Latest Star Wars News: The ‘Jedi: Survivor’ reviews are in and fans suddenly realize Leia was the first to utter an iconic ‘Return of the Jedi’ line
The hotly anticipated Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is one of the biggest Star Wars releases of the year. The sequel to 2019’s excellent Fallen Order picks up the story of Cal Kestis five years later, showing him as a fully-fledged Jedi Knight plunged into solving an ancient galactic mystery.
Beyond that, we’re now a week out from The Mandalorian‘s season three finale, and with the dust settling on the show, fans are picking over smaller details in the show that many missed or looking ahead to the hotly anticipated debut of Ahsoka in August. Before all that comes Star Wars Day on May 4, which will see the entire second season of the animated anthology Star Wars Visions arrive, likely with some smaller announcements that didn’t make it to the recent Star Wars Celebration in London.
But this week all eyes are on Survivor. So, how did it do with critics?
It’s looking like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor isn’t going to have the smoothest of launches. The review embargo lifted at 8am PT, with the common consensus that this is a fine sequel marred by some glaring technical troubles. The game currently has a Metacritic score of 86 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S|X, and 83 for PC, with reviewers enjoying the game noting various performance issues across all platforms. Check out our own three-star review of the game here.
Those with long memories will remember that Fallen Order suffered similar technical hiccups on launch in 2019, but those flaws were eventually patched out. We assume the same will happen with Survivor, though anyone who pre-ordered may be regretting their decision right now.
We want to underline that we thought Survivor is, by and large, a great sequel to Fallen Order. It’s just a shame that performance issues are such a
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