When people say that a game is completely broken or unplayable, I usually take it with a huge grain of salt. It's not as if I'm blind to the problems or in denial about them, but that I tend to have a higher tolerance for these issues than most, especially if the game underneath it is great. When I saw Jedi Survivor being panned, I decided to hedge my bets and play it anyways, as I saw promise in the first game that it couldn't quite fulfill and I was itching to see it if they had made good on it. And I was fairly impressed with what I played! It seems as though they cleaned up a reasonable amount of the first game's jank and that everything comes together much more nicely. I love the story and writing, all the visual customization, the more open levels, and it generally feels like a better execution of the concept so far.

Unfortunately the technical state of this game is simply unforgivable at the time of posting. I'm shocked that console is supposed to be the more tolerable option here, because I experienced the full gamut of problems on PS5, from unplayable sickness-inducing framerate fluctuations to outright crashes at random points. I swapped between performance and resolution modes, looking for something that might alleviate things, and both had unacceptable amounts of issues. I dunno if I just got unlucky or what, but past a point I got completely exhausted of it. I may suck it up and continue the game, but more than likely I'll set it down and wait a couple months til its in a better state (and I would ultimately advise most people to do the same).