However, it’s likely to be a next-gen PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X game, given that the original just released in fall of last year. While this means fans have a wait on their hands, it also means that Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2 can utilize the full power of next-gen hardware. Specifically, it’ll be interesting to see what the game could do with The Force.
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The SSD and the Force
With the PS5 and Xbox Series X moving forward with an SSD, there’s a lot of new elements that can come into games. Fans needn’t look any further than Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart to see how powerful the PS5 is, for example, as opening and manipulating that many portals in game would be trying on current-gen consoles. And while the Force isn’t exactly about opening a bunch of portals, it’ll allow Respawn Entertainment to make the most of the hardware and perhaps even push the power fantasy further.
One thing that The Force Unleashed was both praised and criticized for was its use of the Force. Starkiller simply did things that would not be possible of a Jedi, such as bringing down a Star Destroyer. Theoretically, though, this broke no rules of the Force, as it is the Force he manipulated, not the ship. While it deserves its skepticism nonetheless, there’s no denying the raw power fantasy of bringing down a Destroyer in such a manner.
Because of this, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2 has the capabilities to milk the Force for all it’s worth, showing the raw power of the protagonist in a way that no console before could. Whether that’s a mechanic to reflect multiple enemy with a big, powerful, and centered Force repulsion, to unleash Force Lightning (if a sequel allows for the dark side of the Force to be used) on dozens of targets, or to quickly use the Force to push and pull a multitude of falling objects, like rocks.
Truly, the sky’s the limit with the potential of the Force and next-gen SSD. It may be a pipe dream, but a fight like Kingdom Heart’s 2 1000-Heartless Battle where instead Cal used an insane amount of Force powers to fight and wade through 100s of enemies would be something that brilliantly experimented with the Force and played into the power fantasy of Star Wars. Of course, it remains to be seen what Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2 is capable of, but how far the franchise could theoretically go with the Force is awe-inspiring.
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2 has not been announced.
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