Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - 5 Gameplay Details The Public Didn't See
5. You Can Choose When To Visit The Game's Planets
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So, while Fallen Order is very much a story-driven, almost linear experience, players will apparently be given the opportunity to pursue any of the game's planets how they wish.
This appears to be more of a Metroid-esque backtracking mechanic, with players able to reappraise older locales the deeper they get into the story, but there also seems to be a little of From Software's Souls to it too; not just in how the combat plays of course, but in how the title handles exploration.
According to PC Gamer's Evan Lahti, the game "had a few, unexpected shades of Metroid's backtracking or FromSoftware's secret areas." Lahti goes on to mention that - even though Fallen Order is not an open world game - players can still bring up their holo map and travel to planets they've already visited while in their ship.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
