Jedi Fallen Order is a rollercoaster ride with some incredible high points and very irritating lows, but I am ultimately willing to accept some of these deficiencies because everything else that the game offers - particularly the story and characters - does a fantastic job of capturing what makes the Star Wars franchise so unique and special. Despite my less than glowing first impression of the game, Jedi Fallen Order is a game that won me over in the end and makes me excited for potential sequels continuing the story of the protagonists in this game.
Although the shortcomings I mentioned previously persisted throughout the game, the strengths of the game really had moments to shine as I progressed deeper through. Now that I’ve beaten the game and grinded nearly every single achievement in the game, I can say that my first play session of Jedi Fallen Order was not reflective of the experience I had afterwards. At this point, I couldn’t even fathom giving this game a rating above 7 and I continued playing with a negative mindset of just getting through the story to get the game over with. Although a decent amount of my misery came from accidentally setting the game difficulty to hard, the difficulty setting could not mask the shortcomings of this game which were on full display over a few hours of gameplay. If I’m going to be honest, my first play session of Jedi Fallen Order was somewhat miserable.
