well this was an interesting shift lol

feels like this is the point where game design starts to resemble what we see nowadays in final fantasy 14. like half the quests are the "go here talk to x" sort of questing you see all over ff14, challenge in boss design is clearly dialed down, and the story is much more centralized and focused than the biblical epoch of a narrative that chains of promathia was going for.

some of this might sound bad, but sometimes less is more and i think having much more immediately comprehensible characters and motivations was a nice shift. also all the zones are like the coolest in this game so far.

naji's finest hour lol

when i say i want games that mix genres, this is what i'm talking about. you get the fun uncharted set pieces, satisfying dark souls-esque parry combat, in an addicting and fun metroidvania-esque format. story is great and is delivered wonderfully too. only hoping i get to mess more with force powers in the sequel, feels a little lacking on that front for a game titled "jedi"

marking down half a point for glaring technical problems. like seriously within the first real boss fight i had already clipped through the floor once and crashed once lol. please pay qa staff