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The problem with the backtracking is that the levels are a mix of dense, interconnected sections and long, linear paths (some of which are only navigable in one direction). The former is more interesting to explore and it's fun to see things from a new angle or work out a new route. In conclusion Kashyyyk is a land of contrasts.
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Torrannor posted:The map was really, really good. Easily showing unexplored paths, clearly marking for now unusable parts in red, and parts that opened up because you got a new ability in green. That was seriously great, it helped a ton in navigating the world. It would have been nice if it had also marked chests that you interacted with, but that you couldn't open yet. But that's a minor issue. Cool takes apart from this! The maps were loving horrendous! There were parts of them I couldn't figure out how to get to and sometimes it took me 30 years getting back to the Mantis. It was fine just playing through the campaign but going back for completion was baaad.
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Don't forget that JJ Abrams doesn't give a poo poo about coherence or fleshing out a plot, in favour of his ridiculous mystery box philosophy his child mind created that he seems to think is some deep and meaningful method of telling a story. He has a "talent" at making extremely "smooth" movies/shows that just glide over your brain in such a way that it feels like time is being sped up and you finish the movie/show just feeling sort of dazed and can't remember anything. He's very indicative of the worst sort of trends in modern media IMO
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Cool takes apart from this! The maps were loving horrendous! There were parts of them I couldn't figure out how to get to and sometimes it took me 30 years getting back to the Mantis. It was fine just playing through the campaign but going back for completion was baaad. They meant the interactive map ingame.
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Fuzz posted:They meant the interactive map ingame. Me too, sorry I wasn't clear.
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Doom Eternal has a neat system where, after you cleared the final boss or encounter in a level, you get notified that you can now fast travel back through the level if you want to hunt down secrets or upgrades or whatever before you move on. I feel like something similar would have worked in FO.
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Ytlaya posted:He has a "talent" at making extremely "smooth" movies/shows that just glide over your brain in such a way that it feels like time is being sped up and you finish the movie/show just feeling sort of dazed and can't remember anything. This is the real problem. The trilogy not having an outline wasn't the problem--both because the original trilogy didn't, and because there was outlining already done. Kylo's redemption was something settled on as far back as 2014, and that was clearly a dumb idea as early as Episode 7. And each movie wasn't made in blind boxes, each writer and director had access to the scripts of the movies that were following them early into or even before filming. The original script for Episode 9 was completed in 2017, and 8 was setting itself up as a bridge to it (and it subsequently wasn't used when higher-ups demanded Palpatine's inclusion, giving Abrams even more work to do in a short filming period). There just isn't cohesion to the things Abrams makes if they have more than one moving part. So much of the philosophy brought to those movies was wanting to have this or that setpiece and bending everything else around it, whether it fit the film or fit their shooting. There are some interesting ideas and themes in Abrams's and Terrio's original outline for 9, and none of them made it into the movie--but the horses they wanted did.
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Jedi: Fallen Order was a fantastic first attempt. Honestly, I'm looking forward the FO2, and I'm looking forward to the 'Directors Cut' of Fallen Order that backports the inevitable QoL improvements made in FO2.
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I think what I want most out of Fallen Order 2 would be some reason to explore beyond trying to complete an extremely dull cosmetic collection. You never really see your lightsaber so closely, and it's hard to feel excited or interested in what outfit you just unlocked when they're each simplistic recolors of a drab poncho. Even if Cal really did rock that poncho.
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I bought the lego BD-1. He's pretty neat. Haven't put any lego together in over a decade.
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I want more Metroid prime in my fallen order. Reward exploration with health/ammo/weapons/whatever. It's fine if people who don't explore are mechanically disadvantaged instead of just dressed uglier!
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Instead of a second lightsaber give Cal a gun imo. No need to turn it into a shooter or anything, just have it as an extra tool in his arsenal so he can pop stormtrooper grunts from a distance, or fold it into Force combos, or use it to keep Force-wielding enemies distracted while he closes in with his saber. Sick gunslinger spins while holstering mandatory, of course.
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ninjahedgehog posted:Instead of a second lightsaber give Cal a gun imo. No need to turn it into a shooter or anything, just have it as an extra tool in his arsenal so he can pop stormtrooper grunts from a distance, or fold it into Force combos, or use it to keep Force-wielding enemies distracted while he closes in with his saber. Go full-on Dark Forces. The light saber is a cool and powerful weapon, but sometimes you just gotta lob grenades at a fool.
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I don't think you need that for this franchise, but I am 100% in favor of Star Wars: Just Cause -- give me a jetpack, an open world, and a hundred different guns and vehicles to waste Imperial bases with and I'm a happy camper.
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ninjahedgehog posted:Instead of a second lightsaber give Cal a gun imo. No need to turn it into a shooter or anything, just have it as an extra tool in his arsenal so he can pop stormtrooper grunts from a distance, or fold it into Force combos, or use it to keep Force-wielding enemies distracted while he closes in with his saber. You may be getting your wish, below is the Cal action figure for Jedi Survivor 
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ninjahedgehog posted:I don't think you need that for this franchise, but I am 100% in favor of Star Wars: Just Cause -- give me a jetpack, an open world, and a hundred different guns and vehicles to waste Imperial bases with and I'm a happy camper. I’d play the living hell out of that. Hell, give me a modern version of Galactic Conquest from the original Battlefront games.
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ninjahedgehog posted:I don't think you need that for this franchise, but I am 100% in favor of Star Wars: Just Cause -- give me a jetpack, ...they fly now 
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Better not go around any force users if you're using the jetpack, though. If I learned anything from the Force Unleashed games, it's that Cal would instantly be sent comedically spiraling out of control until his pack blew up if an enemy force user saw him.
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Cross-Section posted:You may be getting your wish, below is the Cal action figure for Jedi Survivor Oh sick, I like that outfit a hell of a lot more than his Fallen Order duds too.
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fartknocker posted:Hell, give me a modern version of Galactic Conquest from the original Battlefront games. Empire at War kinda scratches that itch for me, but it's an RTS rather than a FPS. For a 15-year-old game it has an incredible mod scene too. My personal favorites are Fall of the Republic, which covers the Clone Wars, and Thrawn's Revenge, which covers the post-Endor period in the old Legends continuity.   
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ninjahedgehog posted:Empire at War kinda scratches that itch for me, but it's an RTS rather than a FPS. For a 15-year-old game it has an incredible mod scene too. My personal favorites are Fall of the Republic, which covers the Clone Wars, and Thrawn's Revenge, which covers the post-Endor period in the old Legends continuity. Oh yeah, I’ve played the hell out of that too. I loved the (IIRC) Republic at War mod that did Clone Wars.
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Cross-Section posted:You may be getting your wish, below is the Cal action figure for Jedi Survivor I thought he wasn’t wearing sleeves for a second and got concerned.
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Rewatched Castlevania recently, where are my exotic light-weapons? Lightwhips, lightmorningstars, lightsickles, etc. Or the more traditional variants, lightaxes, lightspears, lighthalberds, and so on? Come on, Disney, give me more variety!
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ninjahedgehog posted:Instead of a second lightsaber give Cal a gun imo. No need to turn it into a shooter or anything, just have it as an extra tool in his arsenal so he can pop stormtrooper grunts from a distance, or fold it into Force combos, or use it to keep Force-wielding enemies distracted while he closes in with his saber. They're already ripping off Sekiro so just take the offhand pistols from Bloodborne
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Torrannor posted:Rewatched Castlevania recently, where are my exotic light-weapons? Lightwhips, lightmorningstars, lightsickles, etc. Or the more traditional variants, lightaxes, lightspears, lighthalberds, and so on? Come on, Disney, give me more variety! There's a bunch of variations out there, but none of them really appear that often: Lightwhip - Probably one of the more common lightsaber variations, but for some reason only women are ever seen using it.  Lightclub - basically just a regular lightsaber scaled for larger species.  Dual Phase lightsaber with long blade - a couple of characters from the EU had these, and I think they retconned Vader into having one to explain the movies using prop blades of inconsistent length.  Lightsaber Gauntlet - Designed for Episode 3, but never implemented. I think it made it into a couple of toys though.  Lightsaber Tonfa - reverse grip lightsabers were all the rage in the late 2000's, which prompted the creation of the tonfa saber.  Lightsaber Pike - This has appeared semi-frequently as the weapons of various Force-using guards (especially in video games), but also had this version designed as Darth Bane's weapon for an episode of Clone Wars where his ghost appeared (though the weapon didn't).  Helicopter Lightsaber - based on a spinning General Grievous lightsaber toy, it eventually made it into actual Star Wars lore as the weapons of the Inquisitors. https://i.imgur.com/yoiqBwW.mp4 Lightsaber Rifle - used by the librarian from Attack of the Clones when Vader returned to the Jedi Temple to plunder its archives.  Lightsaber Axe - hasn't really appeared outside of the current tabletop RPG  Sickle-bladed lightsaber - designed for a character who appeared in a short story collection. I don't think she even uses a lightsaber in the story, but it was apparently a late request to be added to the illustration, so they might have plans for it down the line.  Lightsaber Umbrella - appeared in Star Wars Visions. The blade runs up the length of the handle, and then splits at the top. 
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I would both love and hate it if Cal got one of those stupid helicopter sabers as a new traversal mechanic. Most of the other variants always just seem bland, I guess the whip is the one I'd pick if something new is added.
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ninjahedgehog posted:Instead of a second lightsaber give Cal a gun imo. No need to turn it into a shooter or anything, just have it as an extra tool in his arsenal so he can pop stormtrooper grunts from a distance, or fold it into Force combos, or use it to keep Force-wielding enemies distracted while he closes in with his saber. Especially given we see Cere with one later.
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There's also Ezra Bridger's lightsaber in Rebels. It had some kind of gun built into it, but I think it was only some kind of stun shot, not the full power of a blaster. There might've been some kind of directive that Ezra couldn't have a "real" gun so long as he was a kid. Like before he built his saber he had some kind of lovely slingshot thing. I'm fine with Cal not getting a gun so long as the game stays gameplay-driven.
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ninjahedgehog posted:I don't think you need that for this franchise, but I am 100% in favor of Star Wars: Just Cause -- give me a jetpack, an open world, and a hundred different guns and vehicles to waste Imperial bases with and I'm a happy camper. But why do that when you can climb highlighted ledges and shimmy through narrow passageways like unfarted
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SlothfulCobra posted:There's also Ezra Bridger's lightsaber in Rebels. It had some kind of gun built into it, but I think it was only some kind of stun shot, not the full power of a blaster. There might've been some kind of directive that Ezra couldn't have a "real" gun so long as he was a kid.
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I don’t want a shooter but it would be cool to just hit Triangle/Y every now and then and blast a fool.
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:I don’t want a shooter but it would be cool to just hit Triangle/Y every now and then and blast a fool. Nailing one of those dual baton wielding purge troopers between the eyes, Indiana Jones style.
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Cross-Section posted:You may be getting your wish, below is the Cal action figure for Jedi Survivor I don’t understand, where is the pink poncho??? It’s a fookin’ disgrace.
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The sequel needs much more variety in hidden cosmetic collectable, also every one of them should be pink
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Jesus I leave for two years and I come back to this thread having exploded. Probably my most notable thread on SA lol.
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Welcome back! It's a great game!, which deserves a good thread. I just wish that your OP was still current, because that would mean the next game would come out next month.
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Torrannor posted:Welcome back! Yeah I was legitimately surprised to learn that they were making a sequel to it. Especially considering EA's predominant attitude towards singleplayer games. But in the time I was gone, they did remaster the original C&C games and announced a remake of the original Dead Space, which is set to release in January. So maybe someone at EA actually doesn't have their head up their rear end regarding anything that isn't heavily-monetized multiplayer looter-shooter.
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these aren’t ponchos??? https://twitter.com/wario64/status/1599789411801055232?s=46&t=RBK8PXZT-TeyyI4UL2cimA March 15th!!!
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