Jedi: Survivor Could Have Been A Masterpiece

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Honestly i agree on the point that the game chucks a load of enemy's at you but i actually like the ending it makes cal goes further against the jedi way

If you don't like Vader showing up here then you really won't like him potentially showing up in the 3rd game to face Cal (a jedi who escaped him the first time). Things were only going one way for Cere and knowing the inquisitors wouldn't be a match for her. Vader is the number 1 jedi killer in period between episodes 3 - 6. Oh and Cere is using force healing as opposed to stims.

I think the vader boss fight fitted in well as a revenge fight after what happened in the first game.

15:33 Darth Vader's relevance to the story is that he's THE Jedi killer, he only shows up when a jedi has been located. And the only reason he's on Jedha is because Bode called the Empire and alerted the Inquisitorius; which Vader is in command of. Besides, bro has beef with Cere cause she got away from him last time, you really forget how petty Vader is?

8/10 not enough Jar Jar

I think the message that Bode sent, under the cover of recording a message to Kata, specifically requested Vader. At least that's the way I understand the Force Echo in the Archive after the game opens up for exploration. Not to mention that there were now only something like 12-14 Inquisitors to search the entire galaxy after the deaths of the Second Sister and Ninth Sister.

It’s so interesting to me because I thought Dagan Geras bossfight was a complete joke while I found Rayvis to be extremely difficult

Wake me up when when we finally get a custom jedi character on modern systems

I agree with everything you said but Vader is known for hunting down Jedi he has comics that relates to him cutting down Jedi

Good video man, keep up the good work !

Quick disclaimer, I agree that expressing your views on Star Wars online IS a minefield now days. Also, I largely agree that since being bought out by Disney, Star Wars is VERY over saturated and overall not great most of the time. I also agree mostly about Vader being used in everything for nostalgic baiting or just cheap fan service. All of that aside, Vader showing up in this game for five minutes shouldn't be a deal breaker. It makes sense for him to be there, as it was a conclusion to Cere's story, as well as a method to demonstrate just how powerful Cere had become now that she found inner peace. Vader shows up in this one not for fan service, but to hunt down Cere specifically, he is THERE FOR her. Why? Because she went after him at the end of the first game, where it again made sense for him to show up. Cere was the former master of Trilla, who became one of Vader's Inquisitor's, and when she failed him too many times, Vader, like he always has, showed up to put an end to her and her failures. Vader killing Trilla in front of Cere when she wanted to help her former padawan nearly drove Cere to the dark side and nearly got her killed by Vader. So Vader showing up in this game to settle the score and tie up that little subplot makes perfect sense without it being "cheap fan service". On top of all of that, it also serves as another catalyst to push Cal in his own journey. Like Cere when she lost Trilla, Cal nearly loses himself to the dark side over Cere's death when confronted with the man who set all this in motion. And it remains unclear where Cal's journey will end in the next and final game. Will he remain vigilant in the light? Raise and train Kata and guide her? Or will he lose himself to the dark side and become some evil Cal like has been teased since the very first game? Personally, to me, this game would be great with or without Vader. I don't feel like the devs needed to throw Vader in there to remind everyone this is a Star Wars game. Everyone playing it is very aware of what it is. So I don't think that was the intention. I genuinely believe this is one of the RARE and few GOOD uses of Vader we have seen in many many years.

16:57 I think the issue here is that you presume that Big Bad must mean being the most powerful. When in reality, it can just mean that they’re who the Story is ultimately going to put you against. Bode was the Big Bad for Cal Kestis’s personal story in this Game, Cal was always going to focus more on Bode’s betrayal than any Inquisitor or even Vader showing up and killing Cere, because at the end of the day, it was Bode that informed the Empire of the Hidden Path. As for Vader’s appearance in the Game, as many have pointed out, hunting Jedi was, as Obi-Wan would put it, Vader’s “specialty”. Of course it also could’ve been any other Inquisitor that showed up as well, so what reason does Vader have to be specifically involved. Well, this is the end of Cere’s Storyline, and she actually has a personal history with Vader to an extent. Vader was the one person that Cere was terrified of the most while she was captive in the Fortress Inquisitorious. Vader represents Cere’s failure as a Master to Trilla, and he represents the Darkness within Cere as well. Finally Vader represents one of the main aspects of the Story, that was told from the very beginning, despite everything Cal and the gang does, the Empire is everywhere, and they’re only growing Stronger. Vader doesn’t necessarily represent the Empire itself, but rather he represents the fact that, as he himself put it in the very fight “It is delusion to think your actions have had any consequence.” Vader represents what is essentially, the fruitless resistance against the Empire (atleast at the point in time that Jedi Survivor takes place in) Also, if it isn’t Vader, who else could it have been? You say they could’ve brought in a new character like the other three Main Antagonists of the Story, but as it’s been made clear, this was pretty much nearing the Climax of the Story, there wouldn’t have been enough time to really develop a new Inquisitor they introduce. Not to mention that Cere for the most part is powerful enough to trump most Inquisitors. So at best, the Grand Inquisitor could’ve been the one to kill Cere than Vader, but as was established, Vader has more of a personal connection to Cere at this point in time, so logically it couldn’t have been anyone BUT Vader to show up and finish her off. The personal connection here pretty much shows that this does in fact work outside of a Vacuum.

Good review but I hard disagree on the Vader fight, relying on familiar characters can and has held certain Star Wars stories back but essentially calling something "Nostalgia Bait" (no matter how many words you use to say it) is lazy critique.  I think it was a really good use of Vader because the moment he opens the door you know that Cere is just buying time by sacrificing herself, If anyone else came through there wouldn't be that same futile sense of dread. I think it put a bow on her story (not necessarily a nice one) by giving her the rematch, then in her last moments, the first person she thinks of was Trilla, who Vader killed in the last game. I also think it was a cool way to illustrate Bode's position, where he essentially double crosses both us and his boss in a way that makes sense by pitting both us and the ISB against Vader while Bode gets away from everyone he was tied down to; Vader wasn't just there by narrative coincidence but because in universe it's actually really clever for Bode to use the Inquisitorius in that way. If we fought him as Cal, then I'd agree; It'd just feel cheap for Cal to walk away from a Vader fight. Either way I'm Subbing

Good video, love the quality - keep it up

7:15-7:20. The “Metroid Prime” structure level design you mentioned is sometimes referred to as a “Metroidvania”. The whole “backtracking once you have the correct item and/or traversal upgrade” thing. Just trying to help in case you needed a more simplified way to explain what you were talking about, “Metroidvania” will usually get your point across even though these games are traditionally and typically side-scrollers, this level design is also seen in games like Dark Souls, Metroid Prime and obviously all the Castlevania and Metroid games.

I get where you're coming from but Vader had a legit reason to be there. The Archives is a very high value target, in addition to there being three high profile jedi there. Having said that I agree with much of what you had to say about that fight.

Ill die on the hill that says we should make a canon Starkiller. Still have him as Vaders secret apprentice but not strong enough to be put against both side and have him pose as an inquisiter.

why does he have the same exact expression throughout the whole game lmao

great video bro, keep up