2023’s current video game slate is an extremely exciting one, and one of its most anticipated releases isStar Wars Jedi: Survivor. A direct sequel to the surprise 2019 hitStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order,Jedi: Survivorcontinues the space-faring adventures ofJedi Knight Cal Kestisand his adorable droid companion BD-1. This time around, it seems as though Cal is forging new friendships, taking on bigger enemies, and going up against an even stronger Empire, with Respawn Entertainment seemingly making this sequel much more ambitious than its predecessor. But with that ambition also comes time and effort, and Respawn needs just a little more time beforeStar Wars Jedi: Survivorreleases.
Announced yesterday,Star Wars Jedi: Survivorhas received a six-week delay, moving its original release date of March 17 back to Jun 22, 2025. While this news is sure to disappoint a lot of fans eager to dive back into Cal’s story as soon as possible, this delay might actually be the best move forStar Wars Jedi: Survivor, with Respawn and EA seemingly confident that it’s in the best interest for all parties.
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Delaying Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Is the Best Move
WhenStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Orderreleased back in 2019 it was met with a decent critical reception, with scores mostly hitting the 8-9 range. However,Fallen Order’s biggest setbackwas its vast swathe of technical issues. Clipping through walls, pop-in textures galore, hard crashes, and more litteredStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Orderon release day, and reviewers couldn’t pretend that they didn’t affect the experience in a major way. These technical issues led to some rough reviews forFallen Orderand stopped it from hitting those higher scores, which in turn, likely affected the game’s sales in its first few weeks.
Before the game had even released,Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Orderhad a reputation for being a buggy messdespite the game underneath it being genuinely great. And even though Respawn went back and fixed most of the game’s technical issues, the damage had already been done, and that initial reputation has stuck around it awkwardly ever since, even after the next-gen versions of the game were released.
Simply put,Star Wars Jedi: Survivorcannot repeat the same mistakes as its predecessor. While fans are willing to put up with technical issues if a game is good enough, they still massively affect a game’s reception, and bothEA and Respawncan’t let that happen this time around.Star Wars Jedi: Survivoris EA’s big tent pole release this year, and it’s presumably betting big on the hope that it’ll do extremely well in the sales department. It’s actually quite nice to see EA allow Respawn to delayJedi: Survivorby a few weeks, as the publisher is infamous for shipping unfinished games and caring little about the user experience.
On the whole, it’s a good thing thatStar Wars Jedi: Survivorhas been delayed. While fans will have to wait a few more weeks to play it, they’ve already been waiting this long, and they’d likely much prefer a polished, finished product as opposed to a half-baked, disappointing buggy mess of a game. In its statement,Respawn confirmed that all ofJedi: Survivor’s content is finished, which means that these next few months will be dedicated solely to ensuring the game is polished to perfection. From Respawn’s perspective, this delay should hopefully reduce the amount of crunch time for the team, and help to reduce general stress. From EA’s perspective, delayingJedi: Survivoris also a pretty smart move anyway, as April has very few big-name releases, withMinecraft LegendsandDead Island 2currently leading the pack. Hopefully thisStar Wars Jedi: Survivordelay ends up being worthwhile for everyone involved.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivorreleases April 28 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
