Is Star Wars Jedi: Survivor good? – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Review Roundup

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is the sequel to the well-received Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order from Respawn Entertainment. The action-adventure game, set roughly five years after the events of Fallen Order, continues Cal Kestis and BD-1’s story as their try to evade the Empire. With Jedi Survivor releasing on 28 April 2023, early reviews are in; here’s what they’ve got to say:

What is the Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Metacritic and Opencritic Score?

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor has scored 86 on Metacritic and 86 on Opencritic, with over 80 critic reviews on each site. Here are some other reviews for Jedi: Survivor:

• Checkpoint Gaming: 9/10
• Game Informer: 9.3/10
• Gamespot: 8/10
• IGN: 9/10
• PC Gamer: 80/100
• Press Start: 9/10
• Stevivor: 9.5/10

Reviews across the board are overwhelmingly positive, with the general sentiment being an improved game to Fallen Order, iterating on gameplay features, whilst several fixing criticisms of the original title. James Wood of Press Start stated, ‘Star Wars Jedi: Survivor sharpens combat and exploration to a fine point while delivering a story that goes all in on its characters and human drama.’

However, some reviews suggest poor pacing, overly done exploration, and poor performance on PS5 and PC bring the experience down. Morgan Park of PC Gamer cites that ‘even with Nvidia’s latest driver specifically optimized for the game, my framerate regularly slowed to a crawl at very annoying moments.’

When does Star Wars Jedi: Survivor launch?

While you can pre-load Jedi Survivor now, the game will launch globally at 14:00 AEST on the 28th of April, 2023. Here are the release times for Australians:

• AEST (Melbourne, Sydney): 14:00
• AWST (Perth): 12:00 Noon
• ACST (Adelaide): 13:30

While we won’t have a review at launch, watch Novastream for a review coming soon.