I watched the gameplay video. Looks like there's fun to be had there for sure. Some thoughts:
- "Arcady", especially the in-space stuff, but I'm fine with that. Everything doesn't need to be a sim!
- I don't care if the protagonist is male or female, just don't make the gender the point of the story. Just make a good story with the gender being irrelevant. We get too much of the other these days imo.
- I didn't love the humour quips in what should be serious situations. A little Han Solo-esque stuff is fine, but I much prefer if the characters in game realise the peril they are in and respond appropriately. Maybe they are trying to lighten the mood for an age rating? Not sure, but there was an aweful lot of that for only 10 min of gameplay. I'll get tired of the character...
- I couldn't really tell from the combat how much control you had over it. I didn't like the tag-the-target thing in the speeder bike chase. Other games have similar systems, but again it feels like something to make the game work easier for console/controller users. I also hope you can actually move and hide and use cover freely. Less like Division style combat and more old-school FPS combat (a guy can dream right?
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- Definitely some animations, game systems, being reused from the Tomb Raider games I'd guess, but that's okay. Those things work fairly well, and Jedi Survivor, although not Ubisoft I know, uses a lot of similar ways of getting around in the game world. Some people may not like the cinematic story telling, but I don't mind that as long as I still feel I'm in control of the character and game.
I'll certainly be interested in the game. Always nice to be able to run around in a nice Star Wars setting. Not sure I'll buy day-one for this one. Enough unknowns there that I'll likely wait for some reviews.
