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Through abilities learned to pure skill, you can do all sorts of cool things in Jedi: Survivor. Cal knows everything from Fallen Order, but on this new ride, he gains all sorts of new tricks with his lightsaber and the Force. As you progress further, you will be able to do more that will impress you with what you are able to do. Respawn Entertainment utilizes the Star Wars IP well with how it plays with the universe. From improved combat to the discovery of fun things to do in the world, Jedi: Survivor features plenty of new mechanics to keep you engaged. Accordingly, let’s discuss some cool things you can do with Cal Kestis in Jedi: Survivor.
Using Enemies Against One Another
Friendly fire can be annoying when playing with teammates. In this case, you cannot hurt your allies like Bode Akuna. But that does not apply to your enemies, who can hurt themselves and their friends if they are not careful. This is one of the cool things you can do in Jedi: Survivor to get the upper hand on your enemies, especially when you are up against multiple deadly foes.
You can get creative on how you can utilize this friendly fire for anything hostile that you come up against in the galaxy. Battle Droids will shoot explosives as a part of their attack pattern. However, you can force push it mid-air to explode in themselves or anyone nearby. In other instances, you can use Rolling Mines to explode enemies by throwing them or letting them detonate on their allies. No matter what you do, you can blow up or deflect blaster shots to clear out areas without losing any health.
Drop-Kicking for an Unconventional Jedi Attack
Through all the media Star Wars has touched, we have seen all sorts of ways these heroic and villainous characters fight one another. Not many tend to drop-kick their opponents, but of the many new attacks that Cal has learned, drop-kicking foes is one of them. From our preview of the game weeks before release, we got a demonstration of this in which the developer showing off missed his first few drop-kicks. When he finally nailed it, the crowd cheered because the funny-looking attack smacked a stormtrooper with a satisfying weight.
Dead Eye Shooting
In Red Dead Redemption, you can slow down time for an automatic shot to specific body parts for easy kills. Of the things you can do with the newly-introduced blaster in Jedi: Survivor offers something quite close to it. The Blaster Stance is already one of the most powerful of the five, and this is only one of the reasons why it is so overpowered.
Non-Combat Gardening Activities
Forget being a part of a rebellion against the Empire. Instead, you should just become a gardener. Yes, we have a Stardew-Valley-meets-Star-Wars mechanic in this action-adventure game. Once introduced, the door opens for an expansive activity that lets you plant seeds, maintain your plants, and more.
You get introduced to this early on when you get to your first open-zoned planet, Koboh. After some time there, you will be able to cut down plant life for seeds for your garden. Unlike most aspects of what you will find yourself doing, this has no reward. For people who want to relax and do something aesthetically pleasing, then you will work hard to get the prettiest garden in the galaxy.
Riding Mounts
Mounts are a new feature to let you travel quicker, along with fast travel, which people begged for after Fallen Order. Out of new cool things you can do in Jedi: Survivor, mounts are both fun and useful. They are introduced fairly early on after a little bit of time is spent on Koboh. Once unlocked, mounted traversal lets you quickly get around with the help of the wildlife. They are also needed to reach some areas, as some places are too high up for Cal to reach. However, he can utilize his new rideable companions to get to the spot.
From bikes to animals, Mounts have specific uses. In some cases, you can fly to go across gaps between land. While it has its limits, as you will still spend most of your time on foot, this new way to travel opens up doors for Cal to find new areas to explore or double back to collectibles he could not obtain earlier.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is available on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
