Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (PS4)
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| In a galaxy far, far away. |
Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order is a single-player experience from Respawn Entertainment, creators of the Titan Fall games. It stars Cal Kestis, a Jedi in hiding after the Galactic Empire purged the Jedi Knights and ruled the galaxy with an iron fist. He joins a band of rebels who are planning on reviving the jedi order while overcoming his traumatic past. It's a third-person action-platformer where you control Cal as he battles the Empire's forces and travel to new worlds in order to explore them. You wiled the iconic lightsaber and use the force to push and pull enemies and objects, which was cool.
Surprisingly, it features some Metroidvania elements with you unlocking new jedi abilities that let you access areas that were previously blocked on past planets that often house shortcuts and progress the story. The puzzle solving also made use of your abilities too which was neat. The only issue is that the combat feels shallow without a combo system as you're just mashing the same light and heavy attacks to beat most enemies.
Sadly, the non-stop tech issues held the game back. I know that I'm playing the PS4 version and the PS5 may be smoother, but 4 years after release and you still have instances of pop-in textures, enemy T-posing, and broken platforms that drop you to the bottom of the map, all of which is embarrassing for a AAA game (then again, it's published by EA). All in all, Fallen Order was a great time and felt like you're experiencing an actual Star Wars film. Cal turned out to be an awesome main character and I can't wait to see more of him in Jedi Survivor.
Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS5)
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| A new Spider-Man is in town. |
The follow-up to Insomniac Games' 2018 Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Miles Morales sees you playing as the titular Miles Morales as he learns the ropes to becoming Spider-Man after Peter Parker goes on vacation. I liked Miles and seeing him grow from "the other Spider-Man" to a bonafied hero was awesome. Sadly, the story itself was pretty average with mostly boring side-characters and predictable villain.
Gameplay is much of the same if you've played 2018 but the new electric "Venom" attacks and camouflage were nice additions and made the combat fun. I found the open-world activities in 2018 boring and it's the same here too. The enemy hideouts, capsules, caches were pretty mundane. Still, swinging around as Spidey, beating goons, and unlocking new suits was awesome. Visually, the game looks great as you'd expect and the soundtrack was both catchy and fun. It was glitchy at times with enemies getting stuck into objects and I had to restart from the checkpoint a couple of times. All in all, it was a good time and I can't wait for Spider-Man 2.
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile HD (PS4)
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| Wahoo! |
1997's classic Klonoa: Door to Phantomile recently got a remaster last year as part of the Klonoa Fantasy Reverie Series, along with Klonoa 2. It's among my favorite games on PS1 and all-time, so it was a blast replaying the game again. It's a 2.5D platformer where you control Klonoa as he fights enemies, jumps around platforms, and solve puzzles. The levels were impressive back in the day (and they still are) as you get to shift perspectives when levels curve into multiple paths that has you fighting enemies and unlocking puzzles in the backgrounds, which was a neat concept.
You grab enemies with your magic ring and throw them around at other enemies, flip switches, or to get an extra boost when jumping. The soundtrack is among the most unique out there, packing a magical and dreamy feel that compliments the game's atmosphere. I reviewed the game last year so I went into detail there but in short, Klonoa: Door to Phantomlie is a fun and solid game that all platformer fans should play.
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