed games. I dunno, I am willing to wait and see more. I was expecting it to be flat out awful after reading some of these comments.