New gameplay footage forStar Wars Jedi: Survivor seems to have confirmed thatRespawnhas added the one thing that everyone wanted in the original - human dismemberment.
That might sound like something a serial killer would say, but it’s true. Ever since Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was first revealed, one of the biggest bits of feedback that Star Wars fans have had for Respawn is that the lightsaber doesn’tfeellike a sharp laser blade if it can’t sever some limbs. Fallen Order did dismember some smaller animal enemies and objects in the environment to help with that, but it was still treated more like a blue baseball bat than a legendary Jedi weapon.
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Thankfully, it seems that Respawn listened to the fans and added human dismemberment to Jedi: Survivor,as a new video from IGN detailing the five combat stances in the game, shows a lightsaber doing some pretty hefty damage to a stormtrooper’s leg. Towards the halfway point of the video, IGN is showing off the double-sided lightsaber from the first game by having Cal swipe at a stormtrooper. As Cal hits them with the blade, the stormtrooper’s left leg gets cut off, seemingly confirming that partial dismemberment is in.
I say “seemingly” because Respawn hasn’t outright confirmed that human dismemberment is in yet, and IGN notes in the comments that the arena used in the footage is just a test environment made to show off the stances that the player can’t load up. Considering how requested dismemberment has been since Jedi: Fallen Order, you’d think that Respawn would be shouting it from the rooftops, but its silence on the matter and the footage being from a test environment means it’s probably best to wait for
This is also the first time that we’ve seen a human enemy in the game lose any limbs, despite there now being quite a lot of gameplay footage to pick apart.The gameplay footage showing Cal on Koboh that IGN released earlier this monthfeatured him going up against several different human enemy types, yet none of them ended up being dismembered. It’s likely just a case of what weapon Cal uses or there only being a small chance of activation, but it’s a little strange that we only see it for such a small section of the video.
Lack of dismemberment footage and it taking place on a testing ground aside, the new gameplay footagedoesshow dismemberment within Jedi: Survivor, so it does seem like the feature has quietly been confirmed for the sequel, which is a huge win for both Respawn and Star Wars fans.
Speaking of the fans, the reaction to dismemberment in the footage has been very positive since the footage was released,right now being one that shows off the poor stormtrooper getting their leg cut off. To quote Redditor JSHB312, “YES!!! TIS NO LONGER JUST A FLESH WOUND!!!”
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