These Star Wars Jedi: Survivor droids were designed "specifically to p*** off the player"
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor introduces plenty of new enemies that can pulverise you in an instant if you're not careful; still, it's the unassuming little red robots that are causing a lot of frustration for fans.
Known as Scavenger Droids, these aren't a threat to Cal. They're quite the opposite, in fact, and will run for the hills if they spot our protagonist and his trusty sidekick BD-1, depriving us of the valuable treasures they hold in the process.
Scavenger Droids are extremely quick, and landing a hit on them is far from easy, so when the Twitter account Daily Star Wars Games (opens in new tab) asked players to show some love for the little guys, they got a pretty chilly response. One user wrote: "He gets the love of my lightsaber". Another, who's also clearly not a fan, replied: "They are annoying and awful and I hate them."
Even Jedi: Survivor's senior writer Pete Stewart had some strong words for the droids. "The treasure droid is a metal rat bastard," he tweeted. "Do not trust the titanium shit. They all thieve and they all lie. They are devious weasel robots. I know this because I wrote their lore. They will pick your body clean before it's even cold. You know it can't be good when the boglings don't trust 'em."
No. The treasure droid is a metal rat bastard. Do not trust the titanium shit. They all thieve and they all lie. They are devious weasel robots. https://t.co/ES4Dzgg1AlMay 8, 2023
Even so, the Scavenger Droids' lack of popularity certainly isn't a surprise to the team at Respawn as, according to game designer Mitchell F Wolfe they were purposely designed to be incredibly annoying. In a Tweet, Wolfe wrote, "One of my most personal impacts on the game: I designed or at least managed every Scavenger Droid
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