Star Wars Jedi: Survivor | Critical Consensus
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The red-headed Jedi Cal Kestis returns in Respawn Entertainment's Star Wars Jedi: Survivor today.
Set five years after the events of 2019's Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, the title focuses on the Galactic Empire, still on the hunt to wipe out the remaining Jedi, and Cal's efforts to outlast them.
The adventure mainly received positive reviews and sat at a Metascore of 86 for the PlayStation 5 version as of this writing. By comparison, Fallen Order (which sold eight million copies in two months) has a score of 79 on the PlayStation 4 version.
Weighing in on whether the sequel improves on its predecessor in a 9/10 review for TechRaptor, Erren Van Duine said Survivor is "astonishing."
"Not only does it elevate the series to a new height, it improves on the first game by introducing a wealth of content – including further incentives to keep playing in the new game plus modes," she said.
"There's enough here to keep one playing for hours after the conclusion of the main story"
"There's enough here to keep one playing for hours after the conclusion of the main story – I know I did just that looking around to complete all the side quests and exploration requirements.
"With all these things in place, there's no doubt that whatever comes next – it has the potential to take all of these things and be even more."
Jake Su of Geek Culture agreed as he called Jedi: Survivor an improvement on the 2019 adventure in his 9/10 assessment.
"The team over at Respawn Entertainment and EA have taken the solid foundations laid down by Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and built upon them in the last four years, further refining the third-person action adventure's
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