Games Inbox: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order vs. Disney+, Sonic Frontiers confusion, and Fable concerns
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Forced out I just watched the third episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+ and, eff… it was so unexciting, so unimaginative, and so… cheap looking? That last seems an odd description given I know for a fact it cost a fortune to make but I can only imagine that all the money went on getting Ewan McGregor and paying for some very expensive catering, because the sets look barely above Doctor Who level at times. I mean, this last episode’s big action scene is literally in some sort of sandpit/mining area.
Then it got me thinking, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order looked better than this. It had better effects, better action sequences, and in many cases better acting. Some of the action scenes in Obi-Wan, and Boba Fett, have been straight up embarrassing. In some cases, I think it’s because the actors are getting old but that forest chase with you-know-who in Obi-Wan was almost unbelievable. That was below Doctor Who level and more like some sort of Chuckle Brothers skit. Oh no, a small branch! I’ll never catch her now!
It’s a disappointment but it’s made me realise that games can do everything these shows do and more. Even just that little tutorial-ish bit at the beginning of the Fallen Order, as you platform around the breakers yard, was more visually interesting than anything in a Disney+ show has done so far. Also, Squadrons has better space battles (there are hardly any in the shows) and Battlefront has better effects in general.
EA may be slow to pump out their Star Wars games but at least they’re worth waiting for when they
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