Small correction: You can parry with the dual wield stance. I must have had a minor bug or misremembered a tutorial message because it works fine now. If you're wondering if I'll cover Redfall, no, I won't bother reviewing it. If it bombs hard enough that Arkane suffers layoffs or gets shut down, I'll talk about it.

@jayloncollins9681

Жыл бұрын

Dude your that one guy who doesn’t like stuff just cause other people do. You thought God of War was trash lol. I bet your trash at souls games too. You didn’t even play this on grand master smh. Disliked video.

@user-kb1su7mg1g

Жыл бұрын

@@jayloncollins9681 you're wrong

@neonreagan6023

Жыл бұрын

Arkane is bootleg less talented lookingglass studios.

@jayloncollins9681

Жыл бұрын

@@user-kb1su7mg1g not really cause he didn’t play on grand master. You can’t interrupt Oggdo by using blasters.

@yutro213

Жыл бұрын

I think it's unlikely the _whole_ Arkane Studios gets shut down because it has 2 branches: Austin (which _made_ Redfall) and Lyon. If any one the 2 should get shut down that would be Arkane *Austin* especially after spending over 5 years to become "that".

To be honest I love this game. The final fight against Jeffrey Epstein was outstanding, no game can replicate this experience like the great hit game Jedi: Survivor.

@streptococo4735

Жыл бұрын

When Darth Brandon said to Harvey Wenstein "Pizza Time" i started literally crying.

@judgedrekk2981

Жыл бұрын

@@streptococo4735 and when transgender thick & Veiny brought in the beer i was shaking!

@thomasjefferson2676

Жыл бұрын

OMG. I can’t even.

@stevescruby1343

Жыл бұрын

Truly one of the games of all time, and nobody can ever take that away from it.

@judgedrekk2981

Жыл бұрын

@@thomasjefferson2676 THOMAS, yer back....horry shet, a founding father....lolz

I had fun with Fallen Order, and I'd probably have fun with this, but I can't help but think standards have been steadily declining and games that would once be merely decent are now given way more credit than they deserve.

@_dibbs

Жыл бұрын

what you just described is how ive felt about the market for years. for example i like elden ring but i dont think its as good as everyone says it is and it definitely didnt deserve goty but when you compare it to the other nominees its like wow is this a joke? no wonder it won. AAA gaming is fucking dead and the amount of sludge that the biggest companies have been pumping out for years now has significantly lowered the bar for what most consider "a masterpiece" or even just a good game in general. its honestly sad lol

@gabagool6572

Жыл бұрын

@@_dibbs Agreed. I think it's only going to get worse, and honestly, it's affecting indie games now too; a lot of those are either card games, roguelikes, or Metroid clones. I try to keep an eye out for genuinely interesting stuff but it's getting rarer and rarer.

@thetrashcanman7537

Жыл бұрын

Exactly this bland game would never make it years back

@sanji1259

Жыл бұрын

because all boost and hype BULLSHIT! like cyberjunk 2077, warzone2 and stuff!! even witcher3 is completly overrated! but hey, HYPETRAIN! ignore the problems

@topsnek1375

Жыл бұрын

@@thetrashcanman7537 it would have made it just fine.

It's kind of sad that earlier Star Wars games like Jedi Academy were better at selling the power fantasy of being a Jedi than Jedi Survivor, and Academy came out almost twenty years ago.

@HoarselyCry

Жыл бұрын

Picked up Republic Commando on PS4 a couple days ago and I’m having an absolute blast going for the platinum trophy. I’m honestly starting to believe that the PS2 and early PS3 era was the peak of gaming. Those games back then had so much more soul and charm put into them, they just felt so much more alive.

@silkyfi6652

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, you're playing as a padawan who was like 12 when the jedi order was decimated and spent his life in hiding until the events of the first game. It's not even trying to be a power fantasy, the whole game is literally just about trying to survive.

@AJaydedArtist

Жыл бұрын

Survivor isn't a Jedi power fantasy. Cal is just barely above average for a Jedi Knight because he didn't properly finish his training and is mostly self taught. 😂

@ChunskieFartFilms

Жыл бұрын

I don’t play games for a power fantasy because I am not insecure

@themotivatedmaycry9120

Жыл бұрын

Survivor isn’t a power fantasy, that would be more of Force Unleashed

wow a female character allowed to have romantic feelings for a man...don't see much of that nowadays

@foulXD

Жыл бұрын

allowed to have romantic feelings for a white man*

@Me_Myself_Maly

Жыл бұрын

😐

@toothgrinder2760

8 ай бұрын

That actually surprised me. I honestly couldn’t believe it.

@dwecktek

7 ай бұрын

It’s a Numbers game with them. They have to throw at least one out there so we can’t call them out on their bullshit lol it’s a token straight character ha ha

@TheImapotato

6 ай бұрын

she's still the more powerful stoic black hole wielding witch who mocks & scolds Cal & he is a whiny crying bitch so THAT toxic relationship is acceptable...like Rey & Emo Ren

If video games were like this during my childhood, I'd be having more fun doing homework.

@hughjass69933

Жыл бұрын

How many games have you played like five?

@Bobbyfischer-md7vt

Жыл бұрын

nah he’s a synthetic man bootlicker lmao, bro got some sped takes

@callmepsycho3132

Жыл бұрын

@@hughjass69933 You’ve only played five games because you think this game is boring 😡😡😡😡

@xxx-pliskin-sniper-xxx8538

Жыл бұрын

@@hughjass69933 Where did he say that? 😂

@Disconnect350

Жыл бұрын

@@hughjass69933 Owned PS1, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, GBA, Nintendo DS and played over hundred games on PC. Been a gamer for over 20 years. Nice try.

They put 10 times more effort into lightsaber forms in a spin off game then they did in the main line sequel trilogy.

@rover5058

Жыл бұрын

spin off ? this is canon bruh

@lucascoval828

Жыл бұрын

No.

@bigfloppa9594

Жыл бұрын

Most original KZread comment

@lucascoval828

Жыл бұрын

@@bigfloppa9594 🤣🤣🤣

@uraveragewiteguy

Жыл бұрын

Are you brain dead?

the only reviewer i still watch because you are actually honest and review the game from the perspective of a gamer first, not like these self righteous know it all "critics" who gush over fancy camera angels and graphics. anyone can sit there and praise "cinematography" and "art direction".

@led-0185

Жыл бұрын

Do you watch Fleekazoid? He's a fun reviewer too, and he isn't afraid of giving generic games a whooping for being generic. He also hated GoW Ragnarok.

@iCHRIS-x

Жыл бұрын

This guy is just a sad loner who doesn’t like anything just a braindead game like doom

@hughjass69933

Жыл бұрын

@LED-01 The hate for Ragnarok has no basis and Synthetic Man had a shit take on the game.

@Beyond_Immortal

Жыл бұрын

Bingo!

@DirtyDev

Жыл бұрын

@@hughjass69933 enjoy 10hrs of cutscenes and being constantly told how to beat a puzzle before you even have the opportunity to try it.

And let's go dive in another review. Thanks as usual, your reviews are basically one the few lighthouses we have in this dark sea of today's games.

@cdmanjak

Жыл бұрын

@@PS2_Best_Era yeah because it was good..... the fuck

@victors4786

Жыл бұрын

Maluco

@hughjass69933

Жыл бұрын

​@@PS2_Best_Era The RE4 remake is objectivity good 😂

@salazar591

Жыл бұрын

​@@PS2_Best_Eraso did everyone else. Its a great game.

@Rafa-Silva-Alt

Жыл бұрын

@@salazar591 RE4 remake is a pretty decent game and a great remake. They guy above is just a troll.

Absolute state of AAA gaming. Don't even remember when was the last time I've bought a game that is made by one of the major studios

@hughjass69933

Жыл бұрын

Red Dead Redemption 2? God of War and God of War Ragnarok? Insomniac Spider-Man? All fantastic Triple A games.

@ddarkon1223

Жыл бұрын

RE4R? DS remake? GOW? MW22?

@purple_1884

Жыл бұрын

@@hughjass69933 RDR2 was released almost six years ago and I'm not interested in Sony games

@purple_1884

Жыл бұрын

@@ddarkon1223 Both remakes were completely unnecessary. Not interested in Sony games and you SERIOUSLY brought Call of Duty as a "good game"? Lmao

@ddarkon1223

Жыл бұрын

@@purple_1884 so pessimistic, I had a blast with these games, it brought me back to 2005-2010, where I enjoyed both COD and RE

“Just let Star Wars die, guys.” Yes. Absolutely. Even though there is still Andor season 2 but knowing Disney, I think they cannot help themselves in eventually ruin it. We might get to see Mace Windu vs Darth Maul boss fight in Andor series finale that contributes nothing to the story.

@yrooxrksvi7142

Жыл бұрын

Andor is overrated and plodding.

@joshjonson2368

Жыл бұрын

The problem isn't star wars but ea, altho yea the fact Disney owns the iP also kind of leaves it in the mud and unlikely to ever break any ground like it used to

@yrooxrksvi7142

Жыл бұрын

@@joshjonson2368 They threw away the Expanded Universe only to pillage from it constantly. The -Dave Filoni Mary Sue- Ahsoka show is straight up ripping off the Thrawn trilogy.

@joshjonson2368

Жыл бұрын

@@yrooxrksvi7142 this is what happens when you let an overbloated business conglomerate touch anything, they're basically acid to any original idea that had potential

@BWMagus

Жыл бұрын

@@yrooxrksvi7142 It's plodding but it's at least well-written. However, it struggles from lacking an actual fucking PLOT, which is just a baffling oversight. It's more like a series of short stories that just so happen to feature the same guy.

Generally with souls like games, the devs just do not have the ability for imagination and creativity, so they copy other formulas like souls and then at that point we be like seen it done it, boring! All for raping price of $70.00 or more depending on where you are at! This review is fire! Keep more coming!

@hughjass69933

Жыл бұрын

Raping price? Oooff

@GodJack2099

Жыл бұрын

They took some inspiration with the combat and meditation points and that’s it lmao. It’s not just a straight up copy

@junkolover9518

Жыл бұрын

It's rare to actually find creativity in games like this. They're trying to do it methodically, scientifically, with certainty - but creativity doesn't work this way at all. And as the gaming is dominated by businessman, they cannot possibly allow themself to take risks and accept experimental scenarios, taking it safe, copying the success. The ONLY things they can actually make is details and voice actors, it's the only things that don't necessarily require creativity, which is probably why we see super-duper ultra detailed environment. If only people saw that, and rejected such methods of making games, we could've had a whole different situation right now, with innovation and experiments, as it was in 80s, 90s and 2000s. But this is long gone now, people are too easily swayed by the graphics and copy-pasted features.

@christopherlyndsay8611

Жыл бұрын

It’s literally just a genre of game that Souls created lmao, it’s not copying. It’s like saying a music band is copying the style of the first band to do a genre of music like post punk - they’re literally just playing the genre of music.

@princessazulablue

11 ай бұрын

@@junkolover9518 💯

No matter how bad the initial release of this game was, it isn't nearly as bad as garbage redfall

@Sgt.ArchDornan

Жыл бұрын

I hope you arent about to call this game a masterpiece

@hughjass69933

Жыл бұрын

​@Dman LucasArts has nothing to do with the performance problems of this game.

@YawnYea

Жыл бұрын

@Sgt. Arch Dornan not even close, my original comment was me talking shit about redfall due to how awful that is, but yes so far jedi survivor has been awful as well

@Sgt.ArchDornan

Жыл бұрын

@@YawnYea good!

Game is okayish for being AAA slop. It's funny how the protagonist is the last white man in the galaxy, everyone else is "vaguely ethnic" or an alien. Also Sands of Time is a game from 2003, can we please invent other traversal mechanics? And no, an -automatic- hook is not going to cut it

@cruxlamar9681

Жыл бұрын

Might have to play the 300 other games a white cast then

@diglo123

Жыл бұрын

Bro I'd been surprised if a video game nowadays felt as good as the traversing did in sands of time. Not comparable.

@GodJack2099

Жыл бұрын

He’s not even the only white man in the game bro wtf 💀

@choochootrain2145

Жыл бұрын

​@@cruxlamar9681 stay mad LOLOLOLOL

@thegoldavenger.3829

Жыл бұрын

Bro…it’s an entire fucking galaxy why tf wouldn’t there be aliens

7:35 They really should've just let you switch to any of the 5 stances on the fly, like how DMC has handled it since 4.

@residentidiot5998

Жыл бұрын

My bad, I forgot 3 only got that in the Switch port.

@hitlord

Жыл бұрын

Weird thing is, in Fallen Order you could. From the video here, looks like you can switch only between 2, the first game had 3 and you switch between all of them. Very weird design choice on their part.

@hitlord

Жыл бұрын

@@trustworthytim4762 Oh yeah, you're right. For some reason the separated double blade stuck in my head like it was an entire fighting style. My bad, disregard the previous comment.

@hitlord

Жыл бұрын

@@trustworthytim4762 The hitboxes on almost every non-human enemy in the game atrocious, good lord. I haven't touched the new one yet (gonna wait a cool 2 years on it or something, until they fix everything, remove Denuvo, discount it), but I'm surprised they brought back the atrocious hitboxes from the first. If there was one thing they should have improved, it's definitely this.

@donstone2884

Жыл бұрын

nope! :) only 2 at a time and if you wanna use the other 3 you gotta stop at a meditation point because no fun allowed okay? :)

The first game was really great as well but the map design was a little complicated. I'm waiting to get this for around 30 bucks, I don't pay full price for new games.

@hipdrive

Жыл бұрын

Its a single player game, just torrent it for free

@TheRiverintheRoad

Жыл бұрын

@@hipdrive it has denuvo

@hipdrive

Жыл бұрын

@@TheRiverintheRoad russian crackers dont care about that

@kiyavas1879

11 ай бұрын

​@TheRiverintheRoad don't people jailbreak that shit like in a week

if you want to experience peak lightsaber combat in a game that takes skill you should play Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy. in my opinion the gameplay still holds up to today

@LumosX

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Outcast. I love Academy and its levels to bits, but Outcast is the better game in terms of narrative. No one can compare to Kyle Katarn.

@Krysnha

Жыл бұрын

Agree, watch the combat in that game and compare with these, i wonder, why they cant just do that, why they chase souls game, i have play that game ad well, i can see wy they wouldnt do it today, the combat is hard and i know they will not allow oyu to play as a twilek in bikini, also in that game the ligthsabers, were amaizing yes you have force powers but the meat was the ligth sabers

@inslayerclone4679

Жыл бұрын

Agree i wish they made a souls game with Jedi knight combat

@creatorsfreedom6734

Жыл бұрын

a og GG. ​ @Lumos is that a sequele ?

@LumosX

Жыл бұрын

@@creatorsfreedom6734 Jedi Academy is a sequel to Outcast, and continues the story from Outcast. I'd start with Oucast first.

Seeing other games do something similar to the OG DarkBloodSoulEldenSekiro games makes you appreciate how streamlined those games are. Dodge rolls and attacks have exactly the amount of frames you expect them to. It feels responsive. When you get hit, your timing was off. Evidenced by people doing level 1 runs of Dark Souls, you CAN avoid every single hit, it's just hard. Then some company tries to copy and it turns out bad.

@bipolarexpress9827

Жыл бұрын

Get ready for more copycats due to Elden Rings success.

@BWMagus

Жыл бұрын

Eh, no, it doesn't; they don't have what I "expect" them to, it's unresponsive and counter-intuitive. That said, yes, you can eventually break yourself of reasonable expectations and learn the game to a T, sure, but it's annoying as shit that virtually nothing goes like you'd expect it to right off the bat.

@chickenpasta7359

Жыл бұрын

every single From game besides DS2 shows how important a good system is. while not every From game is perfect the core mechanic to them all is always satisfying and actually feels rewarding, outside of some weird changes they made to it in Elden Ring

@wasabcwasabc

Жыл бұрын

@@chickenpasta7359 shit opinion. ds2 > all

@slynt_

Жыл бұрын

@@BWMagus You have been mentally trained too hard by AAA slop button-mash games. Unlearn the casual play-style by playing more Souls and you will never want to go back.

The main thing I noticed when I booted up the game was the way it felt, it felt very choppy but got used to it quickly. The story was very nice for me getting to see the conflict with cal and him trying to not turn to the dark side and remembering the past and all the memories from the old game. Once those bug fixes get implemented into the game it’ll be very good and definitely better feeling. Least favorite thing was the big creatures I played on the hardest difficulty and got one shot by everything so that was fun. I like this review it does show the flaws of the game and you point them out well, good video.

Honestly as a star wars fan, i love this game. Compared to other games that came out since the new gen era that are $70, its definetly worth the buy on console (not pc as of now) and its a must buy for star wars fans. Btw modern games are not worth $70. Also, the this game is definetly much better than the first, it improved in a lot or ways so the third game should be a masterpiece starwars game if they keep this up.

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@Kernwadi

Жыл бұрын

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@WordBearer48

Жыл бұрын

China man bad

@smoothduck7151

Жыл бұрын

And my axe 🪓

@gokigenyou9524

Жыл бұрын

@@WordBearer48 -10000 social credit points

@r.e.z9428

Жыл бұрын

[The United States Government will ignore this]

This game will be probably nominated for GOTY, this is how bad things have gotten.

@Blackreaper95

Жыл бұрын

Zelda probably going to take that

@BullyMaguirejr

Жыл бұрын

@@Blackreaper95 if the goty still matter? Yes, today? I don't think so.

@Rafa-Silva-Alt

Жыл бұрын

I don't know if this is GOTY material, but considering the other games, well, it's decent enough. I'm happy for having this game overall.

@billywashere6965

Жыл бұрын

@@Rafa-Silva-Alt Hilariously, it's competing with woke regurgitation material like Redfall. So GOTY is either going to Starfield (if it's not completely broken at release, but it likely will be) or Zelda, because Nintendo -- despite their faults -- still actually make working, good games.

@HelghastSniper

Жыл бұрын

@@Rafa-Silva-Alt It's not, but given how bad microsoft releases were recently, starfield is going to be a total disaster.

The Force Unleashed did everything BETTER. How can you beat fighting Jedi while serving as Vader's apprentice, pulling a star destroyer out of the sky and seeing the Rebellion's inception? I'm glad Disney never put their disgusting hands on TFU. I miss George Lucas' Star Wars. Before Disney turned it into "muh black lesbian space fantasy."

@Stampenar

Жыл бұрын

Amen.

@cdmanjak

Жыл бұрын

lmao except it was as pussy as possible starkiller turns good and fights vader FU is the most disney star wars story possible its even canon still

@teamrocketjoe1621

Жыл бұрын

​@CdmanJak not really. If you think about it, Starkiller's story was organic. He started off as a cruel, merciless assassin; killing Jedi and fighters for good without remorse. After killing more and more, he realized he had a more important purpose to serve for the good of the galaxy. He helped rescue the Rebel leaders he previously duped into a trap and sacrificed his life, so they would bring freedom to the Galaxy. Classic. It's canon to me, but not to Disney.

@JayM1989

Жыл бұрын

Lol no

@veeay-k8398

Жыл бұрын

@@teamrocketjoe1621 Get some of that cum off your mouth.

Honestly this game just makes me want to play Force Unleashed. Oh man retro review maybe??

@hughjass69933

Жыл бұрын

Mid game with a great VA. It's overly loved because of nostalgia.

@borginburkes1819

Жыл бұрын

@@hughjass69933it was a decent hack and slash

@headshotmaster138

Жыл бұрын

@@hughjass69933 Cope and Seethe with that shitty redditor argument.

@topsnek1375

Жыл бұрын

@@borginburkes1819 Id say the only thing it got right was the power fantasy.

@borginburkes1819

Жыл бұрын

@@topsnek1375 definitely. I enjoyed it as a 9 year old Star Wars fan. But Now that I’m older, its mediocrity stands out

The Rancor can be heavily damaged by picking up the bones in the pit and throwing them at him when his mouth is open.

@SonofTiamat

Жыл бұрын

Just like in the movie

@gokigenyou9524

Жыл бұрын

Hello you

@fearoc2613

Жыл бұрын

He is nowhere near smart enough to know, let alone comprehend that

@physical_insanity

Жыл бұрын

Would be nice if the game hinted at that at all.

@lucascoval828

Жыл бұрын

@@physical_insanity Then Synthetic Man would lose his shit over it.

Good honest review as usual sir, keep it up.

Yeah, because nothing makes you feel like a Jedi more than swinging a lightsaber around like a lunatic, hitting everything in sight about 1,000 times each, and waiting for your mana---I mean FORCE bar to replenish.

@toowingless9473

Жыл бұрын

Surely you’re referring to the force unleashed

You know its bad when Mass Effect feels more like Star Wars game than actual Star Wars game.

@redman9493

Жыл бұрын

Which is funny considering Mass Effect feels more like a Star Trek game, with a dash of Babylon 5.

@lum1notryc828

Жыл бұрын

U must hate andor then, which is the best show star wars has had lmao

@ExtremeMan10

Жыл бұрын

@@redman9493 ye, but the joke is that both IPs are now property of EA.

@tugboat6940

Жыл бұрын

What? How???

@SyndicateOperative

Жыл бұрын

@@redman9493 In all fairness, ME1, at least, is basically a love letter to all space operas.

I'm glad you mentioned all the climbing i felt it was so long and overdone

Was waiting for this one nice vid as always dude

Force Unleashed will never be topped.

@UltimateCarDrawer567

Жыл бұрын

AHH the usual old game is better than new take 😂

@LetoII1994

Жыл бұрын

I thought the Jedi Knight games and KOTR were better. But it is better than Survivor and Fallen Order.

@brock2443

Жыл бұрын

@@UltimateCarDrawer567 You should really give those PS2 action games a chance. They are quite fun.

You know the game is very well made when the company that published it has to warns their consumers about its performance issues

I hate how much I enjoy synthetic reviews. It seems like he’s forced to play crap so we don’t have to

@mrshmuga9

Жыл бұрын

Someone’s gotta review games more accurately. Or review in detail what the actual viewer cares about.

@wthjinx1449

Жыл бұрын

@@mrshmuga9 this view doesn’t make sense? How is he helping you in any way he’s giving you his view on somewhere you clearly or clearly not may feel the same. It’s your job to listen and take it in and do as you wish. Half of his complaints aren’t validated at all besides personal annoyances and preferences. Like someone saying hey bro don’t play Elden ring because the bosses want to hit trade and I don’t like that. So what now you’re not going to play it? Always question people own self independence when I go into comment sections like this.

@mrshmuga9

Жыл бұрын

@@wthjinx1449 Most reviews are maybe 5-8 minutes long which I don’t find comprehensive at all. It’s basically only enough time to say what you can already see/assume in trailers. Because you have to cover so many parts of the game in that time that gameplay doesn’t get covered in any depth. They’re virtually useless reviews, that’s partly why people just skip to the number/rating. Because that score does a better job conveying what they think than what they actually say. “Are you not gonna play a game because he doesn’t like it?” No, that’s stupid. I’m not gonna rewatch to check for this specifically, but the difference is he typically explains why he does/doesn’t like something in detail. And if what he describes bothers me, I’ll make a note of it. If not, I won’t worry. Most reviews are surface level where I wouldn’t even know [insert info] because they briefly mention it exists, and moves on. Not all games are long or all that complex, so a shorter review will suffice, but others could use more detail and simply don’t get it. Simply because they have an arbitrary quota to stay within a certain bracket for every review regardless. And some KZreadrs follow that pattern because they saw/learned it from watching big sites do it (which probably did it because it gains the most watch time at that length, and means getting to another review quicker, rather than because it serves the game/viewer well). Not saying reviews should be an hour long or anything either, but they should probably be closer to 12-15 minutes to have enough time to introduce various things _and_ explain them in enough detail to better represent the game. We can _see_ a lot, and most of that is what’s talked about in reviews, but we can’t see the controls or feel what it’s like to play. That needs more explanation and it rarely does.

That thumbnail had me HOWLINGGGG😭😭 why Cere look like that😂😂

Christ almighty - These characters look like people who drink Bud light. Yea that's right - I said it....

I don't get why most of these Western action "RPGs" [looking at you, Hogwarts Legacy, Forbidden West, and nu-AC] give you AI companions with decently fleshed-out movesets, but not fully playable party members. Hell, even FFXVI is doing it.

@BWMagus

Жыл бұрын

Not really worth it. I'm not saying it wouldn't be fun, but that's alot of work and 90% of players would never do it.

@xXSilentAgent47Xx

Жыл бұрын

@@BWMagus That's true. I still don't see why people demand that feature in games. It's pointless like hundred of wishes in GTAO. I wished for Hydra and used it couple times. Was excited. After that nope. Not anymore. People requested casino in GTAO yet i don't see anyone playing it anymore. So as other things. It is nice to have but you clearly see that just minority would love to be in it which bunch of everyone else don't use it anymore. Back in GTA SA i got in 2004 i only used few times gang members and not anymore. And some of those times were just required for 2 missions.

@BWMagus

Жыл бұрын

@@xXSilentAgent47Xx Everyone has their wishlist of things that sound cool. Most people either don't think through what it means, or only care for their own fun despite being a clear minority. Games are really all about playing in a pre-made play area with specific tools, and there's a logic to both of those things people often ignore or don't understand.

@lucascoval828

Жыл бұрын

No.

Its a shame that lightsabers even in the new games are kinda nerfed. How cool would be to get a Metal Gear Rising like combat for a Star Wars game?

@Ayahuasca98

Ай бұрын

Play Jedi academy. That game is the only game that truly understands how sabers works.

Just play Jedi Knight: Outcast or Jedi Knight: Academy if you want a good Jedi action game.

@AlternateKek

Жыл бұрын

If you do install the extreme violence mod for kill bill style blood sprays

@bloop1470

Жыл бұрын

Idk if it’s nostalgia or I’m just crazy, but those games are janky asf.

Rancor had that attack magnetism

I really like that you had monster hunter world music in there. I noticed the Wildspire Waste and Rajang themes. By the way, which weapon do you use? Mine is the Lance. On the video, thanks for being you doing what many others could not -but more importantly, would not do.

For a AAA title, The animations are so janky and weightless. the way he runs, moves, fights, etc. Nothing feels natural

@CyanSaberKnight

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing, the animations look worse than Fallen Order. I just completed that game recently and was about to get Jedi Survivor, and just by looking at the way the character moves in combat looks pretty bad. Also the effects on the light saber when it hits an enemy there is barely any sparks at all. Doesn't look satisfying to swing the saber around, but hopefully mods will fix that eventually.

@deadsec3554

Жыл бұрын

@@CyanSaberKnight feels like animations were baked in 30 fps. So game is running at higher frames but animation is lower fps

@tadpolegaming4510

Жыл бұрын

That's what happens when the whole team is diversity hires

@Greez1337

Жыл бұрын

It's all mo capped. Hand done animation really sells character action way better.

I am glad you don't completely hate this game because it really is one of my favorites as a massive Star Wars fan. I ate up Fallen Order and Survivor didn't run bad on my Xbox at all on launch day. The story was actually immaculate and surprisingly, was surprising. Most Star Wars media nowadays is so predictable and boring, but JS actually had me on the edge of my seat. Such a great game

9:03 I am just gonna correct a small thing, all the stances can parry via pressing L1 the thing that makes the dual wield interesting to use is that you can cancel out of any atk animation you are in by either just pressing L1 or by actually just normal parry which also just cancel out of your atk animation

@LeonCurry-ir3jg

Жыл бұрын

Synth actually just added a comment on that.

Is there even a single person who thinks Debra Wilson is pleasant to the eye?

@airstorulthuan3702

Жыл бұрын

no

Fallen Order was okay as a game by itself, but because of how entrenched it is into Disney Wars canon I ultimately did not have much love for it and I sadly don’t care much for Survivor either by proxy. Only reason I even played Fallen in the first place was because a friend lent it to me. Frankly I’ll stick with the games from the actual canon, Force Unleashed (ignoring the second game) and the Jedi Knight games (Jedi Academy still plays extremely well despite its age).

@hughjass69933

Жыл бұрын

Kind of an asinine viewpoint. Cal is alot more interesting compared to Galen Marek. Who is way too OP for Star Wars.

@sirgs5662

Жыл бұрын

​​​​@@hughjass69933 is he really? By that metric every named character jedi who appeared in the clone wars cartoon is also way too OP for the setting, galen wasn't really anything special he just got way more opportunities to be some god of war esque mary sue character than anyone else due to the developers jerking him off every chance they got

@alexkogan9755

Жыл бұрын

@@hughjass69933 Irrelevant. Disney Wars canon means nothing to me regardless of who it is.

@hughjass69933

Жыл бұрын

@@alexkogan9755 The Force Unleashed isn't even Legends canon either. Galen Marek is ridiculously OP and a Gary Sue.

@hughjass69933

Жыл бұрын

@@sirgs5662 Not really. If we're talking about the CG animated series. The Force Unleashed games are like an alternate reality where everyone is more powerful then they should be.

Synthetic Man is one of the few who actually review games for the gameplay instead of lazily summarizing the whole story and calling it a review.

Thank you for the review good sir! May the 4th be with you

Love the content Synth man keep it up

Why Disney is obsessed with cramming everything into the small window of time of "Original Trilogy or thereabouts" is beyond me. Literally nothing of consequence can happen, because we have to account for the movies. I miss the old days, when we had games like Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2 (3,000 years before the Prequels), and Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy (New Jedi Order, with Luke as Grand Master at his new academy on Yavin IV)-games before the dark times; games before Disney.

Fought the rancor for so long, but honestly it was worth it cause all the practice on that made getting used to the combat easier, after not playing the first one for a while

I think the weirdest part of the combat is that enemies even have healthbars. It's a lightsaber. It isn't something you can shrug off. But you'll see regular raiders somehow blocking and taking dozens of hits from a lightsaber and not really reacting. Lightsaber fights have always ended after you break the guard and land the strike. Qui-Gon went down from the first strike, and so did Maul. Anakin got his hand removed and then the fight between him an Dooku was over. Disney likes to play fast and loose with what a lightsaber can and cannot do. For example, no matter what the Mandalorian tells you, Beskar will not block a lightsaber. Or blaster bolts. Is it more resistant to basters? Yes. Impervious? No. Some Stormtroopers even have a shield that can block blasters and lightsabers and I have to wonder, what is the point of that? They're trained soldiers already covered from head to toe in armor, they should be using cover, not a dinner plate. Seriously. Lightsabers went from a weapon that will kill you if you allow it to land to a glowing baseball bat. And while we're at it why are the Empire portrayed the way they are? The soldiers are just standing around in random places in small groups, standing at the edges of cliffs. Why aren't they storming Rebel bases? What are they doing out in the wild? These games leave out the best part of Star Wars. The Wars.

@SuperMicklovin

Жыл бұрын

Yeah its almost like its a video game

@naytny5819

Жыл бұрын

its a video game dawg lol, the same logic applies to any weapon

@whispersinvenice

9 ай бұрын

wahh wahh wahh

@HickoryDickory86

9 ай бұрын

Disney even disallowed lightsaber dismemberment. You know, something that has been featured from the very beginning of the franchise until Disney wolfed it? Yeah, nope, not allowed. Disney lightsabers are just the police batons from Futurama now. And thosr were meant to be parodies. Disney Star Wars is a trite parody of Star Wars.

@Plutonia001

8 ай бұрын

Before this game was released I had an idea how to fix the combat. Just don't have health bars. Only have a stance meter. If you don't press the block button, you do a desperation move that blocks the enemy's attack and you lose a lot of your meter. If you do block, you strain yourself blocking and lose some of the bar. If you block perfectly, you inflict stance damage and receive none yourself. If your bar is too low and you fail to perfect block, you lose your stance and have a short cooldown where you can't get hit, you have to physically avoid hits, or you instantly die. Instead of health kits you could have a limited number of Force ability to refill your stance, to "refocus" so to speak. Also, obviously, any enemy that can't avoid or block a superheated plasma blade is killed with one hit, unless the creature is really big, or a droid that just loses a limb. Then it gets injured, and you can find a window to deal a killing blow.

Have you gotten around to trying Sifu yet? There is a learning curve to it, but I think you'd like it. If you want the real experience, don't do the training mode, but if you're getting frustrated, it's a good supplement.

16:39 When your "friendly" Rancor knows how to Force Pull as well. HHAHAHAAHAHHAHAAA

I've been using the dual wield sabers the entire game. I think they are by far the best stance. The attacks don't do as much damage than the other stances but the swings are a lot faster. You can parry attacks. With a bit of practices it's not too difficult. The best part is that you can easily cancel a combo by pressing block. This stops you from getting locked into a combo. Overall I really liked it.

They threw in a random boss fight with Vader that is literally just to have him in the game. He shows up and says he’s only there for Cere even though she’s completely irrelevant, and then just fucks off. If he’s there because his job is to kill any remaining Jedi then why didn’t he care about Cal? He’s been actively causing problems for the empire, but Vader is only interested in killing Cere… That was kinda stupid.

@James_Bee

Жыл бұрын

The whole story for both games is.... not great.

@Studmuffin001

Жыл бұрын

Vader was badly damaged if he went after cal he probably would have lost

@giggity4670

Жыл бұрын

And vader did not really look powerful in this game he was beaten nearly to death he is meant to be the most scary and powerful but nearly died to a will smith's wife look alike.

@Studmuffin001

Жыл бұрын

@@giggity4670 Vader has nearly died to many Jedi throughout his hunting cere is meant to be one of the better fighters in the order, she is a Jedi master after all, Vader doesn’t take her seriously at first, which was his mistake, once she drops the library on top of him, his whole mood changes

@arscente3279

Жыл бұрын

Vader didn’t know if Cal was still alive. He also wasn’t just there for Cere, but to kill whoever was at the base and destroy the archives. She just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.

I'm glad you mentioned the stupidity of making a great sword light saber being slow to swing. I get that it needs to have some kind of drawback or it would make the normal saber obsolete, but weight? That's just a braindead effort.

@bloop1470

Жыл бұрын

I mean, in canon the lightsabers are heavy- so idk :p

@BWMagus

Жыл бұрын

@@bloop1470 That's never been mentioned in anything canon. But even if that's true in the EU, it's the HILT that's heavy, not the blade.

Dude. Thank you for this review. I played Fallen Order and this game. You hit on all my gripes. It’s a fun game but there a ton of frustrating features and it’s really overrated in terms of story and gameplay. You’re very honest and it’s refreshing

Finally actual reviewer

@iCHRIS-x

Жыл бұрын

This guy is just a sad loner who doesn’t like anything just a braindead game like doom

@GrizZ12xmiLUL

Жыл бұрын

Finally an actual comment

@wthjinx1449

Жыл бұрын

Yes an actual review because it says something negative? Lol what

Debra Wilson holding her own against Darth Vader was a slap in the face to the player.

He said the game is fun. That's all a game needs to be and that's all I need to hear.

@thegoldavenger.3829

Жыл бұрын

Based opinion

@BWMagus

Жыл бұрын

He said it was fun-ish, when it wasn't frustrating or repetitive. That's fairly iffy.

@lucascoval828

Жыл бұрын

Nailed it.

As a Souls fan, I have to say I'm tired of souls combat. The Souls games are great but we have those games and I'm just sick of everyone copying each other's game design just because they see one game is popular they say to themselves "I can do that too" it's just completely over saturating the market with let's be honest inferior versions of souls. And I agree with you about the Uncharted/Tomb Raider climbing it really doesn't need to be in every game and it's 100% padding game time just like the puzzles.

@murderman8578

Жыл бұрын

That's how Buisness works

@SCHIERKE481

Жыл бұрын

even god of bore's combat was inspired by bloodborne's

@DatLazyBoi

Жыл бұрын

Uh,then play different games instead?

@user-ku2hr8bo7d

Жыл бұрын

@@SCHIERKE481 it is better than bloodborne at least when it comes to moves and weapons and the game rewards you for being aggressive if you are skilled enough unlike bloodborne,the only worse thing is the enemey varitey even the armors are better.

@user-ku2hr8bo7d

Жыл бұрын

@@PS2_Best_Era they have good level design and enemey varitey but the combat is nothing remarkable and the bosses are annoying and lack depth for the most part.

“Random difficulty spikes” *flashback to livestream*

Jesus! Debra Wilson’s face… the horror

@LumosX

Жыл бұрын

She looked worse in the first game.

@BullyMaguirejr

Жыл бұрын

@@LumosX Doesn't matter, still look like shit.

@HrvojeGrahovac

Жыл бұрын

@@LumosX At closer look, Cal looks like Adin Ross while Cere looks like Kai Cenat transitioned

i was only able to play a bit on someone else’s console, but i played on grand master and turned on the tweak that adds realistic damage. that makes this game so good imo, because your lightsaber is actually deadly and you can also die really quickly if you make a mistake. it raises the stakes and makes it so much more satisfying because you have that jedi power level

I would love to see your redfall review

I completely agree with this review im tired of every game that isnt uncharted having garbage climbing and puzzles just let me kill stuff with a lightsaber

I’ve honestly really liked the game as one of the few remaining Star Wars fans, performance is annoying but it works fine. Makes good additions to the first game, gameplay was fun, story was pretty cool with the ties to other Star Wars lore. Probably some of the only good stuff under Disney.

@arscente3279

Жыл бұрын

I agree. After beating it, I honestly don’t see how the story and characters can be considered badly written. I also didn’t think the dialogue even reached Marvel tier like Synthetic claimed. Just a few attempts at humor that fall flat.

@amaze2173

Жыл бұрын

@@arscente3279 I can see where he got the idea of them having marvel like humor but that was a few throwaway lines, vast majority was serious. He probably thinks that about the story and characters because he didn’t finish the game yet, I literally just finished it myself 20 minutes ago and it was great

@BWMagus

Жыл бұрын

@@amaze2173 If the story only gets good at the end, it's not a very good story.

@amaze2173

Жыл бұрын

@@BWMagus I disagree, I thought the opening was quite good with ninth sister and his team dying as well as the plot with Dagan and Rayvis. I will admit compared to the first game where it’s opening directly tied into the rest of the narrative this story was not as well connected it still put foreword a lot of good creative ideas consistently even if it was a bit slow around the middle

@lucaschudleigh7193

9 ай бұрын

How is the writing good? Please, explain why you think that writing is objectively “good” 😂

12:56 - The biggest benefit of the dual stance is being able to cancel attacks into blocks/parries, this helps sooo much in the overwhelming fights and even in the monster boss fights for reacting to fast attack wind-ups. Think that is it's most significant feature and you probably would've had more fun knowing that option is there and when you'd want to switch to it.

Can someone tell me what song Synthetic Man is using around 21:17. I'd love to figure it out so I can listen to it separately.

@joesomebody3365

8 ай бұрын

Thanks to random commenters mentioning some of the songs in the background were from Rachet & Clank I did some searching and finally figured it out. The song that comes on around 21:17 is "Ratchet & Clank - Novalis - Tobruk Crater".

Modern gaming is so depressing. They've sucked the joy out of every facet of it. From greedy developers, shitty studios, greedy hardware companies. It's impossible to build a mid grade PC for under $800 and run games at high settings anymore. Even if you could, the games are so broken and unoptimized it wouldn't matter.

@BWMagus

Жыл бұрын

That's not because of "greedy hardware companies", it's because of international wars and politics causing shortages.

@Slider712

Жыл бұрын

@@BWMagus politics of wanting to make more money by limiting supply, sure. The prices are artificially inflated.

I was very disappointed that they didn’t fix the holes in the combat from the first game Enemy attack tracking, janky hit boxes, and somehow it seems they didn’t test some parts on Jedi grandmaster The first game felt very balanced on grandmaster but this one has abrupt difficulty spikes Some of the enemies has some shitty design as well

@wthjinx1449

Жыл бұрын

I don’t agree with that at all, only hit boxes that are crazy is bode grab and rayvis sling. I played on gm beat it entirely on it actually different situations need different styles. The difficulty does spike yes but parrying trivialize all of it or switching To a different stance

@stevenarnett4471

Жыл бұрын

@@wthjinx1449 differing opinions I guess. I beat every boss in the first game, no hit, on grandmaster so I’m not saying I think these things are bad just because I’m not used to it. I just thoroughly believe this game is nowhere near the polish of the FromSoftware games that it draws inspiration from

@jerkopatrik

Жыл бұрын

I loved both games, but how is Fallen Order balanced bro. Late game Cal rips Trilla’s spine out in a matter of a minute even on grandmaster. Spamming slow, the dual wield force attack and BD replenishing your force meter to full after every stim breaks the game completely. You scale into oblivion in that game.

@jerkopatrik

Жыл бұрын

@@wthjinx1449 I think some red attacks are purposely made to be double jumped for the players who don’t have the exact frame reactions to do a perfect evade on the homing missile attacks (like me). It was frustrating at first, but after learning about the jumping over his grab mechanic it actually always meant literal free damage for me.

The fighting was really fun, wish there was more of it

26:00 But the game is not about being a badass jedi. I won't pretend this game isn't overrated but you're going into it with entirely the wrong mindset if you think it's a power fantasy about being a badass jedi.

is that will smith's wife in the thumbnail

@giggity4670

Жыл бұрын

I thought it was her when play the game thinking why the hell she in this game to only find out it not her but sure does look like her.

@lucascoval828

Жыл бұрын

@@giggity4670 MaDTV.

Dark Souls and its consequences have been a disaster to the video game industry.

@marcoschneider4269

Жыл бұрын

😂

@BWMagus

Жыл бұрын

I mean, is it fair to blame Dark Souls because of there are knockoffs? Isn't that true of every popular trend?

@schreursalain2968

Жыл бұрын

There have been so many "soulslike" games already, Elden Ring being the latest "hyped up" one, most players are getting sick of it. Games like this one all have the same thing in common : Story : zero, Gameplay : bugridden , Combat : repetitive , Character depth : none. I think it's about time some developer gets an idea what "open world" should feel and look like : A great story, engaging characters, terrific (not always 'challenging') combat and amazing graphics that don't look washed out. Oh, and don't forget to lose the "parry to win" mechanic.

@chickenpasta7359

Жыл бұрын

what does this comment even mean? its not From's fault that other people decided to blatantly rip off a formula they created and mimicked in a shit way. saying that Dark Souls itself is a consequence on the gaming industry isn't fair when its uninspired people who don't know how to make their own unique ideas

@wat7464

Жыл бұрын

@@chickenpasta7359 Where in the comment does he blame Fromsoft? Whether it's Fromsofts fault or not dosen't even matter in this discussion because the effect of the popularity of Dark Souls has had on the game industry remain the same. It has caused many games to have the same lack luster combat as the Souls games has, gone are the stylish and engaging combat system that many third person games used to have for the sake of making them more 'souls like'.

*They added the L3 + R3 super slow move because later in the game it becomes Ginger Rage Mode, ala Spartan Rage from God of War 2018 & Ragnarok. The end boss literally has a moment that is copy pasted straight out of God of War 2018 during the climactic fight with Baldr that Freya is constantly interrupting. *Asterisk because I'm posting this only 5 minutes into the video.

As a big fan of From Soft’s formula, I did pick up the first game on a Steam sale a while back. I was actually quite enjoying it, until I got to a segment on Kashyyk where the game kept crashing on my PC and I was unable to find any kind of solution to my issue. If I can someday get the game to continue on and complete it, I could see myself picking this one up after it’s been fixed and on sale down the line.

@Ay-xq7mj

Жыл бұрын

I had same issue and simply verified games files. Note though I got origin/EA version for free so I dont know if they are exactly the same. Also for me the crash was sporadic and on Illum. I exited a cave and would have crash after or during a encounter. (was farming XP)

Synthetic chuds we just can't stop winning

@razorwireneck

Жыл бұрын

gaming has fallen

@ToastyCubes

Жыл бұрын

millions must uninstall; the industry is collapsing.

@Sgt.ArchDornan

Жыл бұрын

Gaming is truly over 😔👆

@321Leviathan

Жыл бұрын

Billions must alt+f4

@bmuller7471

Жыл бұрын

can't believe the only game I've played in 2023 is a crapcom game on PC. crapcom used to be terrible in general and even worse when it came to their PC ports. we truly are witnessing the downfall of the post modern AAA gaming.

Greetings from Poland! I'm 33 and have been very disappointed with new AAA games for a long time. GoW Ragnarok is the best example. However, I could not describe the reasons for this disappointment. You hit the nail on the head with your material. Great job and great channel!

@SSS333-AAA

Жыл бұрын

amen, i love these thought out comments typed by people who aren't grubby normies. every video he makes i check the comments and the normies are always saying some of the dumbest things i have ever heard.

Wow an actual good video by you!

everything you say is spot on. they've fixed the performance issues and i picked it up on sale, but it was just frustrating and pointless. I couldnt wait for it to end

10/10 thumbnail

As a Star Wars fan and nerd, Lightsabers are not just beams of light. They also have mass and have weight to them. But yes I agree with you, the crossgaurd is too slow for this game.

@BWMagus

Жыл бұрын

Not really in the movies; that's some EU non-canon stuff. It's precisely why lightsabers are swung around like flashlights.

@GB-22

Жыл бұрын

@@BWMagus Yeah in the movies too. Earliest intervies with George Lucas he instucted his actors to treat them like they had more weight than you would think. It is cannon they have weight.

You can block and parry with the dual-wield lightsaber! I use it and the cross guard saber. Cross guard is annoying af with how slow it is but it break the guard of a lot of the annoying melee enemies

Apart from performance issues I loved this game. It was fantastic. You can jump on the hype train, or you can finish it and form your own opinions.😊

@lucaschudleigh7193

9 ай бұрын

I wasn’t able to finish the game, due to the hideous writing. Luckily, I was still able to form an opinion: the game is shit.

I had fun, definitely not anything crazy. I'm more in it for the story of Cal and it being SW. Also played on story mode so I could feel like a badass like it should be. No performance issues on Series X, worth my money

I trust this review because it’s got music from OG Ratchet and Clank

welcome back bro

To quote Sheev Palpatine "I can feel your anger. It gives you focus, makes you stronger!"

So in this game, you use Kestis flasks

@RaineErasmusWalker

16 күн бұрын

nice

During my playthrough I too felt like there's not enough skill points. After 100% the game, I had 10 skill points I couldn't spent, because I was maxed out already

@virgil8284

Жыл бұрын

it’s infinite you can get an infinite amount of skill point i have like 80 something right now im assuming its for resetting your skills like maybe you wanna take the good skills away to make the game more challenging but honestly its beyond me

@mrj1897

Жыл бұрын

“After 100% the game, I had 10 skill points I couldn’t spent, because I maxed out already” hmm, i sure do hate it when I 100% the game and I’ve maxed out on my skill trees,

@judgedrekk2981

Жыл бұрын

@@virgil8284 that's stupid....why do infinite past what you can spend? eww don;t want anyone not using all the skills right?? seriously do people not see the stupidity of that? you've maxed out your skills there;s no more reason to ever earn another skill point after that....

@mrj1897

Жыл бұрын

@@virgil8284 it’s not really necessary tho, if it locked you out of certain skills depending on how many upgrades you have then I’d get it. It would encourage builds for cal, same way the Perk system does that. It should’ve been locked the minute you max on all skill trees otherwise

@alexfc679

Жыл бұрын

@derpy alien for someone who hates Synthetic man, you sure comment a lot. you know what they say... your biggest haters are your biggest fans!

Great review!

Can anyone confirm if the game runs any better now on ps5 after a few launch updates? Thinking about buying the game maybe

The fact anyone thought the first was a "good" starwars game to be disappointed by this one is the most baffling part. I only wish I'd "bought" it earlier because it showed exactly the level of writing quality in Kenobi and book of boba Fett. Quintessential Disney Star wars.

I am having a blast playing this game, and I've had no issues so far, knock on wood 🤷🏽‍♂️

Great vid

Wish you would do a part 2 talk about the story hahah, like the playing as black woman with no hair xD

@MesserMusic

Жыл бұрын

What’s so bad about that? It’s literally just one fight

You should stream Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. Especially since it was Arkane's first game and now they're getting dunked on rightfully for Redfall.

Synthetic Man with the goodies

Been waiting for this