EA appears to block Jedi: Survivor story progression until latest patch is installed

EA appears to block Jedi: Survivor story progression until the latest patch is installed: It appears that EA is so bothered by Jedi: Survivors’ latest performance blunders that they have blocked game progression until players have downloaded the latest patch.

[phoenixwing]

This is a bad precedent. Not everyone had access to fast internet. Not surprised ea pulled this crap.

[kingnick]

You'd think companies would have got the memo after the disastrous Xbox One reveal and the many bad game launches but evidently not.

[StarkR3ality]

Why are you bringing the Xbox into this? Their PC ports tend to be pretty polished tbh, it's Sony recently that fucked that up with the Last of us.

Regardless of the platform though this shit is unacceptable, I've had to stop playing and because of the issues and with how busy life is if I get burned by a game, I very rarely have time to give it a second chance and I'm sure a lot of people are in the same boat.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Bad move EA bad move

[kingnick]

This comment made me think "It could've been worse I suppose, like BF2042" lol.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Oh heck no not that 😭

[Inverno]

That 70 dollar standard.

[TheEnigma313]

yup

[StarkR3ality]

Yeah I've had to drop down to 30fps on console as the performance mode both looks and plays awful. Feel a bit let down by it all. The game clearly needed more time in the oven and it would of been a solid 8 - 9/10 so far if these performance issues didn't happen, shit even at 30fps my PS5 is struggling with drops and micro stutters, it's pathetic.

[jznrpg]

I was planning on waiting already as I have a lot of games to play but reading about the issues before launch guaranteed it until it’s fixed.

[StarkR3ality]

Yeah dude, I'd wait until Digital foundry do like a follow up review of a patch where they say the game is playable. That's what I'm doing, it's really an eye sore and if people are saying the game runs fine, my guess is they have only just got a current gen console and are not yet used to stable frame rates, I've had both consoles from pretty much day one and it's hard to give up solid 60fps once you're used to it unless it's a solid 40fps, that I can manage.

[ModsDoBetter]

Also sporting some glitched trophies too…

Glitched trophies: 4

Splurgle is unobtainable for everyone because of a Priorite Shard not spawning in Rambler’s Reach Outpost on Koboh, making the platinum trophy, The Jedi Survivor also unobtainable.

Trophy Perk of the Job is glitchy for some but fine for others. They’re Probably Fine is also a little buggy.

Shame, the game looks great but more and more games are releasing broken or missing entire features promised features & now forcing people to download a patch in order to…finish the game? Yeah, I might hold off until they optimise this and inevitably release some “GoTY edition” with everything on disc (assuming they manage to properly optimise the game and shrink that file size down similar to what Acti done with the Spyro trilogy)

[kingnick]

From reviews the PS5 looked like the lead platform in that less issues were reported but I didn't see any reviewer who had played the game on multiple platforms and compared performance.

Users on all platforms seem to be complaining about issues while other users report little to no issues which I can understand for the PC version given the plethora of PC hardware but it's odd for the experience on consoles to be so variable.

[StarkR3ality]

It's probably depending on your tolerance for shit frame rate. With nearly every game now been 60fps or giving you options for 40fps etc I feel like I've been spoiled 😂

Also anyone who has an OLED will know this, because of the pixel response time lower frame rate content has a lot more judder than your standard LED TV's. L

[Juiceid]

Played a bit on my series x, quality mode. Perfect so far.

[-Foxtrot]

Sorry but how did this get 9 out of 10s and the like

[XbladeTeddy]

Probably because big sites don't want to fall out with EA. A site posted a bad review of this game because performance issues and people on here moaned about it when the writer was clearly being truthful.

[Lighter9]

Glad I didn't buy this.

[isarai]

Wow, as if I needed more reason to pass on this game. Fk off EA.

[SullysCigar]

The hell??

[mjchitown]

not cool

[Hofstaderman]

Ah the benefits of modern gaming. Had this game been released complete on disc….

[isarai]

Would've been a day 1 buy for me, easily

[ghostrider32]

Worst company, in America.

[sadraiden]

Smells like publishers fucking with devs again.

[Amplitude]

Yeah. Im happy everybody seems to unanimously agree that this is EA and not Respawn though.

[TheEnigma313]

stop rewarding EA. They charge $70 and still pull the same BS. Stop buying these day 1 games from companies like EA with your hard earned money.

[phoenixwing]

I bought trinity trigger otherwise I would have been day 1 and now that I've seen this it looks like I dodged a bullet. Gonna have to be weary of day 1 buys for all ea games. I have internet but I don't like it based on principle alone of what they've done. Not to mention the bad framerate I'm hearing about

[TheEnigma313]

No one should be surprised; it's EA.

[Doomeduk]

Skill ups pc review is worth a look more so if your planning on buying the pc version

[TheDreamCorridor]

It's 2023, not 1995.

Are we really pretending that there's a person out there who can afford a PlayStation 5, a high-definition television, and a $69.99 video game but doesn't have Internet access in their home?

The N4G comments section is a joke.

[phoenixwing]

Internet speeds aren't based on how much money you have but on where you live. I live in the boonies and dsl is the fastest available

[TheDreamCorridor]

If Internet speed is that important, then move.

[TeamIcoFan]

@TheDreamCorridor.
Yes, because we're all capable of just packing up our stuff and moving wherever we damn well please.

Tell me you're a well off, privileged prick without tell me you're a well off, privileged prick.

[phoenixwing]

At dream you're the one saying internet is important not me. You tell ppl they must have internet if they own a console then tell Me to move to get internet. Do you understand yourself? I'm saying internet isn't widely available in the country areas and companies should factor it in if they want to release a game that's single player.

Oh and like teamico says way to show your privilege that you think moving from my home is easy lol please consider that there are tons of people living differently from you when you speak.

[QuantumMechanic]

Your response is ridiculous. Internet is not and should not be important for a offline story-based single-player experience, especially one that is a physical release. Unlike electricity, which is an actual required resource to run the game, internet is only a requirement because the publisher is selling an incomplete product. Regardless of your access to internet, it is unacceptable and unethical practice to sell incomplete products. Period.

[TheDreamCorridor]

Privilege?

Entertainment in general is a luxury.

Gaming is a luxury.

Quit whinning.

[BlaqMagiq1]

I should NEVER need the internet to play an OFFLINE SINGLE PLAYER GAME. Why are we defending laziness in 2023?

[anast]

It's EA. They charge full price for half of the game. Any game journo giving this high scores is shillin'.

[Hofstaderman]

I really liked the first game but practises like these compel me to vote with my wallet. Sorry EA, no sale here. Will wait for price drop, trade or buy used.

[chobit_A5HL3Y]

ea is hilarious lol not only are they one of the most hated companies in the industry because of their monetization practices, but they FINALLY have something good with the jedi: survivor franchise and they somehow mange to botch it as well lol incredible.

[CrimsonWing69]

Just install the damn patch. Geezus

[gold_drake]

can u imagine?
what if im travelling, dont have access to internet and i have to wait until im home or watever.

[Pyrofire95]

Big oof if true.

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

Why is Jedi Survivor getting such high reviews? The PC version is said to be rough and the neither the Series consoles and PS5 have stable performance.