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- Опубліковано 12 тра 2023
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Vader did not have a health bar. That was a patience meter
I thought it was a countdown until our death. That actually makes for a scary mechanic in a boss fight
@@starkiller212 it low-key was you’re right 😂
You know how Vader is, the closer he is to dying the harder it gets to kill him. Motherfucker gets so much power from pure hatred and rage it's mind boggling.
good one :D
Man his patience with Luke must've been long
Darth Vader appearing and having a health bar really made me think on how Cal and Cere have grown up
indeed
It’s not a health bar. It’s a patience bar
@@tristanfetty4749 exactly 😂
WAIT VADER IS IN THIS ONE??!!
@@midnightdeluxegaming6582 yep he’s a boss fight near the end of the game
Little fun fact for you:
If you return to Ramblers Reach after completing the main story you can find echoes of Bode where it confirms that while at first he was acting, his friendship with Cal became real and you can even find an echo where he’s rehearsing possible ways to get Cal to join him and Kata on Tanalorr because he now sees Cal as a friend.
Idc I wanted to go anakin on his child I wanted to watch the light leave his eyes
@@Dylbz-ne8st i am concerned for the younglings around you, But Kata did nothing wrong in all honesty she had more maturity than bode
@@majinalastor5740 true I just wanted to make him suffer for cere
@Dylbz-ne8st well his final knowledge is knowing his enemy (cal) is left with his daughter and he can't do shit to change it
@@Dylbz-ne8st Yeah, but Cal isn't like that. Kata is innocent in all of this.
1:11:30 one neat detail that wasn’t mentioned. CAL HESITATED. He wanted to give Bode a second chance, try to end things peacefully still, but he saw the sparks from Bode’s blaster. Bode pulled the trigger without hesitation, and his blaster was just broken so it didn’t happen. You even see Bode realize that Cal hesitated, and he had a look that said “I’m sorry.” But Cal realized that Bode was too far gone. So, he did what was necessary and ended Bode there.
Not only that, but after the first shot he looked at Merrin and you can see him stand up straighter, gaining composure before walking towards Bode and firing the second shot. It's like he looked at her and realized Bode almost killed her, and it made ending him a little bit easier.
It was also two shots like Bode with Cordova. Though I think he just gave up and shot him in anger.
100% agree. The subtle mannerisms Cameron throws in there are GREAT. Makes Cal feel so relatable.
@@flochforster6892 and the second shot was improvised, too
Just a little precision: we are seeing Cere's fight against Vader through Cal's eyes. He's having a force echo while touching her body - that's how he saw her speaking and why the transition can feel a little weird if you didn't get it. Personally, I was stunned and in complete awe of that part of the game, it was masterfully delivered.
Yes I thought that was cool!
Oh man i just assumed it was a cut away so we knew how cere died while cal was unconcious, it didnt dawn on me that cal saw it all through echos
Holy cow, I didn't put that together til you mentioned it. Man, makes that part even better and sadder
It's an excellent little detail.
First time i played it, i was wondering why after dealing the killing blow, why was Vader walking into a wall, and how does the room go from being on fire to smouldering in a matter of seconds.
Blew my mind when someone pointed it out for me. It looks like Vader's hobbled off and walked into a wall because we were reliving everything Cere went through - after losing & being mortally wounded, she sorta forgot about him and care where he was going (obvs not towards the Mantis but i digress)
Indeed
After Dagan’s final fight, I remember saying to myself and outloud for my own recording that “Something feels off, something isnt right, that isnt the end, something about the fight feels off and I dont know what it is…” and then Bode shot Cordova and I died inside.
I love the parallels between Dagan, Cal, and Bode. Dagan pursues the one thing he fears to lose; Cal fears becoming like Dagan when it comes to finding Tanalorr and Bode DOES become like Dagan in pursuit to save his daughter and escape to Tanalorr.
I had this exact same thought. them sitting at the fire talking about going to Tanalorr felt off, like something wasn’t right, it was too easy. I think that was intentional so the player could feel a disturbance in the force rather than the characters just talking about it.
I totally predicted Bode's betrayal throughout the game, but somehow, when it finally happened, I was shocked and hurt as if I didnt expect it. This game really delivered in terms of the performances given by the actors. Video game acting and mocap has come so far and I'm totally here for it. I really felt like Bode cared about Cal. Like they really were best friends. When Bode betrayed us, it literally hurt like it would if a real friend did it.
@@BipolarBLKSheepI agree I felt something a little off with him when he first brought up hesitation towards Cal’s Tanalorr plan. Did not expect the extent of his betrayal
On my first play through I agree I thought the game would finish after beating dagan and reyvis and I’m like something is going on then bode went total darkside I was like 😳 WTF, then the story developed more and I was on cal and Merrins side like dude just drop your guns and we can make a haven for Jedi and people but bode brought how long does that last till the empire finds there way here but I’m like who cares if it’s 5-10-15-20yrs of peace wouldn’t you take that and by that time you could have the forces to defend it
“I am betrayed.” -Master Bra'tac, I mean, Cordova😅😭
Damn it, where's Ancient-powered Colonel O'Neill when you need him?!
watching merrin leap off of the cliff and flip backwards to face the camera before falling into a head first dive is just full of the exaggerated swagger of a nightsister from dathomir. it gives me goosebumps every time i see it
Top tier reference
Underrated comment
A small touch that i love is that every lightsaber color had its own unique sounds. Some are harder to hear, but they are there. My personal favorite is the orange blade as it sounds the most ominous. Like a jet engine almost.
Damn I noticed it! But I didn’t even think to win it! Just one of those awesome little touches they added.
That was also there in Fallen Order and yeah it's awesome.
The Lightsaber Mod was cool, cause you could customize the color, AND pick the sound.
I never noticed this over two playthroughs. I think I'll have to play it just to see lol
White Sabers.
That is all.
Yoh Bode's "He's my best friend, we're just having a fight right now" line made me whimper. He did genuinely see Cal as a friend, he just is a desperate father that goes down a dark path.
And when you go back through the different "key" Bode moments.... my gods.... T-T
I think that bodes story could have been really good, but it got to a point where he was blindly focused on tanalorr. If he had a brief moment before he died where he realized what he was doing that could have tied up his arc well, but currently he feels a bit shallow, especially if you’re just going through the story the first time. He had some moments that, especially in retrospect, make a lot of sense and work well, but it just wasn’t tied off well
@@onion6261I am sorry but the whole Bode issue reminded me why I struggle to find better reviews today. 😑
the game feels a bit rushed. Dagan had no development. Bode got short. Rayvis got almost no screen time. Merrin is there only to appeal to ppl cause is the goth gf and "kiss relief". dont get me wrong, the game is awesome, but it feels like 80% of the plot is a slow start and then a quick ending... i would kill for the opposite, faster intro and longer development of the character, but yeah... @@onion6261
1:03:00 something you seem to have missed, along with many others including myself, is that she didn't give her final words while Cal was there. The entire segment of playing as her is a force echo Cal is sensing after finding her body. That's why all the fire disappears so fast and Vader just didn't turn around and kill Cal
Vader wouldn’t have been able to kill cal in the state he was in
@@Thedemonlord4642 Either way, he's already long gone by the time Cal gets there
@@Thedemonlord4642no trust he would have been able
In a canon comic Vader fought an entire army that reduced him worse than he was in the game, came back home and found an ancient sith resurrected in his prime. He then proceeded to crush the said sith with the force in like 30 seconds
So yeah Cal wouldn’t have been a problem
@@giovannidanesin4193not only that, but in those same comics Sidious made him rebuild himself without the Force (and in general, just survive) on Mustafar at one point.
Just commented something similar. Glad someone else picked up on it (though it felt pretty obvious).
Thank you for giving Rick the Door Technician the resect he deserves, i absolutely lost it the first time i fought him.
A part I love is just after Cere's death, when the Mantis crew are still processing Bodes betrayal and Cal starts to blame himself for not seeing it and Greeze just shoots down the idea that it's Ca;'s fault before he can even get started.
Man, the voice acting was great.
When bode betrayed cal I felt really pissed
On Cal holding Cere as she died, I thought she died soon after Vader left, said her last words to no one. Cal held her, and got a Force Echo of all the part we played as her, until her end.
This story is so beautiful, and shows how Cal (and the crew) evolve into more unique and interesting characters!
Also what you said about Cal’s tattoo stood out to me, as a young Jewish boi myself.
yeah
@@mattaltman9477wait cal has a tattoo?
@@isaquinos_vlogs yep! Right under the wristband he wears traditionally!
@@isaquinos_vlogs yes, on the inner wrist of his right hand
I don’t know if you noticed this but Cal actually gave Bode one last chance at the end. Cal waited to see if Bode would pull the trigger which he did which basically told Cal that Bode won’t back down
Yeah, that was the only really dumb part, in my opinion. Oh, you just wanted your daughter to be safe from the empire? So do we. We want everyone to be safe from the empire, including you, including your daughter. We all made it to Tanelor. We can all protect her. Growing up with no family sucks, just ask Merrin, or me. Kata is begging you to surrender. There's literally no reason you need to die here. Well, I guess, thanks for reminding me not to let the dark side cloud my judgement so terribly. But, ya know, I have Merrin for that, didn't really need your help in that regard. Daddy Cal, mommy Merrin, and uncle Greez will take good care of Kata, I promise.
The fight was fun and I liked the story up until that point. The betrayal, learning the reason why, it was all great. Until the final choice.
@@travist7851I'm sorry but "daddy cal" was just lol
@@travist7851 Bode's downfall was the line Cal was teetering on in the first game, being unable to trust people. Especially being in the spy business for so long, being the guy not to trust in the room, he just couldn't fathom a world where anyone but him could protect the last thing he cared about. He could stomach hiding away with Cal and the Mantis crew, but adding in a closely pursued underground railroad for the galaxy's most wanted, that he couldn't abide. Especially knowing how easily he himself would be able to infiltrate it if told to.
@@Kjf365 That's fair but the whole point was that no one could get there, unless they had Cals force echo power or got their hands on the key, which would have been on tanelor with the hidden path. Not being able to trust anyone was definitely part of it, but I think whatever he saw in the hallucinations tipped it over the edge.
@@travist7851okay I get this critique but also we’ve seen time and time again how the empire is seemingly infinite, and for two Jedi who’ve lost EVERYTHING to the Empire and it’s reach, I don’t blame Bode at all. They wanted to make Tanalorr the new HOME BASE for the Hidden Path, the biggest hope that the Jedi Order could be brought back. You know the SECOND the Hidden Path started growing the Empire would catch wind of it and do stop at nothing to find it and break it. Would it have taken a while for the Empire to get there? Yes. Was there a chance(a small one imo) that the Empire could NEVER find it? Yes. But as a father, as well as someone who has seen firsthand how ruthless and powerful the Empire is… Bode’s actions make perfect sense to me.
It always surprises me when people say that they like the story of Fallen Order better than Survivor. I like them both but Fallen Order was basically just a really long fetch quest with a loveable cast of characters. Survivor focuses more internally on Cal and his journey with the Force, and it throws some pretty good surprise twists along the way while working off the lore of the High Republic. And it ends with a strongly personal conflict that hits hard not only because we're invested in the contention between Bode and Cal, but because it explores the idea of a lost person finding their way in the world when everything that made them who they are is gone. Cal isn't given any choice in growing up; he's thrust right into a position of responsibility that I'm sure he doesn't want and isn't ready for. But he accepts it anyway and does his best. It's such a strong narrative through line that I can't help but sing its praises over Fallen Order.
Either way, they're both great games in a terrific franchise. Hopefully the next game launches free of bugs so PC players won't hate on it 😅
I 100% agree with you. Absolutely loved Fallen Order and when Survivor came out, just blew me away. Honestly, I can not wait for the third game!
I can see why some prefer the story to Fallen Order. Yes Fallen Order is a fetch quest but I think the simplicity of the story is what helps quickly endear us to characters like Cal, Cere, Greez and BD-1 as we meet them for the first time. It has that swash-buckling element that also exists in A New Hope. Whereas Survivor borrows Elements from Empire. In that way, I imagine there will be alot of Jedi 3 (probably Jedi: Legacy) that will borrow much of Return of the Jedi.
I think the reason I like fallen orders story better is the villains, Dagan is just “TANALORR IS MINE” the whole time, and I didn’t like that, and bode, while I get he’s a good character, I just don’t like the twist villain trope, and I like villains who are a antagonist the whole way through, like trilla, who’s story I find very interesting with her being a padawan who was sold out by her master, tortured a lot by the empire until she succumbed to the dark side and hated her master for her whole life until her final moments when she was struck down by darth Vader
I really loved the story idk if it’s just me but it hit every beat I wanted it to, it’s also the middle game in a trilogy and I think it’s setting up the third game to be a 10/10
It’s a 9.5/10 for me. Once the technical issues are patched, easy 10/10
I really loved the story too and loved how it built upon the first game
Is third game confirmed? I know it’s kinda of a cliffhanger at the end, but I haven’t seen anything online about it
@Julian Thingvoll third game isn't announced or confirmed but in an interview the game director for this series said he wants this story to be a trilogy
@@daltonfuller1325 hype
One thing I can highly recommend is going again through the world (not new game +) and finding new force echoes post story. You can discover Bode being fully a rat in locations like Courascant, Koboh and even Jedha, while later locations, especially the Droid ship you learn that he actually started carring about Cal.
Also going back to the ISB base is so horrifying learning how the Inquisition just murdered through a base of their own.
Yeah there's even one in Pyloon Saloon...
Scarier than the inquisitorius would be the echoes showing how afraid of Cal they all were once he embraced the dark side.
@@samf.s.7731 As far as I know these Echoes are: One on Cousascant near the Mantis; on Koboh: at Bodes X Wing, underneath the Mantis Platform, at Doma´s and in the Droidbase and as youve mentioned in the Saloon. On Jedha in the Archive and near the Mantis. On Nova Garon in his Room and lastly at Tanalorr.
That wasn't an X-Wing. Looked like an ARC-170
@@ecksdeeeXD wait were?
The Bode plot twist was one of the best ones I can remember in recent memory. The entire game, it seemed like he was being set up to be the side character that gets killed by the main villain before the big final battle. He seems to be a good guy, he’s a dad, he’s bros with Cal…. Then, Respawn turns all these hints at Bode being the sacrifice character and turns them into compelling reasons that he would choose to betray Cal. Drop on top of that he was also a Jedi that escaped Order 66, my jaw was truly on the ground and I felt the betrayal just as much as Cal did.
1:11:32 I just f*ckin love how you can see the silent realization on his face right before he dies. Really just shows you how far games have come.
Cal journey went form a boy who lost everything in life to find a found family and happiness to now fighting his inner darkness with little light in him
“Now you sound like a Jedi”
“They got a few things right”
“Not everything”
That’s what separates Cal from most Jedi protagonists in Star Wars in that he respects the teaching from his master about the Force and yet beyond that understands the importance of companionship and love from his time as a survivor whilst doesn’t allow that to blind him
Exactly
I kinda think he did allow his feelings to consume him as from Cordova's death up to the very last scene he
was on a dark path killing because of hatred, and not out of necessity, because of his loss.
That's the problem, you can't treat your companions as friends or more, because then you have something to lose.
And if you have something to lose, you become emotional about them.
I think the order as we see them in the prequels got a lot of things wrong (obviously), but that one they got right
@@dontmindme6995 A hot take indeed. I do think that attachments were never the real problem, though. The Jedi never taught people how to let go. They just said to, which is very unhelpful on its own. But learning to love people AND let go when you need to would get you through a lot (irl too).
@@calebarnold797 to me Bode's story is a perfect summary as to why attachments don't work for Jedi. He did at all points do what is necessary to keep his daughter safe, but that made him to the villain we see in Jedi Survivor. You can't let go of an 8 yo daughter (or whatever Kata's age is), therefore he had to become that monster to protect her
@@dontmindme6995 I think that's more of a personal flaw in Bode than outright proof that attachments should be forbidden. Plenty of people irl do terrible things with good intentions.
20:56 “I have to hold the line” really stuck with me since that’s what Jaro Tapal told him in the escape pod “hold the line, wait for the Council”, like Cal’s still trying to honor and live up to his master’s wishes years later
Kata's lullaby right before the final boss always gives me chills. Theres such a melancholy bitterness and sadness that comes from it. Looking back at everything that has happened leading up to this moment always seems to get me and i dont know why. Plus her voice is really good.
The Jedi purge actually DOES exist in game form. The video game, adaptation of Revenge of the Sith has multiple levels detailing it
Also battlefront 2 (og)
Also literally Fallen Order. Idk why a lot of fans think the Purge ONLY happened during the climax of RotS.
@@MikeP828 except in the Revenge of the Sith game, you actually play as Anakin during the level
@@MegaSheen15 my point is that the Purge does not ONLY happen during Order 66. The purge actually took several years, and that Disney HASN’T shied away from depicting it.
@@MikeP828 *ahem* WE WANT TO BE THE PURGE.... *bows*
One thing I absolutely LOVE is after you complete the main story, if you go back to Koboh, Jedha, and other places, you'll find force echoes of Bode talking to himself. Most of them are him trying to bring himself to betray Cal and the others, or find a way to convince him not to bring the hidden path to Tanalorr. It adds so much to his character because you realize he really didn't want to betray Cal. He just let his obsession with Tanalorr fuel him the same way Dagan did.
12:51, Even in the opener, continued theme of the danger of falling to the Dark Side is also shown, as Cal gives into the temptation to avenge his crewmates rather than salvage his remaining ones and gets separated from them. With every lost ally, ever failed mission and every betrayal, Cal lets more and more of his emotions radiate out into the Force and leave him vulnerable to being driven mad by his pain and fear of loss as Dagan and Bode were.
It’s interesting that Cal managed to let go of his fear of being unworthy to be a Jedi due to being unable to help his master, only to trade it for the fear of losing everything and everyone to the Empire, misleading himself into believing fighting them means he’s conquering that fear while his use of the Dark Side and increased cruelty only proves his insecurity as he succumbs to the temptation of power to hide from his fears.
In all honesty, practically every Dark Side villain in this game and it’s predecessor can represent each of the ways Cal could fall to the Dark Side. From being captured and tortured into an Inquistor like Trilla and Masana, to becoming so disillusioned by the Jedi’s failures and so desperate to survive that he would be willing to search for power anywhere like Malicos, to getting lost in his own obsession with defeating the Empire as Dagan obsessed over Tanalorr and most damningly, being driven mad by the fear of losing his loved ones and his existing grief over those he’s already lost like Bode. Even when the story is over, the danger of Cal losing everything, including himself, hangs over him. However, this uncertainty is perfect in making Cal more complex, as even with all his development, all his strength, he still has more to grow and even further to fall, especially if any of his allies, especially Merrin, are endangered or killed in the future.
1:01:29, It’s also interesting to note how Vader perceives power in the Force as something to be gained, while Cere perceives it as something that is already there but obscured by distracting emotions like fear. It’s not surprising due to how Anakin has usually found validation in external sources like his friends, loved ones, the Jedi, the Republic turned Empire and, of course, his power and status, which is why he was so traumatized and weakened when much of these things were lost to him and both his physical and mental injuries stunted his potential. Cere’s desire to rebuild the Jedi Order, her faith in their beliefs, and experiences with the Mantis Crew (all internal sources of validation that couldn’t so easily be stripped away) gave her the will to keep fighting despite her losses and failures and ultimately conquer her fear and shame, restoring her power even greater than it was before just like Cal did.
I love how they made a character with several different realistic flaws without turning him unlikable. Every bad decision he made was understandable and I love it so much
@@Wiseguy909 As well as being a believable progression in conflict for the main character considering the situations they are faced with.
Man Merrin is hands down one of my favourite modern Star Wars characters. She's just this super engaging well played character.
Even with all the technical issues, this is my favorite Star Wars single player game behind KOTOR 1 and 2
Facts
Star Wars needed this game to continue existing and growing in game format. EA did SW dirty with Battlefront reboots. And don't get me started on the mobile games...
People forget how broken kotor 2 was as well. Huge amounts of content were cut and you need mods just to see the intended experience. Despite this, it's an incredible game, and so is survivor despite its problems
@@Wiseguy909 And even TSL-CRM had a reboot update fixing M4-78. Do I like the broken launch? Not remotely-do I still play KOTOR 2 and Jedi Survivor after the main catastrophes of launch pass? Damn right. Even RDR2 PC was literally unplayable for a week on its PC Launch-if the bones of a game are good, I'll put up with it.
During my second play through, I realised that when Dagan has that “your not here” moment, the sound cue for absorbing a memory plays. I like to think it’s our way of knowing when something happens in the force
I love how we play as Cere only for it to be implied after she dies that it was Cal viewing Cere's last moments through a force echo and THATS why we heard her last words.
The first tip-off that Bode may have been the twist was in the escape from Coruscant. The "I'll draw some away while you all escape" would be an easy platform to simply send a transmission to identify himself as an ISB plant (assuming they didn't already know). The final hit, besides the obvious "I'm going to make a solo call to my daughter while everyone else relaxes), was while en route to Dagan. I actually caught myself saying aloud "y'know, we've not seen much from the Empire in the past few hours--just a lot of Raider activity (including fight with Rayvis)--wonder when that's coming back." Might not have been the most subtle betrayal, but still well done, for what it was. Felt every minute of it.
As for the look I stuck with: the bomber jacket with scoundrel pants and the outrider shirt. I ran gunslinger from the moment I got it, and the weatherworn look with the devil-may-care attitude Cal had from time to time sold me on it. Changed the colors to match every biome/locale I was in for personal immersion.
I remember thinking there was very little opposition from The Empire as well. It seemed so odd to me that they wouldn't send an Inquisitor or a massive garrison to deal with him. When Bode's betrayal came around it made so much sense. Bode WANTED The Empire off our asses because we'd have never reached Tanalorr if they were.
I am not sure if you mentioned this in the video. but I found that after the main story, you can travel to different places around the worlds where story moments took place and you can sense force echos that help give some more back story and missing pieces about Bode.
Going back to tanalor was brutal, hearing him sing that lullaby with kata and when he sings it alone killed me
@@darrenb9359 T-T , Kata sings it again on her own inside the ship.... broke my heart....
It's not just that he remembers how to fast climb, but that they did away with the button press to make sure he catches on to the climbable surface. Helps make the parkour elements seem so much faster and more fluid in this game.
you could turn that off in the first one
I have to shoutout Danny Homan from Respawn (also his name on UA-cam), the guy who wrote the Ghost Star song for the game!
He said in a lyric video posted by a fan on UA-cam (animatedjen) that it ALMOST didn’t make it into the game. I’m so very glad it did! What a haunting, bittersweet melody
Personally, by the time Cal first embraces his dark side, it wasn't a badass moment for me but rather something I was dreading, similar to how Naughty Dog intended us to feel during the part where you kill Nora in TLOU2. From that moment on, that feeling of dread followed until the end of the game and I was left feeling more anxious than optimistic as to how Cal will turn out in the next installment.
Exactly, there were moments in the end where I was anxious cal was going to use the dark side for something that he would regret and he almost did until merrin brought him back.
yeah, when I saw this "press to embrace the darkness" pop up I was like "oh no no no no no"
then it was like "damn, I'm so op with it... But that's bad, I'm gonna not use it"
and then "uh those dudes would take too much time and I need to chase Bode"
and in the end it was "GET OUT OF MY WAY DAMN SENTRY DROIDS! YOU'LL NOT STOP ME!"
after that section, I felt... destroyed by my anxiety cuz I knew it's bad BuT aT tHe SaMe TiMe...
so, I had to set up a challenge for ms which is to not use it at any circumstances
Try going back to Nova in the postgame and exploring the ISB facility. Cal finds the Force Echos of his rampage and the aftermath.
30:00 - I love that they retained the second voice that speaks when Merrin is using her abilities. It's continuity like that from the first game that really makes me appreciate Respawn's attention to detail. As a whole they did Merrin's character well for not giving her much of the spotlight.
I never unlocked all the skills for the dual wield sabers and that flurry move looks an awful lot like a combo move done by a certain Starkiller.
Oh my, they did take my variants moves
YOOO CAL VS STARKILLER VS VADER? I’D PAY TO SEE THAT
@@midnightdeluxegaming6582 your money better be on me
Bro it would be so cool to fight a canon starkiller in the next game
@@namesarefortheweak EA better come hire me for the next game
This game is amazing but what I really appreciate is the relationship between Cal and Merrin. They easily could've added drama there but they decided to have it being a lovely, loyal and feel good relationship, I feel like since Ted Lasso media embraces "feel good" thematics more and more and I love it.
Couple things I noticed myself going back and seeing things happen with Bode
After the Dagan fight the compass flies to his hand, when the alarm sounds on Jedha he steps towards the compass. His pause when Cal drops a May the Force be with you I'd written off as "man how awkward is this for non force sensitives?" and then I turned around and was like "We really were friends for a minute, he lowered his guard enough where he ALMOST slipped into old habits on our first mission."
And I don't know about yall, but with how many times I've heard that said in Star Wars I wouldn't have blinked at him doing it the first go round. So having him not I think really is just better.
I've really enjoyed Cal's journey. I just wish the writers of the Sequel trilogy showed this much passion for writing their characters.
Love how everyone calls Cal’s force stasis force slow because the game call it that but it’s still a variant of Force Stasis
This game it is actually force speed + force stasis
@@ked49 And then throw in a Dark Side-boosted Force Body for the endgame upgrade.
When Bode asks Cal what he saw when fighting Dagan, and Bode mentions that he saw his daughter being taken by Stormtroopers, I think that actually happened I think that if Cal had seen that in the moment and stopped to connect with him, we could have gotten a happier ending. But, like me, Cal missed it and we got the ending that we did. Only after I reached the Empire section did I realize that the things Bode saw were true
I love that in just about every single cutscene, Cal is wearing a different outfit. I can't say it was any different on my playthrough. That level of customization sure was a good move. Although my constant returning gear was the brown bomber jacket w/ green pants and brown boots. Just styling.
35:19 The way your voice sounded SENT me. Matt Mercer is 100% our fun uncle in Star Wars voice acting.
To quote Count Dooku, I've been looking forward to this.
I noticed in the Vader fight the little saber spin thing in the stand off. I think it’s a show of respect. He did it for Kenobi, and Cere, and that’s it as far as I know.
I like how the reason why Vader wasn't the hardest bossfight in this game is because we played as Cere a Jedi Master so that's a good explanation on why Cal who is still less experienced has harder bosses like Rayvis or Oggdo Bogdo...
This game had me in TEARS!😭😭😭 Next jedi game has to be 10/10. Making a 10/10 trilogy.
Literally love everything about this game, besides the combat… I don’t want to get too much on why I despise it but in a nutshell it tries to pull TOO much from the souls games when the genre doesn’t fit a game a Jedi game SHOULD be, no animation cancel, combos don’t flow into eachother, the animations are way too long so you get one hit in and dodge similar to souls and that’s just not what I want from a Jedi game
@@BiggieJ4224 there are ways you can play that make it more duel heavy over playing like a souls game, in fallen order, I didn't rely on heals to get me through a fight, I used constant blade pressure and slow to brute force my way through encounters, something you just can't do in souls, it's all down to HOW you choose to play
@@myschnozhurts1522 no that’s just objectively not true, I’m not talking about difficulty. I don’t think people realizes a game can be mot fun and still be easy. No animation cancel, bad core gameplay design period. This is the reason devs don’t fix their sequels because everyone pats them on the back when there are flaws that need to be addressed for people who aren’t brain dead and actually know combat
@@BiggieJ4224 you can animation cancel every basic attack while using dual wield with blocking. Try it, makes the gameplay flow much better. You dish out much more DPS making fights like Rayvis on grandmaster difficulty be much more fair since you can out DPS his constant regen during phase 2. You can also dodge red attacks like this: attack, see the red attack, animation cancel with block and instantly dodge. You can get in more hits like this.
@@jerkopatrik yeah, with one stance out of 5….
I loved that they made the game so enjoyable after beating the main story, getting to travel with Kata and everyone reminiscing about the main story, but also finding all the Bode force echoes just gets you that much more invested in the characters. Im so curious for what theyre going to do for the third game.
1:03:38 Little note here, Merrin says “guild tracker” not “guilt tracker”
We were introduced to Guild Trackers in The Mandalorian and they’re used by Bounty Hunter Guilds (hence the name)
Really glad you mentioned the blue lightsaber and how you changed it throughout your playthrough.
I, for instance, kept the Jaro Tapal emitter the whole game as a tribute to my former master, integrated a little Cere and Cordova as the game progressed, then changed the blade colours up from blue to cyan (had to be a little different, ya know) before changing to green for a short time to represent my new relationship with Merrin and her green Nightsister magick.
But once we get to the BIG turning point of the story, I actually used a white blade from then straight to the final boss battle to represent Cal's struggle with the Dark side.
With the third and (based on the devs plan for it to be a trilogy) final game, I reckon it's going to be something far more personal, focusing on Cal's struggle not with restoring the Order or finding new Jedi, but with himself. His allegiance to the Force, his relationship with Merrin and Greez, how to cope around the daughter of a man he killed, and the shadow of the Empire looming over Koboh. It'll be a fight for his family, a fight for his light, and a fight for home.
...and maybe it's just me but I feel the next evolution of Force powers has to include Lightning or Choke in there so hell yeah, I'm all for watching Cal really struggle with the Light and Dark side of the Force and to have the story fully utilise Cameron Monaghan's acting range to show off his rage, fear, determination, passion, and sadness.
But I digress. Great EGA video, my guy. Think you summed it up perfectly: 7/10 game with 10/10 Star Wars DNA.
In the first game the only characters I genuinely liked were Greez and Merren
Cere and Cal just felt more like “video game protagonists” kinda generic player character and quest giver.
Jedi Survivor made everyone feel more connected, a proper family, and it made losing a part of that family hit so hard and made Cal feel so much more genuine as a character
I loved Vader and being able to fight him it felt like a dream and the ending was great I also wanted to say I’m really happy they gave us the ability to dress as star killer or even people like Obi wan with pre order bonus and Luke who I made a ROTJ outfit I also loved the insight on cake tattoo reminding you of the Jews during the holacuast I noticed it to and had a similar view and as a Jew myself it hit close to home I loved this game and am praying for a 3rd not to be canceled
What fit gave you StarKiller?
@Fretro Bommin brown bandolier, frontier shirt in gray and the traveler pants in the first color
@@aaronstein3816 is that pre order 2?
What I really like in the game is how that venture into the darkness for Cal wasn't just a slip up that came around and went by after some loving talk but instead stayed and became just another tool to survive. Just like a blaster became a tool. You would think the game would use the OP power for a little bit and then move on from it but no. All the way to the end, Cal keeps that.
Which makes me hope that the third game pushes further towards that direction. That Cal embraces the darkside more. Not to fall for it but rather to use it to help him further his goals. Which also would lean into maybe allowing some dark powers to come around and be used. Pull a Reverse Starkiller.
Overall the game was great. I wished the part with Dagan was explored more, especially with him clashing with the empire and see more of the universe and what happened to it but otherwise its fairly great.
I loved the story. It showed a more grown up Cal. He's not just trying to live up to the Jedi code anymore. I felt actual fear when Cal started using the Dark Side. He knows it could consume him, but he willingly embraces it.
Also, on that Vader fight, when he made his entrance I was like "Oh fuck off". I was not prepared to fight DARTH FUCKING VADER.
While I’ve seen some people upset about the vader fight with how close it was, I just look at it as one of the few times in canon he’s actually taken damage. In legends he got messed up quite often and seeing him with completely destroyed armor or close to losing a fight was pretty common in the comics, games, etc.
He’s gotten pretty beat up two times in canon: when Ahsoka fought him in Rebels, and when Obi Wan fought him in the Obi Wan series. Cere just didn’t survive to finish the job. Ahsoka wouldn’t have either if it weren’t for Ezra. Cere is pretty badass for getting that close.
I love the fight. Feel free to disagree with me but I always interpreted that Vader was kinda just toying with her (which I'm pretty sure is something he did often) but then when she threw the bookshelf at him he was like" oh she's actually strong better take her seriously". If Vader went fully serious right off the bat then it probably would've ended earlier but then again overconfidence is the fatal flaw of the Sith so it makes sense it was that close. Still amazing showing for cere
@@thatredhead3613 exactly, she got a hit in, and what happened afterwards? She died. Sith literally feed off of toying with Jedi, “oh no you’ve beaten me!”…. “Now to fall like all the rest before you” sure he walked away with a bit of damage but like I said that’s kinda the point, vader can afford to take damage.
I love how the games are progressing like the ranks of jedi, the first game has Cal as a padawan this game has Cal as a jedi knight which means the third game is gonna have him be a jedi master also the game director for survivor said that he saw this series as a trilogy so I guess third game confirmed.
Tbf he was given rank of Knight Last game. I’d say after this game he’s a Master now especially since he technically has a padawan now.
@@jaxsonholt5933 Cal was only given the rank of jedi knight before the last section of the first game and he was never officially given the title of master so tbf he's kind of in an anakin situation where he has a padawan but he's still not a master, cue the prequel memes 🤣
@@KratosisGod yeah but there ain’t a Jedi to really grant Cal the Rank of Master soooo. Screw It, I’m giving Cal the Rank of GrandMaster cuz why not
He’s around the level of a master Dagan was a Jedi Master and cal beat him there’s also no council to grant him master
@@SirEggo2412 Dagan was a knight not a master.
I'm just here to show my love and appreciation for the perfection that was "The Tragedy of Rick the Door Technician".
One thing I really love about Cere’s theme is that it sounds a lot like Savathun’s theme from destiny 2 which coincidentally are played by the same voice actor
I couldn’t help but wear the “Hermit” costume on Jedha, it just felt right. On every other planet though:
Scoundrel’s shirt, Cal’s survivor Vest, and OutRider pants.
"Ghost Star" is one of those hauntingly beauitful songs that just completely captivates me whenever I hear it. I cannot bring myself to skip it.
Honestly amazed with Cameron Monaghan's performance during Cal drying over Cere. I've not even played the game and it got me tearing up
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What i actually love about Dagan’s saber being yellow is that it’s meant to represent order and justice, which dagan believes he is doing, but the light reflecting off his eyes makes his eyes look yellow as well, which is a sith trait, showing he has a very corrupted mindset about how to do what he wants
This and re4 remake are 100% going to be the best games of the year
Remakes don't win goty .
@@UnseenHitman-1932 This one will.
I’d put Hollow Knight Silksong up there too
@@diamondking1987 and Dead space Remake....we sure got a lot of good single player game this year huh
After playing them all as well as Tears of the Kingdom I think that Tears of the Kingdom is the better game overall but best narrative should absolutely go to Survivor as well as action/adventure
1:05:04 this moment when cal just force pulled denvicks blaster was just so badass
As someone who actually loved the story as much or more than Fallen Order's, allow me to offer a counterpoint to a moment you didn't seem to like:
When Merrin stopped Cal from executing Denvik, I think that DOES still relate to him leaving behind the Jedi. Cal is embracing his attachments and it's not turning him to the dark side like the Jedi say it would, it's keeping him from completely falling to it. He has realized that the Jedi were wrong about attachments, among other things, and I think that's really relevant to his arc in the game.
Cal also doesn't fully abandon that anger either, for the rest of the game you keep the anger powered version of Force Slow and even embrace your anger again in the final fight against Bode. Cal is using his anger, but he has a support system to prevent him from becoming consumed by it.
I'm hoping we see more of the Grey Jedi stuff with Cal in his next game, as thats where it makes the most sense theme-wise. He's clearly struggling with the pull of the Dark Side by the end of this game, and it'd make sense that next game would have him learning how to control it, either by resisting or giving in, similar to Force Unleashed (or InFamous).
Grey Jedis don’t exist and SW fans need to understand that.
Hell yes. I know there's KOTOR but with the way Fallen Order and Survivor have set up Cal and his struggles with the Force, a third Star Wars game with inFamous karmic choices that help you decide the kind of Jedi (or Sith) you wanna be feels like a perfect way to round off his journey whilst also going the extra mile to make it personal to you.
i feel like cal keeping the “dark side” variant of the slow ability for the entire rest of the game after he first uses it was respawn’s way of showing us that this wasn’t just a hurdle in his path, but that he is going to learn how to embrace the darkness without truly falling from the path of the light
I felt that the floating facility part of the game was inspired by that one level of Titanfall 2 where you go out on the satellites dozens of miles in the air. Both even had the broken moon in the distance to boot!
Since they're not long games, a combo video on both "Star Wars Starfighter" and "Star Wars Jedi Starfighter" could be fun.
I don’t know if anyone else thought this, but the way that Vader and Cere held their sabers at each other was very reminiscent of how Vader and Obi Wan did on their last duel on the Death Star. It showed to me that Vader sees Cere on the same or similar level and as much as a threat to Vader as Obi Wan was to him on their last duel. It shows how much Cere has grown and how mad Vader is that she got away from him and is trying to rebuild the Jedi Order. And the amount of focus and anger that he puts in the second half of the fight after Cere buries him in the rubble I bet reminds Vader of how Obi Wan kicked his ass at the end of Kenobi. Really good stuff.
1:07:28 The music in this scene is honestly perfect. The high-pitched choir excellently compliments the blood-red overlay and really sells how strongly the hate flows through Cal in that moment. It's like he's possessed by a demon of pure wrath.
Cordoba's pyre is there for BD-1. Bode's of course if for Kata. Cier's is for Cal. Each of these individuals are responsible for bringing those respective members to this group. While Merrin and Greez migrate between the 3 pyres and their members mourning them. As, despite their closeness to Cier especially, the two of them very much are portrayed as the stabilizing core of the Found Family theme of this story. They are why this group is able to weather the losses. Clunky as it may be, its decent thematic settup for the third game. Which will either be hyper depressing, or give us that Return of the Jedi style vibes conclusion. Given Survivor VERY much has those strong Empire Strikes Back tones.
I loved the game and the story, to me it was perfect and maybe I was lucky becuase I didn't have many performance issuse that pulled me out of it and I was also hooked with the story all the way to the end.
Same for me, the performance was just fine, and everything else was perfect
8:30 is the best moment in the game when you replay it, just before we see Bode for the first time he BETRAYS SOMEONE WHO TRUSTED HIM
I just realized that this story is very similar to ghost of tsushima since the both of them at the start followed a code and over time during the game and story they broke that code and now they are both just surviving.
For the hanger fight where you struggled so much. It can be made significantly easier by taking control of the two black security droids with your BD-1 stun launcher prior to jumping into the hanger. They are able to help you for the entire fight and if you take control of each following droids, you have up to 4 or so to help with the final wave of BIG droids
I went into this story fully invested in it, not caring a ton about extra content, and went through the story mostly in one piece. It broke me. I dont know what it was, but seeing the Cal we knew from the first game, died after Cere's death really hurt. I felt his anger in wanting to hunt Bode down. I think unless you fully invest into the story it definitely wont hit as hard, but if you do it breaks something in you, at least for me. I dont normally cry for games like i do movies, but something about Cere's death hurt so much, probably just the thought of losing something as close to a parent as Cal got resonated within me and after finishing the game I really wanted to just give up playing it as I know some things wont hit as hard. Also to add something that felt like Respawn was just kicking you while you were down, when you get the chest upgrade for the map theres one on Jedha that you don't get until after Cere dies, and its her lightsaber. I dont know why but somthing about the juxtaposition of her dying and then getting her lightsaber was just a straight kick in the teeth. Though I'm definitely 100%-ing my save file, GOTY material.
A detail I loved were the force echoes you find after the story such as Bode communicating with the empire and practicing to sound convincing to the crew, and others such as Vader force choking Denvik to death. It provides an added depth to the game and fills in some details.
I saw your Fallen Order video, and I loved it! So glad you are doing it again for Survivor!
I loved the game, story and all. Playing on console, I was lucky with performance issues.The story could maybe have been a little longer with more nuance and consequences in the Dagan portion of the story, but I still loved the story. one of my favorite details was that Cere's lightsaber in this game came from (or was at least inspired by) a concept for Cal's saber in the first game. It was an early concept for a cal that was referred to as Boone Kastis, and it was attached to the end of a staff. The concept came from an artist named Gus Mendonca. I was so happy to see it in the game and it was the main saber I used for the rest of the game.
I recommend you read the canon Vader comics. It perfectly explains the dynamics of Vader and the empire. Also the comic when Vader asks Tarkin to hunt him and nearly kills him.
Gotta love looking to see a reference to the Old Republic era with “Who mourns for Taris”
Always happy to hear your experience with games! Your optimism and positivity even with games that launch as buggy as this one is so refreshing! Not enough people are talking about the great things respawn did with survivor and its nice to have a creator like you focus on them
I 10/10 loved Survivor. I'm in the middle of reading Battle Scars right now (I saved it for after playing Survivor, and I'm glad I did as knowing what happens in JS recontextualizes the book so well). I think for me it hit all the notes it needed to (YES, I am one of the Merrin/Cal shippers, unapologetically) and for the first time in a long time, I feel re-invigorated and re-invested in my lifelong fandom passion that is Star Wars. Fallen Order was excellent, and I was so looking forward to Survivor. I had LOTS of feelings and I definitely teared up multiple times through my first playthrough. I actually took a rare move to do my initial playthrough off stream rather than with my community so I could really just breathe it in and appreciate everything Respawn gave us.
The Cal x Merrin relationship was implemented perfectly, it works so well. One of the best love interests in video game history and I played the bloody Mass Effect trilogy countless times. Merrin truly gives the love interests in that game a run for their money. God I love her so much
@@jerkopatrik I'm gonna anger some of my fellow Mass Effect fans but i dare say Cal and Merrin's relationship was better done than most of the romances in any of those games. Maybe all of them (most of them, as cute as they are, feel pretty forced).
@@kayinoue2497 it for sure was better done than like 90% of them, but Liara for example is still a tiny amount better in my opinion because she is with you right from the beginning until the very end, while also saving your body from being found by the collectors on the planet you crash landed on at the start of ME2. But this is a bit of an unfair comparison since Liara already has 3 entire games to be who she is and Merrin only got 2 so far. If they get the romance right in the 3rd game of Jedi as well, then I’m gonna have a hard time choosing between the two.
This game truly was a masterclass in bringing all aspects of Star Wars together. Elements from 2003 and 3D Clone Wars, the High Republic novels, and Imperial units from Rogue One, Solo, and Rebels. On top of that, locations like Coruscant, and ISB base, and Jedha. Respawn truly cared about making a game that included as much of what fans love about Star Wars.
I definitely used the hell out of the hermit pre-order outfit, and when I got it the bomber jacket quite a bit. But I'd have to say my most used outfit was the corsair jacket, and tactical shirt and pants with darker hues. Windswept hair with a beard changing for the environment. It really fit the aesthetic of an experienced guerilla on the move with swagger. Matched with my revolver looking dark blaster, and a Saber I wish I could share on UA-cam comments. I loved the customization in this game, the drip was on point!
I love how sometimes cal sounds JUST LIKE Anakin when he gets PISSED
In this game I definitely prefer everything over the first one. The gameplay is so much better, the story is of the same quality but more interesting, and the levels are more fun to play then the first. When replaying FO, there’s many long slogs that you just want to be over. In survivor there’s only one section I can think of that’s like that. And it’s followed by one of the best parts of the game.
I could write this whole analysis on the story and the game play before I even start this video but all I'll say is
Game of the year
Honestly I really enjoyed the story, especially the 2nd half, which to me, personally was one of the best betrayals that I’ve ever seen done. The second the camera panned to Bode pointing the blaster at Cordova, I felt my heart skip a beat, then the amazing fight against Vader, experiencing what it’s like to be a Jedi who’s falling to the dark side, the final battle against Bode, etc, I loved it. Especially the dynamic of Cal struggling to uphold his Jedi teachings and dipping his toes into the dark side of the force. It’s not something that Star Wars games really touch on, and I personally really enjoyed seeing that being incorporated into the game. That and the characters themselves are pretty relatable and the dialogues between them are done really well, to the point that when Bode does betray the others, it really feels like you were actually betrayed by a friend.
27:21 devirge, a hilarious new way to spell diverge. :) Love these subtitles by the way. Thank you for them.
That ghost star thing hit me harder than that crate ploughed into Rayvis, I’d not really looked into it much, and having lost my Mum, even nearly 3 years ago… yeah it sums it up
I personally found this game to be better than Fallen Order in every way, including the story. I really liked the way the game from the get go, told you that this was going to be a bit darker experience than Fallen Order, with Cal killing the inquisitor and his crew getting killed at the start of the game. I also found the world to be much more alive in survivor compared to Fallen Order. Like there are many NPC's and an entire town on Koboh with people living in it that you can interact with (for the most part) which there kinda wasn't in Fallen Order.
If you notice while Cal is holding Cere you can see the ashes slow down every time he exhales almost as if he is losing his control over his abilities and his force slow is leaking out affecting the ash around him showing his devastation he feels due to the loss of this person who means so much to him.
That Iego reference was chef kiss
I just hope that in the third one we will play as Vader against Cal. The confrontation is inevitable but I really dont want to 'beat' Vader. And playing against Cal with all the skills and improvements you made along the way, that COULD be epic
And it's entirely possible to "beat" Vader without actually trying to kill him and slamming into his wall of plot armor. Cere even had a WinCon when she buried him in debris - had she elected to cut and run while he was pinned down, she might've survived long enough for Cal to find her, and the two could've at least wounded Vader enough to knock him down and prevent him from attacking the Mantis as they took off.
I’ve 100% completed this game now and I just have to say that it didn’t meet my expectations, it surpassed them. I love how every aspect that made the first game great were expanded upon. There’s more customisation, new characters, planets, enemies and an amazing story. This game is easily a 10/10 and my only complaint is that it frequently crashes but it should be patched soon
Glad to hear someone else has a lot of fun using Synth Riders as a chance to actually dance instead of just hitting the notes!
Funny how you mentioned Modern Warfare 2 seeing as Jedi Survivor's intro is lifted straight out of MW2s. Good to know Respawn never forgot where they came from.