Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order appears to have some cool lightsaber combat going for it. Protagonist Cal is pretty deadly with the device, able to string together flashy combos, throw the thing like a boomerang, and, er, use it as a flashlight. Anyone even remotely familiar with Star Wars knows how dangerous lightsabers can be -- slicing through thick metal, Jedi wrists, and Sith waistlines with ease -- but the more violent capabilities of the franchise's signature beam-based weapon will be kept to a minimum in the upcoming video game.
As highlighted on Reddit thanks to fresh preview footage, we now know that you will be able to cut clean through enemies like droids and carnivorous creatures, severing their limbs and in some cases, cleaving them in half. The effects look great in motion, with Cal leaving his foes in still-smouldering pieces on the floor.
However, you won't be able to slice and dice humanoid opponents. While we do think that this limitation does create a weird disconnect -- one minute you'll see Cal make mincemeat out of a sturdy looking droid, but he'll fail to cut through regular Stormtrooper armour the next -- it's easy to understand why you can't hack body parts off people.
It obviously all comes down to the game's age rating, which both Disney and EA will want to maintain. Throw some gratuitous dismemberment in there and you're looking at a Mature or 18+ rating instead of T for Teen. It goes without saying Disney wants its immensely popular property to be as far-reaching as possible.
What do you think of this? Would you like to have human dismemberment in your Star Wars game? Watch where you're swinging that lightsaber in the comments section below.
[source reddit.com]
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Well they got away with it in the films somehow, it was to be expected though which is a shame.
Why can't he have an optional adult mode to chop up stormtroopers, you know full well they've given it a go in development?
The Force Unleashed had human dismemberment and still maintained a T rating.... There wasn't any blood.
Ohhh whatever.
So you can't cut off Vader's hand and ask him how it feels?
That's disappointing, cutting off people's limbs is half the fun of a lightsaber.
Oof, PETA would have a field day with this one, cutting up animals but not humans.
@carlos82 To be fair, in the films dismemberment was often very brief and stylistic. The camera never lingered on things too much; the most graphic shot is Ponda Baba's arm in A New Hope.
I think this is actually the right call in respect of an interactive experience, especially one in which you're playing as a good guy. I might have gone further and removed all dismemberment, though, but that's just me; I like animals.
And besides, if the game allowed for full dismemberment, there'd be Twitch streams and YouTube compilations entitled "MOST BRUTAL HACKING UP OF LIMBS!!" created by kids, and the Outcry Police would have a field day. Disney, EA and Respawn don't want yet another BBC News headline attacking yet another Star Wars game, so I can understand the business motivation behind this decision.
Thats funny. Because the best selling games EVERY YEAR are M for Mature lol. Stupid Disney
Cal needs to sharpen his lightsaber.
I'd rather cut up people than animals.
Although I'm a fan of the movies, I don't really buy the games, as - in my opinion - they've never been up to much. This has promise, but if they haven't/don't sort out the janky animations on show in the reveal a few months back, it'll just be another on the rather large pile of rejects.
Star Wars is dead. Soon, there'll be almost zero appeal to any 18+ audience.
It'll still reach those kids regardless of age rating. Can't believe it's still a thing!
While I agree Star Wars should be rated T, plenty of T rated games have had bloodless dismemberment, I think it goes beyond the age rating.
@crimsontadpoles go for the surge will have much fun.
this game will achieve phenomenal success due to absent of uncharted -like game. some reviews says the game looks like uncharted and god of war in terms of adventure.
however respawn team made a great job with first person shooter game called Titanfall.
But they cut-off Thanos's arm and head, though.
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