Xbox - The Official Magazine - UK (2019-08)

wheat,butcomeacrossa worthyfoe,such

asoneoftheelitetroopers,andsuddenly

you’refightinga tenseduel,desperately

avoidingtheirblowsasyoulookforthe

perfectopeningtolandthedecisivestrike.

Ofcourse,whenthingsgethectic,you’ve

gotanaceupyoursleeve:theForce.Your

Jedipowersaretheperfectcrowdcontrol

tool,allowingyoutopushenemiesaway,

pullthemtowardsyouorslicethemupat

rangewitha lightsaberthrow.

Betweenfightsyou’llexploretheworld,

overcomingtraversalchallengesand

environmentalpuzzles– double-jumping,

climbingandwall-runningyourwayaround

alienjunglesandImperialbases.A Force

pushcansmashopena door,whilea pull

candislodgea vineforyoutoswingon,and

yourstasispowercanrenderdangerous

obstaclesinert.

You’reaidedonyourjourneybyBD-1,

a droidwhichridesonyourback.Withits

holo-projectorit providesa 3Dmapofyour

environment,anditscomputerskillsallows

it tohackopensecuredoors.

It seemslikeEA’sfinallygottheStar

Warsformulanailed,andfora 100percent

single-playeradventurenoless.We’vegot

agoodfeelingaboutthis...Q

akingplacebetween

RevengeOfTheSithand

A NewHope, thisaction-

packedsingle-player

adventuredropsyouinto

theStarWarsuniverse

in perhapsitsdarkesthour.OurheroCal

Kestis,a youngPadawanwhonevergotthe

chancetofinishhistraining,livesonthe

runasImperialforcescontinuetoenact

Order 66 – thepurgingoftheJediOrder.

It’sthecombatthatshineshere.Your

lightsaberfeelstrulydeadly,takingout

arstormtrooperswithoneswipe.More

d enemiesaren’tnecessarilymuch

resilientwhenit comestotakinga

abertothegut,butaremoreadept

ryingyourblows.Meleefoes,suchas

baton-wieldingscouttroopers,are

ctedbytheirparrybar– asinrecent

SoftwarereleaseSekiro, youmust

hisawaytotakethemdown,either

erwhelmingtheenemywithfrenzied

s,orbydeflectingtheirblowstoset

upfora brutalcounterattack.

Thissystemstrikesa balancethat

feelsperfectlyin-keepingwiththe

feelofthefilms’greatestset-pieces.

oksoldiersfallbeforeyourbladelike

ABOVECal may

looklikea Rick

Astleyclone,

but he’sgot

the Jediskills

thatpay the

Imperialbills.

WILLEA’SNEWADVENTUREBEA FORCETOBERECKONEDWITH?

STAR WARS JEDI:

FALLEN ORDER

QPUBLISHEREA/DEVELOPERRESPAWNENTERTAINMENT/ETA 15 NOVEMBER

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