The good
- really good mix of parkour and combat
- all cosmetics awarded via unlocks, not microtranzactions
- steady and rewarding progression
- killing storm troopers with their own blaster shots or by throwing them off the edge is always satisfying
- combat doesn't focus on QTE

The bad
- possible to die in narrow spaces combat due to camera movement
- enemies have clear field of movement and will not chase outside of the boundary
- parrying sometimes feel bit de-synchronized
- not really interesting story

Conclusion:
This game is bit like Force Unleashed. Action Jedi game with parkour, melee combat and really easy puzzles. Force Unleashed was like interactive movie. This one is more action oriented with free roam and light metroidvania elements. Star Wars franchise was in a limbo for so many years and it's really refreshing to see game that is actually good. Not some microtranzaction rigged massive multiplayer junk.

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Story:

5 years after the purge Jedi padawan Cal is hiding on the planet Bracca scraping ships for the Empire. After short tutorial sequence inquisition founds him and only thanks to help of former Jedi knight Cere Cal manages to escape on a small ship. It is revealed that Cere is looking for holocron with names of force sensitive children, in an attempt to rebuild the Jedi order. Along the way we're helping wookies fight with the empire, defeat derailed Jedi master who turned to dark side on some desolate planet etc. Story is not amazing or deep but it is well written.

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Gameplay:

💸 Microtranzactions	None	🏆 Achievements	Not being recorder in EA Desktop or XboX game app...
📊 Performance	No issues	💾 Save system	Game saves only in meditation points, no manual or automatic saves. Similar to Dark Souls.

🌍 Map	Map is easy to read and use. But at the beginning looks over-complicated.
🎮 Controls	Fluid and responsive. Only problem was with dodges that felt bit stingy in timing. But I played on hard and it shrinks the window to perform an attack dodge. Thankfully game does not have many QTEs. Game was made by Respawn and controls does feel like playing Titanfall parkour sequences. Only that here they could add force-layer of like pulling rope towards Cal mid-jump, slowing down platforms to allow proper jump timing etc. All in all it's really rewarding.
📇 Inventory	No real inventory. We can change skins from the menu and customize lightsaber look on the work station.
🏹 Weapons	Powers and lightsabers. Both can be upgraded with skill points. Yes, it's not possible to swap lightsaber parts like in RPG, we can only change it's appearance. It's the skill tree that unlocks more damage to the lightsaber. We start with single handed lightsaber that is upgraded to dual lightsaber and then to two single lightsabers (hilt can be separated into two). Single blade is best for stronger opponents, dual for swarms of enemies and two singles are used as special finishing move.
🕵️‍♀️ Abilities	Abilities are unlocked along the way. Some are used to reach certain areas (double jump, wall run, slicing doors etc.), and others are focused on combat (force throw, pull, slow time, lightsaber throw etc.). Force-based abilities are unlocked in flashback sequences where Cal remembers his training. Some exploration abilities are unlocked in the work stations where BD droid is upgraded with hacking / overcharging locks, hacking drones etc. No ability seems out of place and they all blend nicely into making it feel like we play Jedi knight.
🤖 Companion and enemy AI	Our main companion is BD - small droid that sits on our back and can help in various ways - it is a source of healing items, help traverse the environment, scan walls and enemies to get more lore information. But it's not combat help. The only thing it can do is hack specific drones after we already deplete most of their health. It is funny to hack 1 out of 2 robots on the corridor and observe how they smash each other from the distance. All BD actions are context oriented - when we're near location with action it will jump from our back and run towards area of interest, waiting for our prompt. Enemy AI is good as long as they are inside their "designated" map area (and if they are not storm troopers, storm troopers are purposely made as dumb as possible). They circulate between attacks, try to flank us. But if we manage to lure enemies outside of their boundary - they will stand IDLE. I had enemies that dropped by mistake on a floor outside their designated area just standing there, doing absolutely nothing, waiting to be killed.
🥊 Combat	Nice and fluid. Force allows to throw storm troopers from the edge, pull in enemies for finishing move with lightsaber, temporarily slowing down their movement, redirecting rockets and grenades back at enemy that threw them. It does make is feel like we're a Jedi :D Each enemy has bit different attack pattern that need to be memorized. Combat is fast and flashy, with sometimes a lot of things happening at the same time. Cal uses stamina to parry and it's depleted quite fast so it's not a game where we can stay on place and act like live shield. Force also has bar that depletes with use. Both health and force level can be upgraded by finding orbs hidden around levels. But at first we die from few hits and can't use force more than one time per combat. Force doesn't auto regenerate, it's recovered when we attack enemies with normal lightsaber attacks.

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Technicalities:

Graphic - ⭐️⭐⭐ - Really nice and detailed. First game in a long time where I did not see blurry textures when looking on stuff from up close!
Music - ⭐️⭐⭐ - Good'ol Start Wars theme. Music is climatic and fitting to changing scenery and to what is happening on the screen
Bugs - ⭐️⭐⭐ - Didn't encourage anything more serious than enemies getting brain dead after leaving their area by mistake

The good
- nice combat / metroidvania mix
- steady pace of getting new upgrades
- full co-op

The bad
- chicken sequences can be bit lengthy

Conclusion:
Really nice and responsive platformer. Combat is fluid, graphic is top-notch, enemies are well designed. Like Hollow Knight lite - no hard platforming or boss fights. Game is also more exploration focused than combat oriented.

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Story:

Crazy luchador wants to get godlike-powerful, even when it means breaking the timeline and merging all realities into one! Our job is to stop him. Nothing deep.

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Gameplay:

💸 Microtranzactions	Unlockable skins and characters.	🏆 Achievements	Half are grindy.
📊 Performance	No issues.	💾 Save system	Automatic checkpoint at the start of each screen transition.

🌍 Map	Map is simple but adequate. Clearly marks missed collectibles, paths that we did not take and where we should go next. There is also simple fast travel system when we need to cover longer distance.
🎮 Controls	Fluid and responsive. Works well with both keyboard and controller.
🕵️‍♀️ Abilities	All are unlocked along game progression. Double jump, wall run, uppercut, headbutt, body slam, fist-dash area ll used to traverse the terrain. Last four are also special moves used during the combat.
🤖 Companion and enemy AI	Enemy are well scripted. Not a masterpiece but they pose decent challenge. There is option to play in local-cop but there is no extra player controlled by game when we play in SP.
🥊 Combat	Combat is quite simple. Special moves uses stamina but later in the game there is enough of it to spam them all the time. Some enemies have shields that can be broken up with specific attack - red with uppercut, green with body slam etc. But it's clearly visible as they have the same color as corresponding abilities.

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Technicalities:

Graphic - ⭐️⭐⭐ - Very nice hand drawn levels and characters
Music - ⭐️⭐⭐ - Fitting and memorable. There is no voice acting
Bugs - ⭐️⭐⭐ - I didn't encourage any