Credits are rolling as I write this. That's in itself says a lot about the game to me already, seeing my ginormous library with (mostly) unfinished games.
This genuinely took me by surprise.
Play it slow, walking around and listening to the random conversations, immersing in the world.
The game has a great atmosphere and beautiful level design for most of the villages, towns, camps and cities. Especially the markets and cantina's (relax, play a game of Sabacc), such nice details and little set-pieces. Was great just walking around the Star Wars Universe and taking everything in.
Outside civilization, you find beautiful landscapes to bike/explore, lots of well-written side-quests and intel to retrieve (to upgrade abilities, for cash, reputation with the syndicates, etc;).
Just don't get caught clearing each map for the collectables and small treasures. Get back to the main quests in time before you burn-out (something I tend to often do).
Not a huge fan of the platforming and jumping/climbing around. After a while you really start to wonder:
"Who the hell placed all these convenient and totally handy things for me to leap from". It's the main thing I always grow tired of in the Ubisoft games. It's great fun once in a while, like to break in or out of fortresses, but it's really just ALL THE TIME.
Also, vents. Don't know how to proceed? Look for a vent or up for something to grapple.
The slicing mini-games are also 'meh' (timing and memory), I turned them off after the first few hours.
Combat and ship combat are decent. I eventually modded the pick-up weapons to have 999 ammo so I could just blast if I wanted to blast. And common, an A300 or E-11 has to cool down after 3 seconds of firing? Let me have some fun!
The progression system is sometimes a hit and a miss.
New abilities/shooting modes are cool, the smaller upgrades for those are more tedious and create busywork.
Cool story and well-written, almost got emotional at the final scene meaning I actually cared for the crew.
Sound design and sound track are excellent.
Highly recommended.
