Star Wars Jedi: Survivor was a wonderful action-adventure in a 12 months filled with decade-defining video games. Now the 2023 GOTY contender is lastly coming to last-gen audiences in September, letting PlayStation 4 and Xbox One gamers expertise the second chapter in Cal Kestis’ unorthodox Jedi journey.
Jedi: Survivor is coming to the older consoles on September 17. What’s extra, the last-gen model will solely be $50 as a substitute of the $60 it prices on PC, and the $70 it usually prices on PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S, (though it’s incessantly discounted). Pre-orders for this model will internet gamers a particular Obi-Wan Kenobi-inspired hermit gown and Combustion Blaster units.
The PC model can be getting an replace round that point. Notoriously buggy and under-optimized at launch, issues have improved an important deal for the really ingenious Jedi soulslike on that platform during the last 12 months. However there’s nonetheless extra work to be finished. “Moreover, the PC model of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor will obtain an replace within the coming weeks,” a press launch reads. “This patch will deliver enhancements to the sport’s technical efficiency, controls and extra, plus quite a lot of quality-of-life enhancements.”
It’ll be fascinating to see how Jedi: Survivor performs on last-gen consoles. Even on PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S there have been initially framerate struggles. Nonetheless, any trade-offs will open the sport as much as a wholly new viewers. That is one thing increasingly publishers have been attempting to do that console era, as tens of millions of participant follow their older {hardware} as a substitute of upgrading. Though, they often don’t take greater than a 12 months except the ports are for the Nintendo Change. Hogwarts Legacy one way or the other managed to reach on the hand held hybrid final fall. It doesn’t appear to be Jedi: Survivor desires to aim the identical magic trick.