Despite Being Such A Great Game, Jedi: Survivor Is Still Partially Broken In 2024

I’m a sucker for high-performance titles, especially when you know you can push your system to the limits with a certain game, and the result is just outright fantastic. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor potentially could have been one of those games, if not for EA’s constant negligence toward the growing, loyal fanbase of the Jedi series, not to mention the clear lack of respect for consumers as well. 

The writing was on the wall ever since early impressions of the action-adventure’s PC version came out into the open. Everything pointed at bad performance, and that turned out to be pretty much the case. 

As time flew by, EA announced “weeks” of patches for Jedi: Survivor’s performance betterment, and while they did implement some major fixes for the game, the current situation of the ambitious Soulslite (yes, that’s a thing) is all but perfect from a performance standpoint. 

Here’s how. 

Jedi: Survivor’s Major Technical Shortcomings

First things first, what Star Wars Jedi: Survivor struggles with the most at the moment are inconsistent shaders and traversal stutters. These may not seem like a huge deal on paper, but performance enthusiasts who are trying to get the best out of their hard-earned hardware will be disappointed to gauge the results here. 

EA has made certain improvements to the overall Jedi: Survivor experience over time and since the action-adventure’s launch in April 2023, the enhancements are clear. Is it perfect, however? That’s a firm no. 

Take a look at one of the more recent analysis videos of Jedi: Survivor by Digital Foundry, and you’ll quickly come to realize that the title has a long way to go before it can compete on the same level as CDPR’s Cyberpunk 2077—a game that didn’t boast a strong launch either. 

Oh, and don’t get me started about the various visual bugs here and there that just come together to paint Jedi: Survivor in all the worst ways. Odd-colored flashing, auto-toggling off of the RT functionality, animation hiccups, and whatnot all lead to a tainted user experience when you’re playing the game. On launch, the PC port was heavily panned, even accumulating a “Mostly Negative” rating on Steam for how bad it played.

I played Jedi: Survivor and boy I did not like it very much
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It’s a shame because Survivor is actually pretty good in most other departments, save for the somewhat predictable narrative. 

Oh, and it’s not any better with the PlayStation 5 version of the game either, frankly speaking. The latest patch for Jedi: Survivor does all but polish it to near-perfection, right to the level where the image quality problems are noticeable. As we speak, EA has promised to investigate, but it goes without saying that these particular issues should’ve been accommodated long ago. 

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On the flip side, however, the PS5 Pro’s Performance Mode is quite capable, credit where it’s due. The reflects are top-notch, and are certainly a major step up from their base PlayStation 5 counterpart. 

Let’s Be Clear About The Overall Experience

I feel like I also need to clear the air here in direct words—Star Wars Jedi: Survivor still is fantastic, and its performance issues only impede the perfectionist’s experience. For the casual gamer lot out there, its concurrent problems may very well not come off as problematic at all, but yes, it’s not uncommon for Jedi: Survivor’s image issues to spring up here and there.  

eXputer reviewed the game, rating it 4/5, with author Huzaifah Durrani remarking, 

Jedi Survivor is a phenomenal game that builds on the strengths of its predecessor, even if not all of its narrative choices pan out.” 

EA Still Needs To Uphold Certain Standards With Its Flagship Entries

EA tempts players with sales, discounts, and everything of the sort, but us consumers have to show some opposition against these occasions to really send a message to the higher-ups. Respawn Entertainment — the developer of the Star Wars Jedi series — repeated the same story with Jedi: Fallen Order, the predecessor of Jedi: Survivor, and it’s beyond me how identical the scenario is again years later. 

Take Dragon Age: The Veilguard, for starters. The writing of the game makes it hard to nurture a likeness for the RPG, clearly showing that EA did not learn from Mass Effect Andromeda—another western RPG that suffered the same problem. 

Let us know in the comments ahead what you think of EA and Star Wars: Jedi Survivor.