We talk about Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order, which has been announced as a single-player story-driven game with no microtransactions. Games editor Rishi Alwani and friend of the podcast Mikhail Madnani join host Pranay Parab to discuss.

Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order (0:30)

• What the game is all about
• The legacy of Respawn
• Why it matters
  • EA prefers live services driven games
  • No multiplayer
  • No microtransactions
  • No Frostbite Engine
  • Why Respawn has been allowed all this
• What about Visceral? How mismanaged was EA to begin with?
• Past Star Wars games and where this fits in the timeline
• India context on all things Star Wars
  • Star Wars Battlefront
  • Star Wars Battlefront 2
  • Star Wars KOTOR

Games we’ve been playing this week (21:04)

• Persona 5
• My Time at Portia
• Anno 1800
• VA-11 HALL-A
• Hearthstone
• Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
• PUBG Mobile

Music: Popular Potpourri and Path Complete from PPPPPP by Magnus “Souleye” Pålsson.